Feldspar-bearing lherzolite xenoliths in alkali basalts from Hamar-Daban,southern Baikal region,Russia |
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| Authors: | D A Ionov Suzanne Y O'Reilly Igor V Ashchepkov |
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| Institution: | (1) Centre for Petrology and Lithospheric Studies, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia, AU;(2) United Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, RU |
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| Abstract: | Lherzolite xenoliths in Miocene to Pleistocene basalts from five sites in the Hamar-Daban range in southern Siberia provide
sampling of the mantle close to the axis of the Baikal rift. These anhydrous spinel lherzolites commonly have foliated fabrics
and spongy rims around clinopyroxene, and many contain accessory feldspar. The feldspar occurs in reaction zones adjacent
to spinel and orthopyroxene (where it appears to have been formed by the reaction: spl+opx+cpx+fluid →fs+ol) and less commonly
as thin, irregular veins. The feldspars have variable compositions but are generally alkali-rich; their K2O content ranges from 0.3 to 11.2% and is much higher than in plagioclase from orogenic lherzolites (usually <0.1% K2O). The temperature range for the Hamar-Daban xenolith suite (950–1010° C) is more restricted than for spinel peridotite xenoliths
from other occurrences in the Baikal area. The feldspar-bearing lherzolites yield equilibration temperatures similar to or
slightly lower than feldspar-free ones. The majority of the Hamar-Daban lherzolites are fertile and clinopyroxene-rich, as
for most other occurrences in the Baikal region. Trace element compositions of selected xenoliths and their clinopyroxenes
were determined by ICP-MS, INAA and proton microprobe. Feldspar-bearing xenoliths are enriched in alkalies indicating that
feldspar formation is associated with addition of material and is not simply due to isochemical phase changes. Most xenoliths
and their clinopyroxenes studied are depleted in light REE and have contents of Sr, Zr and Y common for fertile or moderately
depleted mantle peridotites. Few are moderately enriched in LREE, Sr, Th and U. Sr-Nd isotope compositions of clinopyroxenes
indicate long-term depletion in incompatible elements similar to unmetasomatised xenoliths from other occurrences south and
east of Lake Baikal. The formation of feldspar and of spongy aggregates after clinopyroxene, and the enrichment in alkalies
appear to be recent phenomena related to infiltration of an alkali-rich, H2O-poor fluid into spinel peridotites.
Received: 20 March 1995 / Accepted: 26 June 1995 |
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