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Petrogenesis of Miocene volcanic arc rocks over the Chilean-Pampean flat-slab segment of the Central Andes constrained by mineral chemistry
Litvak, V. D. (Instituto de Estudios Andinos Don Pablo Groeber (Buenos Aires, Argentina))
Poma, S. (Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires (Argentina))

Date: 2014
Abstract: Miocene arc volcanism is manifested widely in the Valle del Cura-El Indio belt region (29°30'-30° South latitude), in the southern Central Andes of Argentina and Chile. The magmas that fed this volcanism are well represented by the Cerro de las Tórtolas Formation, which is divided into two volcanic episodes based on petrographic, chemical and age differences: an older basaltic-andesitic event (16-14Ma) and a younger andesitic to dacitic (13-10Ma) one. Representative plagioclase, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and amphibole phenocrysts from rock samples already characterized from geochemical and isotopic viewpoints were selected for electron microprobe determination of mineral chemistry. Results indicate an overall homogeneous composition for each of the mineral phases. Equilibrium temperatures were estimated through two-pyroxenes, amphibole-plagioclase and amphibole geothermometers, which show a consistent temperature range between 970 to 850°C. Equilibrium pressure calculated using amphibole composition for volcanic suites produced the most comprehensive results for pressure equilibrium conditions, with results close to 4kb. Changes in the residual mineral assemblages and variations in isotopic signatures indicate that primary magmas were equilibrated at the lower crust with a gradual increase of crustal thickness. These melts evolved towards intermediate magma chambers, where crystallization of phenocrysts occurred at the same temperature and pressure conditions, hence, no increase in depth of intermediate magma chambers is registered although the increase of crustal thickness registered from Lower to Middle Miocene times.
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Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject: Andesitic ; Geothermobarometry ; Volcanism ; Crustal thickness ; Valle del Cura ; Argentina ; Chile
Published in: Geologica acta, Vol. 12, Núm. 2 (June 2014) , p. 151-170, ISSN 1696-5728

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Adreça alternativa: https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/105.000002081
DOI: 10.1344/105.000002081


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