Further Sr and Nd isotopic results from peridotites of the Ronda Ultramafic Complex

Details Further Sr and Nd isotopic results from peridotites of the Ronda Ultramafic Complex Further Sr and Nd isotopic results from peridotites of the Ronda Ultramafic Complex

Dec 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989e%26psl..96..161r&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 96, Issue 1-2, p. 161-180.

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Clinopyroxenes derived from peridotites of the spinel and garnet facies of the Ronda Ultramafic Complex yield Sr and Nd isotopic ratios which extend the range of compositions found in the massif to values as depleted as 0.70205 for Sr and 0.51363 for Nd. Large-amplitude, short-wavelength isotopic variations are found to be ubiquitous throughout the massif. In the garnet facies, some of these variations are shown to be produced by the tectonic disaggregation of mafic layers in an isotopically depleted peridotite matrix. Ages obtained from garnet-clinopyroxene Sm-Nd isochrons (about 22 m.y.) agree with previous determinations of the time of crustal emplacement. In the plagioclase facies, where the Sr and Nd isotopic compositions have been very strongly affected by recent cryptic metasomatism, detailed study of one sample reveals that intermineral Nd isotopic equilibrium exists between clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, and plagioclase. This indicates that the metasomatism occurred at high temperatures, and thus probably within the mantle.
A rough correlation between 143Nd/144Nd and 147Sm/144N, with an apparent ``age'' of 1.3 b.y. and an initial ɛNd(0) value of +6.0, is observed among clinopyroxenes derived from river sediments from throughout the massif. This age is interpreted as the time that the massif left the convecting mantle and became incorporated into the sub-continental lithosphere.

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