Twenty-five million years of silicic volcanism in the southern central volcanic zone of the Andes: Geochemistry and magma genesis of ignimbrites from 25 to 27 °S, 67 to 72 °W |
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Authors: | WBW Schnurr RB Trumbull J Clavero K Hahne W Siebel M Gardeweg |
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Institution: | 1. Bundeswehr Geoinformation Office, 53879 Euskirchen, Germany;2. GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany;3. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Santiago, Chile;4. Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany;5. Aurum Consultores Servicios Geológicos y Mineros Ltda., Santiago, Chile |
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Abstract: | Silicic volcanism in the Andean Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ) produced one of the world's largest Neogene ignimbrite provinces. The largest and best-known CVZ ignimbrites are located on the Altiplano-Puna plateau north of 24 °S. Their compositions and huge erupted volumes suggest an origin by large-scale crustal melting, and present-day geophysical anomalies in this region suggest still active zones of partial melting in the middle crust. Farther south in the CVZ, the Cerro Galán complex erupted ignimbrites in the late Miocene and Pliocene that are quite similar in volume and composition to those from north of 24 °S and they have a similar origin. However, there are a great many other, smaller ignimbrites in the southern CVZ whose compositions and geodynamic significance are poorly known. These are the subject of this paper. |
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Keywords: | Central Andes Puna ignimbrites Galá n geochemistry Sr Nd Pb isotopes |
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