Abstract
AbstractThe Karoo large igneous province has been divided into rift zone and basin-related groups, with picrites from the Luenha river, Mozambique, representing an end-member of the latter. New O isotope, major and trace element data for olivine have been combined with MELTS crystallisation modelling to deconvolve compositional diversity associated with magma differentiation from source-derived heterogeneity. Three olivines populations have been discerned as follows: (1) the ‘main trend’, which records crystallisation from a variety of magma compositions; (2) the ‘low Cu trend’, which is inferred to represent xenocrysts or antecrysts; and (3) the ‘high CaO’ olivines, which record polybaric crystallisation of a primitive, little fractionated magma. The trace element variability in olivine phenocrysts relates partially to sampling of different parts of the same overall magma transport and storage systems, and partly to heterogeneity of parental magmas and their mantle sources. When the measured δ18Oolivine values have been converted into δ18Omelt values, the mean δ18Omelt values for the ‘main trend’ and ‘low Cu’ groups are indistinguishable from each other (5.7 ± 0.1‰, 2σ); however, the mean δ18Omelt value of 6.1 ± 0.1‰ for the ‘high CaO’ group is distinctly enriched. These data record source heterogeneity and suggest contributions from two mantle sources, one with elevated δ18O, and another with more ‘typical’ mantle δ18O. Combining these data with previously reported trace element and Nd and Sr isotope data support derivation from a mantle source similar to non-chondritic bulk silicate earth, but with minor contributions (1–2% for the enriched magmas) from a recycled sedimentary component. This points to the importance of a primitive mantle source for the basin-related successions in Karoo.
Funder
Luonnontieteiden ja Tekniikan Tutkimuksen Toimikunta
University of Helsinki including Helsinki University Central Hospital
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Geochemistry and Petrology,Geophysics
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