三江地区义敦岛弧安山岩成因

义敦岛弧是一个发育于张性薄陆壳基底上的三叠纪岛弧,以发育岛弧裂谷和成对的火山弧为特征。弧火山岩主要为钙碱性火山岩系,以安山岩为主,其岩石组合为玄武岩—安山岩—英安岩。岩相学、地球化学、相平衡及定量模型计算均证实,分离结晶作用是产生钙碱性火山岩系的主导作用,安山岩是钙碱性玄武岩浆在不同压力条件下发生多阶段分离结晶的产物。岩浆演化具有相对封闭系统特征。玄武岩浆在较大压力条件下发生Ol+Cpx+Pl±Mt±Ap结晶(F=0.46)后,派生岩浆发生Hb+Cpx+Pl+Mt结晶分离(F=0.25),产生安山岩浆。该岩浆可能在较低压力下再次发生结晶分异,从而派生出英安岩。角闪石在相对较高的压力条件下的大量结晶是安山岩形成的主要原因。     

岛弧火山岩成因和地球化学特征

岛弧火山岩主要为俯冲带的俯冲板片脱水形成的富大离子亲石元素流体交代地幔楔,并使其发生部分熔融,产生岛弧岩浆作用而形成的,岩石组合通常为玄武岩—安山岩—英安岩—流纹岩及相应侵入岩组合。它以Al2O3、K2O高,低Ti O2,且K2ONa2O为特征,相对富集LILE,亏损HFSE,特别是Ti、Nb、Ta等。本文主要从岛弧岩浆作用的起因着手,分析流体和熔体对地幔楔的交代作用,以及岛弧岩浆作用过程,进而分析岛弧火山岩的地球化学特征。     

阿拉善地块早古生代岩浆作用成因及构造意义

阿拉善地块早古生代岩浆作用的成因研究,对理解阿拉善地块与古亚洲洋相互作用过程至关重要。本文在阿拉善地块中部新识别出一中志留世花岗岩体（噶顺花岗岩）,其锆石U-Pb年龄为432Ma,以高Sr低Y为特征,属弱过铝质、中钾-高钾钙碱性花岗岩,ε_Hf（t）=-8.8~-19.4,形成于古老下地壳岩石的部分熔融。本文同时总结了阿拉善地块其他晚奥陶世-早泥盆世岩浆岩的成分特征,发现阿拉善地块早古生代岩浆岩在成因上可分为两类：类型Ⅰ,侵位于晚奥陶世-早中志留世,为典型幔源弧岩浆岩,形成于俯冲流体交代地幔楔的部分熔融;类型Ⅱ,侵位于中晚志留世-早泥盆世,普遍高Sr低Y,形成于古老中基性地壳岩石的部分熔融。纵观阿拉善地块整个早古生代的岩浆作用,在晚奥陶世-早中志留世→中晚志留世-早泥盆世→中晚泥盆世期间,阿拉善地块的岩浆作用从幔源弧岩浆岩过渡到壳源高Sr低Y型花岗岩再到岩浆作用逐渐消失,反映了阿拉善地块陆缘弧从相对伸展环境向挤压弧的转变。这一岩浆作用演化记录了区域构造作用从典型洋陆俯冲到俯冲作用逐渐减弱（直至停止）或者俯冲角度（从陡俯冲向平俯冲）的转变过程;总体上,阿拉善地块早古生代处于越来越挤压的动力学背景之中。

     

岛弧环境中不同成因的火成岩组合及其地质意义

岛弧环境的形成是与大洋板块俯冲作用有关,由俯冲流体作用于地幔楔部分熔融形成的钙碱性火成岩组合是岛弧环境中物质组成的主体。此外,目前还识别出与俯冲作用有关的其它的岩石类型:埃达克岩、富铌玄武岩、TTG、赞岐岩、玻安岩等,它们指示着不同的地球动力学背景、壳—幔相互作用过程以及源岩发生部分熔融的物理化学条件。本文主要对形成于岛弧环境中不同成因的火成岩组合的特征、形成机制、成矿作用及动力学意义进行了综述。     

