Megacryst-bulk rock isotopic disequilibrium as an indicator of contamination processes: The Edgecumbe Volcanic Field,SE Alaska |
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Authors: | Dennis J. Geist James D. Myers Carol D. Frost |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 82071 Laramie, Wyoming, USA;(2) Present address: Department of Geology, Hamilton College, 13323 Clinton, NY, USA |
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Abstract: | Sr and Nd isotopic ratios are reported from mineral separates and bulk rock samples from the Edgecumbe Volcanic Field in southeast Alaska, a suite of lavas that has developed by assimilation. Megacrysts in the basaltic unit and the rhyodacites are in isotopic equilibrium with their matrices. Because the rhyodacites developed as the result of assimilation, the assimilate must have been completely dissolved. In contrast, megacrysts in the two andesitic units are in isotopic disequilibrium with their matrix. These megacrysts must be a mixture of those inherited from the contaminant, crystals in equilibrium with the groundmass, and possibly crystals inherited from a mafic liquid. |
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