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Partial Melting and Assimilation of Dolomitic Xenoliths by Mafic Magma: the Ioko-Dovyren Intrusion (North Baikal Region, Russia) |
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| Authors: | WENZEL THOMAS; BAUMGARTNER LUKAS P; BRUGMANN GERHARD E; KONNIKOV EDUARD G; KISLOV EVGENIY V |
| Institution: | 1INSTITUT FÜR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN, JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITÄT, D-55099 MAINZ, GERMANY 2MAX PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR CHEMIE, ABTEILUNG GEOCHEMIE, D-55020 MAINZ, GERMANY 3INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, RU-142432 CHERNOGOLOVKA, RUSSIA 4GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, RU-670047 ULAN-UDE, RUSSIA |
| Abstract: | A petrological study was carried out on Mg-skarn-bearing dunitecumulates that are part of the Neo-Proterozoic Ioko-Dovyrenintrusion (North Baikal region, Russia). Skarn xenoliths containbrucite pseudomorphs after periclase, forsterite and Cr-poorspinel. Fine-grained forsterite–spinel skarns occur withthe brucite skarns or as isolated schlieren. Field relationshipsreveal that the Mg-skarns formed from silica-poor dolomiticxenoliths by interaction with the mafic magma of the Ioko-Dovyrenintrusion. Rapid heating of dolomitic xenoliths by the maficmagma caused the decomposition of dolomite into calcite + periclase,releasing much CO2. Further heating quantitatively melted thecalcite. A periclase-rich restite was left behind after extractionof the low-density, low-viscosity calcite melt. The extractedcalcite melt mixed with the surrounding mafic melt. This resultedin crystallization of olivine with CaO contents up to 1·67wt %. A local decrease in the silica concentration stabilizedCaAl2SiO6-rich clinopyroxene. Brucite/periclase-free forsterite–spinelskarns probably originated by crystallization from the maficmelt close to the xenoliths at elevated fO2. The high fO2 wascaused by CO2-rich fluids released during the decompositionof the xenoliths. The above case study provides the first evidencefor partial melting of dolomite xenoliths during incorporationby a mafic magma. KEY WORDS: dunite; dolomite assimilation; partial melting |
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