The role of mantle-derived volatiles in the petrogenesis of Palaeoproterozoic ferropicrites in the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, northwestern Russia : Insights from in-situ microbeam and nanobeam analysis of hydromagmatic amphibole

Marco Fiorentini, S.W. Beresford, E. Deloule, E. Hanski, W.E. Stone, N.J. Pearson

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    Abstract

    New in-situ trace element and hydrogen isotopic data of hydromagmatic amphiboles from ferropicritic gabbro-wehrlite intrusions and lava flows of the Palaeoproterozoic Pechenga Greenstone Belt (Russia) provide insights into the controversial source of volatiles that are implicated in Precambrian ultramafic magmatism. The intrusions mainly contain oikocrystic kaersutites and pargasites, whereas lava flows generally include idiomorphic Fe-kaersutites and Fe-pargasites. All orthomagmatic amphiboles display slightly LREE-enriched chondrite-normalised patterns. Primitive mantle-normalised patterns of amphiboles from the intrusions display positive Nb-Ta, moderate negative Th-U and distinctive negative Sr-Li anomalies. Conversely, Fe-kaersutites and Fe-pargasites from the lava flows display undepleted Th, U, Sr and Li signatures. Boron and Cl enrichment is primarily observed in secondary edenites, which locally rim orthomagmatic kaersutites. In-situ delta D measurements of hydromagmatic amphiboles from the gabbro-wehrlite intrusions display values ranging between -70 parts per thousand and -170 parts per thousand, and total water contents between 1 and 3 wt. %. Conversely, primary hydromagmatic amphiboles from the Pechenga flows display lighter delta D compositions ranging between -100 parts per thousand and -270 parts per thousand, and lower (
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2-14
    JournalEarth and Planetary Science Letters
    Volume268
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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