Charnockitic and monzonitic Pan-African series from north-central Nigeria: Trace-element and Nd, Sr, Pb isotope constraints on their petrogenesis

doi:10.1016/0009-2541(95)00010-J

Chemical Geology

Volume 124, Issues 3–4, 15 August 1995, Pages 233-252

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Abstract

Major- and trace-element studies indicate that the evolution of the calc-alkaline (charnockitic) and sub-alkaline (monzonitic) Pan-African rocks in north-central Nigeria cannot be explained in terms of a unique or classical process of fractional crystallisation. At Toro, the crystallisation history of the more differentiated members appears more complex, with the participation of accessory phases. The quartz-fayalite monzonites show evidence of a cumulative phase during their differentiation. The fayalite-bearing quartzmonzonites are not common rocks and their occurrence in the Nigerian basement remains the only reported exposure in the Pan-African belt of West Africa. Like the charnockitic suite at Toro, they were emplaced during the Pan-African and at deep structural levels unlike the adjacent high-level Jurassic peralkaline granites of Jos Plateau.

The application of multiple radiogenic tracers (Sr, Nd and Pb) indicates the involvement of pre-existing crust in the formation of these rocks (ϵ_Sr(i) = + 30 to + 86, ϵ_Nd(i) = − 15.5 to − 5.5, $^{206} Pb^{204} Pb_{i} = 16.34–17.71$ and $^{207} Pb^{204} Pb_{i} = 15.48–15.58$ for Toro Charnockitic Complex; and ϵ_Sr(i) = + 19 to + 51 and ϵ_Nd(i) = − 8.0 to − 4.0 for the quartz-fayalite monzonites of Bauchi). Long crustal residence ages (T_Nd) of between 2.0 and 1.5 Ga preclude their complete derivation from the mantle. The bulk of evidence is consistent with the partial melting of a U-poor source typical of the lower crust during the Pan-African orogeny and in particular the involvement of older Precambrian crust.

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