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EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
卷 191, 期 3-4, 页码 257-266出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00419-8
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Re/Os; isotope ratios; sulfides; diamond; eclogite; subduction; kimberlite
Eclogitic sulfide minerals encapsulated in diamonds originating from the deepest part of the continental mantle keel beneath the Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa, and brought to the surface by the Kimberley kimberlites, show low Ni and Os contents and high Re/Os ratios characteristic of a basaltic protolith. The sulfide inclusions with the lowest Os contents give late Archean single grain absolute ages while those with higher Cls contents yield a well-constrained 2.9 Ga isochron age and radiogenic initial Os isotope composition (gamma (o), = +45). This indicates a significant time gap between basaltic precursor generation and eclogitic diamond crystallization, consistent with extended residence in a near-surface environment prior to subduction associated with accretion of the Kimberley block to the rest of the craton and subsequent diamond formation. These results suggest that subduction-related crustal recycling was already a viable process during continent formation in the middle Archean and may have been implicated in eclogitic diamond formation ever since. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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