Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia)

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Laurora, Angela; Mazzucchelli, Maurizio; Rivalenti, Giorgio; Vannucci, Riccardo; Zanetti, Alberto; Barbieri, María Adelaide; Cingolani, Carlos Alberto
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2001
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Spinel-facies mantle xenoliths occur in a diatreme cutting through the Neogene Southern Patagonia Plateau at Gobernador Gregores (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina). This plateau is in a back-arc position with respect to the Chile trench. Xenoliths differ in their whole-rock composition from other South America occurrences, having higher CaO/Al2O3 ratios and, in some samples, TiO2 enrichment, whereas the Na2O/Al2O3 variation range is similar. Three assemblages can be distinguished. Assemblage 1, in anhydrous protogranular lherzolites and harzburgites, contains clinopyroxene with a depleted major and trace element composition, indicating pre-metasomatic depletion processes. This assemblage fully recrystallized to Assemblage 2 (amphibole ± phlogopite ± Cl-apatite-bearing) during a metasomatic episode. This causes clinopyroxene to acquire geochemical characteristics often attributed to carbonate-melt metasomatism. Noticeably, amphibole is markedly enriched in Nb (up to 298 ppm), especially when depleted in Ti. A further event, related to decompression during xenolith uplift to the surface, induces closed-system (perhaps with the exception of CO2 addition) disequilibrium melting of Assemblage 2, dominantly of amphibole. It is found in pockets (where amphibole is a residual phase) consisting of Na–Si-rich glass and carbonate (Mg-rich calcite) drops, and in veins originating from the pockets (Assemblage 3). Euhedral olivine, clinopyroxene and spinel crystallize only in the silicate glass. So do new, euhedral apatite crystals when glass is in contact with previous Assemblage 2 apatite. Textural evidence and comparison with experimental work suggest that silicate glass and carbonates are the result of unmixing of a former homogeneous melt. Because of the different flow rates of carbonate and silicate melt, the xenoliths become enriched in carbonate, which is found in the veins during their migration. Thus, the high CaO/Al2O3 ratio of whole rocks provides inconclusive evidence of carbonatite metasomatism. This factor, and other minor deviations from the expected results of carbonatite metasomatism, lead us to hypothesize an aqueous, Cl-rich fluid, possibly slab derived, as an alternative agent. Amphibole, resulting from reactive porous flow of this agent in the mantle, could fully explain the observed geochemical features, as indicated by estimates of its partition coefficients.
Fil: Laurora, Angela. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; Italia
Fil: Mazzucchelli, Maurizio. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; Italia
Fil: Rivalenti, Giorgio. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; Italia
Fil: Vannucci, Riccardo. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Pavia and Cnr Centro Di Studio per la Cristallochimica e Cristallografia, Via Ferrata, Pavia ; Italia
Fil: Zanetti, Alberto. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Pavia and Cnr Centro Di Studio per la Cristallochimica e Cristallografia, Via Ferrata, Pavia ; Italia
Fil: Barbieri, María Adelaide. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; Italia
Fil: Cingolani, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina
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Carbonated Xenoliths
Gobernador Gregores
Lam-Icp-Ms
Mantle Metasomatism
Silicate Glass
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spelling Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia)Laurora, AngelaMazzucchelli, MaurizioRivalenti, GiorgioVannucci, RiccardoZanetti, AlbertoBarbieri, María AdelaideCingolani, Carlos AlbertoCarbonated XenolithsGobernador GregoresLam-Icp-MsMantle MetasomatismSilicate Glasshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Spinel-facies mantle xenoliths occur in a diatreme cutting through the Neogene Southern Patagonia Plateau at Gobernador Gregores (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina). This plateau is in a back-arc position with respect to the Chile trench. Xenoliths differ in their whole-rock composition from other South America occurrences, having higher CaO/Al2O3 ratios and, in some samples, TiO2 enrichment, whereas the Na2O/Al2O3 variation range is similar. Three assemblages can be distinguished. Assemblage 1, in anhydrous protogranular lherzolites and harzburgites, contains clinopyroxene with a depleted major and trace element composition, indicating pre-metasomatic depletion processes. This assemblage fully recrystallized to Assemblage 2 (amphibole ± phlogopite ± Cl-apatite-bearing) during a metasomatic episode. This causes clinopyroxene to acquire geochemical characteristics often attributed to carbonate-melt