Effects of melt percolation on the Re-Os systematics of continental mantle lithosphere: A case study of spinel peridotite xenoliths from Heilongjiang, NE China  

作　　者：YU SongYue SONG XieYan XU YiGang CHEN LieMeng LI Jie 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Seiences, Guiyang 550002, China [2]Key Laboratory of lsotope Geochronology and Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute ~Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2012年第6期949-965,共17页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40903019, 40730420, 70914001);project of "CAS Hundred Talents", project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.KZCX2-YW-Q04-06);special project of State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry (Grant No. KCZX20090105)

摘　　要：Os isotope ratios of mantle peridotites have been considered to be largely immune to recent melt-rock interaction. However, Os isotope ratios and PGE (Platinum group elements) concentrations of the Yong'an xenoliths have been significantly modified by melt percolation, and are not suitable for determining the formation age of lithosphere mantle in Yong'an. In this study, the Yong'an spinel peridotite xenoliths are divided into two groups: N-Type and E-Type. The N-Type group including cpx (clinopyroxene)-poor lherzolite and harzburgite, shows a large variation of Cr#(sp) (13.2-48) and sulfur contents (from 171 ppm to below detection limit), whereas the E-Type peridotites are mainly refractory harzburgites and are characterized by high Cr#(sp) (35.3-42.2) and overall low sulfur contents (below 51 ppm). Both types show similar major and REE (rare earth element) patterns. Furthermore, the N-Type peridotites display a restricted range of iridium-group PGE (IPGE), Os/Ir and Ru/Ir ratios (Os/Ir = 0.64-1.12, Ru/Ir = 1.52-1.79) and variable palladium-group PGE (PPGE) contents (3.4-14.9 ppb), whereas the E-Type peridotites show a large variation of Os/Ir and Ru/Ir ratios (Os/Ir = 0.33-0.84, Ru/Ir = 0.94-1.6), and a restricted range of PPGE (4.3-6.9 ppb). 187Os/188Os ratios of E-Type peridotites are higher than those of N-Type peridotites at comparable fertility levels. These results suggest that N-Type peridotites may have been overprinted by metasomatism via small melt fractions, in which the percolation of the volatile-rich, small melt fractions only resulted in LILE (large ion lithophile element) enrichment of clinopyroxene, and their whole rock PGE contents and Re-Os isotope values were little changed. Moreover, E-Type peridotites may have been modified by melt-rock reaction involving relatively large melt fractions, which may result in the formation of secondary cpx and olivine and the removal of IPGE-bearing minerals such as Ru-Os-(Ir) alloys or laurite, followed by precipitation of secondary sulfides from melt with Os isotope ratios of mantle peridotites have been considered to be largely immune to recent melt-rock interaction. However, Os isotope ratios and PGE （Platinum group elements） concentrations of the Yong＇an xenoliths have been significantly modi- fied by melt percolation, and are not suitable for determining the formation age of lithosphere mantle in Yong＇an. In this study, the Yong＇an spinel peridotite xenoliths are divided into two groups： N-Type and E-Type. The N-Type group including cpx （clinopyroxene）-poor lherzolite and harzburgite, shows a large variation of Cr#（sp） （13.2-48） and sulfur contents （from 171 ppm to below detection limit）, whereas the E-Type peridotites are mainly refractory harzburgites and are characterized by high Cr#（sp） （35.3-42.2） and overall low sulfur contents （below 51 ppm）. Both types show similar major and REE （rare earth ele- ment） patterns. Furthermore, the N-Type peridotites display a restricted range of iridium-group PGE （IPGE）, Os/Ir and Ru/Ir ratios （Os/Ir = 0.64-1.12, Ru/Ir = 1.52-1.79） and variable palladium-group PGE （PPGE） contents （3.4-14.9 ppb）, whereas the E-Type peridotites show a large variation of Os/Ir and Ru/Ir ratios （Os/Ir = 0.33-0.84, Ru/Ir = 0.94-1.6）, and a restricted range of PPGE （4.3-6.9 ppb）. 187Os/188Os ratios of E-Type peridotites are higher than those of N-Type peridotites at comparable fer- tility levels. These results suggest that N-Type peridotites may have been overprinted by metasomatism via small melt frac- tions, in which the percolation of the volatile-rich, small melt fractions only resulted in LILE （large ion lithophile element） en- richment of clinopyroxene, and their whole rock PGE contents and Re-Os isotope values were little changed. Moreover, E-Type peridotites may have been modified by melt-rock reaction involving relatively large melt fractions, which may result in the formation of secondary cpx and olivine and the removal of IPGE-bearing minerals such as Ru-Os-（Ir

关 键 词：PERIDOTITES highly siderophile element melt percolation sulfides NE China 

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