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Association of dolerite and lamprophyre dykes, Jetty Peninsula (Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2004

Eugene V. Mikhalsky
Affiliation:
190121 St. Petersburg, Maklina 1, VNIIOkeangeologia, Russia
John W. Sheraton
Affiliation:
Australian Geological Survey Organisation, P. O. Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

Abstract

A compositionally varied swarm of mafic dykes in the Jetty Peninsula area was emplaced about 320 Ma ago (K-Ar age). There are three major groups: Group 1 dykes range from transitional-alkaline dolerites to camptonites, Group 2 are trachydolerites, and Group 3 are diorite to quartz diorite porphyries. Group 1 dykes have very similar ratios of most incompatible elements and were derived from the same (or a very similar) enriched lithospheric mantle source region (∈Nd −0.18 to −3.05) with high Nb and Ta (i.e., OIB, ocean island basalt, characteristics). However, the presence of several distinct subgroups with different incompatible element abundances implies significantly different degrees of melting. Group 2 trachy dolerites are much more fractionated (mg 22–36), but were apparently derived from a similar, although somewhat more enriched (∈Nd −2.26 to −4.63) source. Group 3 diorites are compositionally quite distinct and may have been derived by intracrustal melting. Enrichment of the mantle source(s) of Groups 1 and 2 dykes apparently occurred about the same time as high-grade metamorphism in the area, and may have been coeval with crust formation in nearby parts of Gondwana.

Type
Papers—Earth Sciences and Glaciology
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1993

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