东天山大南湖-头苏泉岛弧带古生代侵入岩浆活动期次及基底性质

锆石U-Pb定年结果显示：东天山大南湖-头苏泉岛弧带中酸性侵入岩形成时代为古生代,处于465~265 Ma,可划分为4个期次。分别为：中奥陶世-晚志留世465~413 Ma、中-晚泥盆世391~377 Ma、石炭纪327~308 Ma,以及早-中二叠世284~269 Ma。锆石Hf同位素分析显示,锆石εHf（t）值为6.81~15.73,Hf同位素二阶段模式年龄为839~355 Ma,主要集中在598~429 Ma;465~413 Ma的侵入岩分布在卡拉塔格和大南湖,其εHf（t）值为11.34~15.20,相应的Hf同位素二阶段模式年龄为633~467 Ma;391~377 Ma的侵入岩分布于卡拉塔格,其εHf（t）值为6.81~13.32,相应的Hf同位素二阶段模式年龄为839~497 Ma;327~308 Ma的侵入岩分布在黄山西以及沁城南,其εHf（t）值为11.36~15.73,相应的Hf同位素二阶段模式年龄为575~429 Ma;284~269 Ma的侵入岩分布在土屋西和推克曼塔什,其εHf（t）值为8.94~14.51,相应的Hf同位素二阶段模式年龄是671~355 Ma。再结合前人的研究成果揭示,在大南湖-头苏泉岛弧带底部可能存在老的地壳基底,并对这些岩浆活动有所贡献;该区古生代期间存在大约465 Ma早奥陶世以及330 Ma左右中石炭世2期地壳增生事件,并存在晚奥陶世-晚志留世、中-晚泥盆世和早-中二叠世三期地壳再造事件。     

广东北部早白垩世粗面岩的成因:Sr-Nd-Pb同位素制约

广东北部大长沙盆地粗面岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为(135.3±1.5) Ma,形成于早白垩世早期,其Sr-Nd-Pb同位素组成为:富放射性成因铅,(206pb/204Pb)i=18.23～18.39,(207pb/204pb )i=15.78～ 15.88,(208Pb/204Pb)i＝38.83～39.14,...     

Origin and evolution of Lord Howe Island,Southwest Pacific Ocean

Lord Howe Island is the eroded remnant of a large shield volcano. Tholeiitic lavas of the North Ridge Basalt comprise the main shield building phase and were erupted about 6.9 Ma ago. The Boat Harbour Breccia probably formed within the throat of the volcano and, together with the North Ridge Basalt, is intruded by numerous basaltic dykes, which grade into a cone sheet complex near the main vent. Large scale collapse of the summit area of the volcano produced a caldera which was filled rapidly by lavas of the Mount Lidgbird Basalt some 6.4 Ma ago, bringing to a close the volcanic history of Lord Howe Island. The shield volcano thus was built during a short interval in the late Miocene.

Palaeomagnetic data show that the North Ridge Basalt and the Mount Lidgbird Basalt were erupted during periods when the geomagnetic field had normal polarity, and that their formation was separated by at least one interval of reversed polarity when the dykes and cone sheets were emplaced. The directions of magnetisation for the lavas and intrusives are such that, palaeomagnetically, no movement of Lord Howe Island is detected since its formation.

Lord Howe Island is the subaerial part of a large seamount which lies at the southern end of a northerly‐trending line of volcanic seamounts extending for more than 1000 km. The Lord Howe seamount chain probably was produced by movement of the Australian lithospheric plate over a magma source or hot spot located below the plate within the upper mantle. Other data suggest that the Australian plate is moving N at about 6 cm/a and from this it is predicted that the seamount underlying Nova Bank, at the northern end of the chain, was constructed by volcanic activity about 23 Ma ago. Similarly, if volcanism were to occur now in the Lord Howe seamount chain we predict that its location would be about 400 km S of Lord Howe Island.     

