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Petrogenesis of antecryst-bearing Mexican arc basalts: Insights into along-arc variations in magma ponding depths, H 2 O contents, and surface heat flux Georg F. Zellmer (g.f.zellmer@massey.ac.nz) Mattia Pistone, Yoshiyuki Iizuka, Benjamin Andrews, Arturo Gomez-Tuena, Susanne Straub & Elizabeth Cottrell
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Motivation: global arc surface heat flux variations Western TMVB Eastern TMVB (±1 stdev)
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Global arc surface heat flux variations
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Sample locations in geodynamic context
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Bulk compositions
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Representative petrography (BSE)
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But: TMVB rocks are wet! Plag is antecrystic, formed from more evolved low-An# liquids Experimental fields from Waters & Lange, 2016 Phenocryst ranges
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Combine mineral chemistry with MELTS modeling A new pressure sensor: Example: Western TMVB First plag compositions formed during MELTS isobaric cooling, H 2 O saturated microlites phenocrysts 1. tag to MELTS 2. read off P
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Example: Central TMVB Example: Eastern TMVB
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Do this for all samples… - striking along-arc P trend
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Moho H 2 O variations if stalling triggered by degassing Data from MIs and hygrometry in grey
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Mush zone depth affects surface heat flux:
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Mush zone depth affects advected surface heat flux:
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Conclusions 1.Mafic eruptives sampled along the entire TMVB display petrographic and mineral chemical features consistent with antecryst uptake from evolved mush zones into aphyric mafic melts. 2.We have developed a pressure sensor to determine the depth of crystal mush formation/remobilization, based on a combination of plagioclase antecryst chemistry and MELTS modelling. 3.Magma/mush ponding depths increase eastward along the TMVB. 4.If ponding is induced by degassing (i.e. P-sensor = degassing sensor), magmatic H 2 O contents increase eastward, consistent with a eastward increasing age of the subducting slab. 5.Surface heat flux in the TMVB is directly influenced by the observed magma/mush ponding depth variations, and on average is higher than globally due to low primary H 2 O contents in the western and central arc.
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