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The origin and evolution of magmas from the San Pedro-Pellado volcanic complex, S. Chile: multicomponent sources and open system evolution

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The San Pedro-Pellado volcanic complex is located at 36° S in the Chilean Andes. The eruptive rocks of the complex record the development and collapse of a caldera, followed by voluminous, largely basaltic andesite, volcanism. At each stage of evolution, crystal fractionation was accompanied by variable degrees of contamination and mixing. Large variations in incompatible element ratios cannot be produced by closed system evolution. Correlations between indices of differentiation and incompatible element ratios, together with high δ 18O values, indicate that basaltic andesites have assimilated crust to generate the evolved volcanic rocks at San Pedro-Pellado. Even in the most mafic rocks, however, incompatible element characteristics are variable as a result of source heterogeneity and deep level processes. The restricted ranges in isotope ratios of Sr, Nd and Pb among San Pedro-Pellado rocks are due to the small contrast in isotopic compositions between magma and wallrock. Three source components are recognized as contributing to parental magmas at San Pedro-Pellado. Although the relative contributions of each cannot be quantified, the volumetrically dominant source component is the sub-arc asthenospheric mantle (MORB source). The major source of LILE is thought to be slab-derived fluids which modified the sub-arc mantle. Other incompatible elements may also have been enriched by interaction with the continental lithosphere (mantle and/or lower crust) during ascent.

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    Jon P. Davidson, Kurt M. Ferguson, Michael T. Colucci & Michael A. Dungan

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Davidson, J.P., Ferguson, K.M., Colucci, M.T. et al. The origin and evolution of magmas from the San Pedro-Pellado volcanic complex, S. Chile: multicomponent sources and open system evolution. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 100, 429–445 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00371373

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