Trends of Sr and Nd isotopes through time near the Japan Sea in northeastern Japan

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Geochemistry, Geochronology, Neodymium Isotopes, Sea Of Japan, Strontium Isotopes, Volcanology, Continents, Earth Crust, Magma, Marine Environments, Planetary Composition, Rocks

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Nd and Sr isotopic analyses were performed on selected volcanic rocks of 27-6 Ma age in the Green Tuff region of northeastern Japan, in adjacent areas, and in two ultramafic inclusions from Ichinomegata. The isotopic data plot generally along the region of the mantle array, and the volcanic rocks vary in epsilon(Nd) from -0.9 to 5.7, and in epsilon(Sr) from 14.1 to -16.3. It is found that the volcanic rocks are part of an evolutionary pattern over a time period of 27 Ma, and that the pattern goes from an initially enriched source to that of a very depleted source. A greater-than-15-Ma preopening stage, characterized by an enriched isotopic signature, and a less-than-15-Ma postopening stage, characterized by a depleted signature, are identified. It is suggested that the degree of continental crust involvement is high during the preopening stages of a back-arc basin when it is associated with a rifted continental mass.

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