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Sources of the magmatic rocks of the Mendeleev Rise, Arctic Ocean: Evidence from isotope-geochemical data

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Mineralogical-petrographic and isotope-geochemical studies were carried out for basic and intermediate magmatic rocks derived by deep-water drilling and dredging at the test sites from 79.02° N to 83.09° N, Arctic Ocean (AO), during expedition “Arktika-2012” with the icebreaker Kapitan Desnitsyn. Volcanic bedrock samples derived from the drill holes at the foot of the Mendeleev Rise are grouped into the low- and moderate alkali rocks, showing narrow ranges in the initial Nd (ɛNd(T) from +4.3 to +7.0) and Sr (87Sr/86Sr from 0.70365 to 0.70495) isotope ratios, and correspond to the volcanic rocks of the oceanic islands and rises in the discriminant isotope and geochemical diagrams. Gabbro-dolerite samples dredged from the slopes of the Mendeleev Rise are grouped into the low-alkali field and show wide variations in Nd (ɛNd from −33.1 to +2.9) and Sr (87Sr/86Sr from 0.7050 to 0.7233) isotope compositions, being similar to the Siberian flood basalts and, possibly, other rocks of continental genesis.

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    A. A. Kremenetskii

  2. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina 19, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    Yu. A. Kostitsyn

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    A. F. Morozov

  4. Gramberg Institute of the Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean, Angliiskii pr. 1, St. Petersburg, 190121, Russia

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Kremenetskii, Yu.A. Kostitsyn, A.F. Morozov, P.V. Rekant, 2015, published in Geokhimiya, 2015, No. 6, pp. 487–501.

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Kremenetskii, A.A., Kostitsyn, Y.A., Morozov, A.F. et al. Sources of the magmatic rocks of the Mendeleev Rise, Arctic Ocean: Evidence from isotope-geochemical data. Geochem. Int. 53, 487–500 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702915060051

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