U-PB ISOTOPE AGING OF LOW-CRUST XENOLITES

Citation
Ev. Bibikova et al., U-PB ISOTOPE AGING OF LOW-CRUST XENOLITES, Geohimia, (10), 1993, pp. 1449-1456
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
ISSN journal
00167525
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1449 - 1456
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-7525(1993):10<1449:UIAOLX>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
U-Pb isotope system has been studied in accessory zircons from ''crust xenolites'' being the matter of low horizons of Earth crust. The xeno lites are sampled from Mesozoic alkaline basalts of Akhaggara (Central Sahara) and Near-Sayan. In the both regions studied the low crust has Early Proterozoic age (2035+/-10 and 1940+/-10 Ma). This age correlat es well with the age of granulites from neighbor regions. The study of U-Pb isotope system of accessory zircons from melanocratic inclusions in I-granitoids of Kazakhstan reveal the inclusions (autoliths) are s yngenetic with the granitoid magma itself.