Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 11, 61-86 61 Origin and evolution of the Kangâmiut mafic dyke swarm, West Greenland Kyle R. Mayborn and Charles E. Lesher The Kangâmiut dyke swarm in West Greenland intruded Archaean terrains at 2.04 Ga, and its north- ern portion was subsequently metamorphosed to granulite facies during the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny (c. 1.8 Ga). Mineral and whole-rock major and trace element compositions show that the parental magmas for the dyke swarm differentiated by the fractionation of olivine, clinopyroxene, plagioclase and late stage Fe-Ti oxides. Petrographical observations and the enrichment of K 2 O during differenti- ation argue that hornblende was not an important fractionating phase. Field observations suggest emplacement at crustal levels above the brittle–ductile transition, and clinopyroxene geothermobaro- metry constrains dyke emplacement depths to less than 10 km. Granulite facies metamorphism of the Kangâmiut dykes and their host rocks in the northern portion of the swarm requires subsequent burial to c. 30 km, related to roughly 20 km of crustal thickening between the time of dyke emplace- ment and peak metamorphism during the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny. Kangâmiut dykes are character- ised by low Ba/La ratios (12 ± 5), and high Nb/La ratios (0.8 ± 0.2), compared to subduction related basalts (Ba/La c. 25; Nb/La c. 0.35). These geochemical characteristics argue that the Kangâmiut dykes are not related to subduction processes. Forward modelling of rare-earth element data requires that primitive magmas for the Kangâmiut dykes originated from a moderately depleted mantle source with a mantle potential temperature of c. 1420°C. The inferred potential temperature is consistent with potential temperature estimates for ambient mantle at 2.0 Ga derived from secular cooling models and continental freeboard constraints. The geochemistry and petrology of the Kangâmiut dykes support a model that relates the dyke activity to passive rifting of the proposed Kenorland supercontinent rather than to mantle plume activity or subduction. Keywords: dyke swarm, Laurentia, Palaeoproterozoic, rifting _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ K.R.M., Department of Geology, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455, USA. E-mail: KR-Mayborn@wiu.edu C.E.L., Department of Geolog y, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. The 2.04 Ga Kangâmiut dyke swarm of West Greenland has been the subject of numerous investigations over the past 35 years (Windley 1970; Escher et al. 1976; Bridg- water et al. 1995; Cadman et al. 1999), yet there is still considerable disagreement over many aspects of the swarm’s history. Since the work of Escher et al. (1976), who asso- ciated the dykes with synkinematic shearing during N–S compression, the swarm has often been cited as a type example of dykes that are emplaced into crustal regions undergoing shear deformation (Cadman et al. 1999). The proposed compressional setting led Cadman et al. (2001) to speculate that the swarm formed in a subduction-relat- ed environment. Nevertheless, recent geochronology has shown that many of the shear zones originally thought to be consanguineous with the dykes are actually significantly older or younger than the dykes themselves (Connelly & Mengel 2000). The field area for Escher et al.’s (1976) investigations is now known to contain Archaean shear © GEUS, 2006. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 11, 61–86. Available at: www.geus.dk/publications/bull 62 zones and post-Kangâmiut dyke shearing associated with the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny. Despite these complications, the Kangâmiut dyke swarm offers a unique opportunity to constrain the magmatic and tectonic evolution of the province spanning the period from dyke emplacement to the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny (2.04 to c. 1.8 Ga). The present work discusses the constraints on the magmatic and metamorphic history of the Kangâmiut dykes provided by field observations, petrology, geochemistry, and geo- chronology and critically evaluates previous and newly pro- posed models for their origin and subsequent metamor- phism during the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny. Regional geology Figure 1 is a geological map of central West Greenland showing the Nagssugtoqidian orogen and the Kangâmiut dykes. The Nagssugtoqidian orogen is bounded to the north by the Palaeoproterozoic Rinkian orogen (Escher & Pulvertaft 1976) and to the south by the Archaean Nain craton (Nutman & Bridgwater 1986; Nutman & Coller- son 1991; Friend & Nutman 1994). The orogen is divid- ed into four parts based on lithology, structure, stream sediment geochemistry, and aeromagnetic data. From north to south, these are the northern Nagssugtoqidian orogen (NNO), the central Nagssugtoqidian orogen (CNO), the southern Nagssugtoqidian orogen (SNO), and the southern Nagssugtoqidian foreland (SNF). These ter- rains are separated by three shear zones. The Nordre Strøm- fjord shear zone separates the NNO from the CNO, the Ikertôq shear zone separates the CNO from the SNO, and the Nagssugtoqidian Front separates the SNO from the SNF. The NNO contains Archaean granitic gneisses and supracrustal rocks (van Gool et al. 2002), whereas the CNO is characterised by reworked Archaean granitic and tonalitic gneisses, the 1.92 Ga Arfersiorfik quartz diorite, the 1.92 Ga Sisimiut charnockite, and supracrustal rocks (Bak et al. 1975; Kalsbeek et al. 1987; Manatschal et al. 1998; Kalsbeek & Manatschal 1999; Nutman et al. 1999; van Gool et al. 1999). The SNO and SNF are composed of Archaean granitic and tonalitic gneisses and the Kangâmiut dykes. In the SNO the dykes are metamor- phosed to amphibolite facies in the south and granulite facies in the extreme north. The transition from amphi- bolite facies to granulite facies occurs within the Ikertôq shear zone (Korstgård 1979). In the SNF, most of the Kangâmiut dykes retain igneous textures and mineralogies. Figure 1 shows that the Ikertôq shear zone is the most continuous structure within the Nagssugtoqidian orogenic belt and represents an important lithological boundary between the SNO and the CNO. It is traceable from the western shoreline, just south of the village of Sisimiut, to the inland icecap. The shear zone contains panels of Kangâmiut dyke-bearing tonalitic gneiss alternating with layers of garnet-sillimanite-kyanite-bearing metapelites, marbles, and quartzites that dip steeply NNW. The repe- tition of lithological units, the presence of down-dip line- ations and S-vergent kinematic indicators show that this structure is a reverse fault (Grocott 1979). Deformed Kangâmiut dykes are restricted to the southern footwall, while Palaeoproterozoic felsic igneous rocks, including the 1.92 Ga Sisimiut charnockite and the 1.92 Ga Arfersior- fik quartz diorite, are found only north of the shear zone. U/Pb dates for detrital zircons from the supracrustal rocks of the region require that these units were deposited after 2.10 Ga (Nutman et al. 1999), while 40Ar/39Ar dating of hornblende from metamorphosed Kangâmiut dykes and orthogneisses from within the shear zone gives cooling ages of c. 1.73 Ga (Willigers et al. 1999). The Itivdleq shear zone is located to the south of the Ikertôq shear zone within the SNO and is c. 6 km wide with E–W-trending lineations (Hanmer et al. 1997). It contains multiple bands of sheared Kangâmiut dykes and Archaean orthogneisses that Connelly & Mengel (2000) used to document shearing during the Archaean and the Palaeoproterozoic Nagssugtoqidian orogeny. For example, some of the shear bands are cut by weakly deformed to- nalites that yield a magmatic age of 2498 ± 4 Ma with a metamorphic overprint at 1782 ± 12 Ma (Connelly & Mengel 2000). This shows that some of the shear bands near Itilleq fjord developed prior to c. 2.5 Ga and were subsequently intruded by tonalite. The metamorphic over- print age of 1782 Ma and the presence of shear bands that cut the Kangâmiut dykes indicate reactivation dur- ing the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny. Metamorphic horn- blende from a recrystallised Kangâmiut dyke within the Itivdleq shear zone gives an 40Ar/39Ar age of 1873 ± 13 Ma, consistent with the age of Nagssugtoqidian metamor- phism (Willigers et al. 1999). The Nagssugtoqidian Front is the southernmost struc- tural expression of the Nagssugtoqidian orogenic event (Fig. 1). Hageskov (1995) showed that it is a discontinu- ous, en échelon array of NW-dipping, low-angle thrust Facing page: Fig. 1. Geological map of the Nagssugtoqidian orogen and its south- ern foreland in West Greenland. NNO, northern Nagssugtoqidian orogen; CNO, central Nagssugtoqidian orogen; SNO, southern Nags- sugtoqidian orogen; SNF, southern Nagssugtoqidian foreland. Modi- fied from van Gool et al. (2002). 