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The rocks of the Elet’ozero intrusion are characterized by high relative abundances of incompatible elements, with (La/Lu) N varying from 2.1 to 36.6, and a distinct positive Ba anomaly, which may record crystallization of Ba minerals during the formation of mafic rocks. The anomalous Ba enrichment is probably associated with a large-scale fluid-mediated mass transfer during subduction of a lithospheric slab within the Karelian craton which was synchronous with the generation of magmas parental to the Elet’ozero pluton. The presence of Al-rich spinel in gabbroic rocks as early-formed magmatic phases suggests crystallization at relatively high pressures (~0.5 GPa or ~15 km depth). The oxygen fugacity changed with time during the evolution of the magmatic system, approaching its maximum values (approximately 1.5 log units above the quartz–fayalite–magnetite buffer) during extensive crystallization of Fe–Тi oxides. High oxygen fugacities, Ti enrichment of mafic rocks, and lack of any positive correlation between Mg-numbers and Ni content in olivine can be useful indicators of potentially mineralized mafic intrusions.
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Original Russian Text © I.D. Ryabchikov, L.N. Kogarko, 2016, published in Geokhimiya, 2016, No. 3, pp. 233–255.
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Ryabchikov, I.D., Kogarko, L.N. Physicochemical parameters of crystallization differentiation and Fe–Ti ore-forming processes in the magmatic system of the Elet’ozero massif (Northern Karelia). Geochem. Int. 54, 215–236 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702916030046
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