Relaciones de campo y geoquímica de las carbonatitas de Esquinzo-Agua Salada, NW de Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias

Carbonatites are rather uncommon rocks, the origin of which still stands a subject of debate, especially regarding if they crystallize from primary carbonatitic melts from the mantle, or if they are generated, by some magmatic differentiation process, from an alkaline-silicate parent magma. The Esqu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ignacio, Cristina de, Muñoz, Mercedes, Sagredo, J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/8288
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8288
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carbonatites
Geochemistry
Fuerteventura
Immiscibility
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Sumario:Carbonatites are rather uncommon rocks, the origin of which still stands a subject of debate, especially regarding if they crystallize from primary carbonatitic melts from the mantle, or if they are generated, by some magmatic differentiation process, from an alkaline-silicate parent magma. The Esquinzo-Agua Salada carbonatites are associated, both in space and time, to an ensemble of alkaline silicate lithologies comprising, from ultramafic-mafic (perovskite-clinopyroxenites-ijolitic rocks) to felsic (nepheline-syenites) types. In this work, field relationships between both groups of lithologies as well as the main geochemical characteristics of the carbonatites, which are compared to those of the alkaline silicate rocks, are presented. Both aspects seem to indicate an origin for the carbonatites by liquid immiscibility, from a CO2-rich, alkaline silicate parental magma