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Aug 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984e%26psl..69..321d&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 69, Issue 2, p. 321-334.
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Sr and Nd isotope analyses are presented for Tertiary continental alkaline volcanics from Cantal, Massif Central, France. The volcanics belong to two main magma series, silica-saturated and silica-undersaturated (with rare nephelinites). Trace element and isotopic data indicate a common source for the basic parental magmas of both major series; the nephelinites in contrast must have been derived from a mantle source which is isotopically and chemically distinct from that which gave rise to the basalts and basanites.
87Sr/86Sr initial ratios range from 0.7034 to 0.7056 in the main magma series (excluding rhyolites) and 143Nd/144Nd ratios vary between 0.512927 and 0.512669; both are correlated with increasing SiO2 in the lavas. The data can be explained by a model of crustal contamination linked with fractional crystallisation. This indicates that crustal magma chambers are the sites of differentiation since only rarely do evolved magmas not show a crustal isotopic signature and conversely basic magmas have primitive isotopic ratios unless they contain obvious crustal-derived xenocrysts. Potential contaminants include lower crustal granulites or partial melts of upper crustal units. Equal amounts of contamination are required for both magma series, refuting hypotheses of selective contamination of the silica-saturated series.
The isotopic characteristics of the apparently primary nephelinite lavas demonstrates widespread heterogeneity in the mantle beneath Cantal. Some rhyolites, previously thought to be extremely contaminated or to be crustally derived, are shown to have undergone post-emplacement hydrothermal alteration.
Present address: Grant Institute of Geology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, U.K.
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