GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A FEEDER-DIKE SYSTEM IN THE SEILAND IGNEOUS COMPLEX, NORTHERN NORWAY: IMPLICATIONS FOR GEOTECTONIC ENVIRONMENT OF EMPLACEMENT
Geochemically, with increasing SiO2, the rocks have increasing Al2O3, Na2O, and K2O and decreasing TiO2, Fe2O3, MgO, CaO, and P2O5, and are enriched in Sr, Ba, and Rb relative to N-MORB. Some high-field strength elements (Th, Ta, Nb) are enriched by factors of 10 to 100 compared to N-MORB, while others (Zr to Yb) have values closer to unity or less. Chondrite normalized whole-rock REE patterns are LREE enriched and the mafic to ultramafic samples have consistently negative REE slopes, although HREE slopes flatten and turn slightly positive as silica content increases. All samples have positive Eu anomalies that increase in magnitude from ultramafic to mafic through to the nepheline monzonites. Chondrite normalized REE patterns for amphibole in the mafic to ultramafic samples have flat or slightly positive slope LREE patterns that becomes negative from MREEs to the HREEs. Trace element geochemistry reflects increasing Ce/Yb, Th/Yb and Ta/Yb ratios with increasing alkalinity and SiO2 content. Pearce discrimination diagrams show that many of the dikes are compositionally similar to within-plate basalts.
The geochemical data, coupled with geochronology and paleogeographic reconstructions, are used to argue that emplacement of the Seiland Igneous Province occurred during de-suturing of Rodina along the Lapland-Kola Suture during the earliest stages of the opening of Iapetus.