Baddeleyite: A promising geochronometer for alkaline and basic magmatism |
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Authors: | T B Bayanova |
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Institution: | (1) Geological Institute, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Fersmana 14, Apatity, Murmansk oblast, 184209, Russia |
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Abstract: | The paper is devoted to the history of the discovery, petrological and mineralogical characterization, and U-Pb dating of baddeleyite ZrO2, which was separated from various Archean, Proterozoic, and Paleozoic rocks from Fennoscandia. The morphology of this mineral and its U-Pb age values were examined in the Archean carbonatites (2613 ± 18 Ma) of Siilinjarvi, Finland, and gabbronorite dikes (2738 ± 6 Ma) at the Kirovogorskoe deposit. U-Pb isochrons are reported for the baddeleyite-zircon pair obtained from the gabbronorites and anorthosites of the Proterozoic pyroxenite-gabbronorite-anorthosite association. The U-Pb baddeleyite dates for the early gabbronorite phase (2.5 Ga) and for a gabbronorite dike (late phase, 2.4 Ga) suggest that the basic magmatism evolved over a long time period (100 m.y.) in the Proterozoic. U-Pb dates are also reported for baddeleyite from the Paleozoic carbonatites of Kovdor, Sebljarv, and Vuorijarvi. |
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