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dc.contributor.authorJean, M.
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, L.
dc.contributor.authorHowarth, G.
dc.contributor.authorPeslier, A.
dc.contributor.authorFedele, L.
dc.contributor.authorBodnar, R.
dc.contributor.authorGuan, Y.
dc.contributor.authorDoucet, Luc-Serge
dc.contributor.authorIonov, D.
dc.contributor.authorLogvinova, A.
dc.contributor.authorGolovin, A.
dc.contributor.authorSobolev, N.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-18T07:57:52Z
dc.date.available2018-05-18T07:57:52Z
dc.date.created2018-05-18T00:23:28Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationJean, M. and Taylor, L. and Howarth, G. and Peslier, A. and Fedele, L. and Bodnar, R. and Guan, Y. et al. 2016. Olivine inclusions in Siberian diamonds and mantle xenoliths: Contrasting water and trace-element contents. Lithos. 265: pp. 31-41.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67270
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.lithos.2016.07.023
dc.description.abstract

A subject of continuing debate is how the Earth's lithospheric portion of the upper mantle has remained the thickest (> 200 km) and oldest (> 3 Gy) beneath cratons and is yet surrounded by a vigorously convecting asthenosphere. It is generally admitted that water is a key parameter in the strength and longevity of cratonic roots, because olivine, the main phase of the lithospheric mantle, becomes stronger if its water content decreases. Expanding upon the work presented in Novella et al. (2015) and Taylor et al. (2016), we report new water contents for additional olivine inclusions in diamonds together with the trace-element composition for all olivine inclusions, as well as for mantle xenoliths from various kimberlite pipes located on the Siberian craton. The olivine diamond inclusions from this study have systematically low-water contents (< 50 ppmw H2O), moderate to high forsterite (e.g., Fo91–94) contents and low Ni, Co, and Zn ppm contents (e.g., < 2848, < 108, and < 47 ppm, respectively). In contrast, olivines from Siberian craton mantle xenoliths have a wide range of water contents (6–323 ppmw H2O) and extend to lower-Fo (91–92), Ni, Co, and Zn-rich compositions, compared to the diamond inclusions. Depleted incompatible trace-element concentrations in olivine (0.1–0.001 × Primitive Mantle) advance our hypothesis for the protogenetic origins for the majority of Siberian diamond inclusions. These observations are consistent with the peridotite xenoliths as representing a part of the cratonic lithosphere that has experienced melt re-fertilization, which has also transported water. The olivine diamond inclusions, on the other hand, preserve “micro-samples” of an initial, dry cratonic lithosphere, mostly resulting from melting events. These inclusions are likely sourced from the initial cratonic mantle lithosphere, which thereby, resisted delamination over time, due to its buoyancy and strength, imparted from melt and water depletion, respectively. And thus, our data provides a major argument that the kimberlite-hosted mantle xenoliths may be more metasomatized than common rocks at the base of the Siberian and other cratonic roots away from kimberlite fields.

dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.titleOlivine inclusions in Siberian diamonds and mantle xenoliths: Contrasting water and trace-element contents
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume265
dcterms.source.startPage31
dcterms.source.endPage41
dcterms.source.issn0024-4937
dcterms.source.titleLithos
curtin.departmentSchool of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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