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Trace elements behavior in granite genesis: A case study The calc-alkaline plutonic association from the Querigut complex (Pyrénées, France)

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The different granitoids of the zoned Querigut complex (Hercynian Pyrenees) are associated with a series of basic to intermediate rocks ranging from hornblende-bearing peridotites to quartz-diorites. The whole complex appears as a calc-alkaline plutonic suite typical of orogenic zones. The distribution of lanthanides and other trace elements amongst coexisting minerals indicate they are essentially held by accessory phases, particularly in granitoids. This restricts the use of those elements in the calculation of petrogenetic models for acidic plutonic rocks. Magmatic differentiation, mainly by hornblende + plagioclase fractionation, can produce the basic series. This differentiation cannot directly produce the different granitoids, which require a preponderant contribution of crustal melts. The sequence of different granitoids can be explained either by an heterogeneity in the source region, or by magmatic differentiation. The most plausible interpretation of the whole complex calls for the emplacement of a mantle-derived magma into a wet, anatectic continental crust, with interactions between basic rocks and the soproduced acidic melts.

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  1. Laboratoire de Géochimie et Cosmochimie (LA 196), Institut de Physique du Globe, Université de Paris VI, 2 place Jussieu, F-75005, Paris, France

    Serge Fourcade & Claude J. Allegre

  2. Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Paris VII, 2 place Jussieu, F-75005, Paris, France

    Serge Fourcade & Claude J. Allegre

  3. Laboratoire “Pierre Süe”, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay, F-78, Saclay, France

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Fourcade, S., Allegre, C.J. Trace elements behavior in granite genesis: A case study The calc-alkaline plutonic association from the Querigut complex (Pyrénées, France). Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 76, 177–195 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00371958

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