Na and Cr contents in clinopyroxenes from peridotites: A possible discriminant between ``sub-continental'' and ``sub-oceanic'' mantle

Details Na and Cr contents in clinopyroxenes from peridotites: A possible discriminant between ``sub-continental'' and ``sub-oceanic'' mantle Na and Cr contents in clinopyroxenes from peridotites: A possible discriminant between ``sub-continental'' and ``sub-oceanic'' mantle

Apr 1981

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 53, Issue 2, p. 241-254.

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The compilation of data available in the literature and new analyses show that clinopyroxenes are significantly richer in Na and poorer in Cr in peridotites associated with high-grade metamorphic rocks than in ultramafites from oceanic environments, considered as ``sub-continental'' or ``sub-oceanic'' mantle, respectively. Two distinctive fields can be drawn in the Na-Cr plot. This fact is related to the large amount of basic magma provided by the oceanic mantle along the mid-oceanic ridges.
Application of this Na-Cr diagram to clinopyroxenes from peridotites in orogenic belts and appearing as xenoliths in volcanic rocks and kimberlites (``nodules'') allows us to specify their origin, taking into consideration that the clinopyroxene composition is controlled by several factors each of which gives rise to a particular trend: P-T. conditions, mineral facies, partial melting and crystal fractionation, metasomatism. It appears that oceanic-type mantle may be found under continents in extensional areas having evolved towards rift systems, and in ophiolites. The latter exhibit different degree of depletion related to their formation in two main geotectonic situations: mid-oceanic ridges and active margin systems.

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