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Apr 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007e%26psl.256..278r&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 256, Issue 1-2, p. 278-293.
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Lithium concentrations and isotopic compositions of coexisting olivine and clinopyroxene (cpx) in well-characterized peridotite xenoliths from Tok (SE Siberian craton) and samples from two other far-east Russian localities reveal strong elemental and isotopic disequilibria, which correlates with bulk rock composition. Lithium concentrations in cpx from Tok (1 12 ppm) are equal to or significantly greater than those in coexisting olivines (1 5 ppm). The Li-rich cpx show core to rim zoning, indicative of Li infiltration from the grain boundaries. Olivines are generally unzoned, although Li concentrations can vary significantly from grain to grain. ol/cpxD varies from 0.2 to 1.0, which is lower than that expected for equilibrium partitioning (ol/cpxDeq = 1.1 to 2.0), and reflects preferential Li enrichment in cpx. The Li isotopic compositions of both minerals range far beyond normal mantle δ7Li of ˜ + 4 ± 2. δ7Licpx (- 0.8 to - 14.6) is systematically lighter than δ7Li of coexisting olivine (- 1.7 to + 11.9), and Δ7Liol-cpx varies from 2.8 to 22.9‰. The greatest elemental and isotopic disequilibria occur in the most fertile samples (lherzolites) and may reflect longer equilibration times and/or enhanced melt permeability in the more refractory samples. Collectively, these observations suggest that the peridotite minerals experienced Li addition via diffusion from a grain boundary melt or fluid shortly before or coincident with their entrainment into the host basalt (i.e., within tens of thousands of years, based on published diffusion coefficients for Li in cpx at the temperatures of equilibration). This diffusional ingress of Li generated large kinetic isotopic fractionation, leading to unusually light cpx and heavier olivines. Thus, low δ7Licpx do not reflect the influence of an exotic mantle component related to crustal recycling.
Ionov Dmitri A.
Rudnick Roberta L.
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