An Overview of the Geochemical Characteristics of Oceanic Carbonatites: New Insights from Fuerteventura Carbonatites (Canary Islands)
The occurrence of carbonatites in oceanic settings is very rare if compared with their continental counterpart, having been reported only in Cape Verde and Canary Islands. This paper provides an overview of the main geochemical characteristics of oceanic carbonatites, around which many debates still...
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| description | The occurrence of carbonatites in oceanic settings is very rare if compared with their continental counterpart, having been reported only in Cape Verde and Canary Islands. This paper provides an overview of the main geochemical characteristics of oceanic carbonatites, around which many debates still exist regarding their petrogenesis. We present new data on trace elements in minerals and whole-rock, together with the first noble gases isotopic study (He, Ne, Ar) in apatite, calcite, and clinopyroxene from Fuerteventura carbonatites (Canary Islands). Trace elements show a similar trend as Cape Verde carbonatites, almost tracing the same patterns on multi-element and REE abundance diagrams. <sup>3</sup>He/<sup>4</sup>He isotopic ratios of Fuerteventura carbonatites reflect a shallow (sub-continental lithospheric mantle, SCLM) He signature in their petrogenesis, and they clearly differ from Cape Verde carbonatites, i.e., fluids from a deep and low degassed mantle with a primitive plume-derived He signature are involved in their petrogenesis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e0264ba0cb6482288c5c9b87d57ccfa2023-12-11T17:07:59ZengMDPI AGMinerals2075-163X2021-02-0111220310.3390/min11020203An Overview of the Geochemical Characteristics of Oceanic Carbonatites: New Insights from Fuerteventura Carbonatites (Canary Islands)Gabriele Carnevale0Antonio Caracausi1Alessandra Correale2Laura Italiano3Silvio G. Rotolo4Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90133 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), 90146 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), 90146 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90133 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90133 Palermo, ItalyThe occurrence of carbonatites in oceanic settings is very rare if compared with their continental counterpart, having been reported only in Cape Verde and Canary Islands. This paper provides an overview of the main geochemical characteristics of oceanic carbonatites, around which many debates still exist regarding their petrogenesis. We present new data on trace elements in minerals and whole-rock, together with the first noble gases isotopic study (He, Ne, Ar) in apatite, calcite, and clinopyroxene from Fuerteventura carbonatites (Canary Islands). Trace elements show a similar trend as Cape Verde carbonatites, almost tracing the same patterns on multi-element and REE abundance diagrams. <sup>3</sup>He/<sup>4</sup>He isotopic ratios of Fuerteventura carbonatites reflect a shallow (sub-continental lithospheric mantle, SCLM) He signature in their petrogenesis, and they clearly differ from Cape Verde carbonatites, i.e., fluids from a deep and low degassed mantle with a primitive plume-derived He signature are involved in their petrogenesis.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/2/203trace elementsnoble gases isotopesoceanic carbonatitesFuerteventuraCape Verde |
| spellingShingle | Gabriele Carnevale Antonio Caracausi Alessandra Correale Laura Italiano Silvio G. Rotolo An Overview of the Geochemical Characteristics of Oceanic Carbonatites: New Insights from Fuerteventura Carbonatites (Canary Islands) Minerals trace elements noble gases isotopes oceanic carbonatites Fuerteventura Cape Verde |
| title | An Overview of the Geochemical Characteristics of Oceanic Carbonatites: New Insights from Fuerteventura Carbonatites (Canary Islands) |
| title_full | An Overview of the Geochemical Characteristics of Oceanic Carbonatites: New Insights from Fuerteventura Carbonatites (Canary Islands) |
| title_fullStr | An Overview of the Geochemical Characteristics of Oceanic Carbonatites: New Insights from Fuerteventura Carbonatites (Canary Islands) |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Overview of the Geochemical Characteristics of Oceanic Carbonatites: New Insights from Fuerteventura Carbonatites (Canary Islands) |
| title_short | An Overview of the Geochemical Characteristics of Oceanic Carbonatites: New Insights from Fuerteventura Carbonatites (Canary Islands) |
| title_sort | overview of the geochemical characteristics of oceanic carbonatites new insights from fuerteventura carbonatites canary islands |
| topic | trace elements noble gases isotopes oceanic carbonatites Fuerteventura Cape Verde |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/2/203 |
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