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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue -, Pages 105-122Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA GEOLOGIA
DOI: 10.1590/2317-4889201620150010
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Mafic dyke swarms; Parana Continental Flood Basalts; Large Igneous Provinces; Pb isotope analysis
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The first results of Pb isotope compositions of the high-Ti Mesozoic dykes of the Southern Espinhaco are presented. The results do not show large variations and are significantly more radiogenic than the Pb isotope compositions of the high-Ti tholeiites from the Parana Continental Flood Basalts. The data combined with published geochemical and Sr-Nd isotope results rule out crustal contamination processes in the genesis of the dykes, requiring magma generation in metasomatized subcontinental lithospheric mantle with the involvement of HIMU-type and carbonatite components. The magmas may have been also derived from a mantle source containing similar to 4 - 5% of pyroxenite and similar to 1% of carbonatite melts, agreeing with published Os isotope compositions of high-Ti rocks from the Parana Continental Flood Basalts. These metasomatizing agents could be responsible for mantle source refertilization, as was also proposed in the literature to explain the characteristics of xenoliths of the Goias Alkaline Province, which also occurs in the border of the Sao Francisco Craton. Additionally, to evaluate the risks of Pb contamination during sample preparation for analysis, several experimental tests were accomplished, which indicate the need of sawed surface removal and a careful washing of small-sized rock fragments before powdering, especially for rocks with [Pb] < 7 mu g/g.
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