<p>The Grib kimberlite in NW Russia erupted into a poorly defined cratonic region along the White Sea coast. This region is part of the East European (or Baltica) Super-Craton that is comprised of several cratonic nuclei, including the Kola, Karelian and Murmansk. The eastern extent of the Kola-Karelian-Murmansk cratonic regions is uncertain due to a lack of exposed basement crust. We analysed olivine from a suite of 17 peridotite xenoliths from the Grib kimberlite in NW Russia for their Re-Os isotopic compositions and platinum-group elements (PGE) contents. Os isotopic compositions range from unradiogenic (below the present-day <sup>187</sup>Os/<sup>188</sup>Os of the primitive upper mantle, i.e., &lt; 0.1296) to values more radiogenic than any estimate of the primitive upper mantle (PUM). We observed no correlation between the amount of melt depletion reflected by olivine Mg# [100 × molar Mg/(Mg + Fe)] and the most unradiogenic Os isotopic composition measured in the inclusions within olivine. Samples with unradiogenic <sup>187</sup>Os/<sup>188</sup>Os have similar PGE<sub>N</sub> patterns (where the subscript N indicates normalisation to CI chondrite), that are typical for depleted cratonic peridotites, with depletion in Pd<sub>N</sub> and Re<sub>N</sub> compared to the iridium-group (I)-PGE<sub>N</sub> (Os, Ir, Ru). Only one Grib peridotite xenolith has an Archaean T<sub>RD</sub> age of 3.27 ± 0.37&#xa0;Ga. The majority of Grib peridotite xenoliths have Proterozoic T<sub>RD</sub> ages between 2.5 and 1.2&#xa0;Ga. Three olivines have <sup>187</sup>Os/<sup>188</sup>Os between 0.136 and 0.316, more radiogenic than present-day PUM. Geothermobarometry of Grib peridotite xenoliths show that the local lithospheric mantle is between 210 and 240&#xa0;km thick, with diamond stability below 130&#xa0;km. Overall, the majority of mantle lithosphere beneath this portion of the East European (or Baltica) Super-Craton has a minimum age between 2.5 and 1.2&#xa0;Ga suggesting significant lithosphere modification during Proterozoic rifting and subduction/accretion events.</p>

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Age and evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Grib kimberlite (NW Russia)

  • Karen V. Smit,
  • Elena V. Agasheva,
  • Sarah Woodland,
  • D. Graham Pearson

摘要

The Grib kimberlite in NW Russia erupted into a poorly defined cratonic region along the White Sea coast. This region is part of the East European (or Baltica) Super-Craton that is comprised of several cratonic nuclei, including the Kola, Karelian and Murmansk. The eastern extent of the Kola-Karelian-Murmansk cratonic regions is uncertain due to a lack of exposed basement crust. We analysed olivine from a suite of 17 peridotite xenoliths from the Grib kimberlite in NW Russia for their Re-Os isotopic compositions and platinum-group elements (PGE) contents. Os isotopic compositions range from unradiogenic (below the present-day 187Os/188Os of the primitive upper mantle, i.e., < 0.1296) to values more radiogenic than any estimate of the primitive upper mantle (PUM). We observed no correlation between the amount of melt depletion reflected by olivine Mg# [100 × molar Mg/(Mg + Fe)] and the most unradiogenic Os isotopic composition measured in the inclusions within olivine. Samples with unradiogenic 187Os/188Os have similar PGEN patterns (where the subscript N indicates normalisation to CI chondrite), that are typical for depleted cratonic peridotites, with depletion in PdN and ReN compared to the iridium-group (I)-PGEN (Os, Ir, Ru). Only one Grib peridotite xenolith has an Archaean TRD age of 3.27 ± 0.37 Ga. The majority of Grib peridotite xenoliths have Proterozoic TRD ages between 2.5 and 1.2 Ga. Three olivines have 187Os/188Os between 0.136 and 0.316, more radiogenic than present-day PUM. Geothermobarometry of Grib peridotite xenoliths show that the local lithospheric mantle is between 210 and 240 km thick, with diamond stability below 130 km. Overall, the majority of mantle lithosphere beneath this portion of the East European (or Baltica) Super-Craton has a minimum age between 2.5 and 1.2 Ga suggesting significant lithosphere modification during Proterozoic rifting and subduction/accretion events.