63 Kangerlussuaq Ikertooq Northern CNO ‘flat belt’ Sisimiut Nordre IsortoqC N O Sø nd re Str øm fjo rd Sø nd re Str øm fjo rd Sø nd re Str øm fjo rd Sukkertoppen Iskappe Inland Ice Attu N N O Disko Bugt Qasigiannguit Aasiaat Itilleq Kangaamiut Maniitsoq SN O Nordre Strømfjord Nord re Str ømfjo rd shear zone No rdre Iso rtoq she ar z one Ikertôq shear zone SN F Nagssugtoqidian front Kangerluarsussuaq 68° 67° 52° 50° 66° 50 km Archaean Palaeoproterozoic Undifferentiated Archaean gneisses Aasivik terrane Kangâmiut mafic dyke swarm Supracrustal rocks Sisimiut charnockite Syntectonic granite suite Arfersiorfik quartz diorite Aasivik 64 faults that deformed the Kangâmiut dykes in this region. The Nagssugtoqidian Front is well defined in the eastern portion of the orogen but is difficult to trace to the west approaching the Sukkertoppen Iskappe. It is not known whether the Nagssugtoqidian Front dies out beneath the icecap or swings to the NNW merging with the Itivdleq shear zone (Hageskov 1995). Geological history The Precambrian history of central West Greenland involves five major events: (1) genesis and metamorphism of Archae- an crust; (2) emplacement of the Kangâmiut dykes (2.04 Ga); (3) deposition of sediments (c. 2.00–1.92 Ga); (4) emplacement of the Sisimiut and Arfersiorfik intrusions (c. 1.92–1.87 Ga); and (5) metamorphism and deforma- tion accompanying the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny (c. 1.82– 1.77 Ga). Genesis and metamorphism of Archaean crust Connelly & Mengel (2000) and Kalsbeek & Nutman (1996) present U/Pb dates and field observations that document the genesis and metamorphism of a large por- tion of the central West Greenland crust during the Late Archaean. Igneous zircons from foliated granulite facies gneisses give ages between 2.87 and 2.81 Ga. Granitoids that cut the foliation in these gneisses give ages between 2.81 and 2.72 Ga. These cross-cutting relationships and dates indicate widespread genesis of granitic crust between 2.87 and 2.81 Ga, immediately followed by metamor- phism at 2.81–2.72 Ga. Emplacement of the Kangâmiut dykes The emplacement of the Kangâmiut dykes occurred after the formation of the Archaean host rocks and before the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny. U/Pb geochronology on igne- ous zircons from three dykes gives ages of 2036 ± 5 Ma, 2046 ± 8 Ma (Nutman et al. 1999), and 2048 ± 4 Ma (Connelly et al. 2000). The analysed zircons come from dioritic centres in wide composite dykes and cover most of the N–S extent of the dyke swarm. 40Ar/39Ar dating of hornblende from the Kangâmiut dykes from the SNF by Willigers et al. (1999) gives emplacement related ages of 2.05–2.02 Ga. Deposition of sediments Dating of detrital zircons from metasedimentary units just south of the Nordre Strømfjord shear zone and within the Ikertôq shear zone (Fig. 1) yields ages between 3.4 and 1.95 Ga (Nutman et al. 1999). Some metasediments containing 1.95 Ga zircons are cut by 1.92 Ga quartz- diorites, requiring that deposition of the sediments oc- curred between 1.95 and 1.92 Ga. Metasediments found within thrust-bounded panels in the Ikertôq shear zone contain zircons that yield ages between 2.1 and 2.0 Ga. There are no known granitic intrusive rocks with ages between 2.5 and 1.92 Ga within the central West Green- land field area, suggesting that the sediments originated from a distal source. Nutman et al. (1999) propose that the Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic terranes of eastern Canada are possible source regions. Sediments derived from these terranes would support the existence of the supercontinent Kenorland (Williams et al. 1991; Aspler & Chiarenzelli 1998). Additionally, the deposition of sed- iments suggests the presence of basins that may have de- veloped during the rifting and break-up of Kenorland (van Gool et al. 2002). The Nagssugtoqidian orogeny and emplacement of Sisimiut and Arfersiorfik intrusions Ramberg (1949) and Noe-Nygaard (1952) first recognised the Nagssugtoqidian orogen based on the deformation and metamorphism of the Kangâmiut dykes and the occur- rence of shear zones with steeply dipping foliations. Geo- chronological data show that the Nagssugtoqidian orogen- ic event occurred between 1.91 and 1.77 Ga (Connelly et al. 2000) and resulted in granulite to amphibolite grade metamorphism and the development of discrete shear zones. Pre-orogenic magmatism includes the emplacement of the 1.92 Ga Arfersiorfik quartz diorite (Kalsbeek et al. 1987) and the 1.92 Ga Sisimiut charnockite. The oro- genic event is proposed to be the result of continental col- lision that produced thrust stacking, folding and associat- ed metamorphism (van Gool et al. 2002). The suture between the two continents is not easily identifiable, but Kalsbeek et al. (1987) proposed that the suture is located in what is now the boundary between the NNO and the CNO. 65 Previous work on the origin of the Kangâmiut dykes Many early workers suggested that the emplacement of the Kangâmiut dykes was directly related to the Nagssugto- qidian orogeny. Escher et al. (1976) stated that the dykes were emplaced into conjugate sets of active shear zones during NNW–SSE compression. They based this hypothesis on their observations of conjugate sets of dykes that show a variety of cross-cutting relationships. They, and Han- mer et al. (1997), proposed that the emplacement of both dyke sets occurred during shearing. Bridgwater et al. (1995) expanded on the Escher et al. (1976) hypothesis by proposing that the dykes formed during thrusting of amphibolite facies crust from the north under the granu- lite facies terrain in the southern Nagssugtoqidian oro- gen. They invoked this hypothesis because the Kangâmiut dykes contain hornblende suggesting they crystallised from a hydrous magma. Bridgwater et al.’s (1995) hypothesis seeks to explain the hydrous nature of the Kangâmiut dyke magmas by placing a hydrous source beneath the granu- lite facies host rocks. A potential problem with the Escher et al. (1976) and Bridgwater et al. (1995) hypotheses is that neither easily explains how partial melting of hydrous lower crust would directly produce melt of basaltic com- position. If the Escher et al. (1976) and Bridgwater et al. (1995) hypotheses of dyke emplacement during compres- sion are correct, then subduction related magmatism be- comes a possibility. Cadman et al. (2001) explicitly con- sider this possibility and proposed that the Kangâmiut dyke swarm formed by adiabatic decompression of meta- somatised mantle during passage of a slab window. The recent work of Kalsbeek & Manatschal (1999), Connelly & Mengel (2000) and van Gool et al. (2002), offer alternatives to the subduction hypothesis and sug- gest that the swarm was emplaced during continental rift- ing. Van Gool et al. (2002) cite evidence of 2.0 Ga rift related sediments in support for the rifting hypothesis. Kalsbeek & Manatschal (1999) speculate that the Kangâmiut dykes are the product of mantle plume-relat- ed rifting based on the presence of ultramafic rocks found within the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny. Although these au- thors discuss the origin of the Kangâmiut dykes, they do so only briefly, because their primary focus is on the Nags- sugtoqidian orogeny. Field setting The Kangâmiut dyke swarm intruded granulite facies Archaean orthogneisses and is exposed over an 18 000 km2 area. Figure 1 shows that the swarm extends for 150 km from just south of the village of Maniitsoq towards Sis- imiut in the north and from the coast eastward to the ice cap. The dykes are most abundant near the coast and less so towards the ice cap. Dyke widths range from a few centimetres to greater than 140 m. Escher et al. (1975) estimated that dyke emplacement was accommodated by 2–3% crustal extension. Appendix A provides locality and field characteristics of all the dykes examined in this study. Field observations show that there are three dyke suites (Mengel et al. 1996). Two of these trend east–west, while the third has a NE trend. The NE-trending suite of dykes represents the vast majority of the dykes in the area and is the only suite that contains dykes with dioritic centres. The three sets of zircon populations used to date three separate dykes all come from these dioritic centres (Nut- man et al. 1999; Connelly et al. 2000). Thus, the NE- trending suite is dated at 2.04 Ga and will be referred to as the ‘Kangâmiut dykes’ proper as suggested by Mengel et al. (1996). Although the Kangâmiut dykes have an overall NE trend, there are some systematic deviations. Figure 1 shows that the southern portion of the swarm trends NNE. Moving northward, the orientation gradually changes to ENE. Changes in the orientation of the swarm correlate with increased dyke deformation and recrystallisation. Escher et al. (1975) suggested that the bend in the swarm resulted from deformation during the Nagssugtoqidian. Hanmer et al. (1997) argue that this change in orienta- tion is a primary feature related to the regional stress field during dyke emplacement. The majority of dykes south of the Nagssugtoqidian Front retain igneous mineralogies and textures with the exception of a small number of composite dykes with sheared dioritic centres. Shearing was parallel to the dyke contacts, and mostly affected the large composite dykes. Windley (1970) worked in an area just north of Maniit- soq village where he observed cross-cutting dykes. He de- scribed a set of cross-cutting dykes where a younger dyke cuts the internal foliation of an older dyke. Not all of the composite dykes show internal deformation. Some dykes show irregular intrusive contacts between the dioritic cen- tre and mafic host dyke showing that they formed by suc- cessive injections, closely spaced in time. Large composite dykes show structural and petrologi- cal features not seen in the smaller non-composite dykes. For example, a 140 m wide dyke in Kangerluarsussuaq fjord has fine-grained (c. 0.1–0.5 mm) equigranular ma- fic contacts. Twelve metres from the contact the grain size is c. 1 mm with some contact-parallel primary layering. Halfway towards the dyke centre the grain size increases 66 to c. 3 mm with primary clinopyroxene mostly replaced by hornblende. Near its centre the dyke is slightly foliated and recrystallised to a garnet amphibolite. The centre of the dyke is a strongly foliated garnet-plagioclase-horn- blende schist with a dioritic composition. A 10 cm wide epidote-calcite-quartz vein originates from the sheared centre and cuts the non-sheared mafic portion of the dyke. There are a variety of intrusive relationships between dykes and host rocks including en échelon steps, bridges, and forks. Figure 2 shows bridges with sharp, angular edges contained within the chilled margin of a Kangâmiut dyke. Some dykes have chilled margins up to 40 cm thick, while others have no chilled margins. Chilled margins contain fine-grained plagioclase and clinopyroxene phenocrysts in a microcrystalline groundmass. Some chilled margins con- tain dismembered bridges of host rock, whereas dyke in- teriors contain no bridges or xenoliths. In the northern portion of the dyke swarm, metamor- phic minerals and deformation features replace igneous minerals and primary intrusive features. In the Itilleq fjord region, most of the dykes are partly to completely altered during static or shear-related recrystallisation. Some