Ya. Balashov et al., ISOTOPE DATA ON THE AGE AND GENESIS OF LAYERED BASIC-ULTRABASIC INTRUSIONS IN THE KOLA-PENINSULA AND NORTHERN KARELIA, NORTHEASTERN BALTIC SHIELD, Precambrian research, 64(1-4), 1993, pp. 197-205
New U-Pb zircon ages and Sm-Nd data are presented for layered basic-ul
trabasic intrusions of the Kola Peninsula and northern Karelia in the
northeastern part of the Baltic Shield. All ages are in the range betw
een 2.5 and 2.4 Ga, but there appear to exist three phases of intrusio
n. Thus the Monchegorsk Intrusion and the Fedorovy-Pansky Massif have
ages between 2493 and 2470 Ma, the Kivakka and Lukkulaisvaara massifs
of the Olanga group of intrusions between 2445 and 2435 Ma, while the
Imandra Lopolith is 2396 +/- 7 Ma old. A narrow range of negative epsi
lon(Nd)(T) values between -2.3 and -1.2 suggests formation by partial
melting of a semi-homogeneous enriched mantle source.