Alkaline magmatism and enriched mantle reservoirs: Mechanisms, time, and depth of formation |
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Authors: | L N Kogarko |
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Institution: | (1) Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, ul. Kosygina 19, Moscow, 119991, Russia |
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Abstract: | Alkaline magmatism has occurred since 2.5–2.7 Ga and its abundance has continuously increased throughout the Earth’s history.
Alkaline rocks appeared on the Earth with changes in the geodynamic regime of our planet, i.e., when plume tectonics was supplemented
by plate tectonics. Global-scale development of plate tectonics at the Archean—Proterozoic boundary initiated subduction of
already significantly oxidized oceanic crust enriched in volatiles and large-scale mantle metasomatism caused the formation
of enriched reservoirs as sources of alkaline and carbonatite magmatism. Study of metasomatized mantle material showed the
occurrence of traces of primary carbonatite melts, which are strongly enriched in rare elements, according to ion-microprobe
analyses. The results obtained allowed us to propose a new two-stage genetic model for Ca-rich carbonatites including (1)
metasomatic wehrlitization and carbonatization of mantle material and (2) partial melting of wehrlitized mantle with formation
of carbonate-rich melts or three immiscible liquids (at high alkali contents), i.e., silicate, carbonatitic, and sulfide (at
high sulfur activity).
Original Russian Text L.N. Kogarko, 2006, published in Geokhimiya, 2006, No. 1, pp. 5–13. |
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