dykes show penetrative foliation, whereas other dykes are de- formed only at the contacts and form boudins within the deformed country rock. The central portions of these bou- dins are partially recrystallised. On the south shore of Itilleq fjord, away from most of the Nagssugtoqidian deforma- tion, the dykes preserve primary emplacement structures, but are statically recrystallised to garnet amphibolites. Dykes at the northern extent of the swarm within Iker- tooq fjord are completely recrystallised to granulite facies. Petrography The chilled margins of the Kangâmiut dykes contain 0.2– 0.8 mm phenocrysts of clinopyroxene and plagioclase in a microcrystalline groundmass of plagioclase, clinopyrox- ene, hornblende, quartz, and Fe-Ti oxides. Plagioclase phenocrysts are euhedral to subhedral and weakly zoned, whereas the clinopyroxene phenocrysts are subhedral to anhedral. Some chilled margins contain 0.2–1.5 mm horn- blende crystals. Figure 3A shows that these hornblende crystals contain abundant inclusions of Fe-Ti oxides, which are absent from the clinopyroxene and plagioclase phen- ocrysts. These hornblende crystals also enclose plagiocla- se and clinopyroxene phenocrysts suggesting they are a later phase that crystallised in situ. The interiors of most Kangâmiut dykes are fine- to medium-grained with subophitic textures. Subhedral to anhedral clinopyroxene, plagioclase, and Fe-Ti oxides are the primary constituents along with interstitial quartz, hornblende, and trace amounts of apatite. In some of the dykes, anhedral clinopyroxene fills interstitial areas between subhedral to euhedral plagioclase. Clinopyroxene displays two types of exsolution. The first type is laminar exsolu- tion of low-Ca pyroxene. The second type appears to be granular exsolution of low-Ca pyroxene around the outer parts of the original clinopyroxene crystal. Additionally, most clinopyroxene grains have rims of hornblende (Fig. 3B). Kangâmiut dyke samples from Itilleq fjord are variably metamorphosed to fine-grained (0.2–1.0 mm) amphibo- lites with well-developed foliations. Metamorphic assem- blages include hornblende, plagioclase, quartz, garnet, ti- tanite, and biotite. Hornblende replaces clinopyroxene, whereas plagioclase and garnet form at contacts between hornblende and plagioclase (see also Mengel et al. 1996). Titanite replaces Fe-Ti oxides. Metamorphic orthopyroxene occurs within Kangâmiut dykes in Ikertooq fjord near the northern extent of the swarm (Fig. 1), marking the transition from amphibolite to granulite facies. The typical assemblage in these granu- lite facies dykes is plagioclase + hornblende + orthopyrox- ene + clinopyroxene ± garnet ± titanite (see also Korstgård Fig. 2. Kangâmiut dyke with angular bridges within the chilled mar- gin (Photo: David Bridgwater). 67 1979). These dykes are weakly foliated and fine-grained (0.1–1.0 mm). Petrology and geochemistry Whole-rock major and trace elements A total of 122 dyke samples were analysed for most major and minor elements on fused glass discs using a wave- length dispersive x-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) in Copenhagen. Na 2 O was determined by atom- ic absorption spectrometry. Kystol & Larsen (1999) de- scribe the analytical methods, precision, and accuracy of the GEUS lab and report that the standard error for all major and minor elements is less than 0.25 wt%, based on multiple analyses of international standards. Trace element concentrations for 73 dyke samples were measured at the University of California-Davis using a 1.0 mm PLAG HBL CPX A HBL PLAG CPX 0,5 mm B Fig. 3. A: Photomicrograph of a chilled margin of a Kangâmiut dyke with clinopy- roxene (CPX) and plagioclase (PLAG) phenocrysts in a groundmass of the same plus Fe-Ti oxides. The large crystal in the centre is hornblende (HBL) with inclusions of a plagioclase phenocryst and groundmass plagioclase and Fe-Ti oxides. Sample GGU 430267, plane polarised light. B: Photomi- crograph of a sample from the interior of a Kangâmiut dyke showing hornblende (HBL) rims on clinopyroxene (CPX). Sample GGU 430999, plane polarised light. 68 Perkin-Elmer ELAN 500 inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS). Samples were prepared for anal- yses using the method described by Jenner et al. (1990) with the exception that we utilised microwave digestion bombs to insure total dissolution. Table 1 presents representative major and trace element data for the Kangâmiut dykes, and Figs 4 and 5 show these data in covariation diagrams. The full data set is available upon request from the first author. The Kangâmiut dykes cover a range from 9.0–0.9 wt% MgO and the majority of the dykes would be classified as medium-K basalts or low-K basalts based on their K 2 O and SiO 2 con- tents (Le Maitre 2002). First order observations of the major and compatible trace element data, as described below, indicate that the differentiation of the parental magma(s) of the Kangâmiut dykes was influenced by the fractionation of plagioclase, clinopyroxene, late stage Fe- Ti oxides and possibly olivine. First order observations based on covariation diagrams neither support nor refute the involvement of hornblende as a fractionating phase. Figure 4C shows Al 2 O 3 concentrations that range between 11.4 and 15.8 wt%. The highest MgO sample has a low Al 2 O 3 concentration, whereas the next group of dykes at c. 7.0–7.5 wt% MgO have higher concentrations of Al 2 O 3 . This increase of Al 2 O 3 between c. 9 and 7 wt% MgO likely reflects olivine and/or clinopyroxene fraction- ation. Clustering of data between 7.5 and 4.5 wt% MgO defines a trend of decreasing Al 2 O 3 with decreasing MgO, indicative of plagioclase fractionation. The initial increase in total FeO (FeO + 0.9 × Fe 2 O 3 ) between c. 8.0 and 4.5 Sample 430904 430923 430926 430931 430952 430970 430981 430988 430997 Dyke 5 13 14 16 27 37 42 45 54 SiO2 50.87 52.78 50.64 50.73 52.19 48.90 50.71 49.30 56.06 TiO2 2.47 2.31 1.94 0.88 1.62 1.66 1.02 1.45 0.79 Al2O3 12.62 13.65 13.29 12.57 13.19 13.14 14.09 13.34 21.46 Fe2O3 4.27 3.53 4.26 1.74 4.14 2.52 1.55 1.91 1.24 FeO 11.67 11.34 9.99 9.10 11.05 11.98 9.89 11.40 4.34 MnO 0.24 0.20 0.22 0.21 0.24 0.24 0.21 0.22 0.08 MgO 4.27 3.51 5.55 8.90 4.57 6.40 7.43 6.60 0.92 CaO 8.93 8.24 9.86 12.31 8.48 10.85 11.27 11.39 9.07 Na2O 2.47 2.91 2.55 2.27 2.80 2.28 2.15 2.25 4.19 K2O 0.69 1.13 0.58 0.18 0.87 0.28 0.18 0.30 0.51 P2O5 0.26 0.29 0.19 0.07 0.19 0.13 0.09 0.13 0.16 LOI 0.84 0.63 0.94 0.91 1.07 1.34 0.79 1.31 0.79 Sum 99.60 100.52 100.03 99.88 100.40 99.72 99.39 99.58 99.61 Sc 38 30 36 58 44 46 47 45 14 V 368 355 333 389 318 381 296 362 29 Cr 47 14 63 145 43 63 153 98 5 Ni 40 28 65 113 40 74 88 60 1 Co 46 44 47 52 44 61 51 56 14 Rb 22 33 16 3.9 25 5.6 4.3 6.1 10 Sr 171 201 241 117 207 160 136 160 290 Y 47 34 29 19 35 27 18 27 34 Zr 182 168 139 47 133 99 46 92 157 Nb 14.7 10.9 11.8 3.3 9.2 9.2 3.2 8.2 11.3 Ba 204 321 156 50 306 90 50 95 192 La 17.5 20.5 17.1 4.4 12.7 9.2 4.4 8.4 12.3 Ce 43.8 46.0 40.2 10.6 31.9 21.8 10.7 20.7 32.0 Pr 6.07 6.13 5.41 1.49 4.43 3.10 1.70 3.00 4.54 Nd 27.8 27.1 22.7 7.37 18.8 14.2 7.31 13.9 20.6 Sm 7.14 6.11 5.44 2.45 4.58 3.93 2.32 3.71 5.09 Eu 2.08 1.84 1.66 0.82 1.56 1.33 0.89 1.22 1.88 Gd 7.52 6.84 5.55 3.01 5.42 4.51 2.76 4.16 5.41 Tb 1.33 1.12 0.87 0.51 0.95 0.79 0.50 0.73 0.90 Dy 8.17 6.80 5.22 3.12 5.63 4.61 3.10 4.37 5.44 Ho 1.62 1.28 1.06 0.68 1.22 0.99 0.69 0.93 1.15 Er 4.76 3.73 2.96 1.90 3.39 2.75 2.12 2.56 3.23 Tm 0.70 0.52 0.42 0.30 0.52 0.42 0.29 0.38 0.48 Yb 4.52 3.34 2.67 1.97 3.53 2.61 1.96 2.54 3.11 Lu 0.63 0.49 0.39 0.29 0.54 0.42 0.29 0.37 0.45 Hf 4.78 4.60 3.68 1.27 3.54 2.77 1.44 2.47 4.13 Ta 1.03 0.76 0.82 0.26 0.64 0.54 0.24 0.52 0.72 Pb 4.04 5.81 3.26 1.49 6.50 1.84 1.08 3.35 3.78 Th 2.83 3.80 2.12 0.50 3.47 0.90 0.42 0.90 1.88 U 0.71 0.93 0.54 0.14 0.79 0.24 0.11 0.24 0.49 Table 1. Major and trace element data for representative Kangâmiut dykes Major element oxides in wt%; trace elements in ppm. Sample numbers refer to GEUS databases. Dyke localities shown in Fig. A1 (appendix). 432102 432108 432115 432118 432122 432133 432138 432143 432158 86 60 64 64 64 71 70 76 75 57.18 48.97 51.01 56.84 50.25 51.00 49.46 50.57 50.48 1.65 1.69 1.92 2.12 1.82 1.64 2.70 1.33 1.34 14.37 13.75 12.97 13.07 13.67 13.96 15.57 13.14 13.59 2.15 4.73 2.21 1.98 2.17 2.06 2.54 1.26 1.75 8.94 9.48 12.73 10.99 12.22 11.59 11.51 11.99 11.84 0.16 0.23 0.24 0.19 0.23 0.21 0.20 0.23 0.23 2.34 6.12 5.08 2.14 5.81 4.78 3.44 6.98 6.12 6.11 10.72 9.46 6.17 10.12 9.53 8.61 11.40 10.59 3.69 2.44 2.57 3.37 2.45 2.46 2.99 2.11 2.07 1.14 0.39 0.52 1.43 0.33 0.47 1.02 0.22 0.35 0.35 0.15 0.19 0.39 0.10 0.18 0.44 0.10 0.13 1.43 1.41 1.01 1.17 0.91 1.64 1.35 1.11 1.06 99.50 100.08 99.90 99.86 100.07 99.53 99.83 100.44 99.55 20 38 41 22 41 36 29 49 45 155 348 393 207 558 303 259 390 336 33 134 83 22 94 61 33 174 103 17 82 54 15 66 49 23 78 74 28 53 46 32 54 49 32 53 52 31 7.4 13 45 8.0 12 28 4.6 8.5 306 235 164 247 164 200 213 138 142 35 26.2 37 48 23 30 53 24 28 194 106 133 326 78 110 200 58 84 18.1 9.3 10.0 23.9 6.2 7.3 15.8 4.6 5.2 392 104 145 454 98 156 366 69 106 27.8 10.86 12.9 42.0 7.4 11.4 18.2 5.8 7.6 63.9 26.28 30.6 94.4 18.1 26.7 40.4 14.1 18.0 8.66 3.73 4.36 11.96 2.58 3.83 5.58 2.07 2.67 36.2 16.93 19.1 49.7 11.6 17.3 25.7 9.90 12.2 8.12 4.35 5.05 10.85 3.02 4.71 6.91 2.72 3.24 2.49 1.45 1.68 2.93 1.10 1.47 2.20 1.02 1.20 6.98 4.46 5.27 10.02 3.51 4.86 7.39 3.27 3.99 1.11 0.75 0.99 1.47 0.60 0.82 1.32 0.57 0.68 6.31 4.47 6.23 8.26 3.75 5.01 8.56 3.68 4.51 1.20 0.98 1.24 1.60 0.81 1.08 1.88 0.82 1.04 3.19 2.44 3.71 4.22 2.28 2.92 5.03 2.36 2.89 0.45 0.34 0.57 0.61 0.34 0.41 0.70 0.36 0.41 2.89 2.31 3.45 3.90 2.20 2.67 4.97 2.31 2.81 0.44 0.35 0.55 0.55 0.32 0.43 0.74 0.35 0.41 4.68 2.83 3.49 7.64 2.10 2.78 5.19 1.59 2.36 1.27 0.64 0.66 1.55 0.41 0.50 0.98 0.30 0.34 3.65 1.92 2.63 4.89 1.73 3.07 6.66 1.03 1.88 4.52 1.19 1.73 7.92 1.00 1.61 3.88 0.60 1.04 1.10 0.29 0.46 1.92 0.28 0.40 0.87 0.16 0.29 69 wt% MgO is also indicative of plagioclase fractionation (Fig. 4D). Figure 4E shows that CaO ranges from 12.4 to 6.0 wt% and correlates positively with MgO, indicating that clinopyroxene and/or plagioclase was part of the