COMBINED SM-ND AND RB-SR ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS IN THE DONEGAL GRANITOIDS AND THEIR PETROGENETIC IMPLICATIONS

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DEMPSEY, CS [1 ]
HALLIDAY, AN [1 ]
MEIGHAN, IG [1 ]
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[1] SCOTTISH UNIV RES & REACTOR CTR,ISOTOPE GEOL UNIT,E KILBRIDE G75 0QU,LANARK,SCOTLAND
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10.1017/S0016756800014175
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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The metaluminous to peraluminous granitoids of the Donegal batholith, northwest Ireland, were emplaced at c. 400 Ma into greenschist-amphibolite facies metasediments of the Dalradian Supergroup. Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr isotopic data are provided for eleven granitoid samples from six of the plutons and one specimen from the northeast granodiorite pluton of the Newry complex, Co. Down; the Donegal results reveal essentially similar initial Sr isotope ratios (0.7051–0.7068) but highly variable initial eNd values, −1.2 to −8.3 (and −0.5 for Newry). Certain granitoids have distinctive Nd isotopic compositions characteristic of the involvement of old, LREE-enriched continental crust in some cases or young crust and/or mantle-derived magmas in others. The Nd and Sr isotopic variations can be explained by a variety of mixing hypotheses. © 1990, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
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