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Petrogenesis of the Kabanga-Musongati layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions in Burundi (Kibaran Belt): geochemical, Sr-Nd isotopic constraints and Cr-Ni behaviour
Duchesne, Jean-Clair; Liégeois, Jean-Paul; Deblond, André et al.
2004In Journal of African Earth Sciences, 39, p. 133-145
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Keywords :
layered rocks; chromitite; Ni sulphides; chromite
Abstract :
[en] A succession of mafic-ultramafic layered intrusions forms an alignment in the boundary zone between the Kibaran belt and the Tanzania craton. The intrusions represent a continuous series of cumulate rocks. For instance, in the Mukanda-Buhoro and Musongati (MBM) contiguous bodies, the series starts with dunite and passes to lherzolite, pyroxenite, norite, gabbronorite and anorthosite on top. Cumulate textures are conspicuous in all rock types and cryptic layering characterises cumulus mineral compositions, thus evidencing fractional crystallization as a major differentiation mechanism. The increase of Cr in the ultramafic members of the series indicates that chromite was not a liquidus mineral in dunite and lherzolite rocks, thus unable to form chromitite layers. The high Ni-content of dunite seems to preclude the existence of conjugate Ni-rich sulphide deposits. The 87Sr/86Sr initial ratio is relatively constant and averages 0.7087, with some values up to 0.712 due to local assimilation. Fine-grained rocks from the MBM area are isotopically (Nd and Sr) similar to the MBM cumulates. Modelling their crystallization produces cumulus mineral compositions similar to those in the Musongati ultramafic rocks, which suggests a broadly picritic parental magma. On the other hand, fine-grained rocks from the Nyabikere area are not related to the Nyabikere cumulates. Nd and Sr isotope ratios show that the MBM magmatism is related to an enriched source, possibly an old subcontinental lithospheric mantle. The Nyabikere dykes, as well as the Waga dykes, come from a depleted mantle source, as do the A-type granitoids occurring in the same boundary zone. Several lines of evidence point to two types of parental magmas, a picritic magma, and a more evolved magma, broadly similar to the Bushveld Main Zone magma.
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Duchesne, Jean-Clair ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Géologie > Pétrologie et géochimie endogènes
Liégeois, Jean-Paul ;  Africa Museum, Tervuren, Belgium > Département de Géologie
Deblond, André;  Africa Museum, Tervuren > Département de géologie
Tack, Luc;  Africa Museum, Tervuren > Département de géologie
Language :
English
Title :
Petrogenesis of the Kabanga-Musongati layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions in Burundi (Kibaran Belt): geochemical, Sr-Nd isotopic constraints and Cr-Ni behaviour
Publication date :
2004
Journal title :
Journal of African Earth Sciences
ISSN :
1464-343X
eISSN :
1879-1956
Publisher :
Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science
Volume :
39
Pages :
133-145
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
AGCD - Administration générale de la Coopération au Développement [BE]
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