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1、Origina1paperC1inopyroxenefrombasa1ticrocksoftheErzgebirge-KrusnehoryMts.-imp1icationsformode11ingofthemagmaticp1umbingsystemRomanRONICK,Axe1D.RENNOi*,TechnischeUniversi1atBergakademieFreiberg,InstituteofMinera1ogy,Brennhausgasse14,D-09596Freiberg,Germany;axe1.rennominera1.tu-freiberg.de*Correspondi
2、ngauthorTheErzgebirge-KrusnehoryareaispartoftheNWf1ankoftheEger-OhfeRift.Withinthisrift-re1atedarea,basa1ticrockswith1ow(3.5wt.%)ofTiO:occur.Thedistributionofthesebasa1ticrocktypesshowsstrongspatia1dependency.Ti-richbasa1tsareconcentratedinthewesternErzgebirge-KrusnehoryMts.withasharpchangeat1ongitu
3、de13.3E.C1inopyroxeneando1ivinearethemostabundantphenocrysts.Thezoningandchemistryofthec1inopyroxeneactasarecorderofthedifferentstagesofthemagmaticp1umbingsystems.Sevendifierenttypesofc1inopyroxenephenocrystsaredefinedwithfourdistinctchemica1types:Cr-richc1inopyroxene,green-corepyroxene,Mg-richc1ino
4、pyroxeneandfine1yzonedTi-richc1inopyroxenewithsectorzoning.Chemica1andpetrographicana1ysisofindividua1zoneswithinc1inopyroxenesa11owsthequa1itativedescriptionofdistinctstepsofthemu1tistage,regiona11ydiverseprocessesyie1dingtotheformationofbothTi-richbasa1tsintheWaswe11asTi-poorbasa1tsintheE.Twodiffe
5、renttypesofasthenosphericme1tsaresuggested,withincreasedactivitiesofH:OandpotassiuminthewesternErzgebirgeMts.Duringascenttheyincorporatedxeno1ithsandxenocrystsofboththemant1e(peridotite,o1ivineandCr-richc1inopyroxene)andthecrusta1(graniticandgneissicrocks,quartzandfe1dspar)origin.Furthennore,greenco
6、resOfc1inopyroxenewereintroducedintothemagmas.Fractionationprocessestookp1acewithin1ithosphericnagmachambers,havingbeenaccompaniedbyreactionofxenocrystsandxeno1ithswiththeme1t.TheresidencetimeinthemagmachambersassociatedwiththeeasternandwesternpartsoftheErzgebirgeappearstohavebeentota11ydifferent:sh
7、ortintheeasternand1onginthewesternparts.Withinthe1atter,nomant1e-derivedxeno1iths,xenocrysts,ormagmatico1ivinesarefound.Itisinferredthatthesexeno1ithsandcrysta1ssett1edtothebottomofthemagmachambersformingcumu1atesandthereforedidnotcometothesurface.Incontrast,thebasa1ticrocksoftheEaststi11containmant
8、1e-derivedxeno1ithsandxenocrystsaswe11asmagmatico1ivine.Thesizeandamountofc1inopyroxenephenocrystsintheWestsignificant1yexceedthatoftheEast.Moreover,thecrysta11izationofgiantc1inopyroxeneswasrestrictedtothewesternregion.MixingofthemagmaswithTi-richme1ts,presumab1yderivedfromanec1ogiticsource,tookp1a
9、ceincrusta1magmachambers.Inanycase,theproportionofTi-richme1tsintheWestsignificant1yexceededthatoftheEast.Keywords:petro1ogy.CrySta1chemistry,c1inopyroxene,basa1t.Erzgebirge-Krusnehory,green-corepyroxeneReceived:6Apri12010:accepted:20September2010:hand1ingeditor:V.Rapprich/R.Skd1aTheon1ineversionoft
10、hisartic1e(doi:1().3190jgeosci.077)containssupp1ementarye1ectronicmateria1.1.IntroductionDespitetheeye-catchinggeochemica1characterof477-richbasa1tsitisunc1earifthisfeatureisavagaryofnatureoranimportantgeochemica1fingerprintab1etodiscriminatebetweendifferentsourceregionsofbasa1ticrocks.Besideswe11kn
11、ownHigh-Tibasa1tsfromthemoon(Papikeeta1.1976;PapikcandVaniman1978),whichhavenoterrestria1equiva1ent,High-Tibasa1tsarefoundindifferentgeotectonicsettings,suchasContinenta1F1oodBasa1ts(CFB),1argeIgneousProvinces(1IP)(Gibsoneta1.1995),orrift-1ikeintrap1atcsettings(Piketa1.1998).Theoccurrenceofsuchbasa1
12、tsisnotrestrictedto1avas;theyappeara1soindikesystems(EssawyandE1-Metwa11y1999;Katzireta1.2006)andintrusionsofgabbroicrocks(JamaAdenandFrizzo1996).ThciragespansfromtheArchaeantorecent.Theoriginineachofthegeotectonicenvironmentsremainscontroversia1.Theproposedexp1anationsin11Psrangefromahighdegreeoffr
13、actionation(Fodor1987),1owdegreeofpartia1me1ting(Dupuyeta1.1988),crusta1contamination(Fodor1987),totheinf1uenceofsubcontinenta1Iithosphcremobi1izedbysubduction(Duncan1987;Murphy1988).Itisassumedthattheeffectofmant1ep1umesisthemaincauseforthegenesisofTi-richrocksinrift-1ikesettings(Piketa1.2006).Aqua
14、1itativeapproachtounderstandingpetro1ogica1processesresponsib1eforthegenesisofTi-richbasa1tsthroughthecomprehensivestudyofthemicrostructureandminera1chemistryofc1inopyroxeneisdemonstratedintheWWW.Jgeosc1ORcurrentpaper.AsacasestudyhavebeenchosenCenozoicbasa1ticrocksfromtheEger-OhfeRift(Erzgebirge-Kru
15、SnehoryMts,BohemianMassif).A1thoughwedonotpresentacomp1etegeneticmode1,thisstudydoesprovideabasisforunderstandingthenatureandgenesisofthehigh-Tibasa1ts,bothinthisregionande1sewhere.2. Geo1ogica1settingAccordingtoProdeh1eta1(1995)theEger-OhfeRift,aspartoftheEuropeanCenozoicRiftSystem(ECRS),isoneofthe
16、majorextensiona1structuresinCentra1Europe.Thestructureitse1fissituatedinProterozoictoPa1eozoicbasementrocksoftheBohemianMassif(Ma1kovsky1987;MIochandKonopasek2010)andshowsane1ongationofrough1y300kmandawidthupto30km.ThewesternpartoftheEgerRift1iesonaVariscansuturezonebetweentwo1ithosphericb1ocks:theSaxothuringianandtheTep1a-Barrandianterranes(Hrubcovaeta12005;Babuskaeta12007).Thetherma1thicknessofthe1ithosphere