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Stable isotope (C, O, H) characteristics and genesis of the Tazheran brucite marbles and skarns, Olkhon region, Russia

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Stable isotope compositions are examined for brucite marble and Mg-skarn that occur in the southern part of the Tazheran massif, Olkhon region, Russia. Brucite marble exhibits a narrow range in δ18O of +23.3 to +26.2 ‰ and shows carbon isotope depletion of −1.9 to −4.4 ‰) as compared with the country dolomite isotope compositions (+2.0 to +2.4 ‰) which is explained by both decarbonation processes and participation of fluids depleted in 13C. The emplacement of brucite marble was accompanied by the formation of endo- and exoskarn at the contact between syenite and brucite marble. δ18O profiles across the contact show a typical decrease towards the syenite side interpreted as the result of fluid/rock interaction and influx of magmatic fluids. Finally, we discuss the mechanisms of brucite marble emplacement and consider three possible ways of producing these rocks: (1) injection of dolomite with subsequent transformation to periclase marble and then to brucite marble; (2) injection of periclase marble with a following replacement of periclase by brucite or injection of brucite marble; (3) crustal water-rich carbonate melt. We favor models 2 and 3 and discuss their strengths and weaknesses.

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We would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on this paper. We are grateful to the editor Christoph Hauzenberger for appreciated suggestions and editorial handling of manuscript. This study was funded by the research RFFI projects 14-05-00180 (isotope studies), 16-05-00202 (geological investigations) and the President of the Russian Federation grant MK-6268.2016.5 (petrographic and mineralogical studies).

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  1. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, pr. Akademika Koptyuga, 3, 630090, Russia

    Anna Doroshkevich & Anastasia Starikova

  2. Geological Institute SB RAS, Ulan-Ude, Sakhyanovoy Str., 6a, 670047, Russia

    Anna Doroshkevich, Vladimir Vasiliev, German Ripp, Ivan Izbrodin & Viktor Posokhov

  3. Institute of the Earth’s Crust SB RAS, Irkutsk, Lermontova Str., 128, 664033, Russia

    Eugene Sklyarov

  4. Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, 8 Sukhanov Street, 690950, Russia

    Eugene Sklyarov

  5. Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Pirogova Str., 1, 630090, Russia

    Anastasia Starikova

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Doroshkevich, A., Sklyarov, E., Starikova, A. et al. Stable isotope (C, O, H) characteristics and genesis of the Tazheran brucite marbles and skarns, Olkhon region, Russia. Miner Petrol 111, 399–416 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-016-0477-8

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