海南岛西北部早古生代安山岩的识别及其大地构造意义

为阐明海南岛西北部早古生代构造演化特征,对海南岛西北部邦溪-晨星地区出露的安山岩展开了详细的岩相学和锆石U-Pb年代学分析.安山岩的主要矿物组成为斜长石、角闪石、黑云母和玻璃质. LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,两个代表性的安山岩样品给出了452±8 Ma和453±8 Ma的形成年龄,暗示海南岛西北部存在早古生代火山作用.这些安山岩的形成时代与冈瓦纳大陆北缘各微陆块记录的早古生代岩浆活动信息相似,在时空上与金沙江-点苍山-哀牢山构造带和印支地块分布的早古生代岩浆岩具有耦合性.综合研究认为,点苍山-哀牢山、Truong Son、Tam Ky-Phuoc Son、Kontum和海南岛等地区可能发育原特提斯洋的支洋盆.     

东昆仑布尔汗布达早古生代岩浆弧的形成与演化初探

东昆仑布尔汗布达弧位于东昆中断裂南侧,不同于北昆仑晚古生代-中生代岩浆弧,是东昆仑早古生代岩浆岩广泛分布的地区,对研究原特提斯洋俯冲-增生过程具有重要意义.报道了布尔汗布达地区早古生代岩浆岩岩石学、地球化学、锆石U-Pb定年、Lu-Hf和Sr-Nd同位素资料,结合以往研究成果,推断布尔汗布达弧与增生造山作用相关的岩浆活...     

Origin and Evolution of Primitive Island Arc Ankaramites from Western Epi, Vanuatu

The petrography, mineralogy, and geochemistry of a suite oflavas from the northwestern part of Epi Island in the VanuatuArc, southwest Pacific Ocean, are described. The more primitivemembers of this suite are rich in clinopyroxene phenocrystsand are strikingly similar to primitive lavas from MerelavaIs. in the same arc. These primitive, clinopyroxene-rich lavasare designated arc ankaramites to differentiate them from primitive,olivine-rich arc picrites which also occur in this arc system.The primitive Epi lavas are shown to have evolved from low-Kprimary melts which were saturated in both olivine and clinopyroxene.The most Mg-rich olivine (mg-number 92?2) and clinopyroxene(mg-number 94?4) in the ankaramites represent cotectic crystallizationwith Cr-rich spinels. Initial plagioclase (An₉₄) crystallizedin equilibrium with olivine (mg-number 78–80) and theplagioclase-olivine cotectic path extends to mg-number 50 andAn₅₈. The ankaramitic parent magma composition is calculated fromthe most primitive olivine phenocryst composition and the liquidline of descent, and has 14?5% MgO, 11% A1₂O₃, 14?8%CaO, 0?29%K₂O, and flat REE patterns. The origin of this parent magmahas been modelled with Ghiorso & Carmichael's (1985) programSILMIN. An assimilation model involving a clinopyroxenite orwehrlite assimilate and a low-K picrite host requires ca. 90%assimilate to match the phase chemistry and bulk-rock chemistryof the parental ankaramite. The required degree of superheatingnecessary to achieve this, and the apparent restriction of low-Kpicrites to Anatom Island in the far south of the arc, rendersthis model unsatisfactory. Partial melting models involvingtypical upper mantle lherzolite also fail to give satisfactoryresults, but partial melting of a wehrlite source (mg-number87-88) with < 10% normative (mol.) orthopyroxene, at 5?10kband 1325?C, closely matches the parental ankaramite composition.These results can be reconciled with melting of lower crustalcumulates by an ascending peridotite diapir, a hypothesis whichaccounts for the very low Ni contents of the parental meltsand primitive phenocrysts. The more evolved lavas define two distinct assemblages: a relativelytight grouping of high-K andesites straddling the high-K-‘shoshonite’boundary, characterized by low Zr/Rb (2?2) and high K₂O/Na₂Oratios (1?3–0?9), and a relatively coherent fractionationpathway to dacites straddling the ‘calc-alkaline’-high-Kboundary, with Zr/Rb = 2?9 and K₂O/Na₂O=0?6. Numerical modellingdemonstrates that the dacite trend is compatible with fractionationfrom an ankaramite parent, whereas the high-K andesites areincompatible with open- or closed-system fractionation fromankaramitic or picritic sources and may represent fractionated,hybrid magmas, largely derived from melting of lower crustalgabbros.     

