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A geochemical study of island-arc and back-arc tholeiites from the Scotia Sea
Authors:CJ Hawkesworth  RK O&#x;Nions  RJ Pankhurst  PJ Hamilton  NM Evensen
Institution:1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds Great Britain;2. Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, N.Y. 10964USA;3. British Antarctic Survey, c/o Institute of Geological Sciences, London, WCIX 8N6Great Britain
Abstract:87Sr/86Sr and143Nd/144Nd ratios, REE and selected minor and trace elements are presented and compared for present-day volcanic rocks in the Scotia Sea.Tholeiitic basalts from the South Sandwich Islands show widely ranging contents of some lithophile elements, e.g. K2O (0.09–0.55%) and Rb (1.55–14.2 ppm), but fairly constant Na2O and Sr. Total REE contents range from about 4–20 times chondritic abundances with significant light-REE depletion and both positive and negative Eu anomalies. The variations in minor and trace element abundances are consistent with low-pressure fractional crystallization of plagioclase and clinopyroxene but only minor amounts of olivine. The87Sr/86Sr and143Nd/144Nd ratios of the parental magmas are thought be 0.7038–0.7039 and 0.51301–0.51314 respectively, and indicate derivation of at least some87Sr from subducted ocean crust.The back-arc tholeiites in the Scotia Sea have lower87Sr/86Sr ratios (0.7028–0.7033), similar143Nd/144Nd ratios (0.51305) and are variably light-REE-enriched(CeN/YbN= 1.0–1.6). Total REE contents are comparable to those of the South Sandwich Islands tholeiites.
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