Email this article THERMAL STATE OF THE LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE BENEATH THE BIREKTE TERRAIN: RECONSTRUCTIONS BASED ON THE STUDY OF XENOCRYSTS FROM DIFFERENT-AGED KIMBERLITES OF THE YAKUTIAN KIMBERLITE PROVINCE
- Authors: Dymshits A.M.1, Oleinikov O.B.2, Oshehepkova M.G.2, Zemmukhov A.L.3, Oparin N.A.2, Tychkov N.S.4
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Affiliations:
- Institute of the Earth’s crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Diamond and Precious Metal Geology Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- JSC “Almaty Anabara”
- Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 525, No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 56–64
- Section: GEOCHEMISTRY
- Submitted: 26.12.2025
- Published: 15.11.2024
- URL: https://medbiosci.ru/2686-7397/article/view/362858
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7868/S3034506525110069
- ID: 362858
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Abstract
The study presents the results of an investigation of clinopyroxene xenocrysts collected from the heavy fraction concentrate of kimberlite of the Ivushka pipe (Toluopka field) and Anomaly 75/90 (Molodo field), located within the Birekte terrane of the Siberian craton. The composition of clinopyroxenes from the Ivushka pipe indicate the presence of high-temperature rocks (megacryst assemblage or sheared lherzolites) in the lower part of the lithospheric mantle (LM), which is consistent with the results obtained from garnet xenocrysts. In contrast, clinopyroxene xenocrysts potentially belonging to the megacryst assemblage (or high-temperature lherzolites) are virtually absent in the samples from Anomaly 75/90. A preliminary reconstruction of the thermal state of the LM was conducted using clinopyroxene single-crystal thermobarometry. The results demonstrate that the LM was relatively thick across the Siberian Craton during the Paleozoic epoch of kimberlite magmatism. However, a slight decrease in thickness was observed from the central part (Mirny field – 260 km) toward the northern part of the craton (Upper Muna field – 230 km and Toluopka field – 215 km).
About the authors
A. M. Dymshits
Institute of the Earth’s crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: adymshits@crust.irk.ru
Irkutsk, Russia
O. B. Oleinikov
Diamond and Precious Metal Geology Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesYakutsk, Russia
M. G. Oshehepkova
Diamond and Precious Metal Geology Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesYakutsk, Russia
A. L. Zemmukhov
JSC “Almaty Anabara”Yakutsk, Russia
N. A. Oparin
Diamond and Precious Metal Geology Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesYakutsk, Russia
N. S. Tychkov
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesNovosibirsk, Russia
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