metasomatism. Noticeably, amphibole is markedly enriched in Nb (up to 298 ppm), especially when depleted in Ti. A further event, related to decompression during xenolith uplift to the surface, induces closed-system (perhaps with the exception of CO2 addition) disequilibrium melting of Assemblage 2, dominantly of amphibole. It is found in pockets (where amphibole is a residual phase) consisting of Na–Si-rich glass and carbonate (Mg-rich calcite) drops, and in veins originating from the pockets (Assemblage 3). Euhedral olivine, clinopyroxene and spinel crystallize only in the silicate glass. So do new, euhedral apatite crystals when glass is in contact with previous Assemblage 2 apatite. Textural evidence and comparison with experimental work suggest that silicate glass and carbonates are the result of unmixing of a former homogeneous melt. Because of the different flow rates of carbonate and silicate melt, the xenoliths become enriched in carbonate, which is found in the veins during their migration. Thus, the high CaO/Al2O3 ratio of whole rocks provides inconclusive evidence of carbonatite metasomatism. This factor, and other minor deviations from the expected results of carbonatite metasomatism, lead us to hypothesize an aqueous, Cl-rich fluid, possibly slab derived, as an alternative agent. Amphibole, resulting from reactive porous flow of this agent in the mantle, could fully explain the observed geochemical features, as indicated by estimates of its partition coefficients.Fil: Laurora, Angela. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; ItaliaFil: Mazzucchelli, Maurizio. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; ItaliaFil: Rivalenti, Giorgio. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; ItaliaFil: Vannucci, Riccardo. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Pavia and Cnr Centro Di Studio per la Cristallochimica e Cristallografia, Via Ferrata, Pavia ; ItaliaFil: Zanetti, Alberto. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Pavia and Cnr Centro Di Studio per la Cristallochimica e Cristallografia, Via Ferrata, Pavia ; ItaliaFil: Barbieri, María Adelaide. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; ItaliaFil: Cingolani, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; ArgentinaOxford University Press2001-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/74189Laurora, Angela; Mazzucchelli, Maurizio; Rivalenti, Giorgio; Vannucci, Riccardo; Zanetti, Alberto; et al.; Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia); Oxford University Press; Journal of Petrology; 42; 1; 1-2001; 69-870022-35301460-2415CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1093/petrology/42.1.69info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://academic.oup.com/petrology/article/42/1/69/1461703info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:04:16Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/74189instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:04:16.77CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia)
title Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia)
spellingShingle Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia)
Laurora, Angela
Carbonated Xenoliths
Gobernador Gregores
Lam-Icp-Ms
Mantle Metasomatism
Silicate Glass
title_short Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia)
title_full Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia)
title_fullStr Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia)
title_full_unstemmed Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia)
title_sort Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Laurora, Angela
Mazzucchelli, Maurizio
Rivalenti, Giorgio
Vannucci, Riccardo
Zanetti, Alberto
Barbieri, María Adelaide
Cingolani, Carlos Alberto
author Laurora, Angela
author_facet Laurora, Angela
Mazzucchelli, Maurizio
Rivalenti, Giorgio
Vannucci, Riccardo
Zanetti, Alberto
Barbieri, María Adelaide
Cingolani, Carlos Alberto
author_role author
author2 Mazzucchelli, Maurizio
Rivalenti, Giorgio
Vannucci, Riccardo
Zanetti, Alberto
Barbieri, María Adelaide
Cingolani, Carlos Alberto
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Carbonated Xenoliths
Gobernador Gregores
Lam-Icp-Ms
Mantle Metasomatism
Silicate Glass
topic Carbonated Xenoliths
Gobernador Gregores
Lam-Icp-Ms
Mantle Metasomatism
Silicate Glass
