Helium Isotope Composition and 4He/20Ne Ratio in Pyrite and Magnetite of Explosive Carbonatite Breccias of the Sallan-Latva Massif, Kola Region
- Authors: Kozlov E.N.1, Fomina E.N.1, Sidorov M.Y.1, Gudkov A.V.1, Kolobov V.V.2
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Affiliations:
- Geological Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Northern Energetics Research Centre of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 518, No 2 (2024)
- Pages: 268-274
- Section: GEOCHEMISTRY
- Submitted: 31.01.2025
- Published: 15.12.2024
- URL: https://edgccjournal.org/2686-7397/article/view/649906
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686739724100087
- ID: 649906
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Abstract
We studied the isotopic composition and helium and neon ratios of fluid inclusions in magnetite and pyrite from carbonatite breccias of the Sallanlatva alkaline-ultrabasic complex using the stepcrushing method. The results indicate a high probability that fluids from several sources, captured in different proportions, were involved in the formation of the Sallanlatva explosive carbonatite breccias. The R/Ra ratio (R is the measured 3He/4He ratio, and Ra = 1.382 x 10-6 is the same ratio in atmospheric air) reaches a value of 2.3, which is a reliable indicator of mantle gas involvement. The low (1 to 44) value of the 4He/20Ne ratio suggests the contribution of atmospheric gases dissolved in paleometeoric waters. The combination of these two facts supports the hypothesis of the phreatomagmatic nature of the studied breccias, i.e. their formation due to the interaction of infiltrated high-temperature orthomagmatic fluid with meteoric waters transporting dissolved atmospheric gases.
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E. N. Kozlov
Geological Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: kozlov_e.n@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity
E. N. Fomina
Geological Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: kozlov_e.n@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity
M. Yu. Sidorov
Geological Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: kozlov_e.n@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity
A. V. Gudkov
Geological Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: kozlov_e.n@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity
V. V. Kolobov
Northern Energetics Research Centre of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: kozlov_e.n@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity
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