fraction- ating assemblage. Figure 6 shows the CaO/Al 2 O 3 ratio for the Kangâmiut dykes decreases with decreasing MgO, and Fig. 5A shows decreasing Sc with increasing Zr. Both of these observations further indicate that clinopyroxene was a fractionating phase. The decrease in nickel with in- creasing zirconium, shown in Fig. 5C, is related to clinopy- roxene and/or olivine fractionation. Figure 4B shows TiO 2 concentrations that range from 0.9–3.5 wt% with trends that show increasing TiO 2 from 9–4.5 wt% MgO that changes to decreasing TiO 2 below c. 4.5 wt% MgO. Figure 4D shows that a similar trend is A B C D E F G H 5 0 5 5 6 0 SiO2 4 5 4 6 8 10 12 14 CaO 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 TiO2 10 12 14 16 18 Al2O3 4 8 12 16 20 FeO* 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5 Na2O 0 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.0 MgO K2O 2 4 6 8 10 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 MgO P2O5 0 2 4 6 8 10 Fig. 4. Variations of SiO 2 , TiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , FeO, CaO, Na 2 O, K 2 O, P 2 O 5 with MgO (in wt%) for the Kangâmiut dykes. All analyses are recalculated on an anhydrous basis with all iron as FeO. 70 observed for total FeO. Additionally, vanadium (Fig. 5D) shows an initial increase, then decrease with increasing zirconium. These changes from increasing to decreasing TiO 2 , FeO and vanadium concentrations suggest Fe-Ti oxides fractionated when the magmas reached c. 4.5 wt% MgO. Mineral chemistry Major element compositions of pyroxenes, plagioclase, and hornblende were acquired using a Cameca SX-50 micro- probe at the University of California-Davis. Analyses were made using a 15 kV accelerating voltage, a 10 nA beam current, and a 1 µm beam. Elements were calibrated us- ing mineral standards. The data in Tables 2–4 give the compositions of clinopyroxene, plagioclase, and horn- blende phenocrysts from chilled margins. Table 2 presents major and minor element composi- tions of clinopyroxene phenocrysts from chilled margins based on the average of 2–4 spot analyses of 4–7 grains per sample. The proportions of enstatite, ferrosilite, and wollastonite components are 0.48–0.52, 0.13–0.23, and 0.28–0.35, respectively. Al 2 O 3 concentrations range from 3.93–2.75 wt%, while Na 2 O varies from 0.36–0.26 wt%. Table 3 presents plagioclase phenocryst compositions from chilled margins. Plagioclase phenocryst cores have an anorthite (An) component range of An 69 –An 55 . Table 4 presents compositions of the hornblendes found in the chilled margins of some Kangâmiut dykes. They would be classified as ferrohornblende and ferrotschermakite based on the classification of Leake et al. (1997). Whole-rock and mineral compositions in projection space Figure 7 shows pseudo-ternary projections of whole-rock and mineral data for the Kangâmiut dykes. The compo- nents CPX, PLAG, OL, and QTZ were calculated using major and minor elements and the scheme of Tormey et al. (1987). In the projection from QTZ (Fig. 7A), the dyke data form a cluster that is displaced from the centre 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 A B C D Sc Sr Ni V Zr Zr 5 0 1 5 0 2 5 0 3 5 0 4 5 0 0 4 0 8 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 Fig. 5. Variation of Sc, Sr, Ni, and V with Zr (in ppm) for the Kangâmiut dykes. 0 2 4 6 8 1 0 MgO 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 CaO/Al2O3 Pl Cpx Ol Fig. 6. Variation of CaO/Al 2 O 3 with MgO. Arrows show path caused by fractionation of olivine, clinopyroxene, or plagioclase from a start- ing composition with 9 wt% MgO and Ca/Al 2 O 3 = 1.0. 71 of the ternary plot towards the PLAG apex. In this pro- jection all the dykes lie within the phase volumes defined by the joins between olivine, clinopyroxene and plagioclase (Ol:Cpx:Pl) or hornblende, clinopyroxene and plagiocla- se (Hbl:Cpx:Pl). In the projection from the CPX compo- nent (Fig. 7B), the dykes define an array that projects away from both the Pl:Ol and the Pl:Hbl joins. Similarly, in the projection from the PLAG component (Fig. 7C), the dykes form an array that intersects both the Cpx:Ol and Cpx:Hbl joins. These observations show that plagioclase, clinopyroxene and either olivine or hornblende were co- fractionating phases. A and C in Fig. 7 also show experimentally determined 1 atm and 0.8 GPa Ol:Cpx:Pl cotectics derived from melt- ing experiments using a primitive Kangâmiut dyke (dyke #45) as the starting material (Mayborn 2000). The whole- rock data form a cluster near the low pressure Ol:Cpx:Pl cotectic in the projection from the QTZ component. Sim- ilarly, in the projection from the PLAG component the whole-rock data also plot close to the low-pressure cotec- tic. Incompatible trace element behaviour Figure 8 shows representative chondrite normalised rare- earth element (REE) patterns for the Kangâmiut dykes. The dykes are slightly light rare-earth element (LREE) enriched with a La/Sm N ratio ranging from 1.16 to 2.50, with an average of 1.50. The heavy rare-earth (HREE) patterns have shallow slopes with a Dy/Yb N range of 1.05 SiO2 52.34 50.68 51.88 51.17 52.01 51.36 51.85 51.59 TiO2 0.47 0.65 0.44 0.61 0.45 0.34 0.44 0.60 Al2O3 3.17 3.93 3.14 3.21 3.34 2.75 3.63 2.68 Cr2O3 0.11 0.19 0.18 0.21 0.22 0.08 0.18 0.07 FeO 8.29 9.83 8.76 12.45 9.43 13.79 9.72 12.94 MgO 16.46 15.18 15.70 15.62 15.54 16.94 15.62 15.37 CaO 19.59 19.18 18.96 16.16 19.01 14.32 18.01 16.52 Na2O 0.29 0.32 0.26 0.29 0.28 0.36 0.31 0.26 Sum 100.72 99.96 99.31 99.72 100.28 99.94 99.76 100.03 Si 1.917 1.886 1.927 1.913 1.920 1.922 1.920 1.928 Al(IV) 0.083 0.114 0.073 0.087 0.080 0.078 0.080 0.072 Al(VI) 0.053 0.058 0.065 0.055 0.065 0.074 0.079 0.046 Ti 0.013 0.018 0.012 0.017 0.012 0.011 0.012 0.017 Cr 0.003 0.006 0.005 0.006 0.007 0.001 0.005 0.002 Fe3+* 0.022 0.039 0.000 0.013 0.004 0.016 0.000 0.010 Fe2+ 0.232 0.266 0.274 0.377 0.287 0.401 0.308 0.395 Mn 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Mg 0.899 0.842 0.870 0.871 0.855 0.858 0.862 0.856 Ca 0.768 0.765 0.755 0.647 0.752 0.611 0.715 0.661 Na 0.021 0.025 0.020 0.021 0.020 0.036 0.022 0.019 K 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Total 4.011 4.020 4.001 4.006 4.002 4.008 3.996 4.005 Mg# 0.78 0.73 0.76 0.69 0.75 0.67 0.74 0.68 Wo 0.35 0.34 0.35 0.29 0.34 0.28 0.33 0.30 En 0.52 0.51 0.50 0.50 0.49 0.49 0.50 0.48 Fs 0.13 0.16 0.16 0.22 0.17 0.23 0.18 0.22 Sample 430988 432108 432145 432148 432158 430211 430267 430283 Dyke 45 60 76 77 75 82 84 85 n = 7 n = 8 n = 6 n = 8 n = 8 n = 8 n = 10 n = 10 Table 2. Microprobe analyses of clinopyroxene phenocrysts from chilled margins Oxides in wt%; n = number of grains. Fe3+* calculated using the method of Papike et al. (1974). Dyke localities shown in Fig. A1 (appendix). Sample 430988 432108 432145 432148 432158 430211 Dyke 45 60 76 77 75 82 n = 8 n = 8 n = 8 n = 8 n = 7 n = 8 SiO2 52.18 49.74 53.36 53.79 51.23 54.13 Al2O3 30.45 31.49 29.65 29.65 30.91 29.03 FeO 0.65 0.57 0.59 0.74 0.96 0.92 CaO 13.11 14.13 12.43 12.23 13.34 11.24 Na2O 4.02 3.36 4.33 4.64 3.89 4.84 K2O 0.05 0.05 0.09 0.07 0.09 0.17 Sum 100.46 99.34 100.45 101.12 100.41 100.34 Ab 35 30 38 40 34 43 An 64 69 61 59 65 55 Or 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 1.0 Table 3. Microprobe analyses of plagioclase phenocrysts from chilled margins Oxides in wt%; n = number of grains. Dyke localities shown in Fig. A1 (appendix). Sample 432158 430267 430283 Dyke 75 84 85 n = 12 n = 14 n = 6 SiO2 43.90 42.63 40.88 TiO2 1.04 1.92 1.64 Al2O3 10.69 10.05 9.98 FeO 21.09 21.73 24.02 MnO 0.22 0.19 0.21 MgO 8.09 8.05 6.44 CaO 10.93 10.78 10.58 Na2O 1.18 1.63 1.58 K2O 0.99 0.90 0.90 Cl 0.57 0.67 0.65 F 0.09 0.05 0.14 Sum 98.79 98.60 97.02 Si 6.549 6.425 6.346 Ti 0.117 0.218 0.192 Al(IV) 1.451 1.575 1.654 Al(VI) 0.427 0.209 0.172 Fe3+ 0.767 0.799 0.922 Fe2+ 1.864 1.940 2.196 Mn 0.027 0.025 0.027 Mg 1.798 1.809 1.491 Ca 1.747 1.741 1.760 Na(M4) 0.253 0.259 0.240 Na(a) 0.089 0.217 0.237 K(a) 0.189 0.172 0.178 Total 15.28 15.39 15.41 Table 4. Microprobe analyses of amphiboles from chilled margins Oxides, Cl and F in wt%. Dyke localities shown in Fig. A1 (appendix). 72 PLAG CPX OL Proj. from QTZ 0.8 GPa 1 atm 0.8 GPa 1 atm Proj. from CPX OL PLAG 0.5 QTZ 0.5 QTZ CPX PLAG 0.5 QTZ Proj. from OL 0.5 QTZ Proj. from PLAG CPX OL 0.5 QTZ 0.5 QTZ Ol:Pl 17:83 Hbl:Pl 55:45 Hbl:Cpx:Pl 40:20:40 Ol:Cpx:Pl 10:40:50 Kangâmiut dykes Clinopyroxene Hornblende Plagioclase A B D C OL QTZPLAG +CPX OL QTZ +PLAG CPX +OL QTZPLAG CPX Fig. 7. Pseudo-ternary projections of whole-rock and mineral compositions from the Kangâmiut dykes using the projection scheme of Tormey et al. (1987). Dashed lines connect possible crystallisation assemblages. Solid lines through data show the trend of Kangâmiut dykes where this is well defined, and the locations of the olivine:clinopyroxene:plagioclase cotectics at 0.8 GPa and 1 atm. A: Projection from the QTZ component. B: Projection from the CPX component. C: Projection from the PLAG component. D: Projection from the OL component. to 1.46 and an average of 1.15. The two most LREE- enriched samples come from sheared dioritic centres and have Dy/Yb N ratios of 1.46 and 1.42, respectively. The patterns for the sheared dioritic centres cross-cut the pat- terns for non-sheared dykes. Figure 9A shows incompatible trace elements for the Kangâmiut dykes on primitive mantle normalised com- patibility diagrams (Thompson 1982). The elements on the right hand side of Fig. 9A are moderately incompati- ble, with incompatibility increasing towards the left using the element order from Sun & McDonough (1989). The most primitive Kangâmiut dykes have the lowest concen- tration of incompatible elements and have flat patterns with small negative Nb and Zr anomalies. The negative Sr anomaly seen in the more evolved samples reflects pla- gioclase fractionation. The two most evolved samples 73 of peridotite is the mantle, then the basaltic nature of the Kangâmiut dykes indicates that they resulted from par- tial melting of mantle peridotite followed by intracrustal differentiation. Three settings where mantle melting oc- curs beneath continental crust are (1) subduction zones, (2) active rifts associated with mantle plumes, and (3) passive rift settings. Each of these settings can have dis- tinctive mantle compositions and conditions for melting 5 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 La Ce Pr Nd Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu 430931 432143 430988 432115 432138 432102 432118 Sample/chondrite 3 1 0 1 0 0 430931 432143 430988 432115 432138 432102 432118 Rb Ba Th U Nb La Ce Sr Nd Zr Sm Eu Ti Dy Y Yb Lu Sample/primitive mantle Sample/primitive mantle 0 . 