海南岛早古生代大地构造格局:来自志留纪早期碎屑锆石年代学的约束

北东向乐东-定安断裂的具体位置及演化对海南岛大地构造单元划分及构造演化研究意义重大.本文采用碎屑锆石年代学方法,分析了乐东-定安断裂南西段两侧志留纪兰多维列世沉积物物源的特征及其差异,并讨论其中蕴含的大地构造意义.研究结果表明东方江边娜姆河地区志留纪兰多维列世陀烈组中碎屑锆石年龄介于1457～3124 Ma之间,显示1...     

云南保山东缘早古生代高Si花岗岩的成因及构造意义

对保山地块东缘高Si花岗岩开展矿物化学、岩石地球化学及锆石U Pb Hf系统研究,结果表明该高Si花岗岩为具钙碱性、强过铝质特征的S型花岗岩。锆石U Pb同位素分析表明,高Si花岗岩侵位于454 Ma,并含有800~1 100 Ma的继承锆石。锆石Hf同位素分析表明其岩浆锆石具有与青藏高原及东南缘同时代长英质侵入体相似的Hf同位素组成,暗示其相似的岩浆起源。矿物化学、同位素组成及Melts模拟计算结果表明,保山东缘高Si花岗岩为一系列复杂作用的结果：高硅花岗岩母岩浆起源于该区沉积岩部分熔融;熔体形成后经高度分异演化,在侵位过程中同化混染围岩;岩浆冷凝至固相线下部分矿物再平衡。保山东缘高Si花岗岩体与平河花岗岩体具相似年龄和地球化学特征,暗示它们之间可能存在类似的成因机制。     

华北地台早古生代竹叶状灰岩岩石特征及成因研究进展

砾屑灰岩在华北地台寒武系-奥陶系广泛发育,竹叶状灰岩只是其中一种,且所指范围界限模糊,常与其他类型的砾屑灰岩伴生在一起。古代陆表海提供了砾屑灰岩广泛发育的环境基础。潮坪和潮下开阔海是陆表海广泛发育的基本地貌单元,也是砾屑灰岩形成的重要场所。古板块运动表明,寒武纪华北地台处于低纬度地区,符合古风暴频发的要求。风暴及潮汐流是砾屑灰岩形成的主要动力。另外,成岩过程中的压实和固结脱水也是板条状砾屑的重要成因。条带状薄层灰泥石灰岩与泥岩及泥质灰岩的频繁互层是发生破碎并形成砾屑的物质基础。华北地台砾屑灰岩具有多种成因,可以按照砾屑的颜色特征、形态及磨圆程度、砾屑灰岩的支撑结构、充填物的类型等进行区分并进行成因分析。     

