<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Stable isotope data for carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) are used to constrain the environments of calcite formation in two veins in the El-Seboah peralkaline granite in south-western Egypt. Vein I with calcite-magnetite-goethite-hematite-quartz, and vein II with calcite-magnetite-goethite-kaolinite-hematite-quartz are texturally distinct. The calcite of each vein has characteristic δ13C- and δ18O-values: + 0.32 and -7.28‰ for vein I and + 1.16 and - 1.21‰ for vein II, respectively. The observed differences between the δ13C values of the two veins indicate that they represent two separate systems of primary dissolved inorganic carbon formed at or near equilibrium with atmospheric CO2. The δ18O values, on the other hand, indicate calcite deposition from meteoric waters which were fresh for vein I and brackish for vein II.</abstract>

Stable isotope data for carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) are used to constrain the environments of calcite formation in two veins in the El-Seboah peralkaline granite in south-western Egypt. Vein I with calcite-magnetite-goethite-hematite-quartz, and vein II with calcite-magnetite-goethite-kaolinite-hematite-quartz are texturally distinct. The calcite of each vein has characteristic δ13C- and δ18O-values: + 0.32 and -7.28‰ for vein I and + 1.16 and - 1.21‰ for vein II, respectively. The observed differences between the δ13C values of the two veins indicate that they represent two separate systems of primary dissolved inorganic carbon formed at or near equilibrium with atmospheric CO2. The δ18O values, on the other hand, indicate calcite deposition from meteoric waters which were fresh for vein I and brackish for vein II.

Note on the stable isotope values of vein calcite in the El-Seboah peralkaline granite (SW Egypt)

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Stable isotope data for carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) are used to constrain the environments of calcite formation in two veins in the El-Seboah peralkaline...

Note on the stable isotope values of vein calcite in the El-Seboah peralkaline granite (SW Egypt)

Published Online: Jul 04, 2012

Page range: 113 - 120

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-011-0010-y

Keywords
δ13C, δ18O, carbonate-hosting veins, peralkaline granite, Egypt

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Note on the stable isotope values of vein calcite in the El-Seboah peralkaline granite (SW Egypt)

Published Online: Jul 04, 2012

Page range: 113 - 120

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-011-0010-y

Keywordsδ13C, δ18O, carbonate-hosting veins, peralkaline granite, Egypt

This content is open access.

Keywords
δ13C, δ18O, carbonate-hosting veins, peralkaline granite, Egypt