Mineral chemistry and genetic significance of clinopyroxenes in the basement basalts from the southern Kyushu-Palau Ridge

Liu Zhenxuan; Yan Quanshu; Liu Yanguang; Yang Gang; Shi Xuefa

doi:10.12284/hyxb2023071

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Liu Zhenxuan，Yan Quanshu，Liu Yanguang, et al. Mineral chemistry and genetic significance of clinopyroxenes in the basement basalts from the southern Kyushu-Palau Ridge[J]. Haiyang Xuebao，2023, 45(6)：75–92 doi: 10.12284/hyxb2023071

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Mineral chemistry and genetic significance of clinopyroxenes in the basement basalts from the southern Kyushu-Palau Ridge

doi: 10.12284/hyxb2023071

Liu Zhenxuan^1
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Yan Quanshu^{1, 2, 3
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Liu Yanguang^{1, 2, 3},
Yang Gang^{1, 2},
Shi Xuefa^{1, 2, 3}

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Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Metallogeny, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China
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Laboratory of Marine Geology, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266061, China
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Key Laboratory of Deep Sea Mineral Resources Development, Shandong (preparatory), Qingdao 266061, China

Received Date: 2022-10-26
Rev Recd Date: 2022-12-15

Available Online: 2023-06-15

Publish Date: 2023-06-30

Abstract

Abstract

The Kyushu-Palau ridge (KPR) is an important part of the proto-Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc. The mineralogical and petrological studies of the arc basement rocks can provide significant insights for understanding the petrogenesis and magmatism characteristics of the early stage of intra-oceanic island arc evolution. In this paper, we performed petrographic and detailed mineral geochemical analyses including in situ major-trace elements of clinopyroxene (Cpx) phenocrysts and microcrystals from the basement basalts from the southern KPR. The results show that clinopyroxenes are mainly augites and diopside, which generally have similar chemical components for the phenocrysts and microcrystals. These clinopyroxenes are depleted in light rare earth elements with weak Eu negative anomalies. Most of the Cpx macrocrysts display zoning structures, which can be classified into basic and oscillatory zoning. The MgO, FeO, Al₂O₃, TiO₂ and Mg# contents show complex high-low variations from the pyroxene core to the rim, indicating multi-period magma mixing and replenishment events. The crystallization temperature and pressure of Cpx phenocrysts are 1 151−1210℃ and 1.3×10⁸−4.2×10⁸ Pa, respectively. In addition, the water content of parent magma obtained by the inversion calculated from Cpx components is 0.8%−2.3% (wet weight). Conclusively, we suggested that the parent magma of the southern KPR lavas that formed within a typical intra-oceanic island-arc setting is a sub-alkaline island-arc tholeiite basaltic melt with high temperature, medium pressure, and high oxygen fugacity. The magma chambers were shallow in depth and there existed multi-period replenishment and mixing of primitive magma.
- clinopyroxene,
- mineral chemistry,
- zoning structure,
- magmatic process,
- island-arc basalt,
- Kyushu-Palau Ridge

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