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1 Arcs & continents

2 Updates/questions Wednesday review, midterm on April 2nd Topics:
Systematics for: Arcs Some continental rocks

3 Trace Elements: REEs Enriched Depleted
Figure After Wilson (1989) Igneous Petrogenesis. Kluwer.

4 MORB-normalized Spider Diagrams
Figure Winter (2001) An Introduction to Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. Prentice Hall. Data from Sun and McDonough (1989).

5 Trace Elements

6 Isotope Geochemistry Isotopes do not fractionate during partial melting of fractional melting processes, so will reflect the characteristics of the source OIBs only cross oceanic plate, limiting contamination (<-> continent); good estimate of mantle

7 Sr Isotope Evolution Figure After Wilson (1989). Igneous Petrogenesis. Unwin Hyman/Kluwer.

8 Sm-Nd: Evolution opposite to Rb - Sr
Ctl Crust (enriched) = hi 87Sr/86Sr, lo 143Nd/144Nd 147Sm143Nd by alpha decay half life 106 Ga Daughter more incompatible 143Nd/144Nd = (143Nd/144Nd)o + (147Sm/144Nd)(elt-1)

9 MORB Sr - Nd Isotopes Figure Data from Ito et al. (1987) Chemical Geology, 62, ; and LeRoex et al. (1983) J. Petrol., 24,

10 } MORB+OIB: Sr - Nd Isotopes Range in compositions = mantle array
Every composition by mixing end-members: DM -depleted mantle EM 1&2 - enriched mantle HIMU - high m = 238U/204Pb 238U -> 206Pb So high 206Pb/204Pb DM MORB } OIB (colors) HIMU BSE EM2 EM1

11 A Model for Oceanic Magmatism
Continental Reservoirs DM OIB EM and HIMU from crustal sources (subducted OC + CC seds) Figure Nomenclature from Zindler and Hart (1986). After Wilson (1989) and Rollinson (1993).

12 Arc Magmatism Volcanism in arc-shaped region of volcanoes
Different because: Composition more diverse and silicic Basalt generally occurs in subordinate quantities Also more explosive than the quiescent basalts Strato-volcanoes are the most common volcanic landform Result of subduction: H2O melting

13 Arc occurrence

14 Structure of an Island Arc

15 Major Elements and Magma Series

16 A multi-stage, multi-source process
NOAA Ocean Explorer

17 Continental Arcs

18 Andes arc: north, central, south

19 Andes trace elements

20 Granitoid Rocks

21 Types of granites

22 Melting and composition


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