Petrogenesis of ultramafic and mafic xenoliths from Mesozoic basanites in southern Sweden: constraints from mineral chemistry |
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| Authors: | Tatjana Rehfeldt Karsten Obst Leif Johansson |
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| Institution: | 1.Institut für Geowissenschaften,Universit?t Mainz,Mainz,Germany;2.Geologischer Dienst,LUNG M-V,Güstrow,Germany;3.GeoBiosphere Science Centre,University of Lund,Lund,Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Jurassic basanite necks occurring at the junction of two major fault zones in Scania contain ultramafic (peridotites, pyroxenites)
and mafic xenoliths, which together indicate a diversity of upper mantle and lower crustal assemblages beneath this region.
The peridotites can be subdivided into lherzolites, dunites and harzburgites. Most lherzolites are porphyroclastic, containing
orthopyroxene and olivine porphyroclasts. They consist of Mg-rich silicates (Mg# = Mg/(Mg + Fetot) × 100; 88–94) and vermicular spinel. Calculated equilibration temperatures are lower in porphyroclastic lherzolites (975–1,007°C)
than in equigranular lherzolite (1,079°C), indicating an origin from different parts of the upper mantle. According to the
spinel composition the lherzolites represent residues of 8–13% fractional melting. They are similar in texture, mineralogy
and major element composition to mantle xenoliths from Cenozoic Central European volcanic fields. Dunitic and harzburgitic
peridotites are equigranular and only slightly deformed. Silicate minerals have lower to similar Mg# (83–92) as lherzolites
and lack primary spinel. Resorbed patches in dunite and harzburgite xenoliths might be the remnants of metasomatic processes
that changed the upper mantle composition. Pyroxenites are coarse, undeformed and have silicate minerals with partly lower
Mg# than peridotites (70–91). Pyroxenitic oxides are pleonaste spinels. According to two-pyroxene thermometry pyroxenites
show a large range of equilibration temperatures (919–1,280°C). In contrast, mafic xenoliths, which are mostly layered gabbronorites
with pyroxene- and plagioclase-rich layers, have a narrow range of equilibration temperatures (828–890°C). These temperature
ranges, together with geochemical evidence, indicate that pyroxenites and gabbroic xenoliths represent mafic intrusions within
the Fennoscandian crust. |
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| Keywords: | Fennoscandian Shield Layered intrusions Lower crust xenoliths Major element geochemistry Mantle petrogenesis Mantle xenoliths |
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