Geochemical and isotopic evidence for the age, orogenic setting and petrogenesis of the Nychum Volcanic association, North Queensland
Titel:
Geochemical and isotopic evidence for the age, orogenic setting and petrogenesis of the Nychum Volcanic association, North Queensland
Auteur:
Bailey, J.C. Morgan, W.R. Black, L.P.
Verschenen in:
Australian journal of earth sciences
Paginering:
Jaargang 29 (1982) nr. 3-4 pagina's 375-393
Jaar:
1982-10
Inhoud:
Rb-Sr and K-Ar age determinations agree with palaeobotanical evidence in assigning an age of 270 Ma (Lower Permian) to the Nychum Volcanics, North Queensland. Geological and geochemical evidence (moderate -REE, La/Yb, Th, Zr/Y, Hf/Yb, Sc/Ni) indicate that the volcanics were erupted on a thin, active continental margin. Five magma groups are present: high-alumina basalts, andesite-dacites, acid rocks, tholeiitic andesites, and pitchstone with a high La/Yb ratio. The high-alumina basalts and calc-alkaline andesites have a parent-daughter (source rock-partial melt) relationship. The acid rocks share high HREE, Zr, Hf, Zn, Sc, Fe/Mg and low Al with, and may be fractionated from, the tholeiitic subduction-zone andesites. Low-pressure fractional crystallisation is evident in all five magma groups.