Palaeomagnetic and RbSr isotopic evidence for the age of the Särna alkaline complex,western central Sweden

The stable palaeomagnetic pole of peralkaline syenites from the Särna intrusion lies close to the mean Upper Carboniferous pole for stable Europe and to other poles of similar age from the Baltic Shield. This age evidence is in agreement with an Rb-Sr 8-point mineral isochron for a single whole-rock sample of $\text{287±14}$ m.y. (2σ). The isochron age and the pole position are believed to reflect the emplacement and cooling of the body and a comparison is drawn with other events of similar age in the Baltic Shield. Variation of initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios of whole-rock samples from 0.7041 to 0.7070 (at 287 m.y.) is considered to be caused by contamination of an ultimately mantle-derived magma by radiogenic strontium from crustal material.