| Abstract: | The results of geochemical and isotopic (Sr-Nd) studies of the rocks comprising the structure of igneous associations of Minusa
Trough are presented. They allowed us to identify the heterogeneity of igneous sources. Similar heterogeneity is determined
by mixing of at least two sources of source melts. The first one corresponds, by the geochemical parameters, to the OIB composition
with a high content of noncoherent lithophile elements and to the PREMA-type mantle in its isotopic parameters. Another source
is comparable to the lithospheric mantle that was metasomatized in above-subduction conditions. Participation of a second
source melt in magma formation led to the appearance of IAB geochemical features (typical depletion in high-charge hydrophobic
Ti, Nb, and Ta, and enrichment in Ba, common and radiogenic Sr) for basite melts. The performed studies give us ground to
attribute the magmatism of Minusa Trough to the Altai-Sayan plume evolution beneath the convergent boundary within the limits
of the southwestern margin of the Siberian continent. |
