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Insights into Li and Li isotope cycling and sub-arc metasomatism from veined mantle xenoliths, Kamchatka

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Harzburgitic xenoliths cut by pyroxenite veins from Avachinsky volcano, Kamchatka, are derived from the sub-arc mantle and record element transfer from the slab to the arc. Olivine and orthopyroxene in the harzburgites have Li isotopic compositions (δ7Li = +2.8 to +5.6) comparable to estimates of the upper mantle (δ7Li ~ +4 ± 2). The pyroxenite veins, which represent modal metasomatism and may therefore provide information about the metasomatic agent, have mantle-normalized trace element characteristics that suggest overprinting of their mantle source by an aqueous, slab-derived fluid. These include relative enrichments of Pb over Ce, U over Th and Sr over Nd. Li is enriched relative to the HREE, and ortho- and clinopyroxene from the veins are in Li elemental and isotopic equilibrium with each other and the surrounding harzburgite. Vein samples (δ7Li = +3.0 to +5.0) do not record a significant slab-derived δ7Li signature. These observations can be reconciled if slab Li diffusively re-equilibrates in the mantle wedge. Modeling demonstrates that Li equilibration of small (1–2 cm width) veins or melt conduits is achieved at mantle wedge temperatures within 101–105 years. We conclude that strongly fractionated Li isotopic signatures cannot be sustained for long periods in the sub-arc mantle, at least at shallow (<70 km) depths.

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Acknowledgments

The help of Richard Ash with laser ICP-MS analyses is greatly appreciated. We also thank Mary Horan and Timothy Mock for guidance during preparation and acquisition of the Sr isotope data and Heiner Taubald for help with the whole-rock major element analyses. Phil Piccoli, Christos Hadidiacos and Barbara Mader assisted with microprobe measurements. Jeffrey G. Ryan and Steve Shirey contributed to the development of some of the ideas expressed in this contribution, and Jessica Warren expertly assisted in assessing comparative data from abyssal peridotites. We are grateful to Paul Tomascak and Shoji Arai for constructive reviews and to Jochen Hoefs for editorial handling. R. H. acknowledges a Feodor-Lynen fellowship from the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation during his time at the University of Maryland and I. P. S. acknowledges fellowship support from the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. This work was supported by NSF grant EAR 0609689 to RLR and WFM. This publication is contribution no. 159 of the Sonderforschungsbereich 574 at Kiel University.

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    Ralf Halama, Roberta L. Rudnick & William F. McDonough

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    Ivan P. Savov

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    Ralf Halama

  4. School of Earth and Environment, Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics, The University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    Ivan P. Savov

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Halama, R., Savov, I.P., Rudnick, R.L. et al. Insights into Li and Li isotope cycling and sub-arc metasomatism from veined mantle xenoliths, Kamchatka. Contrib Mineral Petrol 158, 197–222 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-009-0378-5

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