TRACE ELEMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF ULTRAMAFIC INCLUSIONS IN THE EASTERN PART OF LIAONING-JILIN PROVINCES BY NAA

Yang Ruiying，

Yuan Chao

Nuclear Science and Techniques

pp.204-208

Published in print 01 Nov 1993

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Cenozoic basalts in the eastern part of Liaoning-Jilin contain abundant mantle-derived inclusions. The rock types of the ultramafic inclusions are composed mostly of spinel lherzolite and a few websterites. In order to study the origin of inclusions, the concnetrations of several trace elements have been measured in samples by NAA. According to geochemical characteristics of trace elements, there are two types of spinel lherzolite inclusions. The first type is refractory residues left after partial melting of the upper mantle and the second type is metasomatizing refractory residues. The websterites inclusions formed by segregation of basaltic melt derived from high degree of melting of mantle source rocks.

Ultramafic inclusionPrimitive mantleResidual mantlePartial meltingMantle metasomatismSpinel lherzoliteWebsterite

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