Indirect crustal contamination: evidence from isotopic and chemical disequilibria in minerals from alkali basalts and nephelinites from northern Tanzania |
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Authors: | C R Paslick Alex N Halliday R A Lange D James J B Dawson |
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Institution: | (1) Physical Science Division, Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL 61114, USA, US;(2) Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, USA, US;(3) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, UK, GB |
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Abstract: | Alkali basalts and nephelinites from the volcanic province of northern Tanzania contain pyroxene and nepheline that show
evidence for chemical and/or isotopic disequilibria with their host magmas. Olivine, pyroxene, nepheline and plagioclase all
appear to be partially xenocrystic in origin. Five whole rock/mineral separate pairs have been analyzed for Sr, Nd, and Pb
isotopic compositions. The 206Pb/204Pb ratios are distinct by as much as 20.94 (whole rock) vs. 19.10 (clinopyroxene separate). The Sr and Nd isotopic disequilibria
vary from insignificant in the case of nepheline, to Δ 87Sr/86Sr of 0.0002 and ΔɛNd of 0.7 in the case of clinopyroxene. The mineral chemistry of 25 samples indicates the ubiquitous presence of minerals that
did not crystallize from a liquid represented by the host rock. The northern Tanzanian magmas are peralkaline and exhibit
none of the xenocrystic phases expected from crustal assimilation. The disequilibria cannot be the result of mantle source
variations. Rather the xenocrystic phases present appear to have been derived from earlier alkali basaltic rocks or magmas
that were contaminated by the crust. Material from this earlier magma was then mixed with batches of magma that subsequently
erupted on the surface. Disequilibrium in volcanic rocks has potentially serious consequences for the use of whole rock data
to identify source reservoirs. However, mass balance calculations reveal that the 206Pb/204Pb isotopic compositions of the erupted lavas were changed by less than 0.25% as a result of this indirect crustal contamination.
Received: 15 February 1995 / Accepted: 4 May 1996 |
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