Journal
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 359, Issue -, Pages 219-226Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.016
Keywords
magnesium isotopes; iron isotopes; isotope fractionation; cratonic eclogite; mantle
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Funding
- National Science Foundation [EAR-0838227, EAR-1056713]
- NERC Advanced Fellowship [NE/F014295/2]
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [41230209, 40973016]
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/F014295/2] Funding Source: researchfish
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Earth Sciences [0838227] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Earth Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1056713] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- NERC [NE/F014295/2] Funding Source: UKRI
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Cratonic eclogites play an important role in the formation and dynamic evolution of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle. However, their origin, whether as fragments of subducted oceanic crust or high-pressure mantle cumulates, remains controversial. Here, we report Mg isotopic compositions (delta(26)mg) for cratonic eclogites from Kaalvallei and Bellsbank kimberlite pipes, South Africa. We find that clinopyroxene is 0.375 +/- 0.069 to 0.676 +/- 0.075 parts per thousand heavier than coexisting garnet, which reflects equilibrium isotope fractionation between these phases, primarily driven by the difference in Mg coordination between clinopyroxene and garnet. Bulk eclogites have strikingly variable Mg isotopic compositions, which range from -0.797 +/- 0.075 to -0.139 +/- 0.061960, values that are significantly lighter than the range displayed by global mantle peridotites to date (-0.25 +/- 0.07 parts per thousand, 2SD). As significant Mg isotope fractionation is only known to occur during low-temperature water-rock interaction, our results provide further evidence for the derivation of cratonic eclogites from subducted altered oceanic crust. In addition, the lack of correlation between Delta Mg-26 and Delta Fe-57 provides evidence for redox control on equilibrium inter-mineral Fe isotope fractionation. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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