The Origin of HIMU in the SW Pacific: Evidence from Intraplate Volcanism in Southern New Zealand and Subantarctic Islands |
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Authors: | PANTER K S; BLUSZTAJN J; HART S R; KYLE P R; ESSER R; MCINTOSH W C |
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Institution: | 1 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY BOWLING GREEN, OH 43403, USA
2 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS, WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION WOODS HOLE, MA 02543, USA
3 DEPARTMENT OF EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY SOCORRO, NM 87801, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper presents field, geochemical and isotopic (Sr, Nd,Pb) results on basalts from the Antipodes, Campbell and ChathamIslands, New Zealand. New 40Ar/39Ar age determinations alongwith previous KAr dates reveal three major episodes ofvolcanic activity on Chatham Island (8582, 4135,5 Ma). Chatham and Antipodes samples comprise basanite, alkaliand transitional basalts that have HIMU-like isotopic (206Pb/204Pb>20·320·8, 87Sr/86Sr <0·7033,143Nd/144Nd >0·5128) and trace element affinities(Ce/Pb 2836, Nb/U 3466, Ba/Nb 47). Thegeochemistry of transitional to Q-normative samples from CampbellIsland is explained by interaction with continental crust. Thevolcanism is part of a long-lived (100 Myr), low-volume, diffusealkaline magmatic province that includes deposits on the Northand South Islands of New Zealand as well as portions of WestAntarctica and SE Australia. All of these continental areaswere juxtaposed on the eastern margin of Gondwanaland at >83Ma. A ubiquitous feature of mafic alkaline rocks from this regionis their depletion in K and Pb relative to other highly incompatibleelements when normalized to primitive mantle values. The inversionof trace element data indicates enriched mantle sources thatcontain variable proportions of hydrous minerals. We proposethat the mantle sources represent continental lithosphere thathost amphibole/phlogopite-rich veins formed by plume- and/orsubduction-related metasomatism between 500 and 100 Ma. Thestrong HIMU signature (206Pb/204Pb >20·5) is consideredto be an in-grown feature generated by partial dehydration andloss of hydrophile elements (Pb, Rb, K) relative to more magmaphileelements (Th, U, Sr) during short-term storage at the base ofthe lithosphere. KEY WORDS: continental alkaline basalts; lithospheric mantle, mantle metasomatism; New Zealand; OIB, HIMU; Sr, Nd and Pb isotopes; West Antarctica |
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Keywords: | : continental alkaline basalts lithospheric mantle mantle metasomatism New Zealand OIB HIMU Sr Nd and Pb isotopes West Antarctica |
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