Boron recycling in the continental crust of the central Andes from the Palaeozoic to Mesozoic, NW Argentina |
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| Authors: | Simone Kasemann Jörg Erzinger Gerhard Franz |
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| Institution: | Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften, TU-Berlin, Petrologie EB-15, Stra?e des 17. Juni, 10623 Berlin, Germany, DE
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, Projektbereich 4.2, 14473 Potsdam, Germany e-mail: kasi@gfz-potsdam.de, DE
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| Abstract: | Whole-rock chemical composition and 11B/10B isotope ratios in tourmaline was investigated to study the geochemical recycling of boron during the evolution of the Andean
basement from the Palaeozoic to Mesozoic. In the basement (Cambrian to Ordovician high-grade paragneisses, migmatites and
orthogneisses, the Eocambrian Puncoviscana Formation, and Paleozoic-Mesozoic granitoid igneous rocks) whole-rock B contents
are generally below 100 ppm, but B contents of ˜1 wt% are found in cogenetic aplite and pegmatite dikes and in tourmaline–quartz
rocks. In the metasedimentary rocks, no systematic variation in B content because of metamorphic grade and no correlation
of B with other incompatible elements are apparent. Tourmalines from the high-grade metamorphic basement yield δ11B values ranging from −11.2 to −6.8‰ and isotope fractionation during migmatisation was small. Metamorphic tourmalines from
the Puncoviscana Formation have δ11B values between −6.3 and −5.8‰. The calculated (corrected for fractionation) δ11B values of −6 to −2‰ for the sedimentary protolith of the metamorphic basement indicate a continental B source with subordinate
marine input. Tourmalines from Palaeozoic and Mesozoic granitoids display an identical range of δ11B values from −12 to −5.3‰ and indicate a similarly homogeneous B source throughout time. Tourmalines from pegmatites and
tourmaline–quartz rocks record the average δ11B values of the parental granitic magma. We assume that B in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic granitoids is derived from the local
metamorphic basement supporting the hypothesis that recycling of the lower Palaeozoic crust is the dominant process in granitic
magma formation from Palaeozoic to Mesozoic.
Received: 15 December 1999 / Accepted: 11 July 2000 |
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