REE MINERALIZATION AT GAKARA, BURUNDI - EVIDENCE FOR ANOMALOUS UPPER-MANTLE IN THE WESTERN RIFT-VALLEY

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作者
LEHMANN, B
NAKAI, S
HOHNDORF, A
BRINCKMANN, J
DULSKI, P
HEIN, UF
MASUDA, A
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO, FAC SCI, EARTHQUAKE CHEM LAB, TOKYO, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
[2] BUNDESANSTALT GEOWISSENSCH & ROHSTOFFE, D-30655 HANNOVER, GERMANY
[3] GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM POTSDAM, D-14473 POTSDAM, GERMANY
[4] UNIV GOTTINGEN, INST GEOL & DYNAM LITHOSPHARE, D-37077 GOTTINGEN, GERMANY
[5] UNIV TOKYO, DEPT CHEM, RARE EARTH ELEMENT MICROANAL LAB, TOKYO, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
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D O I
10.1016/0016-7037(94)90520-7
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
The 587 Ma-old hydrothermal bastnaesite mineralization of Gakara in the western branch of the East African Rift in Burundi has geological and chemical features typical of carbonatite-related REE ore deposits, but Nd, Ce, and Sr isotope data on the bastnaesite indicate a time-integrated LREE-enriched source with epsilon(Nd)(T) - 11.9, epsilon(Ce)(T) 1.6, and Sr-87/Sr-86 greater than or equal to 0.7075. The mid-Proterozoic Nd model age of this source coincides with the formation of the intracratonic Kibaran basin of central Africa and may indicate a mid-Proterozoic rift-related event of small-scale, but locally very effective, mantle metasomatism in this region. The formation of REE ore deposits in carbonatite environments is possibly linked to enriched mantle domains.
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