Mechanisms of Archean crust formation inferred from high-precision HFSE systematics in TTGs
Mechanisms of Archean crust formation inferred from high-precision HFSE systematics in TTGs
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DOI:
10.1016/j.gca.2011.04.027
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发表时间:
2011-08-01
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5
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Svahnberg, Henrik
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作者:
Hoffmann, J. Elis;Muenker, Carsten;Svahnberg, Henrik
It has been proposed that Archean tonalitic-trondhjemitic-granodioritic magmas (TTGs) formed by melting of mafic crust at high pressures. The residual mineralogy of the TTGs (either (garnet)-amphibolite or rutile-bearing eclogite) is believed to control the trace element budget of TTGs. In particular, ratios of high-field-strength elements (HFSE) can help to discriminate between the different residual lithologies. In order to place constraints on the source mineralogy of TTGs, we performed high-precision HFSE measurements by isotope dilution (Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf) together with Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd measurements on representative, ca. 3.85-2.8 Ga TTGs and related rock types from southern West Greenland, W-India and from the Superior Province. These measurements are complemented by major and trace element data for the TTGs. Texturally homogeneous early Archean (3.85-3.60 Ga old) and Mesoarchean (ca. 3.1-2.8 Ga old) TTGs have both low Ni (