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dc.contributor.authorBorst, A. M.
dc.contributor.authorWaight, Tod
dc.contributor.authorFinch, A. A.
dc.contributor.authorStorey, Michael
dc.contributor.authorLe Roux, Petrus
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-03T00:37:14Z
dc.date.available2019-11-03T00:37:14Z
dc.date.issued2019-01
dc.identifier.citationBorst , A M , Waight , T , Finch , A A , Storey , M & Le Roux , P 2019 , ' Dating agpaitic rocks : a multi-system (U/Pb, Sm/Nd, Rb/Sr and 40 Ar/ 39 Ar) isotopic study of layered nepheline syenites from the Ilímaussaq complex, Greenland ' , Lithos , vol. 324-325 , pp. 74-88 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2018.10.037en
dc.identifier.issn0024-4937
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 256552038
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dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85056217607
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-3689-1517/work/50743664
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000457819800006
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-0775-1491/work/65014437
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/18835
dc.descriptionThis research was funded by the Carlsberg Fund [grant nr. 2013_01_0191 to TW] and Geocenter Denmark [GreenCrimi project, grant nr. 4-2012 to AMB]. Quadlab is funded by a grant from the Villum Foundation to MS. AMB and AF thank the NERC SoS RARE project [grant nr. This research was funded by the Carlsberg Fund [grant nr. 2013_01_0191 to TW] and Geocenter Denmark [GreenCrimi project, grant nr. 4-2012 to AMB]. Quadlab is funded by a grant from the Villum Foundation to MS. AMB and AF thank the NERC SoS RARE project [grant nr. NE/M010856/1] for support during the writing of this manuscript. ] for support during the writing of this manuscript.en
dc.description.abstractThe Ilímaussaq complex in southern Greenland is a shallow crustal composite intrusion comprising augite syenite, peralkaline granite and volumetrically dominant agpaitic nepheline syenites. Previous studies indicated a baddeleyite U-Pb age of 1160 ± 5 Ma for the augite syenite, the earliest intrusive unit of the complex. A similar crystallization age, within error, is inferred for the main sequence of agpaitic nepheline syenites. However, direct age determination of these units has been challenging because agpaitic rocks characteristically lack robust phases for in situ U-Pb dating (e.g. zircon/baddeleyite). An additional challenge is the pervasive subsolidus alteration, of which the isotopic effects are poorly constrained. Here we present new U-Pb, Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr isotopic data from whole rocks and mineral separates and a 40Ar/39Ar amphibole age of three co-genetic agpaitic nepheline syenites (kakortokite) from the lowermost exposed part of the complex. Using a multi-system geochronological approach for mineral separates and whole rocks, we explore the effects of late-stage alteration for each isotopic system. Assuming a closed-system evolution for the hydrothermal fluids (i.e. isotopically similar to the melts) and cooling within a relatively short time-frame (<0.8 Ma), we evaluate whether traditional mineral-whole rock isochron methods can provide useful age constraints for agpaitic rocks. We compare our data with those in the literature, corrected for the most recent decay constants. Single-crystal40Ar/39Ar step-heating experiments yield an amphibole plateau age of 1156.6 ± 1.4 Ma (MSWD = 1.5, external error ± 7.7 Ma), which we put forward as the most precise crystallization age for the agpaitic units to date. Kakortokite whole rock and mineral separates (amphibole, eudialyte, feldspar) yield a 206Pb-207Pb isochron age of 1159 ± 17 Ma (MSWD = 0.96) and a 235U-207Pb isochron age of 1168.5 ± 8.8 Ma (MSWD = 0.82). These are within error of the baddeleyite and zircon U-Pb ages from the augite syenite and alkali granite, as well as the new plateau age, if we take into account the external error of 7.7 Ma (i.e. accuracy). The 235U-207Pb age thus far provides the best non-single mineral age estimate for the agpaitic suite. Sm-Nd isotopes for the same whole rock and mineral separates yield an isochron age of 1156 ± 53 Ma (MSWD = 0.23) with εNdi = −0.8 ± 0.8, with significantly less scatter than Nd data for the rest of the complex. Rb-Sr isotopes yield errorchron ages that are either unrealistically young (3-point feldspar errorchron: 1106 ± 9 Ma, suggesting partial 87Sr loss), or old (WR, amphibole and eudialyte: 1237 ± 21 Ma, n = 9). The data demonstrate that the U-Pb and Sm-Nd systems are relatively insensitive to late-magmatic alteration and re-equilibration during cooling. In contrast, the Rb-Sr system records significant disturbance, reflecting the highly mobile nature of Rb and Sr in peralkaline systems. This warrants careful reconsideration of previously published Rb-Sr isochron data, and caution in interpreting Rb-Sr data for other peralkaline complexes. Initial isotopic compositions for the kakortokite support petrogenetic models that describe Ilímaussaq melt evolution towards strongly radiogenic Sr values at relatively constant εNdi, with progressive evolution from the early augite syenite to the most fractionated agpaitic melts. The melts experienced variable but minor degrees of lower crustal assimilation and preferential leaching of radiogenic Sr from the Proterozoic granitic country-rock.
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dc.language.isoeng
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dc.rightsCopyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2018.10.037en
dc.subjectGeochronologyen
dc.subjectAgpaitic nepheline syenitesen
dc.subjectPeralkaline rocksen
dc.subjectIlimaussaqen
dc.subjectRadiogenic isotopesen
dc.subjectEudialyteen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectQE Geologyen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.subject.lccQEen
dc.titleDating agpaitic rocks : a multi-system (U/Pb, Sm/Nd, Rb/Sr and 40Ar/39Ar) isotopic study of layered nepheline syenites from the Ilímaussaq complex, Greenlanden
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorNERCen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Earth & Environmental Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Isotope Geochemistryen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2018.10.037
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-11-03
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE/M010856/1en


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