Abstract
Abstract: Data on the carbon isotope composition of graphite and CO 2 from inclusions in quartz of granitoids of the Southern Marginal Zone (SMZ) of the Limpopo granulite belt, South Africa, are presented. The average values of δ 13 C for graphite and СО 2 from fluid inclusions in quartz are found within the range that is typical of deep (mantle) carbon sources. The data are evidence of an external source of granitoid magmas. They are likely to be hybrid rocks that appeared during assimilation of host metapelites by trondhjemite magmas, while graphite in trondhjemites and granodiorites is a product of high-temperature (~900–1000°С) evolution of the CO 2 -rich fluid phase of granitoid magmas when they intrude the rocks of the granulite complex and was formed during assimilation that led to reduction of CO 2 when sulfide-bearing metapelite material was contaminated by the magma.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1515-1518 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Doklady Earth Sciences |
| Volume | 483 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2018 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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