Specificity of the products of Tyatya volcano eruption in 1973

Based on 198 determinations of the complete silicate analysis of Tyatya volcano (Kunashir Island), we compared the data of the latter (1973) and all previous eruptions to reveal their differences and determine the evolution of Tyatya volcanism in the Holocene. The application of the estimation of the thermobaric parameters of the upper mantle magma chamber of the volcano made it possible to determine the temperature decrease in the magma chamber in 1973. An assumption was made about the polycyclic magmatic activity of the Tyatya volcano. The results of statistical processing of data on the thickness of tephra and the size of its fragments from the 1973 eruption are presented. Polynomial regressions of various degrees are applied. Models of tephra distribution based on three-dimensional trend analysis have been constructed. The results of the study are recommended for the creation of information databases on the petrochemistry of eruption products and the distribution of pyroclastics from volcanoes in the Kuril Island arc.

Petrogenesis of Magnesian High-K Granitoids From Bitkine (Centrechad Massif): Major and Trace Elements Constraints

Major and trace element data were used to constrain the nature and origin of the Bitkine gabbro-diorite magma.The gabbro-diorites of Bitkine within the Guéra Massif, and associated microgranular enclaves consist of plagioclase, k-feldspar, clinopyroxene, amphibole, biotite and quartz. Gabbro-diorites and enclaves are basic to intermediate rocks. They are high-K magnesian calc-alkaline with shoshonite affinity. ΣREE range from 132 to 436 ppm in gabbro-diorites, while they are from 134 to 207 ppm in enclaves. LREE are weakly enriched compared to HREE (La/Yb)N = (12.23 -41.40) and (6.20-31.86) respectively in gabbro-diorites and enclaves. These rocks show a weak negative anomaly in europium (Eu/Eu* = 0.78-1.07). They are rich in Ba and Sr, and show negative anomalies in Nb, Ta and Ti. The Nb/Ta, Rb/Cs and Ba/Nb ratios of the Bitkine gabbro-diorites and their enclaves indicate that they are derived from mantle magma modified by subducted fluids. This magma during its evolution by fractional crystallization was contaminated by crustal materials.

Petrogenesis of the Carboniferous Ghaleh-Dezh metagranite, Sanandaj–Sirjan zone, Iran: constraints from new zircon U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar ages and Sr–Nd isotopes

The Ghaleh-Dezh metagranites in the northern Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone (SaSZ) in western Iran are found in a 0.5 km long by 0.3 km wide unit emplaced within the older Precambrian basement. New zircon U–Pb ages confirm that crystallization and emplacement of the protolith of the metagranites occurred at 312 ± 10 Ma and 298 ± 17 Ma in the Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) – Early Permian, which is consistent with the ages of recently discovered Palaeozoic granites in the northern SaSZ. The studied metagranitic body has been metamorphosed at lower greenschist facies and deformed in ductile–brittle regime due to subsequent reheating events during the Mesozoic. The rocks are metaluminous to slightly peraluminous granites with an A2-type affinity. Initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios and εNd(t) contents vary from 0.7037 to 0.7130 and −0.70 to 0.34, respectively. 143Nd/144Nd(i) values for the granitic rocks are fairly uniform at ∼0.5123. The geochemical and isotopic evidence indicates that these rocks were generated from a mantle magma with crustal contamination and fractional crystallization. Rb–Sr isochron and 40Ar/39Ar K-feldspar ages are 274 Ma and 60–70 Ma, respectively. The older event, c. 270 Ma, was likely related to the opening of Neotethys, whereas the younger ages likely relate to collisional events in the region during the closure of Neotethys.

Erupted zircon record of continental crust formation during mantle driven arc flare-ups

Coupled zircon U-Pb age, trace-element, and Lu-Hf isotope analyses from central Sierra Nevada (eastern California, USA) metavolcanic strata reveal the expression of three Mesozoic arc flare-ups in the volcanic record over ∼150 m.y. of magmatic activity. Zircon εHf(i) values vary up to 20 epsilon units within individual samples and coeval sample populations but show no clear links with other geochemical indices, requiring both mixing and fractionation for arc magma genesis. Zircon compositions show repeated temporal trends across flare-ups: Hf isotopes spanning evolved to juvenile values converge to more juvenile compositions, middle rare earth element (MREE) depletion and heavy REE slopes increase during flare-up main phases, and highly variable U/Yb values converge to low values as flare-ups conclude. Despite pervasive contamination, juvenile source magmas dominate magmas erupted throughout the entirety of high-magma-addition episodes. Arc flare-ups thus represent ∼30 m.y. of increased mantle magma input that represents significant continental crust formation in Cordilleran arcs.

Protolith Oceanic Island Arc dari Granitoid Tipe M dan I di Karangsambung, Kebumen, Jawa Tengah

Granitoid rocks which found at Luk Ulo melange complex as rock fragments with pale gray colour and faneritic texture. Petrogenesis and geotectonic of the granitoid is under debate. Some geologists consider as plagiogranite, which is formed from the Mid Ocean-ridge (MOR); or leucogranite which is formed from continental collision, and others argue as arc-related granitoid type.The field studies ware carried out on 5 (five) tracks around Luk Ulo River and 1 (one) track at Lokidang River. The pale grey Karangsambung granitoid is composed of the mainly K-feldspar (34-55%), plagioclase (10-25%) and quartz (25-35%), and chemically contains SiO2 (61.25 - 66.06%); Al2O3 (13.94 – 14.61%), K2O (2.53 - 4.00%), Na2O (3.42 - 4.10%), CaO (2.32 - 4.76%), Fe2O3 total (5.85 – 8.71%), MgO (0.98 – 1.97%). The granitoid is M- and I-type that were formed at 760o - 800o C with a depth of about 20-30 km, resulting from the differentiation of magma from a fragment origin of the K-enriched oceanic island arc originating from drifting of the IAB fragment. The sample of basalt 17D has a relatively high of Nb/Ta ratio (20), low Rb (<2 ppm), low Ba (17 ppm), and is interpreted as interacting with MORB mantle magma containing rutile-melt;whereas quartz monzonite (17A) has a relatively low of Zr/Sm ratio (3.86), which is indicated to have been contaminated by a carbonatite magma. The spidergram pattern of mantle metagabbro (sample no. 13) similar with the basalt from IAB-Bransfield Strait (Antarctica). Results of a comprehensive geochemical study proposes that the current condition of the Karangsambung zone is part of geotectonic of ACM-Eurasia, that composed of a combination of four rock fragments, i.e. (a) the rocks which sourced from IAB fragments, (b) mantle MORB, (c) continental crust from the origin of ACM-Eurasia, (d) the origin fragment from carbonatite magma.Keyword: Luk Ulo Melange Complex, pale grey granitoid, Island-arc granitoid, M and I-type granitoid