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Spinel-facies mantle xenoliths occur in a diatreme cutting through the Neogene Southern Patagonia Plateau at Gobernador Gregores (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina). This plateau is in a back-arc position with respect to the Chile trench. Xenoliths differ in their whole-rock composition from other South America occurrences, having higher CaO/Al2O3 ratios and, in some samples, TiO2 enrichment, whereas the Na2O/Al2O3 variation range is similar. Three assemblages can be distinguished. Assemblage 1, in anhydrous protogranular lherzolites and harzburgites, contains clinopyroxene with a depleted major and trace element composition, indicating pre-metasomatic depletion processes. This assemblage fully recrystallized to Assemblage 2 (amphibole ± phlogopite ± Cl-apatite-bearing) during a metasomatic episode. This causes clinopyroxene to acquire geochemical characteristics often attributed to carbonate-melt metasomatism. Noticeably, amphibole is markedly enriched in Nb (up to 298 ppm), especially when depleted in Ti. A further event, related to decompression during xenolith uplift to the surface, induces closed-system (perhaps with the exception of CO2 addition) disequilibrium melting of Assemblage 2, dominantly of amphibole. It is found in pockets (where amphibole is a residual phase) consisting of Na–Si-rich glass and carbonate (Mg-rich calcite) drops, and in veins originating from the pockets (Assemblage 3). Euhedral olivine, clinopyroxene and spinel crystallize only in the silicate glass. So do new, euhedral apatite crystals when glass is in contact with previous Assemblage 2 apatite. Textural evidence and comparison with experimental work suggest that silicate glass and carbonates are the result of unmixing of a former homogeneous melt. Because of the different flow rates of carbonate and silicate melt, the xenoliths become enriched in carbonate, which is found in the veins during their migration. Thus, the high CaO/Al2O3 ratio of whole rocks provides inconclusive evidence of carbonatite metasomatism. This factor, and other minor deviations from the expected results of carbonatite metasomatism, lead us to hypothesize an aqueous, Cl-rich fluid, possibly slab derived, as an alternative agent. Amphibole, resulting from reactive porous flow of this agent in the mantle, could fully explain the observed geochemical features, as indicated by estimates of its partition coefficients.
Fil: Laurora, Angela. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; Italia
Fil: Mazzucchelli, Maurizio. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; Italia
Fil: Rivalenti, Giorgio. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; Italia
Fil: Vannucci, Riccardo. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Pavia and Cnr Centro Di Studio per la Cristallochimica e Cristallografia, Via Ferrata, Pavia ; Italia
Fil: Zanetti, Alberto. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Pavia and Cnr Centro Di Studio per la Cristallochimica e Cristallografia, Via Ferrata, Pavia ; Italia
Fil: Barbieri, María Adelaide. Dipartamento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena ; Italia
Fil: Cingolani, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina
description Spinel-facies mantle xenoliths occur in a diatreme cutting through the Neogene Southern Patagonia Plateau at Gobernador Gregores (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina). This plateau is in a back-arc position with respect to the Chile trench. Xenoliths differ in their whole-rock composition from other South America occurrences, having higher CaO/Al2O3 ratios and, in some samples, TiO2 enrichment, whereas the Na2O/Al2O3 variation range is similar. Three assemblages can be distinguished. Assemblage 1, in anhydrous protogranular lherzolites and harzburgites, contains clinopyroxene with a depleted major and trace element composition, indicating pre-metasomatic depletion processes. This assemblage fully recrystallized to Assemblage 2 (amphibole ± phlogopite ± Cl-apatite-bearing) during a metasomatic episode. This causes clinopyroxene to acquire geochemical characteristics often attributed to carbonate-melt metasomatism. Noticeably, amphibole is markedly enriched in Nb (up to 298 ppm), especially when depleted in Ti. A further event, related to decompression during xenolith uplift to the surface, induces closed-system (perhaps with the exception of CO2 addition) disequilibrium melting of Assemblage 2, dominantly of amphibole. It is found in pockets (where amphibole is a residual phase) consisting of Na–Si-rich glass and carbonate (Mg-rich calcite) drops, and in veins originating from the pockets (Assemblage 3). Euhedral olivine, clinopyroxene and spinel crystallize only in the silicate glass. So do new, euhedral apatite crystals when glass is in contact with previous Assemblage 2 apatite. Textural evidence and comparison with experimental work suggest that silicate glass and carbonates are the result of unmixing of a former homogeneous melt. Because of the different flow rates of carbonate and silicate melt, the xenoliths become enriched in carbonate, which is found in the veins during their migration. Thus, the high CaO/Al2O3 ratio of whole rocks provides inconclusive evidence of carbonatite metasomatism. This factor, and other minor deviations from the expected results of carbonatite metasomatism, lead us to hypothesize an aqueous, Cl-rich fluid, possibly slab derived, as an alternative agent. Amphibole, resulting from reactive porous flow of this agent in the mantle, could fully explain the observed geochemical features, as indicated by estimates of its partition coefficients.
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