Constraints on the origin and evolution of magmas in the Payún Matrú Volcanic Field, Quaternary Andean Back-arc of Western Argentina

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The Payún Matrú Volcanic Field (Pleistocene-Holocene) is located in the Andean back-arc of the Southern Volcanic Zone, western Argentina, and is contemporaneous with the Andean volcanic arc at the same latitude. It includes two polygenetic, mostly trachytic volcanoes: Payún Matrú (with a summit cald...

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Autores principales: Hernando, Irene Raquel, Aragón, Eugenio, Frei, R., González, P. D., Spakman, W.
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2014
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Ciencias Naturales
Alkali basalts
Andes back-arc
Intra-plate magmatism
Trachyte
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85355
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topic Ciencias Naturales
Alkali basalts
Andes back-arc
Intra-plate magmatism
Trachyte
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Alkali basalts
Andes back-arc
Intra-plate magmatism
Trachyte
Hernando, Irene Raquel
Aragón, Eugenio
Frei, R.
González, P. D.
Spakman, W.
Constraints on the origin and evolution of magmas in the Payún Matrú Volcanic Field, Quaternary Andean Back-arc of Western Argentina
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Alkali basalts
Andes back-arc
Intra-plate magmatism
Trachyte
description The Payún Matrú Volcanic Field (Pleistocene-Holocene) is located in the Andean back-arc of the Southern Volcanic Zone, western Argentina, and is contemporaneous with the Andean volcanic arc at the same latitude. It includes two polygenetic, mostly trachytic volcanoes: Payún Matrú (with a summit caldera 8 km wide) and Payún Liso (a smaller stratovolcano). The volcanic field includes about 200 scoria cones and alkali basaltic and trachybasaltic lava flows, forming two basaltic fields around Payún Matrú. New <SUP>40</SUP>Ar¯<SUP>39</SUP>Ar ages extend the activity of Payún Matrú up to 700 ka. The major and trace element and Sr-Nd isotopic compositions of the basaltic lavas and Payún Matrú rocks indicate that the trachytes of Payún Matrú are the result of fractional crystallization of basaltic parent magmas without significant upper crustal contamination, and that the basalts have a geochemical similarity to ocean island basalt (La/Nb=0·8-1·5, La/Ba =0·05-0·08). The Sr-Nd isotopic compositions of the basaltic to trachytic rocks range between 0·703813 and 0·703841 (<SUP>87</SUP>Sr/<SUP>86</SUP>Sr) and 0·512743 and 0·512834 (<SUP>143</SUP>Nd/<SUP>144</SUP>Nd). Mass-balance and Rayleigh fractionation models support the proposed origin of the trachytes, and an assimilation-fractional crystallization model indicates a low degree of upper crustal contamination in the youngest trachytes. Magnesium numbers (45-55) and contents of Ni(<20-90 ppm) and Cr (30-180 ppm) in the lavas in the basaltic fields indicate that these are not primary magmas. The data also suggest that the basaltic lavas originated in the asthenospheric mantle, probably within the spinel stability field and beneath an attenuated continental lithosphere in the back-arc area. The lack of a slab-fluid signature in the Payún Matrú Volcanic Field rocks, along with unpublished and published geophysical results (mantle tomography and electrical conductivity anomalies) suggest that magmas were generated by decompression-induced melting of upwelling mantle.
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author Hernando, Irene Raquel
Aragón, Eugenio
Frei, R.
González, P. D.
Spakman, W.
author_facet Hernando, Irene Raquel
Aragón, Eugenio
Frei, R.
González, P. D.
Spakman, W.
author_sort Hernando, Irene Raquel
title Constraints on the origin and evolution of magmas in the Payún Matrú Volcanic Field, Quaternary Andean Back-arc of Western Argentina
title_short Constraints on the origin and evolution of magmas in the Payún Matrú Volcanic Field, Quaternary Andean Back-arc of Western Argentina
title_full Constraints on the origin and evolution of magmas in the Payún Matrú Volcanic Field, Quaternary Andean Back-arc of Western Argentina
title_fullStr Constraints on the origin and evolution of magmas in the Payún Matrú Volcanic Field, Quaternary Andean Back-arc of Western Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Constraints on the origin and evolution of magmas in the Payún Matrú Volcanic Field, Quaternary Andean Back-arc of Western Argentina
title_sort constraints on the origin and evolution of magmas in the payún matrú volcanic field, quaternary andean back-arc of western argentina
publishDate 2014
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85355
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