应用稳定同位素示踪琥珀的产地

利用稳定同位素比值质谱仪（IRMS）对波罗的海琥珀、多米尼加琥珀、墨西哥琥珀、缅甸琥珀及不同产地的柯巴树脂的13C,D,18O稳定同位素进行了高精度测定.研究结果表明：（1）不同产地琥珀的δ13C值分布在一个较为稳定的范围内,缅甸琥珀δ13C=-19.38‰～-22.90‰,平均值为-21.15‰;波罗的海琥珀δ13C=-22.76‰～-25.76‰,平均值为-24.35‰;多米尼加琥珀δ13C=-23.57‰～-26.63‰,平均值为-24.99‰,且均值无交叉;（2）不同产地琥珀的δ13C值与琥珀形成的地质时代存在较好的线性关系.具体表征为随着天然树脂石化地质年代（琥珀化程度）的增加,13C值有规律地增大,据此可推断不同产地琥珀成熟度由高到低的相对顺序为缅甸＞波罗的海＞多米尼加、墨西哥;（3）柯巴树脂的δ13C值为-26.82‰～-29.94‰,平均为-28.55‰,比琥珀的明显贫δ13C,依据实验测试统计数据,推荐参考临界值为-27.00‰（＋0.18,-3.00）,这为界定琥珀与柯巴树脂提供了稳定同位素依据;（4）缅甸琥珀δD=-195.90‰～-244.40‰,平均为-226.00‰;波罗的海琥珀δD=-235.90‰～-270.10‰,平均为-25δ.80‰;多米尼加琥珀δD=-202.80‰～239.40‰,平均为-219.90‰;墨西哥琥珀δD=-218.90‰.不同产地琥珀中δD的同位素变异反映了环境水（大气降水）与古纬度之间的变化规律,即随着琥珀产地古纬度的增加,δD逐渐减小;（5）不同产地琥珀在13C-18O,D-18O同位素之间及13C,D,18O同位素在二维图解、三维空间中具有很好的分区性,表明碳、氢、氧稳定同位素综合分析可以示踪琥珀的产地信息.     

Os Isotopes and the Origin of the Tasmanian Dolerites

New Os isotope data obtained for oxides separated from samplesof the Jurassic dolerites of Tasmania (Australia) are used toconstrain the petrogenesis of the Ferrar continental flood basaltprovince. It is proposed here that the unradiogenic initialOs ratio (¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os = 0·145 ± 0·049 2     

西昆仑早古生代岩浆弧大同岩体中埃达克质岩石的成因及地质意义

大同岩体位于西昆仑柯冈-库地-其曼于特和麻扎-康西瓦两条蛇绿混杂岩带之间。为进一步了解西昆仑早古生代岩浆弧中某些具体岩石类型、岩浆产生机理、地质意义及成因联系,本文从岩相学、主微量元素地球化学、锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素等方面,对大同岩体中和外围新发现的埃达克质岩石进行了研究。埃达克质岩石由石英二长花岗岩和黑云母二长花岗岩两种岩性组成,呈独立的岩体和大同主岩体中的脉体两种产状,高硅(w(SiO₂)≥60.34%)、高铝(w(Al₂O₃)≥14.73%)、富碱(w(K₂O+Na₂O)≥6.40%)、低镁(w(MgO)≤2.35%),以及高锶(w(Sr)≥504×10^-6)、低钇(w(Y)≤17.20×10^-6)和高Sr/Y(平均为70.88),富集轻稀土元素和大离子亲石元素,亏损重稀土元素和高场强元素,不同程度负Eu异常及Ta、Nb、P和Ti亏损。锆石U-Pb测年显示,埃达克质岩石年龄为(443.6±1.4)~(462.0±1.0)Ma,与大同主岩体的形成年龄相当。锆石ε_Hf(t)为-7.28~4.56(平均-0.84),我们认为埃达克质岩石是由原特提斯洋洋壳及部分洋壳之上的陆源沉积物向南俯冲过程中,发生部分熔融形成的熔体上升过程中与地幔楔橄榄岩反应,最后定位于地壳浅层的结果。通过与大同岩体主岩体对比,对早古生代岩浆弧的形成和演化有了更深入的了解。     

