Magmatic differentiation at La Poruna scoria cone, Central Andes, northern Chile: Evidence for assimilation during turbulent ascent processes, and genetic links with mafic eruptions at adjacent San Pedro volcano

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dc.contributor.authorGonzalez Maurel, Osvaldo
dc.contributor.authorGodoy, Benigno
dc.contributor.authorle Roux, Petrus
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez, Ines
dc.contributor.authorMarin, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorMenzies, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorBertin, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorMorata, Diego
dc.contributor.authorVargas, Marina
dc.date2019
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-30T17:06:06Z
dc.date.available2021-04-30T17:06:06Z
dc.description.abstractLa Poruna (21 degrees 53'S; 68 degrees 30'W) is a 140 m high scoria cone composed of pyroclastic material and an extensive basaltic-andesite to andesite lava flow that is up to 8 km in length. Automated mineralogical analysis describes a suite of porphyritic mafic samples, comprising olivine- and pyroxene-bearing rocks. Well-defined major element compositional trends, as well as trace and rare earth element characteristics (e.g. Sr/Y < 47; Sm/Yb < 4), likely reflect magmatic differentiation at middle-upper crustal levels. Additionally, magma mixing and assimilation and fractional crystallization processes act on these La Poruna magmas within the thickened continental crust, which is typical in Andean volcanic systems. A remarkable compositional feature is the unusual reversed isotopic behaviour of increasing silica with decreasing Sr-87/Sr-86 compositions. In a process of crustal assimilation during turbulent magma ascent (ATA), the least differentiated rocks are the most contaminated ones since the turbulent hottest magmas effectively assimilate the crustal material. We relate the inverse Sr isotope trend to latter magmatic evolution involving ATA at shallow crustal levels prior to eruption, therefore differing from the broadly accepted Central Andean magmatic model. The older volcanics (>96 ka) from San Pedro volcano exhibit similar isotopic characteristics, therefore evidence of similar magmatic processes. This new dataset clearly defines magma compositional changes during the La Poruna eruption (ca. 100 ka), revealing an increase in crustal contamination at shallow crustal levels for the younger San Pedro lavas (<96 ka), likely controlled by increasing amounts of deep-sourced basaltic input over time. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.citationLITHOS,Vol.338,128-140,2019
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.lithos.2019.03.033
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/4014
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
dc.sourceLITHOS
dc.subject.englishMafic volcanism
dc.subject.englishCentral Andes
dc.subject.englishAr-40/Ar-39 geochronology
dc.subject.englishSr and Nd radiogenic isotopes
dc.subject.englishSelective assimilation during turbulent ascent
dc.titleMagmatic differentiation at La Poruna scoria cone, Central Andes, northern Chile: Evidence for assimilation during turbulent ascent processes, and genetic links with mafic eruptions at adjacent San Pedro volcano
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