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Article: The origin of Mengyin and Fuxian diamondiferous kimberlites from the North China Craton: Implication for Palaeozoic subducted oceanic slab-mantle interaction

TitleThe origin of Mengyin and Fuxian diamondiferous kimberlites from the North China Craton: Implication for Palaeozoic subducted oceanic slab-mantle interaction
Authors
KeywordsKimberlite
North China Craton
Pge
Subducted Oceanic Slab-Mantle Interaction
Issue Date2010
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jseaes
Citation
Journal Of Asian Earth Sciences, 2010, v. 37 n. 5-6, p. 425-437 How to Cite?
AbstractConcentrations of major, trace, and platinum-group element (PGE) compositions were determined for a suite of the Early Palaeozoic (ca. 465 Ma) Mengyin and Fuxian diamondiferous kimberlites from the eastern North China Craton to constrain the petrogenesis of these rocks and thus the mantle processes involved in their origin. Although the Chinese kimberlites are broadly similar to the kimberlites of South Africa (McDonald et al., 1995), there are significant compositional differences between the Mengyin and the Fuxian fields. The Mengyin kimberlites are more refractory (Mg# > 87, Ni = 1207-1786, Cr = 1991-4224) and more strongly enriched in LREE ((La/Yb)N = 265-517), but have lower Pd/Ir ratios (1.26-2.08) than those of the Fuxian field. The Mengyin kimberlites possess primitive, mantle-like Sr-Nd isotopic ratios. These features suggest that the Mengyin kimberlites formed from a mixture of carbonated asthenosphere and lithospheric keel with a minor contribution from a previously subduction-dehydrated oceanic slab. In contrast, the Fuxian kimberlites are less refractory (Mg# = 80-87, Ni = 971-1411, Cr = 1483-2285), less enriched in LREE ((La/Yb)N = 45-173) and have higher Pd/Ir ratios (1.59-4.24). Their lower εNd values (εNd ∼ -2.3) and large variations in Sr isotopic compositions suggest significant involvement of hydrothermally-altered and previously subduction-dehydrated oceanic lithosphere. Thus, we consider that the formation of the two kimberlites was related to the previously dehydrated subduction of an oceanic slab beneath the North China Craton in the Palaeozoic. The subduction of Palaeo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere in the south and/or subduction of the Mongolian Ocean lithosphere in the north could have initiated the destabilization of the eastern North China Craton. Melts released from the previously dehydrated subducted slab migrated and concentrated in regions of thermally perturbed asthenosphere and at the base of lithosphere keel, which in turn triggered the generation of kimberlitic magmas by a small degree of melting of the carbonated asthenosphere and the lithosphere keel. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/151299
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ISI Accession Number ID
Funding AgencyGrant Number
Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beirenjihua)
Natural Science Foundation of China40721062
90714008
Funding Information:

This work was supported by grants from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beirenjihua) and the Natural Science Foundation of China (40721062 and 90714008) and. John D. Greenough, Paul Robinson and an Associate editor are thanked for their careful and constructive review that improve the paper greatly.

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dc.contributor.authorZhou, MFen_US
dc.contributor.authorSun, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorZhou, XHen_US
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dc.identifier.issn1367-9120en_US
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dc.description.abstractConcentrations of major, trace, and platinum-group element (PGE) compositions were determined for a suite of the Early Palaeozoic (ca. 465 Ma) Mengyin and Fuxian diamondiferous kimberlites from the eastern North China Craton to constrain the petrogenesis of these rocks and thus the mantle processes involved in their origin. Although the Chinese kimberlites are broadly similar to the kimberlites of South Africa (McDonald et al., 1995), there are significant compositional differences between the Mengyin and the Fuxian fields. The Mengyin kimberlites are more refractory (Mg# > 87, Ni = 1207-1786, Cr = 1991-4224) and more strongly enriched in LREE ((La/Yb)N = 265-517), but have lower Pd/Ir ratios (1.26-2.08) than those of the Fuxian field. The Mengyin kimberlites possess primitive, mantle-like Sr-Nd isotopic ratios. These features suggest that the Mengyin kimberlites formed from a mixture of carbonated asthenosphere and lithospheric keel with a minor contribution from a previously subduction-dehydrated oceanic slab. In contrast, the Fuxian kimberlites are less refractory (Mg# = 80-87, Ni = 971-1411, Cr = 1483-2285), less enriched in LREE ((La/Yb)N = 45-173) and have higher Pd/Ir ratios (1.59-4.24). Their lower εNd values (εNd ∼ -2.3) and large variations in Sr isotopic compositions suggest significant involvement of hydrothermally-altered and previously subduction-dehydrated oceanic lithosphere. Thus, we consider that the formation of the two kimberlites was related to the previously dehydrated subduction of an oceanic slab beneath the North China Craton in the Palaeozoic. The subduction of Palaeo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere in the south and/or subduction of the Mongolian Ocean lithosphere in the north could have initiated the destabilization of the eastern North China Craton. Melts released from the previously dehydrated subducted slab migrated and concentrated in regions of thermally perturbed asthenosphere and at the base of lithosphere keel, which in turn triggered the generation of kimberlitic magmas by a small degree of melting of the carbonated asthenosphere and the lithosphere keel. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jseaesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Asian Earth Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectKimberliteen_US
dc.subjectNorth China Cratonen_US
dc.subjectPgeen_US
dc.subjectSubducted Oceanic Slab-Mantle Interactionen_US
dc.titleThe origin of Mengyin and Fuxian diamondiferous kimberlites from the North China Craton: Implication for Palaeozoic subducted oceanic slab-mantle interactionen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.10.006en_US
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