Major element chemistry of Galapagos Rift Zone magmas and their phenocrysts

Details Major element chemistry of Galapagos Rift Zone magmas and their phenocrysts Major element chemistry of Galapagos Rift Zone magmas and their phenocrysts

Nov 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982e%26psl..61..171f&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 61, Issue 1, p. 171-189.

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Basalts dredged from the Galapagos Rift Zone between 85°W and 100°W were analyzed by electron microprobe to determine the chemistry of the glass exteriors and included phenocrysts, microphenocrysts and quench minerals. The basalts come from both ``normal'' mid-ocean ridge segments and from ridge segments that cross the Galapagos Platform. The basalts fall into two chemical and geographical groups. Group A basalts come from outside the central region of the Galapagos Platform (i.e., outside 89-92.5°W) and are chemically similar to basalts from ``normal'' ocean ridge segments. Group B basalts come from the center of the Galapagos Platform (89-92.5°W) and are enriched in incompatible elements like ``plume-influenced'' basalts from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The spinel, olivine, plagioclase and clinopyroxene phenocrysts in both groups of basalts are low-pressure, equilibrium phases, but the chemical difference among basalts from within each group indicates high-pressure fractional crystallization is also responsible for the chemical evolution of some of these basalts. Presently, no crystallization or partial melting model can relate the chemistry of the two groups of basalts and the compositional influence of a large-ion-lithophile elements and water-rich mantle beneath the Galapagos Platform is a viable alternate hypothesis. The eruption temperature of magmas from the ``normal'' ridge segments, as determined by olivine-liquid thermometry is 1217+/-10°C, suggesting steady-state conditions but on the Galapagos Platform the eruption temperatures are lower and more variable than on the ``normal'' ridge (1186°C+/-30°C) suggesting a more complex plumbing system and the absence of a steady-state magma chamber beneath the platform.

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