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Compositional Variation in Olivine in the Skaergaard Intrusion  

Jang, Yun-Deuk (Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University)
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The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea / v.12, no.3, 2003 , pp. 110-118 More about this Journal
Abstract
Olivine from the Layered Series (LS), Upper Border Series (UBS), and Marginal Border Series (MBS) of the Skaergaard intrusion was analyzed to examine compositional variation. In general, olivine from all three series shows similar trends in major elements with differentiation: FeO＊ (total iron as FeO＊), Ti $O_2$, and MnO in the olivine, progressively increase, MgO and $SiO_2$progressively decrease, and Na$_2$O, K$_2$O, A1$_2$ $O_3$, CaO, and P$_2$O$\_$5/ remain unchanged at low abundances. No abrupt changes in the trends of major components in Skaergaard olivine are observed. The systematic compositional variations in Skaergaard olivine during differentiation preclude the possibility of any injection of new magma into the chamber during differentiation. Abrupt change in MnO, however, is observed in Skaergaard olivine during differentiation. MnO in Skaergaard olivine steadily increases with differentiation from LZ to UZc and then decreases in UZc of the LS and its equivalents of the MBS and UBS. The decrease of MnO in Skaergaard olivine during the final stage of differentiation is attributable to the abrupt and extensive appearance of ferrobustamite as a liquidus phase.
Keywords
olivine; igneous differentiation; Skaergaard intrusion;
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