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 Rb Ba Th U Nb La Ce Sr Nd Zr Sm Eu Ti Dy Y Yb Lu N-MORB OIB CFB Island arcs Primitive K-dykes Continental arcs A B Fig. 8. Rare-earth element compositions of representative Kangâmiut dykes normalised to C1 chondrite. Chondrite normalising values from Sun & McDonough (1989). Fig. 9. A: Normalised incompatible trace element compositions of rep- resentative Kangâmiut dykes. B: Comparison of the Kangâmiut dykes with normal mid-ocean ridge basalts (N-MORB), ocean-island ba- salts (OIB), island arc basalts, continental flood basalts (CFB), and continental arcs. Representative ‘Primitive Kangâmiut dykes’ is the average composition of 18 Kangâmiut dykes with a MgO range of 8.9–6.1 wt%. Data for N-MORB and OIB are from Sun & Mc- Donough (1989). Island arc data compiled from Bailey et al. (1989), Pearce et al. (1995), and Gust et al. (1997). CFB data compiled from Hooper & Hawkesworth (1993), Lightfoot et al. (1993), Wooden et al. (1993), Peate & Hawkesworth (1996) and Storey et al. (1997). Continental arc data compiled from Tormey et al. (1991) and Bacon et al. (1997). (432102 and 432118) are sheared dioritic centres and dis- play negative Ti anomalies. They also show a depletion of HREE, as noted in Fig. 8. Figure 9B shows representative patterns for basalts from a variety of tectonic settings and a pattern representing the average of Kangâmiut dykes with MgO > 6 wt%. Notable features in the Kangâmiut pattern are a smooth, slightly increasing trend from right to left through the moderately incompatible elements (Lu to Sm), small neg- ative anomalies of Nb, Sr, and Zr, and a relatively flat trend for Th, Ba and Rb. The Kangâmiut dyke pattern is distinct relative to the ocean island basalt (OIB), mid- ocean ridge basalt (MORB), island arc basalt (IAB), and continental arc basalt (CAB) patterns. For example, the Kangâmiut dykes do not display the enrichment of high- ly incompatible elements, or the positive Nb anomaly seen in the OIB pattern, or depletions seen in the MORB pat- tern. Relative to IAB and CAB, the Kangâmiut dyke pat- terns do not exhibit the large negative Nb anomaly or the positive Sr anomaly. Overall, the Kangâmiut dyke pat- tern most closely resembles the pattern for continental flood basalts (CFB), including the shallow slope of the pattern, and the small negative Nb and Sr anomalies. Discussion Tectonic setting One of the primary goals of this study is to constrain the tectonic environment during emplacement of the Kan- gâmiut dykes. Experimental melting studies over the past 40 years have shown that basalts are products of partial melting of peridotite (Reay & Harris 1964; Takahashi 1986; Baker & Stolper 1994). Since the dominant source 74 that are reflected in the trace element compositions of the associated basalts. The Kangâmiut dykes have evolved compositions with a Mg-number (defined as 100Mg/(Mg + Fe) on a molec- ular basis) range of 0.60–0.21. Magmas in equilibrium with mantle peridotite will have a Mg-number close to 0.71 (Roeder & Emslie 1970; Langmuir et al. 1992) show- ing that even the most primitive Kangâmiut dykes repre- sent somewhat evolved magmas. Thus, the major elements reflect both the fractionation and mantle melting histo- ries. However, most incompatible trace element ratios re- main relatively constant during crystallisation and can be used to constrain primary source characteristics. The fol- lowing discussion examines some characteristics of the mantle source and the conditions of mantle melting re- vealed by examining incompatible trace elements from the more primitive dyke samples (with MgO > 4.5 wt%). Subduction hypothesis for generation of Kangâmiut dykes Subduction environments generate basaltic melts by two different mechanisms of partial melting. The first is melt- ing induced by lowering the solidus temperature of the peridotite by the introduction of volatiles from the sub- ducting slab and subsequent decompression melting within the mantle wedge (Jakes & Gill 1970; Tatsumi 1989; Ar- culus 1994). The second is decompression melting associ- ated with back-arc spreading (Tatsumi et al. 1989; Grib- ble et al. 1998). Although the mechanisms of melting in these settings are different from each other, they both pro- duce magmas with a compositional ‘subduction compo- nent’ that is indicative of a hydrated and metasomatised mantle. Some important characteristics of subduction zone basalts are HFSE depletions, LILE enrichment, and high Al 2 O 3 . The available data can be used to evaluate the sub- duction hypothesis for the Kangâmiut dyke swarm im- plied by Escher et al. (1976) and Bridgwater et al. (1995), and explicitly proposed by Cadman et al. (2001). As shown in Fig. 9B, arc basalts have distinctive deple- tions in HFSE. These HFSE depletions occur in Palaeo- zoic, Proterozoic, and Archaean arc-related basalts, sug- gesting that modern style subduction occurred in the Ar- chaean (Stern et al. 1994; Blichert-Toft et al. 1995). In addition to HFSE depletions, arc basalts are enriched in LILE (e.g. Pb, K, Ba, Rb, and Cs) relative to basalts from other tectonic settings. This enrichment is proposed to 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 Nb/La Ba/La Continental and island arc basalts Kangâmiut dykes Clear Lake basalts Continental flood basalts Fig. 10. Ba/La versus Nb/La showing the differences between arc ba- salts, the Kangâmiut dykes, and basalts from the Clear Lake Volcanic Field. Data for the arc field are from Bailey et al. (1989), Tormey et al. (1991), Francalanci et al. (1993), Pearce et al. (1995), Bacon et al. 1997), Gust et al. (1997), and Kelemen et al. (2003). Data for the continental flood basalt field are from Hooper & Hawkesworth (1993), Lightfoot et al. (1993), Wooden et al. (1993), Peate & Hawkesworth (1996), and Storey et al. (1997). Data for the Clear Lake Volcanic Field are from Charles Lesher (unpublished data). 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 La/SmN Dy/YbN 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.42.22.01.81.61.4 2% 4% 6% De gr ee o f m elt ing S o lid u s p re ss u re ( G P a ) Segregation pressure (GPa) Fig. 11. Chondrite-normalised DyYb versus La/Sm ratios for the Kangâmiut dykes and mantle melting models using the algorithm of Fram & Lesher (1993) based on a 0.5% depleted PM source compo- sition, where F is the melt proportion. The model assumes partial melting proceeds by incremental non-modal batch melting at 1% per kbar of decompression in a corner flow melting regime. Melts are pooled after each kbar of decompression. REE distribution coefficients are taken from Green (1994). The garnet-spinel transition is modelled as a gradual change between 30 and 25 kbar. The spinel–plagioclase tran- sition is modelled as a gradual change between 14 and 10 kbar. Resi- dues are recalculated after each melting increment and adjusted for pressure dependent phase transitions using melting reactions as given by Fram & Lesher (1993). Model curves, for melting starting at 3.0, 2.9, 2.8, 2.7, 2.6 and 2.5 GPa and ending at 0.5 GPa, define a melt- ing grid, where solid subvertical lines contour constant mean melt fraction, whereas the dashed subvertical lines contour final pooled melt segregation pressure (i.e. the top of the melting column). Slight- ly modified from Mayborn & Lesher (2004). 75 occur during the flux of fluids from the slab into the mantle wedge (Miller et al. 1994; Pearce et al. 1995; Becker et al. 1999). Mafic rock suites in volcanic arc settings also typ- ically contain a large proportion of high-alumina basalts (Perfit et al. 1980; Brophy & Marsh 1986; Kelemen et al. 2003). If the Kangâmiut dykes are arc-related, they should show LILE enrichment, HFSE depletions, and high Al 2 O 3 . Figure 10 shows a comparison of the Nb/La and Ba/La ratios for the Kangâmiut dykes, island arcs, continental arcs, and continental flood basalts. Relative to arc basalts, the Kangâmiut dykes have lower Ba/La and Nb/La ratios – unlike arc-related basalts. Additionally, subduction zone basalts typically have Al 2 O 3 contents of 19–15 wt% (Plank & Langmuir 1988, 1992; Kelemen et al. 2003), whereas all of the Kangâmiut dykes have lower Al 2 O 3 concentra- tions (16–12 wt%). Thus, the Kangâmiut dykes have none of the geochemical characteristics of subduction related basalts, contrary to previous conjecture (Cadman et al. 2001). A more detailed analysis of the Cadman et al. (2001) hypothesis also raises significant questions about its via- bility. Cadman et al. (2001) propose that the Kangâmiut dykes formed after ridge subduction resulting in a ‘slab window’ passing beneath metasomatised mantle. The re- sulting mantle upwelling lead to melting within hydrated mantle wedge material. Although Cadman et al.’s hypoth- esis would explain elevated water contents postulated for Kangâmiut dyke magmas, such an origin would also be expected to impart an arc geochemical signature to the magmas. It is instructive to directly compare the compo- sition of the Kangâmiut dykes with those from the Clear Lake Volcanic Field located in the coastal region of north- ern California and associated with the development of a slab window after passage of the Mendocino Triple Junc- tion (Furlong & Schwartz 2004). Figure 10 compares the Ba/La and Nb/La ratios for Clear Lake basalts, with typi- cal arc basalts, the Kangâmiut dykes and continental flood basalts. It is evident from these, among other, geochemi- cal indices that the Kangâmiut dykes lack the expected arc signature postulated by Cadman et al. (2001). Rather the Kangâmiut dykes have compositions consistent with their derivation from asthenospheric mantle supplying normal continental flood basalts. Active rifting, plume and passive rifting hypotheses The temperature of the mantle is an important difference between plume associated rifting and passive rifting. May- born & Lesher (2004) presented a detailed analysis of the temperature of the mantle during Kangâmiut dyke mag- ma genesis as constrained by REE systematics. They used the algorithm of Fram & Lesher (1993), as shown in Fig. 11, to propose that the Kangâmiut dykes are the results of mantle melting with a mean solidus pressure of c. 2.75 GPa and a mean extent of melting of 5%. When com- pared to the solidus for nominally anhydrous mantle (Fig. 12), this mean solidus temperature would correspond with a potential mantle temperature of 1420°C. This temper- ature estimate falls at the lower end of potential tempera- tures estimated for c. 2.0 Ga mantle by Richter (1984, 1420–1600°C) and Abbott et al. (1994, 1380–1680°C) based on secular cooling models and geochemical data for Precambrian MORB-type basalts, respectively. Addition- 1200 1400 1600 1800 0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 Pressure (GPa) Temperature (°C) Modern adiabat (Tp = 13 00°C) 2.0 Ga adiabat (Tp = 1 420°C) 2.0 Ga plume adiabats Ma ntl e s oli du s Fig. 12. Plot showing the fertile peridotite solidus and adiabats for modern mantle, 2.0 Ga mantle, and plume mantle associated with potential temperatures of 100 to 300°C greater than 2.0 Ga mantle. Pressures and temperatures for the fertile peridotite from Hirschmann (2000). Slightly modified from Mayborn & Lesher (2004). Fig. 13. Variation of K 2 O (in wt%) with Zr (in ppm) for the Kangâmiut dykes. Solid lines show results of fractional crystallisation models us- ing mineral proportions of 10:50:40 Ol:Pl:Cpx and 40:40:20 Hbl:Pl:Cpx. The model starting composition is the sample with low- est K 2 O and Zr, which are 0.19 wt% K 2 O and 47 ppm Zr. Based on Cadman et al. (2001). 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 0 100 200 300 400 Zr K2O 10:50:40 Ol:Pl:Cpx 40:40:20 Hbl:Pl:Cpx 76 ally, an ambient mantle potential temperature of 1420°C at 2.0 Ga. is consistent with constraints from continental freeboard that suggests that mantle temperatures were below 1430°C by the mid-Archaean (Galer 1991). Thus, the 1420°C mantle temperature for the Kangâmiut dykes is consistent with ambient mantle temperatures for that time, reducing the need for anomalously high potential temperatures commonly associated with plume magma- tism. The explanation that best fits both the geochemical and field data is that the Kangâmiut dykes formed by de- compression melting in a rift environment under ambi- ent mantle conditions. This conclusion implies that the dykes are the products of rifting of Kenorland supercon- tinent between 2.1 and 2.0 Ga (Williams et al. 1991). The implications of these findings for the temperature of the Palaeoproterozoic mantle, the occurrence of Palaeo- proterozoic mantle plumes, and for Palaeoproterozoic con- tinental crustal growth are discussed in Mayborn & Lesher (2004). Fractionation of the Kangâmiut dykes As noted previously, the range in Mg-number (0.60–0.21) of the Kangâmiut dykes shows that they are not in equi- librium with mantle peridotite and do not represent di- rect mantle melts. Thus, even the most primitive sampled Kangâmiut dyke represents an evolved magma. First or- der observations of the whole-rock and mineral data show that the dykes evolved by Ol:Cpx:Pl or Hbl:Cpx:Pl frac- tionation with the late-stage introduction of Fe-Ti oxides into the fractionating assemblage. Windley (1970) and Bridgwater et al. (1995) proposed that hornblende was a primary crystallising phase from the Kangâmiut dyke mag- mas partly based on the occurrence of large hornblende crystals in chilled margins. However, our petrographical studies of the chilled margins show that these amphiboles grew in situ during the final stage of solidification (see Fig. 3). This does not preclude the possibility that horn- blende was a stable and fractionating phase at depth and thus influenced the composition of evolved Kangâmiut dyke magmas prior to their emplacement. The main difference between Hbl:Cpx:Pl and Ol:Cpx:Pl crystallisation to explain the magmatic evolution of the dykes is the relative cotectic proportions of hornblende and olivine. In the projection from QTZ (Fig. 6A) the dyke compositions lie within both the Hbl:Cpx:Pl and Ol:Cpx:Pl phase volumes. If hornblende is a fractionat- ing phase its cotectic proportion would be c. 0.40 (based on the projections from QTZ, CPX, and PLAG), with plagioclase and clinopyroxene at 0.40 and 0.20, respec- tively. If olivine, and not hornblende, is a fractionating phase, the cotectic proportions would be c. 0.10 olivine, 0.50 plagioclase, and 0.40 clinopyroxene. These different cotectic proportions can be used to de- termine if hornblende or olivine was a fractionating phase by examining the partitioning behaviour of potassium. Experimentally determined amphibole-basaltic melt Kds for potassium range between 1 and 2 (Green 1994). In contrast, the olivine-basaltic melt Kd is c. 0.0005 (Green 1994) for potassium between olivine and basaltic liquid. Figure 13 shows the results of fractional crystallisation modelling for K 2 O and Zr. The cotectic assemblage 40:40:20 Hbl:Cpx:Pl gives a bulk distribution coefficient (D) of 0.52 for K and 0.094 for Zr. The olivine-bearing assemblage, 10:50:40 Ol:Cpx:Pl, gives a bulk D of 0.16 for K and 0.026 for Zr. As shown in Fig. 13, the horn- blende-bearing assemblage underestimates the concentra- tion of K 2 O and is not consistent with the trend defined by the dyke data, whereas the olivine-bearing assemblage provides a better fit to the data. Thus, these relationships show that the Kangâmiut dykes evolved by the fractiona- tion of olivine, clinopyroxene, plagioclase and late stage Fe-Ti oxides, and that hornblende was not a significant fractionating phase at any stage of their evolution. Sup- port for this conclusion comes from the 0.8 GPa melting experiments of Mayborn (2000) showing that the cotec- tic assemblage for a water-bearing Kangâmiut dyke start- ing material is olivine, clinopyroxene, and plagioclase, but no hornblende. 0 100 200 300 400 500 Zr Ce 0 20 40 60 80 100 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 F = 1.0 Fig. 14. Variation of Ce with Zr (in ppm) showing the results of a fractional crystallisation model where F is the melt proportion. Tic marks on model curve are drawn at 0.1 intervals of F. 77 Origin of water in the Kangâmiut dykes Based on the presence of hornblende in the Kangâmiut dykes, Bridgwater et al. (1995) speculated that the paren- tal magmas for the dykes were derived from a hydrous protolith during thrusting of an amphibolite facies ter- rain beneath the granulite facies terrain in the southern Nagssugtoqidian orogen. Although this model does offer an explanation for the proposed high water contents of the dykes, the presence of hornblende itself, often as reac- tion rims on clinopyroxene or poikilitic grains enclosing plagioclase and clinopyroxene, only argues for elevated water contents during final stages of crystallisation of the dykes. It is, therefore, possible that the high water con- tents sufficient to stabilise hornblende resulted solely from its enrichment during crystal fractionation. The modal abundance of hornblende in dykes not af- fected by Nagssugtoqidian deformation is c. 5–20% for dolerites and 10–35% for dioritic centres. Since amphi- boles contain c. 2 wt% water, these modes would indicate a whole-rock water concentration of 0.1 wt% in the prim- itive dolerites and 0.7 wt% in the more evolved dioritic centres. Whether these differences in concentrations between the primitive and evolved samples are related to enrichment during crystal-liquid fractionation can be eval- uated using the following equation for fractional crystal- lisation: C L = C 0 × F (D–1) (1) where C 0 is the initial concentration, C L is the liquid con- centration, F is the proportion of liquid, and D is the bulk distribution coefficient. Danyuschevsky et al. (2000) showed that in mafic systems water will have a bulk dis- tribution coefficient of c. 0.01. Starting with a magma with 0.1 wt% (C 0 ) H 2 O, representing the primitive dol- erites, and ending with 0.7 wt% (C L ) H 2 O, representing the evolved dioritic centres, requires 86% crystallisation (F = 0.14) of the primitive magma. Figure 14 shows the relative enrichment of highly incompatible elements Zr and Ce during fractional crystallisation, where Ce is used as a proxy for water given their similar incompatibilities (Danyuschevsky et al. 2000). The amount of fractiona- tion required to relate the primitive samples to dioritic centres is 0.3–0.13, corresponding to 70–87% crystalli- sation. Thus, the evolved dykes reflect sufficient fraction- ation to explain the difference in water concentrations between the primitive dykes and dioritic centres. The origin of the water in the primitive dykes can also be addressed using equation 1. The most primitive Kangâ- miut dykes (MgO > 6 wt%) have a modal hornblende content of 5–10% indicating a maximum of 0.1–0.2 wt% water content in the rocks. This suggests that the amount of water in the parental magma derived from the mantle is less than 0.2 wt%. Equation 1 can also approximate fractional mantle melting and can help constrain the amount of water in the mantle source needed to produce a primitive magma containing 0.2 wt% H 2 O. In this case, the unknown variable is C 0 , the initial concentration in the mantle. The concentration in the liquid (C L ) is 0.2 wt%, and D is equal to 0.01. The evaluation of REE sys- tematics, presented by Mayborn & Lesher (2004) and il- lustrated in Fig. 11, shows that the average F value for mantle melting leading to the Kangâmiut dykes was 0.05. Thus, using these values in equation 1 results in a con- centration in the mantle source (C 0 ) of 0.01 wt% (100 ppm). This is well within the range of 28–300 ppm H 2 O given by Bell & Rossman (1992) for the upper mantle containing nominally anhydrous phases. As such, the wa- ter present in the hornblende within the Kangâmiut dykes can be reasonably accounted for given estimates of its orig- inal concentration in primary melts and enrichment through subsequent differentiation. Although these con- siderations do not rule out Bridgwater et al.’s (1995) model for the Kangâmiut dykes derived from an amphibolite facies protolith, we show that differentiation of partial melts derived from depleted upper mantle can readily ex- plain the occurrence of late crystallising hornblende in the evolved Kangâmiut magmas. The Kangâmiut dykes and the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny The preservation of both igneous and metamorphic fea- tures in the Kangâmiut dyke swarm provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate the amount of crustal thickening that likely occurred during the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny. Determining the amount of thickening requires know- ledge of the depths associated with emplacement and peak metamorphism for currently exposed dykes. Field relationships show brittle deformation of host rocks and segmentation of the Kangâmiut dykes into en échelon arrays during emplacement. Reches & Fink (1988) proposed that the segmentation of dykes into en échelon arrays occurs when they cross from the ductile into the brittle regime. In modern continental crust the brittle– ductile transition is observed as the seismic to aseismic transition at depths of 10–15 km (Chen & Molnar 1983). Chen & Molnar (1983) and Williams (1996) give tem- perature estimates for the brittle–ductile transition between 450 and 250°C. 78 Fahrig & Bridgwater (1976) presented Palaeomagnet- ic data from dykes and host rocks unaffected by Nagssug- toqidian metamorphism, and showed that the host rocks and dykes record different declinations. These differences in declination show that the host rocks were below their Curie temperature during dyke emplacement. Fahrig & Bridgwater (1976) do not discuss the magnetic carrier in the host rocks, but an examination of host rock samples suggests that the magnetic carrier(s) are magnetite and/or ilmenite. The Curie temperatures of these minerals vary due to solid solutions amongst magnetite-ulvöspinel and hematite-ilmenite, but the upper limit is 580°C if the magnetic carrier is pure magnetite. Additional support for dyke emplacement into host rocks with temperatures below 580°C comes from 40Ar/ 39Ar dating of dykes and host rocks. Willigers et al. (1999) presented 40Ar/39Ar cooling ages from dykes in the south- ern foreland that gave a mean age of 2.02 Ga. This age is within error of the 2.04 Ga emplacement age determined by dating of igneous zircons (Nutman et al. 1999). The 40Ar/39Ar cooling age of a regional granitic host rock is 2.5 Ga (Willigers et al. 1999). This older age indicates that the host rocks have remained below 480°C, the closure temperature of argon in hornblende (Harrison 1981), since 2.5 Ga. Field evidence of brittle deformation, Palaeomagnetic data, and 40Ar/39Ar cooling ages all indicates that the peak crustal temperatures of exposed basement hosting the Kan- gâmiut dykes were less than c. 450°C at the time of dyke emplacement. Estimates of the geothermal gradient ap- propriate for continental crust at 2.0 Ga can help to con- strain the depth of the 450°C isotherm and thus the depth of dyke emplacement. The geotherm is computed from the heat flow equation assuming an exponential distribu- tion of heat producing elements that includes contribu- tions from heat conduction, advection, and production (Carslaw & Jaeger 1959): where T is temperature in °C, Q* is the reduced heat flow at the crust-mantle boundary in mWm–2, z is the depth in km, k is the thermal conductivity of the crust in Wm–1K– 1, Ao is the concentration of heat producing elements at the earth’s surface in µWm–3, D is crustal thickness in km, and Hr is the length scale for the decrease in heat produc- ing elements with depth in km. Current average values are Q = 30 mWm–2, k = 2.25 Wm–1K–1, Ao = 0.75 µWm– 3, D = 35 km, and Hr = 15 km. The model geotherm shown in Fig. 15 uses these values with the exception of Ao = 1.2 to account for higher heat production during the Palaeoproterozoic and Archaean (Stein 1995). Using the geotherm in Fig. 15 and a maximum host rock tempera- (2)0 0.3 0.6 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 8 0 0 10 20 D ep th ( km ) T (°C) 0 Geotherm P (G Pa ) Fig. 15. Model continental geotherm constructed using the heat flow equation shown in text (equation 2). Solid vertical line represents the 450°C isotherm that intersects the geotherm at c. 0.3 GPa (10 km) as shown by dashed horizontal line. 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 200 400 600 800 Ky And Sil Kangâmiut dyke peak metamorphism P (GPa) T (°C) G ra nu lit e A m ph ib o lit e Fig. 16. Pressure versus temperature diagram showing the intersec- tion of the amphibolite/granulite facies transition with the kyanite– sillimanite transition. The black rectangle around the intersection shows possible temperature and pressure ranges of peak metamorphism of the Kangâmiut dykes and metasediments in Ikertooq fjord. The Al 2 SiO 5 phase diagram is from Holdaway (1971) and the amphibo- lite to granulite transition is based on the first occurrence of orthopy- roxene in experiments on mafic rocks by Spear (1981). T = Q* z k + A o D 2 k 1 − e − z / Hr( ) 79 ture of 450°C require that the dykes intruded to a mini- mum depth of 10 km corresponding to a lithostatic pres- sure of c. 0.3 GPa. This estimate of a shallow emplace- ment level for the dykes is also supported by the cluster- ing of whole-rock data near the low-pressure Ol:Cpx:Pl cotectics as previously shown in Fig. 7. Application of the clinopyroxene geothermobarome- try developed by Putirka et al. (1996) provides another independent estimate of the depth of dyke emplacement. This geothermobarometer uses compositions of clinopy- roxenes and their host rocks to estimate the pressure and temperature of clinopyroxene crystallisation. There are two important assumptions when applying this geothermo- barometer to chilled margins in the Kangâmiut dykes. First, we assume that the whole-rock composition is a close approximation of the original liquid composition. Second, we assume that the cores of the clinopyroxene phenoc- rysts were once in equilibrium with this liquid. One test of equilibrium between the whole-rock and clinopyroxene phenocrysts is given by the FeO/MgO ratios in the whole rocks and pyroxenes. The FeO/MgO ratios in the clinopy- roxenes from eight chilled margins and the FeO/MgO ratio in their host rocks yield an average K D Fe-Mg for clinopy- roxene and liquid of 0.32 ± 4. Based on experimental work, K D Fe-Mg for basaltic systems between 1 atm and 1.5 GPa ranges from 0.22–0.36 (Baker & Eggler 1987; Putirka et al. 1996). Our estimates for the Kangâmiut dykes fall within this range. Applying the Putirka et al. (1996) geothermobarometer to clinopyroxene phenocrysts cores and whole-rock com- positions from chilled margins of eight Kangâmiut dykes gives temperatures of 1199–1170°C and pressures of 0.75– 0.35 GPa. The upper pressure limit of 0.75 GPa indicates a maximum recorded depth of fractionation recorded by clinopyroxene phenocrysts of c. 25 km. The lower pres- sure estimate of 0.35 GPa constrains a maximum emplace- ment depth of c. 12 km, since the clinopyroxene pheno- crysts in the chilled margins must have formed at a depth greater or equal to the final depth of dyke emplacement. This is consistent with the preceding results from temper- ature estimates of the host rocks during emplacement that indicate a maximum of c. 0.3 GPa or a depth of c. 10 km. If these independent estimates of the Kangâmiut dyke emplacement depths are taken as representative of the dyke swarm in general, then a consideration of peak metamor- phic conditions during the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny can be used to constrain the amount of crustal thickening during orogenesis. The majority of the metamorphism of the northern portion of the swarm during the Nagssugto- qidian orogeny occurred at amphibolite facies, with the exception of the northernmost portion within Ikertooq fjord where the transition to granulite facies metamor- phism occurs. The amphibolite to granulite facies transi- tion is marked by the first appearance of orthopyroxene in mafic rocks and is known to occur at c. 800°C (Spear 1981). The constraint on the pressure of the granulite facies metamorphism comes from the presence of kyanite-silli- manite paragneisses that are interleaved with sheets of dyke-bearing orthogneisses. The presence of granulite facies metamorphosed Kangâmiut dykes and the alumina-sili- cate-bearing gneisses indicates that peak metamorphism occurred at conditions corresponding to both the amphi- bolite to granulite and kyanite to sillimanite transitions. Figure 16 shows that these transitions indicate a peak metamorphic pressure of c. 0.9 GPa. This pressure is con- sistent with the results of Mengel et al. (1995) who deter- mined metamorphic pressures on the Kangâmiut dykes in the Ikertooq region using TWEEQU geothermobaro- metry (Berman 1991). Knowing the approximate depth of emplacement and the pressure of peak metamorphism provides constraints on the amount and style of burial during the Nagssugto- qidian orogeny. Emplacement at 0.3 GPa of pressure fol- lowed by peak metamorphism at 0.9 GPa requires an in- crease of 0.6 GPa. This indicates a minimum of 20 km of crustal thickening between dyke emplacement and peak metamorphism. A probable mechanism of crustal thick- ening in this case is thrust imbrication and crustal load- ing of material from north to south. The structural fea- ture associated with this imbrication is most likely the Ikertôq shear zone (Fig. 1). The imbrication of rock types, the lithostratigraphic changes, including the disappear- ance of the Kangâmiut dykes, and the lateral continuity of the Ikertôq shear zone suggest that it is a major struc- ture capable of accommodating displacement of material that buried the northern portion of the dyke swarm with 20 km of overburden. Crustal thickening must have oc- curred over a minimum map distance of 50 km extending from the Ikertôq shear zone to at least the Itivdleq shear zone (Fig. 1) and farther to the south approaching the Nagssugtoqidian front where the last significant metamor- phism occurs. Summary and conclusions The 2.04 Ga Kangâmiut dyke swarm in West Greenland is composed of tholeiitic dykes that intruded during pas- sive rifting of Archaean continental crust. The current level of exposure corresponds to emplacement depths less than 10 km based on estimated host rock temperatures less than 450°C during emplacement and geothermobarometry for 80 Kangâmiut dyke clinopyroxenes. Major and trace element systematics show that the parental magmas for the Kangâmiut dykes differentiated by fractionation of plagi- oclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, and late state Fe-Ti oxides. The rare-earth element systematics of the dykes indicate initiation of mantle melting at c. 2.75 GPa, correspond- ing to a potential mantle temperature of c. 1420°C. This temperature is consistent with ambient mantle tempera- ture estimates for 2.0 Ga and shows that the Kangâmiut dyke swarm formed during passive rifting of the Kenor- land supercontinent. Anomalously hot plume mantle is not required for their generation. Subsequent metamor- phism of the northern portion of the swarm reached gran- ulite facies, with an estimated temperature of 800°C and pressure of 0.9 GPa. The emplacement pressure of less than 0.3 GPa and peak metamorphism at 0.9 GPa indi- cate a minimum of 20 km of crustal thickening associat- ed with the Nagssugtoqidian orogeny. Crustal thickening likely occurred during thrusting of material from the cen- tral Nagssugtoqidian orogen southward over the south- ern Nagssugtoqidian orogen along the Ikertôq shear zone. Acknowledgements We are especially grateful to the late David Bridgwater, whose boundless energy and enthusiasm for the Kangâ- miut dykes inspired this work from beginning to end. We also thank Flemming Mengel, Jim Connelly, and Minik Rosing for their support of this project at various stages, and Andy Saunders and Karen Hanghøj for their con- structive reviews of the final manuscript. 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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 57(15), 3677–3704. 84 Appendix Dyke Location Latitude Longitude Trend Thickness (m) Samples 1 Søndre Strømfjord 66°05.266'N 053°33.211'W 010 2 430901 middle of dyke, 430902 near contact 2 Søndre Strømfjord 66°05.26'N 053°33.5'W 080 20 430903 ~7 m from dyke contact 3 Søndre Strømfjord 66°05.26'N 053°33.5'W 010 0.4 none 4 Søndre Strømfjord 66°05.26'N 053°33.7'W 020 ? none 5 Itilleq 66°33.3'N 053°02.5'W 086 6 430904 ~2 m from contact 6 Itilleq 66°33.3'N 053°02.5'W ? 1.5 430905 middle of dyke 7 Ikertooq 66°58.1'N 052°28.9'W 079 0.3 none 8 Ikertooq 66°58.1'N 052°28.9'W 123 0.15 none 9 Ikertooq 66°57.55'N 052°31.7'W 010 2 430910 0.5 m from dyke margin 10 Ikertooq 66°58.95'N 052°26.8'W 080 2 430915 middle of dyke 11 Ikertooq 66°49.7'N 052°16.7'W 054 0.3 430917 middle of dyke 12 Ikertooq 66°50.1'N 052°19.2'W ? ? 430919 middle of dyke 13 Itilleq 66°32.25'N 052°45.0'W 080 8 430923 middle of dyke 14 Itilleq 66°32.85'N 052°47.15'W ? 0.1 430926 whole width of dyke 15 Itilleq 66°33.3'N 052°51.3'W 095 1 430929 middle of dyke 16 Itilleq 66°33.03'N 052°53.54'W 035 8 430930 ~2.5 m from contact, 430931 dyke contact 17 Itilleq 66°33.5'N 052°56.0'W 080 2 430933 0.3 m from contact 18 Itilleq 66°34.7'N 052°56.0'W 062 10 430935 middle of dyke 19 Itilleq 66°34.7'N 052°56.0'W 090 14 430936 middle of dyke 20 Itilleq 66°35.1'N 052°49.0'W 090 8 430939 middle of dyke 21 Itilleq 66°35.1'N 052°47.5'W 079 8 430940 middle of dyke 22 Itilleq 66°34.75'N 052°48.5'W ? ? 430942 middle of dyke 23 Itilleq 66°34.75'N 052°48.5'W ? ? 430943 middle of dyke 24 Itilleq 66°33.1'N 053°04.0'W ? 25 430946 middle of dyke 25 Itilleq 66°33.7'N 052°55.1'W 087 16 430948 middle of dyke, 430950 dyke contact 26 Itilleq 66°33.25'N 052°38.5'W 100 1 430951 middle of dyke 27 Itilleq 66°33.25'N 052°33.0'W 096 20 430952 middle of dyke 28 Itilleq 66°32.6'N 052°27.0'W 057 30 430953 middle of dyke 29 Itilleq 66°31.8'N 052°41.0'W 061 5 430955 ~1.5 m from contact, 430956 ~5 m from contact 30 Itilleq 66°31.9'N 052°38.5'W 085 15 430957 dyke contact, 430959 ~5 m from contact 31 Itilleq 66°31.8'N 052°36.2'W 065 18 430960 middle of dyke 32 Itilleq 66°31.7'N 052°34.0'W 078 22 430961 middle of dyke 33 Mouth of Itilleq 66°29.9'N 053°33.5'W 022 20 430965 middle of dyke 34 Mouth of Itilleq 66°30'N 053°34.8'W 065 25 430966 ~7 m from contact 35 Mouth of Itilleq 66°30.05'N 053°35.8'W 117 40 430967 ~7 m from contact 36 Mouth of Itilleq 66°30.5'N 053°36.4'W 006 10 430969 middle of dyke 37 South of Maniitsoq 65°22.7'N 052°47.3'W 345 4.5 430970 middle of dyke 38 East of Maniitsoq 65°25.5'N 052°24.0'W ? 15 430972 middle of dyke 39 East of Maniitsoq 65°25.4'N 052°23.0'W 054 0.4 430973 middle of dyke 40 East of Maniitsoq 65°25.5'N 052°18.0'W 117 12 430974 middle of dyke 41 East of Maniitsoq 65°26.0'N 052°14.8'W 354 7 430975 middle of dyke 42 East of Maniitsoq 65°35.15'N 052°46.0'W 002 49 430977 dyke contact, 430979 1 m from contact, 430981 5 m from contact, 430982 17 m from contact 43 North of Maniitsoq 65°39.85'N 052°37.0'W 003 25 430983 middle of dyke, 430984 dyke contact 44 North of Maniitsoq 65°44.4'N 052°38.5'W 344 0.5 430986 middle of dyke 45 North of Maniitsoq 65°38.75'N 052°37.5'W 002 16 430987 middle of dyke, 430988 ~6 cm from contact 46 North of Maniitsoq 65°36.9'N 052°43.5'W 005 10 430990 ~4 m from contact, 430991 ~0.5 m from contact Table A1. Field data for Kangâmiut dykes examined for this study 85 Dyke Location Latitude Longitude Trend Thickness (m) Samples 47 North of Maniitsoq 65°40.1'N 052°49.0'W 010 17 430992 middle of dyke 48 North-east of Kangaamiut 65°54.9'N 053°14.5'W 050 12 430993 ~2 m from contact 49 North-east of Kangaamiut 65°53.95'N 053°16.0'W 045 27 430994 middle of dyke 50 North-east of Kangaamiut 65°53.4'N 053°14.95'W 033 1 none 51 North-east of Kangaamiut 65°53.4'N 053°14.95'W 110 0.2 none 52 North-east of Kangaamiut 65°53.4'N 053°14.95'W 030 1.5 430995 middle of dyke 53 North-east of Kangaamiut 65°53.4'N 053°14.95'W 110 2 430996 middle of dyke 54 North-east of Kangaamiut 65°52.6'N 053°14.0'W 063 60 430997 andesitic portion of dyke, 430998 mafic portion of dyke 55 North-east of Kangaamiut 65°50.8'N 053°13.0'W 064 1.5 432101 middle of dyke 56 North-east of Kangaamiut 65°50.8'N 053°13.0'W 015 15 430999 middle of dyke 57 Søndre Strømfjord 66°01.4'N 053°28.65'W 028 60 432103 middle of dyke 58 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°17.5'N 053°05.65'W 065 40 432104 dyke contact, 432105 middle of dyke 59 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°17.5'N 053°05.8'W 057 40 432107 middle of dyke 60 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°17.25'N 053°07.5'W 022 1 432108 middle of dyke 61 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°17.25'N 053°07.5'W 145 45 432106 1 m from contact, 432108 middle of dyke 62 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°17.15'N 053°08.5'W 045 21 432111 middle of dyke 63 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°17.05'N 053°11.25'W 028 40 432112 ~7 m from contact 64 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°16.9'N 053°09.7'W 031 140 432115 dyke contact, 432116 ~2.5 m from W contact, 432118 ~45 m from W contact, 432119 ~70 m from W contact, 432120 ~95 m from W contact, 432121 ~19 m from E contact, 432122 ~18 m from W contact, 432136 ~40 m from W contact, 432137 middle of dyke 65 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°39.5'N 053°03.0'W 065 50 432123 middle of dyke 66 East of Itilleq 66°29.3'N 052°25.0'W 065 15 432125 middle of dyke 67 East of Itilleq 66°29.1'N 052°24.0'W 050 8 432128 middle of dyke 68 East of Itilleq 66°33.1'N 052°07.5'W 072 1 432129 middle of dyke 69 East of Itilleq 66°31.75'N 052°18.0'W 050 4 432130 middle of dyke 70 East of Itilleq 66°30.5'N 052°27.5'W 090 25 432138 middle of dyke 71 East of Itilleq 66°27.9'N 052°27.0'W 022 70 432133 middle of dyke 72 East of Itilleq 66°26.0'N 052°40.5'W 080 5 432134 middle of dyke 73 East of Itilleq 66°27.45'N 052°45.5'W 055 4 432135 middle of dyke 74 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°16.6'N 053°17.0'W 032 17 432139 middle of dyke 75 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°15.3'N 053°22.5'W 036 18 432140 middle of dyke, 432151 9 m from N contact, 432152 6 m from N contact, 432153 4 m from N contact, 432154 2 m from N contact, 432155 1 m from N contact, 432156 0.5 m from N contact, 432157 0.25 m from N contact, 432158 dyke contact, highly jointed 76 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°14.6'N 053°33.0'W 020 25 432143 middle of dyke, 432144 5 m from E contact, 432145 E contact 77 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°14.7'N 053°31.7'W 044 0.4 432147 NW contact, 432148 middle of dyke 432149 SE contact 78 Kangerluarsussuaq 66°15.15'N 053°29.0'W 086 2 432150 middle of dyke 79 Mouth of Itilleq 66°30.05'N 053°35.8'W 090 50 430206 and 430207 middle of dyke 80 Mouth of Itilleq 66°30.05'N 053°35.8'W 090 15 430208 and 430209 middle of dyke 81 Mouth of Itilleq 66°30.05'N 053°35.8'W 090 ? 430210 middle of dyke 82 Mouth of Itilleq 66°30.05'N 053°35.8'W 090 0.1 430211 whole width of dyke 83 Søndre Strømfjord 66°01.4'N 053°28.65'W ? ? 430258 dyke contact 84 North-east of Kangaamiut 65°52.6'N 053°14.9'W 022 30 430267 dyke contact, 430265 middle of dyke 85 North-east of Kangaamiut 65°53.6'N 053°14.9'W 045 30 430283 dyke contact, 430284 middle of dyke 86 North-west of Kangaamiut 65°56.6'N 053°28.0'W 25 60 158074 and 430288 dyke contact, 432102 and 158077 middle of dyke Table A1 (continued) 86 Maniitsoq 25 km Hamborger- land Kangaamiut S øn dr e St rø m fjo rd Sukkertoppen Iskappe Itilleq Itilleq Sisimiut Ikertooq Ta sersuaq Sarfartoq Maligiaq Avalleq Evi ghe dsf jor d Søn dre Iso rto q 65°30' 66° 66°30' 51° 53° 52° 137013 5 6 12 34 7 8 9 10 11 12 1417 24 19 16 15 20 26 21 18 22 28 23 27 25 30 3129 35 323436 37 33 38 39 40 41 56 46 45 44 43 42 47 4849 51 54 55 50 5352 1357 13581359 1360136113621364 1363 1365 1366 1367 1368 1369 1371 1372 1373 137413751376 1377 1378 79 80 81 82 86 85 84 83 Fig. A1. Map showing the locations of dykes examined in this study.