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Li contents and its isotopes of minerals in mantle peridotite xenoliths from late Cretaceous mafic dikes, analyzed in situ by Cameca IMS-1280, reveal the existence of melt/rock interaction in remains of refertilized Archean lithospheric mantle in Qingdao, Jiaodong Peninsula, North China Craton. Two groups of peridotites exist, i.e., low-Mg# lherzolite and high-Mg# harzburgites. The low-Mg# lherzolite has a relatively homogeneous Li concentration (ol: 2.01–2.11 ppm; opx: 1.77–1.88 ppm; cpx: 1.75–1.93 ppm) and Li isotopic composition (δ7Li in ol: 4.2–7.6‰; in opx: 6.0–8.3‰; in cpx: 5.3–8.4‰). The similarity in δ7Li value to the fresh MORB provides further evidence for the argument that the low-Mg# lherzolite could be the fragment of the newly accreted lithospheric mantle. The high-Mg# harzburgites have heterogeneous Li abundances (ol: 0.83–2.09 ppm; opx: 0.92–1.94 ppm; cpx: 1.12–4.89 ppm) and Li isotopic compositions (δ7Li in ol: −0.5 to +11.5‰; in opx: −6.2 to +11.1‰; in cpx: −34.3 to +10.1‰), showing strong disequilibrium in Li partitioning and Li isotope fractionation between samples. The cores of most minerals in these high-Mg# harzburgites have relatively homogeneous δ7Li values, which are higher than those of fresh MORB, but similar to those previously reported for arc lavas. These harzburgites have enriched trace elemental and Sr–Nd isotopic compositions. These observations indicate that in the early Mesozoic the lithospheric mantle beneath the southeastern North China Craton was similar to that in arc settings, which is metasomatized by subducted crustal materials. Extremely low δ7Li preserved in cpxs requires diffusive fractionation of Li isotopes from later-stage melt into the minerals. Thus, the Li data provide further evidence that the Archean refractory lithospheric mantle represented by the high-Mg# harzburgites was refertilized through melt/rock interaction and transformed to the Mesozoic less refractory and incompatible element and Sr–Nd isotopes enriched lithospheric mantle.
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Authors would like to thank X.H. Li, Y. Liu and G.Q. Tang for their assistance with Li isotope analyses in the Cameca IMS-1280 at the SIMS Lab of State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. This research was financially supported by the Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant 90714008; 40721062; 40523003) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant KZCX2-YW-103 and Bairenjihua project). Fund from the State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution is appreciated for E. Deloule’s 2-week stay in Beijing, who helped us to set up the Li isotope analyses at the SIMS Lab. Horst Marschall is thanked for the suggestion on the earlier version of the manuscript. We are indebted to critical reviews and thoughtful comments by Paul Tomascak and Sonja Aulbach and the editorial suggestions of Timothy L. Grove.
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Intra-grain Li content and Li isotopic variation in sample PSK03-1212. Reflected light micro-image after the ion-probe analysis and the black dot shows the hole of the analysis. (JPG 1092 kb)
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Intra-grain Li content and Li isotopic variation in sample PSK03-43. Spinel aggregation in slice-scanning image (A) indicates the melt ingress, and the squares show the location of images B and C. (JPG 1374 kb)
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Zhang, HF., Deloule, E., Tang, YJ. et al. Melt/rock interaction in remains of refertilized Archean lithospheric mantle in Jiaodong Peninsula, North China Craton: Li isotopic evidence. Contrib Mineral Petrol 160, 261–277 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-009-0476-4
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