Isotopic composition and major and trace element concentrations of mafic rocks obtained from western Dronning Maud Land

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Hauptverfasser: Grosch, Eugene G, Bisnath, Avinash, Frimmel, Hartwig E, Board, W S
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author Grosch, Eugene G
Bisnath, Avinash
Frimmel, Hartwig E
Board, W S
author_facet Grosch, Eugene G
Bisnath, Avinash
Frimmel, Hartwig E
Board, W S
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents On the basis of new bulk major and trace element (including REE) as well as Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr isotope data, used in conjunction with available geochronological data, a post-tectonic mafic igneous province and four groups of pre- to syntectonic amphibolite are distinguished in the polymetamorphic Maud Belt of western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Protoliths of the Group 1 amphibolites are interpreted as volcanic arc mafic intrusions with Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic Nd model ages and depletion in Nb and Ta. Isotopic and lithogeochemical characteristics of this earliest group of amphibolite indicate that the Maud Belt was once an active continental volcanic arc. The most likely position of this arc, for which a late Mesoproterozoic age (c. 1140 Ma) is indicated by available U-Pb single-zircon age data, was on the southeastern margin of the Kaapvaal-Grunehogna Craton. The protoliths of Group 2 amphibolites are attributed to the 1110 Ma Borgmassivet-Umkondo thermal event on the basis of comparable Nd model ages and trace element distributions. Group 3 amphibolite protoliths are characterized by mid-ocean ridge basalt-type REE patterns and low Th/Yb ratios, and they are related to Neoproterozoic extension. Group 4 amphibolite protoliths are distinguished by high Dy/Yb ratios and are attributed to a phase of syntectonic Pan-African magmatism as indicated by Rb-Sr isotope data.
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spellingShingle Isotopic composition and major and trace element concentrations of mafic rocks obtained from western Dronning Maud Land
Grosch, Eugene G
Bisnath, Avinash
Frimmel, Hartwig E
Board, W S
Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; SPP1158
On the basis of new bulk major and trace element (including REE) as well as Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr isotope data, used in conjunction with available geochronological data, a post-tectonic mafic igneous province and four groups of pre- to syntectonic amphibolite are distinguished in the polymetamorphic Maud Belt of western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Protoliths of the Group 1 amphibolites are interpreted as volcanic arc mafic intrusions with Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic Nd model ages and depletion in Nb and Ta. Isotopic and lithogeochemical characteristics of this earliest group of amphibolite indicate that the Maud Belt was once an active continental volcanic arc. The most likely position of this arc, for which a late Mesoproterozoic age (c. 1140 Ma) is indicated by available U-Pb single-zircon age data, was on the southeastern margin of the Kaapvaal-Grunehogna Craton. The protoliths of Group 2 amphibolites are attributed to the 1110 Ma Borgmassivet-Umkondo thermal event on the basis of comparable Nd model ages and trace element distributions. Group 3 amphibolite protoliths are characterized by mid-ocean ridge basalt-type REE patterns and low Th/Yb ratios, and they are related to Neoproterozoic extension. Group 4 amphibolite protoliths are distinguished by high Dy/Yb ratios and are attributed to a phase of syntectonic Pan-African magmatism as indicated by Rb-Sr isotope data.
title Isotopic composition and major and trace element concentrations of mafic rocks obtained from western Dronning Maud Land
topic Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; SPP1158
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847989