白乃庙岛弧东段早古生代火山岩年代学、地球化学特征及地质意义

白乃庙群岛弧火山岩分布于兴蒙造山带南缘,是古亚洲洋与华北板块之间早古生代俯冲作用的岩浆记录,但以往工 作多集中在西段而较少关注其东延部分。本文对白乃庙岛弧带东段新识别出的早古生代火山岩进行了系统研究,以完善对 古亚洲洋早古生代演化的认识。白乃庙岛弧东段火山岩包括中-基性及酸性两种岩石类型,火山岩均富Cs,Rb,Th,U, 亏损Nb,Ta 等高场强元素,轻稀土富集,具有变化的Eu 异常。地球化学数据显示中-基性火山岩来源于俯冲板片熔体交 代的地幔熔融,并可能有大洋沉积物的加入,而酸性岩浆则来源于流体交代的下地壳。锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb 定年表明, 酸性及中-基性火山岩形成年代分别为430.5 Ma 和417.6 Ma,前者产出于俯冲岛弧环境,后者则可能为造山后环境下形成 的滞后型弧岩浆岩。年龄数据对比显示东段火山岩的形成年代晚于西段的白乃庙群地层,同时构造变质程度也更低,两者 的这种差异反映了东西两侧地质演化历史的不同,即早古生代古亚洲洋自西向东逐渐关闭。     

甘肃北山地区古亚洲南缘古生代岛弧带位置的讨论

综合研究得出结论:甘肃北山红石山断裂带以北的雀儿山-英安山地区为一种与俯冲洋壳板块相关的岛弧带,它记录了古亚洲大洋向南缘东天山古陆系统下俯冲消减的整个地史过程.主要依据:①该地区缺少古老基底陆壳;②发育于区内的中奥陶世-泥盆纪不同时代地层中的火山岩和石炭-三叠纪的中酸性侵入岩,主要以钙碱性或TTG或埃达克成分系列为主要标志,揭示深部有消减洋壳板片或岩源的存在;③从中奥陶世和志留纪火山岩的玄武岩、安山岩和英安岩组合,到泥盆纪以安山岩、英安岩为主的流纹岩、玄武岩组合,至三叠纪马鞍山、小草湖中酸性侵入岩序列的部分高钾钙碱性岩石类型组合,反映古亚洲大洋在南侧消减带之上从一种不成熟岛弧到成熟岛弧和大陆边缘弧发育演化的过程;文章提出代表古亚洲大洋南缘消减带的实际位置应在雀儿山-英安山一线以北的蒙古境内,而北山岛弧带实属南侧东天山古陆陆缘增生地体的一部分.     

拉萨地体的起源和古生代构造演化

早期由于资料有限,对拉萨地体古生代时期的裂解、漂移、俯冲和碰撞历史的认知程度还很低。本文利用目前已有
地质和地球化学资料,分析了拉萨地体的中生代岩石圈结构,探讨了拉萨地体的起源和古生代演化历史。大量长英质岩石
的锆石Hf 同位素和全岩Nd 同位素表明,南部和北部拉萨地体以新生地壳为主,部分地区可能存在前寒武纪结晶基底,而
中部拉萨地体是具有古元古代甚至太古代结晶基底的条带状微陆块。大量古生代沉积岩的碎屑锆石U-Pb 年龄数据表明,拉
萨地体约1170 Ma 的碎屑锆石年龄指标,明显不同于以约950 Ma 为碎屑锆石年龄指标的安多、羌塘和特提斯喜马拉雅。拉
萨地体起源于澳大利亚大陆北缘是目前资料情况下的最合理解释。中部拉萨地体约492 Ma 的双峰式火山岩形成于活动大陆
边缘背景,代表了古地理上位于澳大利亚大陆北缘的岩浆弧的一部分,可能与原特提斯洋岩石圈板片的断离有关。拉萨地
体南缘和南羌塘的泥盆纪末期-石炭纪早期片麻状花岗岩类为存在明显幔源物质输入的S 型花岗岩,可能形成于最终演化
为松多特提斯洋的弧后盆地背景。中二叠世末期发生的拉萨地体与澳大利亚大陆北缘的碰撞造山事件可能触发了班公湖-
怒江特提斯洋岩石圈的南向俯冲,并随后对拉萨地体的中生代构造岩浆演化发挥关键性作用。     

