Lithologic and geochemical composition of samples from the Circum Superior Belt, North America

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Hauptverfasser: Minifie, Matthew J, Kerr, Andrew C, Ernst, Richard E, Hastie, Alan R, Ciborowski, T Jake R, Desharnais, Guy, Millar, Ian L
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author Minifie, Matthew J
Kerr, Andrew C
Ernst, Richard E
Hastie, Alan R
Ciborowski, T Jake R
Desharnais, Guy
Millar, Ian L
author_facet Minifie, Matthew J
Kerr, Andrew C
Ernst, Richard E
Hastie, Alan R
Ciborowski, T Jake R
Desharnais, Guy
Millar, Ian L
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The ca. 1880 Ma Circum-Superior Large Igneous Province (LIP) consists of a number of discontinuous segments known to cover a significant portion of the margin of the Superior Province craton in North America. New geochemical and isotopic data from western segments of this LIP support a common origin for the these segments and suggest that magmatism in the Lake Superior region may have been fed through the ~ 600 km long Pickle Crow dyke from a source north of the Fox River Belt in northeastern Manitoba. The Fox River Belt, Pickle Crow dyke and sections of the Hemlock Formation in the Lake Superior region possess trace element signatures which are similar to those of more recent oceanic plateaux. The Hemlock Formation displays a heterogeneous geochemical signature. This chemical heterogeneity can in part be explained by lithospheric contamination and possibly by source heterogeneity. The tectonomagmatic setting in which these igneous rocks were formed could have involved a mantle plume. Evidence supporting a plume origin includes high MgO volcanic rocks, high calculated degrees of partial melting and geochemical signatures similar to those of oceanic plateaux.
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spellingShingle Lithologic and geochemical composition of samples from the Circum Superior Belt, North America
Minifie, Matthew J
Kerr, Andrew C
Ernst, Richard E
Hastie, Alan R
Ciborowski, T Jake R
Desharnais, Guy
Millar, Ian L
Canada; Canada, Fox River Belt; Fox_River_Belt; Hemlock_Formation; Pickle_Crow
The ca. 1880 Ma Circum-Superior Large Igneous Province (LIP) consists of a number of discontinuous segments known to cover a significant portion of the margin of the Superior Province craton in North America. New geochemical and isotopic data from western segments of this LIP support a common origin for the these segments and suggest that magmatism in the Lake Superior region may have been fed through the ~ 600 km long Pickle Crow dyke from a source north of the Fox River Belt in northeastern Manitoba. The Fox River Belt, Pickle Crow dyke and sections of the Hemlock Formation in the Lake Superior region possess trace element signatures which are similar to those of more recent oceanic plateaux. The Hemlock Formation displays a heterogeneous geochemical signature. This chemical heterogeneity can in part be explained by lithospheric contamination and possibly by source heterogeneity. The tectonomagmatic setting in which these igneous rocks were formed could have involved a mantle plume. Evidence supporting a plume origin includes high MgO volcanic rocks, high calculated degrees of partial melting and geochemical signatures similar to those of oceanic plateaux.
title Lithologic and geochemical composition of samples from the Circum Superior Belt, North America
topic Canada; Canada, Fox River Belt; Fox_River_Belt; Hemlock_Formation; Pickle_Crow
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778131