Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Aug 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000e%26psl.181...71k&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 181, Issue 1-2, p. 71-87.
Mathematics
Logic
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Scientific paper
We describe the mineralogical and chemical composition of the Northern Slave mantle as deduced from xenoliths of peridotite within the Jericho kimberlite, Northwest Territories. Our data set includes modal, major, trace and rare earth element compositions of bulk samples of spinel peridotite, low-T and high-T garnet peridotite and minor pyroxenite. Compared to primitive upper mantle, Jericho peridotite shows depletion in the major elements and enrichment in incompatible elements (except for HREE). The Slave mantle is also uniquely stratified. Older, depleted spinel peridotite extends to a depth of 80-100 km and is underlain by garnet peridotite which shows a gradual decrease in Mg# with depth to 200 km. The youngest layer of fertile garnet peridotite, enriched in clinopyroxene and garnet, is underlain by a pyroxenite-rich horizon at the base of the petrological lithosphere. The Northern Slave is further distinguished from the Kaapvaal and Siberian upper mantle by a marked vertical stratification in Mg#, lower abundances of orthopyroxene and higher abundances of clinopyroxene. In addition, a deeper layer of garnet peridotite below Jericho shows less depletion than low-T peridotite from other cratons. The Northern Slave peridotite results from a series of chemical events that include: (i) high-degree melting of pyrolite at P>3 Gpa for low-T peridotite and lower pressure melting for high-T peridotite, (ii) enrichment of low-T spinel peridotite in orthopyroxene, and (iii) pervasive metasomatic enrichment in alkali and LREE's by kimberlite-related fluids. The chemical stratification described for two of the three lithospheric domains of the Slave craton makes this craton an exception among cratons with commonly unstratified lithospheres. The gradual increase in fertility with depth below the Slave craton is related to age stratification and may have formed by incremental downward growth of mantle lithosphere with time, and/or later re-fertilization of deeper mantle horizons.
Kopylova Maya G.
Russell Kasey J.
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