Petrology of lamprophyre dykes in the Kola Alkaline Carbonatite Province (N Europe)

• Published in: Lithos Vol. 398-399; p. 106277
• Main Authors: Nosova, A.A., Kopylova, M.G., Sazonova, L.V., Vozniak, A.A., Kargin, A.V., Lebedeva, N.M., Volkova, G.D., Peresetskaya, E.V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01-10-2021
• Subjects: Crystal fractionation; Kola Alkaline Carbonatite Province; Lamprophyric dykes; Liquid immiscibility; MELTS modelling; Liquid immiscibility; Kola Alkaline Carbonatite Province; Crystal fractionation; Lamprophyric dykes; MELTS modelling
• ISSN: 0024-4937; 1872-6143
• DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106277

The study reports petrography, bulk major and trace element compositions of lamprophyric Devonian dykes in three areas of the Kola Alkaline Carbonatite Province (N Europe). Dykes in one of these areas, Kandalaksha, are not associated with a massif, while dykes in Kandaguba and Turij Mys occur adjacent (< 5 km) to coeval central multiphase ultramafic alkaline‑carbonatitic massifs. Kandalaksha dyke series consists of aillikites - phlogopite carbonatites and monchiquites. Kandaguba dykes range from monchiquites to nephelinites and phonolites; Turij Mys dykes represent alnöites, monchiquites, foidites, turjaites and carbonatites. Some dykes show extreme mineralogical and textural heterogeneity and layering we ascribe to fluid separation and crystal cumulation. Melt evolution of the dykes was modelled with Rhyolite-MELTS and compared with the observed order and products of the crystallization. Our results suggest that the studied rocks were related by fractional crystallization and liquid immiscibility. Primitive melts of aillikites or olivine melanephelinites initially evolved at P = 1.5–0.8 GPa without a SiO2 increase due to abundant clinopyroxene crystallization controlled by the CO2-rich fluid. At 1–1.1 GPa the Turij Mys melts separated immiscible carbonatite melt, which subsequently exsolved late carbonate-rich fluids extremely rich in trace elements. Kandaguba and Turij Mys melts continued to fractionate at lower pressures in the presence of hydrous fluid to the more evolved nephelinite and phonolite melts. The studied dykes highlight the critical role of the parent magma chamber in crystal fractionation and magma diversification. The Kandalaksha dykes may represent a carbonatite – ultramafic lamprophyre association, which fractionated at 45–20 km in narrow dykes on ascent to the surface and could not get more evolved than monchiquite. In contrast, connections of Kandaguba and Turij Mys dykes to their massif magma chambers ensured the sufficient time for fractionation, ascent and a polybaric evolution. This longevity generated more evolved rock types with the higher alkalinity and an immiscible separation of carbonatites.
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•Lamprophyric and carbonatitic dykes in three areas of Kola Province were studied.•Kandalaksha dykes not associated with a massif fractionated at high P of > 0.8 GPa.•Kandaguba and Turij Mys dykes relate to ultramafic alkaline-carbonatitic massifs.•Connections of massif magma chambers to dykes ensured their polybaric evolution.•The evolution led to evolved rocks with higher alkalinity and immiscible carbonatites.