Numerous mantle xenoliths 6–12 cm in size and sub-angular to rounded in shape occur within Mio-Pliocene basanite lavas of the monogenic volcano of HosséréSédé in the Adamawa plateau.Xenoliths of s...Numerous mantle xenoliths 6–12 cm in size and sub-angular to rounded in shape occur within Mio-Pliocene basanite lavas of the monogenic volcano of HosséréSédé in the Adamawa plateau.Xenoliths of spinel lherzolite exhibit protogranular,equigranular or porphyroclastic texture.Microprobe chemical analyses show that olivine is highly magnesian(Fo_(88-90)),clinopyroxene crystals are diopside and augite(Wo_(41.6–49.6)En_(45.3–53.7)Fs_(4.2–6.2)),orthopyroxene crystals are enstatite(Wo 1.4–1.5 En_(88.6–89.0)Fs_(9.6–9.9))and spinel crystals are mainly Al-spinel associ-ated to minor Cr-spinel.Estimated temperatures and pressures through empirical formulas show that HosséréSédé noliths have equilibrated between 1085 and 1204℃and 1.08 to 1.57 GPa,corresponding to sampling depths of 36 and 52 km.Detailed petrographical and mineral chemistry of HosséréSédénoliths evidences the com-plex nature and composition of the subcontinental lithosphere under the Adamawa plateau.This may involve a probable uplift of the whole area after a limited exten-sional event,possible metasomatism through melt infiltration during shearing of the lithospheric mantle along the Pan African strike-slip fault system.展开更多
The Temtebasement in North Cameroon is crosscut by dyke swarms with N 20°–40°trending,including dykes 15–30 m wide,up to 3 km-long.Representative rocks exhibit intersertal to sub-ophitic textures.Electron ...The Temtebasement in North Cameroon is crosscut by dyke swarms with N 20°–40°trending,including dykes 15–30 m wide,up to 3 km-long.Representative rocks exhibit intersertal to sub-ophitic textures.Electron microprobe analyses identified diopside,augite,pargasite,biotite,Ti-magnetite,plagioclase,and sanidine.Whole-rock ICP-MS and ICP-AES chemical analyses showed compositions of basaltic andesite,basaltic trachyandesite and trachyandesite in composition.Igneous differentiation was likely governed by fractional crystallization associated with limited fluid metasomatism.Some lavas could have been moderately contaminated by crustal materials during feeding of local cracks through turbulent magma flows.Discrimination geochemical diagrams and immobile trace and REE element ratios show that the mantle source of Temtedolerites was a deep phlogopitebearing EMII mantle component and has undergone moderate to high partial melting rate.Correlations of fieldwork and analytical data with previous results evidence the Temtedolerite dyke swarms as fingerprints of crustal extension accompanying regional uplift in an active continental margin when early rifting led to the formation of the Poli marginal basin.展开更多
文摘Numerous mantle xenoliths 6–12 cm in size and sub-angular to rounded in shape occur within Mio-Pliocene basanite lavas of the monogenic volcano of HosséréSédé in the Adamawa plateau.Xenoliths of spinel lherzolite exhibit protogranular,equigranular or porphyroclastic texture.Microprobe chemical analyses show that olivine is highly magnesian(Fo_(88-90)),clinopyroxene crystals are diopside and augite(Wo_(41.6–49.6)En_(45.3–53.7)Fs_(4.2–6.2)),orthopyroxene crystals are enstatite(Wo 1.4–1.5 En_(88.6–89.0)Fs_(9.6–9.9))and spinel crystals are mainly Al-spinel associ-ated to minor Cr-spinel.Estimated temperatures and pressures through empirical formulas show that HosséréSédé noliths have equilibrated between 1085 and 1204℃and 1.08 to 1.57 GPa,corresponding to sampling depths of 36 and 52 km.Detailed petrographical and mineral chemistry of HosséréSédénoliths evidences the com-plex nature and composition of the subcontinental lithosphere under the Adamawa plateau.This may involve a probable uplift of the whole area after a limited exten-sional event,possible metasomatism through melt infiltration during shearing of the lithospheric mantle along the Pan African strike-slip fault system.
基金"Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)" through the BAGL (Bureau Afrique Centrale et des Grands Lacs) for financial support of Le Projet de soutien aux équipes de recherche 2012/2013 (No 51110SU201) for supplement analyses"Laboratoire GEOPS" of the University Paris-Saclay is thanked for financial support of thin sections and electron microprobe analyses。
文摘The Temtebasement in North Cameroon is crosscut by dyke swarms with N 20°–40°trending,including dykes 15–30 m wide,up to 3 km-long.Representative rocks exhibit intersertal to sub-ophitic textures.Electron microprobe analyses identified diopside,augite,pargasite,biotite,Ti-magnetite,plagioclase,and sanidine.Whole-rock ICP-MS and ICP-AES chemical analyses showed compositions of basaltic andesite,basaltic trachyandesite and trachyandesite in composition.Igneous differentiation was likely governed by fractional crystallization associated with limited fluid metasomatism.Some lavas could have been moderately contaminated by crustal materials during feeding of local cracks through turbulent magma flows.Discrimination geochemical diagrams and immobile trace and REE element ratios show that the mantle source of Temtedolerites was a deep phlogopitebearing EMII mantle component and has undergone moderate to high partial melting rate.Correlations of fieldwork and analytical data with previous results evidence the Temtedolerite dyke swarms as fingerprints of crustal extension accompanying regional uplift in an active continental margin when early rifting led to the formation of the Poli marginal basin.
