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Jul 1999
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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 170, Issue 4, p. 447-461.
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We present Re-Os, Sm-Nd and Pb-Pb isotope and trace element data for the Konchozero sill, a layered mafic-ultramafic intrusion in the Early Proterozoic Onega plateau, one of the oldest continental flood basalt provinces on Earth. The Sm-Nd and Pb-Pb combined mineral and whole-rock isochron ages of /1988+/-34 and /1985+/-57 Ma for the sill coincide with the age of ferropicrites from Pechenga (the Kola Peninsula). The lithostratigraphic, chemical and isotope evidence suggest the derivation of Pechenga lavas and the Onega plateau volcanics from a single mantle plume. Peridotite and gabbro whole-rock samples, and primary ulvospinel and ilmenite mineral separates from the sill yield a Re-Os isochron with a slope corresponding to an age of /1969+/-18 Ma, γOs(T) /=-0.61+/-5.9. This age is consistent with the other isotope data, and indicates the closed-system behavior of Re and Os in the rocks. The peridotites and ulvospinel have high Os concentrations (2.5-14 ppb) and low 187Re/188Os ratios (0.35-1.1), thus allowing a more accurate determination of the weighted average initial 187Os/188Os of /0.1144+/-0.0019 (2σpop), γOs(T) /=+0.77+/-1.7. This value is lower than that determined by Walker et al. (Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61 (1997) 3145-3160) for the Pechenga lavas (γOs(T) /=+6.1+/-0.7), and implies a substantial Os-isotope heterogeneity in this ancient plume. Compared to the Onega plateau primary basalt magma, Pechenga ferropicrites are relatively enriched in iron and Ni, have lower (Nb/Th)N ratios (2.1 vs 1.1) and less radiogenic Nd-isotope compositions (ɛNd(T) = +3.1 and +1.4, respectively), but share similar low-radiogenic Pb-isotope characteristics (μ1=8.57 and 8.60). Incorporation of small amounts (1.5%) of outer core material into the hotter central part of the plume and subsequent contamination of the Pechenga ferropicritic magmas with the 2.9 Ga Belomorian gneisses can explain the observed chemical and isotope variations in the two provinces provided that the core had <0.25 ppm of Pb.
Brügmann Gerhard E.
Hofmann Albrecht W.
Puchtel Igor S.
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