New data on the age and nature of the Khan–Bogd alkaline granites, Mongolia


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Abstract

New age dating (291 Ma) was obtained for one of the largest alkaline granite massifs in the world, the Khan–Bogd Massif (Mongolia). For the first time, apart from zircon, other zirconium silicates, elpidite and armstrongite, have been analyzed. Our determinations showed the highly depleted nature of the mantle sources of granites with εNd = 12. All the studied Zr-silicates demonstrate positive Eu anomalies in the REE patterns, which indicate a low oxidation potential during alkaline granite formation.

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A. Gerdes

Institute of Earth Sciences; Department of Earth Sciences

Email: kogarko@geochi.ru
Germany, Frankfurt; Stellenbosch

L. N. Kogarko

Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry

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Email: kogarko@geochi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991

N. V. Vladykin

Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry, Siberian Branch

Email: kogarko@geochi.ru
Russian Federation, Irkutsk, 664033

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