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Siberian Traps and Pt-Cu-Ni Deposits in the Noril’sk Area

  • Provides new geochemical data (250 LA-ICP-MS, XRF analyses) on volcanic and intrusive rocks from the Noril’sk area
  • Contains a huge collection of analytical data on rock-forming minerals, including main, major and rare elements (3,000 analyses)
  • Shows new geological results of field study of volcanic and intrusive rocks in Noril’sk region
  • Presents a new schema of magmatism evolution and a new model of Noril’sk deposits origin
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction: Formulation of the Problem and Its Urgency

    • Nadezhda A. Krivolutskaya
    Pages 1-6
  3. Intrusive Rocks

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    Pages 99-228
  4. Composition of the Parental Melts for the Intrusions

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    Pages 229-252
  5. Relationship Between the Lavas and the Ore-Bearing Massifs

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    Pages 253-261
  6. Basic–Ultrabasic Intrusions in the Kola-Karelia Area

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    Pages 263-303
  7. Assimilation of the Host Rocks by Basic Magma

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    Pages 305-327
  8. Appendix

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    Pages 337-364

About this book

This book addresses fundamental problems in the evolution of magmatic and ore-forming processes in the Noril’sk area of northern Central Siberia. Based on data on the geology and geochemistry of rocks, obtained by the author in the course of fieldworks and new analytical studies (applying XRF, ICP-MS, microprobe analysis, ion-probe analysis and studying melt and fluid inclusions in olivine, as well as stable and radiogenic isotopes in the rocks), it was proposed a new scheme for the evolution of magmatism, including two episodes: rift and trap per se. The ultramafic-mafic massifs are classified into three geochemical types, the most important of which (the ore-bearing Noril’sk type) was formed in post-Nadezhdinsky time as an independent pulse of magmatic activity. The primary melts for ore-bearing intrusions had tholeiitic  composition with elevated MgO (8 wt%) and low volatile contents (data form melt inclusions in olivine and pyroxenes, in combination with numerical simulations using the COMAGMAT program package). The assimilation of host rocks by the parental melts was studied in the contact zones of the Maslovsky and Talnakh intrusions. It was shown that it had taken place only in narrow zones (about 1-2 m) and did not played sufficient role in ore formation. It was suggested that the source of the material was lower crustal rocks in long-lived rift zones, where sulfides accumulated in several stages.

The book offers a valuable resource for specialists in the geology of ore deposits and petrology, as well as for advanced Geology students.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Analytical Chem of RAS, Vernadsky Inst of Geochemistry Analytical Chem of RAS, Moscow, Russia

    Nadezhda A. Krivolutskaya

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Siberian Traps and Pt-Cu-Ni Deposits in the Noril’sk Area

  • Authors: Nadezhda A. Krivolutskaya

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17205-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-17204-0Published: 10 December 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-17205-7Published: 09 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 364

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 143 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geochemistry, Mineralogy

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eBook USD 129.00
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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