Basalt and Sediment Geochemistry and Magma Petrogenesis in a Transect from Oceanic Island Arc to Rifted Continental Margin Arc: the Kermadec--Hikurangi Margin, SW Pacific

Sediment mixing and recycling through a subduction zone canbe detected in lead isotopes and trace elements from basaltsand sediments from the Kermadec-Hikurangi Margin volcanic arcsystem and their coupled back-arc basins. Sr, Nd and Pb isotopesfrom the basalts delineate relatively simple, almost overlapping,arrays between back-arc basin basalts of the Havre Trough-NgatoroBasin (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr = 0.70255; _Nd=+9.3; ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 18.52; ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb= 38.18), island arc basalts from the Kermadec Arc togetherwith basalts from Taupo Volcanic Zone (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr 0.7042; _Nd= +5; ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb= 18.81; ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 38.61), and sedimentsderived from New Zealand's Mesozoic (Torlesse) basement (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr 0.715; _Nd —4; ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb 18.86; ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb 38.8).Basalts from the arc front volcanoes have high Cs, Rb, Ba, Th,U and K, and generally high but variable Ba/La, Ba/Nb ratios,characteristic of subduction-related magmas, relative to typicaloceanic basalts. These signatures are diluted in the back-arcbasins, which are more like mid-ocean ridge basalts. Strongchemical correlations in plots of SiO₂ vs CaO and loss on ignitionfor the sediments (finegrained muds) are consistent with mixingbetween detrital and biogenic (carbonate-rich) components. Otherdata, such as Zr vs CaO, are consistent with the detrital componentcomprising a mixture of arc- and continent-derived fractions.In chondrite-normalized diagrams, most of the sediments havelight rare earth element enriched patterns, and all have negativeEu anomalies. The multielement diagrams have negative spikesat Nb, P and Ti and distinctive enrichments in the large ionlithophile elements and Pb relative to mantle. Isotopic measurementsof Pb, Sr and Nd reveal restricted fields of Pb isotopes butwide variation in Nd and Sr relative to other sediments fromthe Pacific Basin. Rare K-rich basalts from Clark Volcano towardthe southern end of the oceanic Kermadec Island Arc show unusualand primitive characteristics ( 2% K₂O at 50% SiO₂, Ba 600p.p.m., 9–10% MgO and Ni > 100 p.p.m.) but have highlyradiogenic Sr, Nd and Pb isotopes, similar to those of basaltsfrom the continental Taupo Volcanic Zone. These oceanic islandarc basalts cannot have inherited their isotope signatures throughcrustal contamination or assimilation—fractional crystallizationtype processes, and this leads us to conclude that source processesvia bulk sediment mixing, fluid and/or melt transfer or somecombination of these are responsible. Although our results showclear chemical gradients from oceanic island arc to continentalmargin arc settings (Kermadec Arc to Taupo Volcanic Zone), overlapbetween the data from the oceanic and continental sectors suggeststhat the lithospheric (crustal contamination) effect may beminimal relative to that of sediment subduction. Indeed, itis possible to account for the chemical changes by a decreasenorthward in the sediment flux into the zone of magma genesis.This model receives support from recent sediment dispersal studiesin the Southern Ocean which indicate that a strong bottom current(Deep Western Boundary Current) flows northward along the easterncontinental margin of New Zealand and sweeps continental derivedsediment into the sediment-starved oceanic trench system. Thetrace element and isotopic signatures of the continental derivedcomponent of this sediment are readily distinguished, but alsodiluted in a south to north direction along the plate boundary. KEY WORDS: subduction zone basalts; sediments; Sr-, Nd-, Pb-isotopes; trace elements ^*Present address: School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia.