| Abstract: | Concentrations determined for all of the trace elements included in this study of postorogenic granites from the northeastern Arabian Shield are best described by log-normal distributions. The trace elements are divided into two groups: (1) compatible lithophile and siderophile elements (strontium, cobalt, scandium, manganese, europium, and titanium) and (2) incompatible lithophile elements (uranium, thorium, tantalum, rubidium, and rare-earth elements, except europium). The compatible elements exhibit greatest concentrations in the metaluminous postorogenic granites, and concentrations decrease with increasing degree of magma evolution. Economic potential for these elements and other geochemically similar elements is considered to be low. The concentrations of the incompatible elements increase with increasing degree of magma evolution and are greatest in the peralkaline and peraluminous granites. There is some geologic evidence that pegmatite and vein-forming processes were operative toward the end stage of postorogenic magmatism in the northeastern Arabian Shield, and therefore there is some probability for economic potential for these elements. It is suggested that such potential is greatest where highly evolved postorogenic granites intruded volatile (generally water )-rich country rocks. |
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| Citation Author: | Stuckless, John S.; Knight, R. J.; VanTrump, G.; Budahn, J. R. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Trace-element geochemistry of postorogenic granites from the northeastern Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 1983; OFR; 83-287; Stuckless, John S.; Knight, R. J.; VanTrump, G.; Budahn, J. R. |
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| Text: | Trace-element geochemistry of postorogenic granites from the northeastern Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 1983; OFR; 83-287; Stuckless, John S.; Knight, R. J.; VanTrump, G.; Budahn, J. R. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
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