Trace elements peridotite massifs

The distribution of lithophile trace elements (REE + mbidium, caesium, strontium, barium, yttrium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum, thorium, and uranium) normalized to primitive mantle (PM) values are illustrated in Figure 16 for a range of peridotite lithologies from the Ronda orogenic Iherzolite massif, and in Figure 17 for ophiolitic and abyssal refractory peridotites. 

Figure 16 Abundances of lithophile trace elements normalized to PM values in orogenic peridotites from the Ronda massif (whole-rock analyses). Data from Remaidi (1993). Normalizing values after Sun and McDonough (1989).

Garrido C. J., Bodinier J.-L., and Alard O. (2000) Distribution of LILE, REE and HFSE in anhydrous spinel peridotite and websterite minerals from the Ronda massif insights into the nature of trace element reservoirs in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 181, 341-358. 

Rivalenti G., Mazzucchelli M., Vannucci R., Hofmann A. W., Ottolini L., Bottazzi P., and Obermiller W. (1995) The relationship between websterite and peridotite in the Balmuccia peridotite massif (NW Italy) as revealed by trace element variations in clinopyroxene. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 121, 275-288. 

Bedini, R. M., and Bodinier, J. L. (1999). Distribution of incompatible trace elements between the constituents of spinel peridotite xenoliths ICP-MS data from the East African rift—Evidence from the poikiloblastic peridotite xenoliths from Boree (Massif Central, France). Geochim. Cosmoch. Acta 63(22), 3883-3900. 

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