Sample localities, descriptions, major-and trace-element abundances of rocks from the Lamarck Granodiorite and associated mafic rocks, eastern Sierra Nevada, California

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.P. Frost
1990 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1182-1193 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Dogan Paktunc

Abundant mafic rocks comprising basalts and gabbros occur in the Bathurst Camp, a complexly deformed Ordovician terrane in northeastern New Brunswick. The mafic rocks form a consanguineous suite of aphyric lavas, subvolcanic sills, and (or) dikes. Gabbros and basalts have somewhat similar major-element compositions but differ in terms of their trace-element contents. Medium-grained gabbros display tholeiitic compositions, whereas basalts and fine-grained gabbros have alkalic affinities. In general, trace-element abundances indicate an enriched source region for the Bathurst mafic rocks. Trace-element characteristics of the tholeiitic group point to a transitional setting going from back-arc to ocean basin, whereas the alkalic group has geochemical characteristics in common with within-plate basalts. Mixing between magmas of these contrasting settings could explain some of the trace-element characteristics of both groups. The back-arc-basin setting appears to be ensialic and is characterized by the absence of an underlying subducted slab during the formation of the basin. The tectonic reason for rifting in such a case could be the strike separation along a series of en echelon faults similar to those of the Gulf of California. Calc-alkaline characteristics of the upper mantle underlying the basin seem to have been inherited from southeasterly subduction of the proto-Atlantic Ocean in Early to Middle Ordovician times.


2019 ◽  
pp. 31-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.Brendan Murphy ◽  
R.Damian Nance ◽  
Logan B. Gabler ◽  
Alexandra Martell ◽  
Douglas A. Archibald

In northwest Donegal, Ireland, a large number of coeval appinitic (hornblende-plagioclase-rich) plutons and lamprophyre dykes occur around the Ardara pluton, a granitic satellite body and one of the oldest phases of the ca. 428–400 Ma composite Donegal Batholith. The appinite units form a bimodal (mafic–felsic) suite in which hornblende is the dominant mafic mineral and typically occurs as large prismatic phenocrysts within a finer grained matrix. Lamprophyre dykes are mafic in composition with a geochemistry that is very similar to that of the mafic appinite bodies. Both mafic rocks are subalkalic, with calc-alkalic and tholeiitic tendencies, and show trace element abundances indicating that the mantle source was contaminated by subduction zone fluids. 40Ar/39Ar analysis of hornblende separated from two samples of appinite yield mid-Silurian (434.2 ± 2.1 Ma and 433.7 ± 5.5 Ma) cooling ages that are interpreted to closely date the time of intrusion. Hence, according to the available age data, the appinite bodies slightly predate, or were coeval with, the earliest phases of the Donegal Batholith. Sm–Nd isotopic analyses yield a range of initial εNd values (+3.1 to –4.8 at t = 435 Ma) that, together with trace element data, indicate that the appinitic magmas were likely derived from melting of metasomatized sub-continental lithospheric mantle and/or underplated mafic crust, with only limited crustal contamination during magma ascent. The appinitic intrusions are interpreted to have been emplaced along deep-seated crustal fractures that allowed for mafic and felsic magma to mingle. The magmas are thought to be the products of collisional asthenospheric upwelling associated with the closure of Iapetus and the ensuing Caledonian orogeny, either as a result of an orogen-wide delamination event or as a consequence of more localized slab break-off.RÉSUMÉDans le nord-ouest du Donegal, en Irlande, un grand nombre de plutons appinitiques (riches en hornblendes ou en plagioclases) et de dykes de lamprophyres contemporains se retrouvent autour du pluton d’Ardara, un corps satellite granitique et l’une des phases les plus anciennes du batholite composite de Donegal, âgé d’environ 428–400 Ma. Les unités de l’appinite forment une suite bimodale (mafique–felsique) dans laquelle la hornblende est le minéral mafique dominant et se présente généralement sous forme de grands phénocristaux prismatiques au sein d’une matrice à grains plus fins. Les dykes de lamprophyres ont une composition mafique dont la géochimie est très similaire à celle des corps d’appinite mafique. Les deux roches mafiques sont subalcaliques, avec des tendances calcoalcalines et tholéiitiques, et elles montrent des teneurs en éléments traces indiquant que la source du manteau a été contaminée par des fluides de zone de subduction. L'analyse 40Ar/39Ar des hornblendes provenant de deux échantillons d'appinite donne des âges de refroidissement du Silurien moyen (434,2 ± 2,1 Ma et 433,7 ± 5,5 Ma) qui sont interprétés comme étant proches de la date de l’intrusion. Par conséquent, selon les données d’âge disponibles, les corps d’appinite sont légèrement antérieurs ou contemporains des toutes premières phases du batholite de Donegal. Les analyses isotopiques Sm–Nd aboutissent à une gamme de valeurs εNd initiales (+3,1 à -4,8 à t = 435 Ma) qui, associées aux données des éléments traces, indiquent que les magmas appinitiques sont probablement dérivés de la fusion d'un manteau lithosphérique souscontinental métasomatisé et / ou d’une croûte mafique sousplaquée, avec une contamination crustale limitée lors de l'ascension du magma. Les intrusions appinitiques sont interprétées comme s'étant mises en place le long de fractures profondes de la croûte qui ont permis au magma mafique et au magma felsique de se mélanger. On pense que les magmas sont les produits de la remontée (upwelling) asthénosphérique collisionnelle associée à la fermeture de l’océan Iapetus et à l'orogenèse calédonienne qui s'ensuit, soit à la suite d'un délaminage à l'échelle de l'orogène, soit à la suite d'une rupture plus localisée de la plaque.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael M. McGlue ◽  
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Edward W. Woolery ◽  
Morgan Black ◽  
Ali Almayahi

2018 ◽  
Vol 158 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangying Feng ◽  
Yildirim Dilek ◽  
Xiaolu Niu ◽  
Fei Liu ◽  
Jingsui Yang

AbstractThe Zhangguangcai Range in the Xing’an Mongolian Orogenic Belt, NE China, contains Early Jurassic (c. 188 Ma) Dabaizigou (DBZG) porphyritic dolerite. Compared with other island-arc mafic rocks, the DBZG dolerite is characterized by high trace-element contents, relatively weak Nb and Ta enrichments, and no Zr, Hf or Ti depletions, similar to OIB-type rocks. Analysed rocks have (87Sr/86Sr)i ratios of 0.7033–0.7044, relatively uniform positive ɛNd(t) values of 2.3–3.2 and positive ɛHf(t) values of 8.5–17.1. Trace-element and isotopic modelling indicates that the DBZG mafic rocks were generated by partial melting of asthenospheric mantle under garnet- to spinel-facies conditions. The occurrence of OIB-like mafic intrusion suggests significant upwelling of the asthenosphere in response to lithospheric attenuation caused by continental rifting. These processes occurred in an incipient continental back-arc environment in the upper plate of a palaeo-Pacific slab subducting W–NW beneath East Asia.


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