Mineralogy and geochemistry of Devonian ultramafic minor intrusions of the southern Kola Peninsula, Russia: implications for the petrogenesis of kimberlites and melilitites |
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Authors: | A D Beard H Downes E Hegner S M Sablukov V R Vetrin K Balogh |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geology, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, WCIE 7HX, UK, GB;(2) Institut für Mineralogie, Petrologie und Geochemie, Eberhard-Karls-Universitat Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany, DE;(3) TsNIGRI, 129b Warsaw Boulevard, Moscow, Russia, RU;(4) Kola Science Centre, Fersman Street, Apatity, 184200, Murmansk obl., Russia, RU;(5) Institute of Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 51, H-4000 Debrecen, Hungary, HU |
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Abstract: | Minor magmatic intrusions of kimberlite, melilitite and cpx-melilitite occur in the southern part of the Kola Peninsula,
Russia, on the Terskii Coast and near the town of Kandalaksha. They yield K-Ar ages of 382 ± 14 Ma and 365 ± 16 Ma, similar
to the magmatic rocks from the Kola Alkaline Province. The Terskii Coast kimberlites have mineralogical and geochemical affinities
with group 1 kimberlites, whereas the Kandalaksha monticellite kimberlite more closely resembles calcite kimberlites. The
lower Al2O3 content in the Kola kimberlites indicates a strongly depleted harzburgitic source, while higher Al2O3 in the melilitites suggests a lherzolitic source. The Terskii Coast kimberlites are anomalously potassic and significantly
enriched in P and Ba compared to other group 1 kimberlites. In contrast, the melilitites are sodic and are anomalously depleted
in P compared to worldwide melilitites. Trace element patterns of the Kola kimberlites and melilitites indicate the presence
of K- and P-rich phases in the mantle source. To account for the K-troughs shown by both magma types, a K-rich phase such
as phlogopite is thought to be residual in their sources; however, the anomalous K-enrichment in the Terskii Coast kimberlites
may indicate that an additional metasomatic K-rich phase (e.g. K-richterite and/or a complex K-Ba-phosphate) existed in the
kimberlite source. The P-depletion in the melilitites may suggest that a phosphate phase such as apatite remained residual
in the melilititic source. However, anomalous P-enrichment in the kimberlites cannot be explained by complete melting of the
same phase because the kimberlites are a smaller degree melt; thus, it is most likely that another metasomatic phosphate mineral
existed in the source of the kimberlites. The Kola kimberlites and melilitites are all strongly LREE-enriched but the kimberlites
have a steeper REE pattern and are significantly more depleted in HREE, indicating a higher proportion of garnet in their
source. Higher Nb/Y ratios and lower SiO2 values in the kimberlites indicate that they were a smaller degree partial melt than the melilitites. The presence of diamonds
in the Terskii Coast kimberlites indicates a relatively deep origin, while the melilitites originated from shallower depth.
The non-diamondiferous Kandalaksha monticellite kimberlite has lower abundances of all incompatible trace elements, suggesting
a higher degree of partial melting and/or a less enriched and shallower source than the Terskii Coast kimberlites. The 87Sr/86Sri, 143Nd/144Ndi and Pb isotope compositions confirm that the Terskii Coast kimberlites have close affinities with group 1 kimberlites and
were derived from an asthenospheric mantle source, while the Kandalaksha monticellite kimberlite and Terskii Coast melilitites
were derived from lithospheric mantle. Impact of a Devonian asthenospheric mantle plume on the base of the Archaean-Proterozoic
lithosphere of the Kola Peninsula caused widespread emplacement of kimberlites, melilitites, ultramafic lamprophyres and other
more fractionated alkaline magmas. The nature of the mantle affected by metasomatism associated with the plume and, in particular,
the depth of melting and the stability of the metasomatic phases, gave rise to the observed differences between kimberlites
and the related melilitites and other magmas.
Received: 3 March 1997 / Accepted: 7 October 1997 |
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