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Article Dans Une Revue Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems Année : 2022

Heat Transfer and Production in Cratonic Continental Crust: U‐Pb Thermochronology of Xenoliths From the Siberian Craton

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Coupled U-Pb and trace-element analyses of accessory phases in crustal xenoliths from the Late Devonian Udachnaya kimberlite (Siberian craton, Russia) are used to constrain Moho temperature and crustal heat production at the time of kimberlite eruption. Rutile and apatite in lower-crustal garnet granulites record U-Pb dates that extend from 1.8 Ga to 360 Ma (timing of kimberlite eruption). This contrasts with upper-crustal tonalites and amphibolites that contain solely Paleoproterozoic apatite. Depth profiling of rutile from the lower-crustal xenoliths show that U-Pb dates increase gradually from rim to core over μm-scale distances, with slower-diffusing elements (e.g., Al) increasing in concentration across similar length-scales. The U-Pb and trace element gradients in rutile are incompatible with partial Pb loss during slow cooling, but are consistent with neocrystallization and re-heating of the lower crust for <1 Myr prior to eruption. Because Paleoproterozoic rutile and apatite dates are preserved, we infer that long-term ambient lower-crustal temperatures before this thermal perturbation were cooler than the Pb closure temperature of rutile and probably apatite (<400°C). The lower-crustal temperature bounds from these data are consistent with pressure-temperature arrays of Udachnaya peridotite xenoliths that suggest relatively cool geothermal gradients, signifying that the mantle xenoliths accurately capture the thermal state of the lithosphere prior to eruption. Combined, the xenolith data imply low crustal heat production for the Siberian craton (∼0.3 μW/m 3). Nevertheless, such values produce surface heat flow values of 20–40 mW/m 2, higher than measured around Udachnaya (average 19 mW/m 2), suggesting that the surface heat flow measurements are inaccurate.

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hal-03823786 , version 1 (21-10-2022)

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Francisco E Apen, Roberta L Rudnick, Dmitri A Ionov, John M Cottle, Jean-François Moyen, et al.. Heat Transfer and Production in Cratonic Continental Crust: U‐Pb Thermochronology of Xenoliths From the Siberian Craton. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2022, 23 (10), ⟨10.1029/2022GC010497⟩. ⟨hal-03823786⟩
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