van der Meer, Q. H. A., Waight, T. E., Scott, J. M. and Muenker, C. (2017). Variable sources for Cretaceous to recent HIMU and HIMU-like intraplate magmatism in New Zealand. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 469. S. 27 - 42. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1385-013X

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Abstract

Continental intraplate magmas with isotopic affinities similar to HIMU are identified worldwide. Involvement of an asthenospheric HIMU or HIMU-like source is contested because the characteristic radiogenic Pb compositions coupled with unradiogenic Sr and intermediate Nd and Hf compositions can also result from in-situ ingrowth in metasomatised lithospheric mantle. Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopic compositions of late Cretaceous lamprophyre dikes from Westland, New Zealand, provide new insights into the formation of a HIMU-like alkaline intraplate magmatic province under the Zealandia continent. The oldest (102-100 Ma) calc-alkaline lamprophyres are compositionally similar to the preceding arc-magmatism ((206)pb/(204)pb((i)) = 18.6, (207)pb/(204)pb)((i)) = 15.62, (208)pb/(204)pb((i)) = 38.6, Sr-87/Sr-86((i)) = 0.7063-0.7074, epsilon Nd-(i) = -2.1 - +0.1 and epsilon Hf-(i) = -0.2 - +2.3) and are interpreted as melts originating from subduction-modified lithosphere. Alkaline dikes erupted on the inboard Gondwana margin shortly after cessation of subduction (92-84 Ma) have heterogeneous isotopic properties: (206)pb/Pb-204((i)) = 18.7 to 19.4, Pb-207/Pb-204((i)) = 15.60 to 15.65, Pb-208/Pb-204((i)) = 38.6 to 39.4, Sr-87/(86)((i)) = 0.7031 to 0.7068, epsilon Nd-(i) = +4.5 to +8.0 and epsilon Hf-(i) = +5.1 to +8.0. Melt compositions point to an amphibole-bearing spinel facies lithospheric mantle source enriched by metasomatism that introduced, amongst many elements, U + Th which lead to rapid ingrowth to HIMU-like compositions. Importantly, this HIMU-like source enrichment appears to have completely originated from the complex local subduction history. A coeval episode of alkaline magmatism (mainly 98-82 Ma) occurred outboard of Gondwana's former active margin and on the Hikurangi oceanic plateau (accreted to Zealandia in the Early Cretaceous) with compositions closer to true HIMU (Pb-206/Pb-204((i)) approximate to 20.5, Pb-207/Pb-204((i)) 15.7, Pb-208/(204) Pb-(i) approximate to 40.0, epsilon Nd-(i) approximate to 4.5 and epsilon Hf-(i) 4.0). In contrast to the inboard HIMU-like magmas, the radiogenic Pb-207/Pb-204 and relatively unradiogenic Nd and Hf require an ancient enriched source component. This magmatism is interpreted to represent melting of a fossilised HIMU source that resided under the Hikurangi Plateau. These genetically distinct but isotopically similar intraplate reservoirs were separated by the down -going slab under Gondwana's former active margin. Ancient HIMU magmatism was locally replaced by the young HIMU-like type which became dominant across Zealandia during the Late Cretaceous. Our research suggests that the sources for alkaline intraplate magmas with compositions similar to ocean island basalts can be formed either with or without the involvement of a plume-derived component. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
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CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
van der Meer, Q. H. A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Waight, T. E.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Scott, J. M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Muenker, C.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-227087
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.03.037
Journal or Publication Title: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.
Volume: 469
Page Range: S. 27 - 42
Date: 2017
Publisher: ELSEVIER
Place of Publication: AMSTERDAM
ISSN: 1385-013X
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
SOUTHERN NEW-ZEALAND; DEPLETED MANTLE; VOLCANISM; ORIGIN; LITHOSPHERE; AGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; CONSTRAINTS; MARLBOROUGH; TRANSITIONMultiple languages
Geochemistry & GeophysicsMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/22708

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