THOLEIITIC VOLCANIC-ROCKS OF THE LATE ARCHEAN BLAKE RIVER GROUP, SOUTHERN ABITIBI GREENSTONE-BELT - ORIGIN AND GEODYNAMIC IMPLICATIONS

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LAFLECHE, MR [1 ]
DUPUY, C [1 ]
DOSTAL, J [1 ]
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[1] ST MARYS UNIV, DEPT GEOL, HALIFAX B3H 3C3, NS, CANADA
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10.1139/e92-116
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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The late Archean Blake River Group volcanic sequence forms the uppermost part of the southern Abitibi greenstone belt in Quebec. The group is mainly composed of mid-ocean-ridge basalt (MORB)-like tholeiites that show a progressive change of several incompatible trace element ratios (e.g., Nb/Th, Nb/Ta, La/Yb, and Zr/Y) during differentiation. The compositional variations are inferred to be the result of fractional crystallization coupled with mixing - contamination of tholeiites by calc-alkaline magma which produced the mafic - intermediate lavas intercalated with the tholeiites in the uppermost part of the sequence. The MORB-like tholeiites were probably emplaced in a back-arc setting.
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