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Shea, Joshua J., and Stephen F. Foley. "Evidence for a Carbonatite-Influenced Source Assemblage for Intraplate Basalts from the Buckland Volcanic Province, Queensland, Australia." Minerals 9, no. 9 (September 10, 2019): 546. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min9090546.

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Eastern Australia contains a widespread suite of primitive (MgO ≥ 7.5 wt.%) intraplate basaltic provinces, including those sited along the longest continental hotspot track on Earth (≈2000 km), the Cosgrove track. The Buckland volcanic province is the most southerly basaltic province on the Cosgrove track before a >1600 km stretch that contains only sparse leucitite volcanism. Buckland is also situated just northeast of the edge of thick cratonic lithosphere where it transitions to a thinner continental lithosphere (<110 km) to the east, which may influence the production of plume-derived melts. Here, analysis of minor and trace elements in olivines in alkali basalts and basanites from the Buckland Province are combined with whole-rock compositions to elucidate the mantle source assemblages, and to calibrate minor and trace element indicators in olivine for application to source mineralogy. Olivine xenocrysts show element concentration ranges typical for peridotites; Mn and Al concentrations indicate that the ambient mantle is spinel, rather than garnet, peridotite. High modal pyroxene content is indicated by high Ni, Zn/Fe, and Fe/Mn in olivines, while high Ti/Sc is consistent with amphibole in the source. Residual phlogopite in the source of the basanites is indicated by low K/Nb in whole rocks, while apatite contains high P2O5 and low Rb/Sr (≥0.015) and Sr/La (≥13). The basanite source assemblage probably contains apatite, phlogopite, olivine, clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene, whereas the alkali basalt source assemblage is probably amphibole, olivine, orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene ± phlogopite ± apatite. Both source assemblages correspond broadly to olivine websterite, with the basanite source lying deeper than that for alkali basalt, explaining the occurrence of phlogopite in the source. This mineralogy, along with whole-rock Ti/Eu, Zr/Hf and P2O5/TiO2 values approaching those of natural carbonatites, provide evidence showing that the Buckland source consists of a peridotite that has interacted with a carbonate-rich melt whose origin may be in the deep lithosphere or asthenosphere beneath the craton. Similar enrichment processes are probably common throughout eastern Australia, controlling trace element characteristics in basaltic provinces. The topography of the underside of the lithosphere may play a significant role in determining mantle source assemblages by diverting and concentrating melt flow, and thus influence the location of basaltic provinces.
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Anderson, Robert G., Jonah Resnick, James K. Russell, G. J. Woodsworth, Michael E. Villeneuve, and Nancy C. Grainger. "The Cheslatta Lake suite: Miocene mafic, alkaline magmatism in central British Columbia." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38, no. 4 (April 1, 2001): 697–717. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e00-121.

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New mapping, mineralogical, and geochemical studies help characterize late Tertiary primitive, alkaline, sodic basanite, alkali olivine basalt, transitional basalt, and diabase in the Nechako River, Whitesail Lake, and McLeod Lake map areas of central British Columbia and distinguish the Miocene Cheslatta Lake suite. The suite encompasses scattered erosional remnants of topographically distinct, columnar-jointed, olivine-phyric basalt and diabase volcanic necks, dykes, and associated lava flows north of the Anahim volcanic belt and west of the Pinchi Fault. Volcanic centres at Alasla Mountain and at Cutoff Creek, near Cheslatta Lake, are proposed as type areas. Olivine, plagioclase, and pyroxene phenocrysts, megacrysts, and (or) xenocrysts; common ultramafic xenoliths; and rare but significant plutonic and metamorphic xenoliths are characteristic. Basanite, transitional basalt, and alkali olivine basalt groundmass contain plagioclase, clinopyroxene, Fe-Ti oxides, feldspathoid, olivine, and apatite. The Cheslatta Lake suite is characterized by its alkaline character, olivine-rich (>10 wt.%) normative mineralogy, and silica-undersaturated nature (>1 wt.% normative nepheline; hypersthene-normative rocks are uncommon). Mg numbers vary between 72–42. Some samples encompass near-primitive mantle melt compositions. Cheslatta Lake suite rocks in the Nechako River area are distinguished from the underlying Eocene Endako and stratigraphically higher Neogene Chilcotin groups basaltic andesite lavas within the study area, and from the Chilcotin Group basalt in the type area south of the Anahim volcanic belt, by form, preserved thickness, phenocryst–xenocryst mineralogy, amygdule abundance, included xenoliths, isotopic age, and major and incompatible, high field strength, and rare-earth trace element contents.
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Russell, J. K., G. T. Nixon, and T. H. Pearce. "Petrographic constraints on modelling the crystallization of basalt magma, Cow Lakes, southeast Oregon." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 25, no. 4 (April 1, 1988): 486–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e88-049.

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Thermodynamic calculations and models of olivine zoning profiles are used to estimate the crystallization history of a basaltic magma from Cow Lakes, southeast Oregon. The lava is an alkali olivine basalt containing olivine and plagioclase phenocrysts and microphenocrysts. The geometry and range of chemical zoning in the olivine phenocrysts have been delineated by laser interference microscopy and electron microprobe analysis. The olivine phenocrysts are characterized by homogeneous cores and rims that exhibit strong, continuous, normal zoning (ΔFo = 7–19 mol%).Thermodynamic modelling has been used to estimate the magmatic crystallization path of the Cow Lakes basalt on the basis of the phenocryst assemblage and mineral compositions. The calculated crystallization path begins at 1290 °C and 0.5 GPa ([Formula: see text]) with equilibrium crystallization of the olivine to 1265 °C. Plagioclase appears at 1225 °C, followed by clinopyroxene at 1205 °C. Intratelluric crystallization was terminated prior to crystallization of the clinopyroxene, which is seen in the groundmass but not as phenocrysts.The thermodynamic modelling provides a means to numerically simulate the zoning patterns in olivine defined by the laser interference microscopy. Simulated and observed zoning patterns both have compositionally flat cores and strongly zoned rims. The extent of zoning observed in the olivine phenocrysts is, however, approximately twice the predicted extent, and it appears that a significant proportion of olivine phenocrysts crystallized during ascent or upon eruption.
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Saadat, Saeed, and Charles R. Stern. "Petrochemistry of a xenolith-bearing Neogene alkali olivine basalt from northeastern Iran." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 225-226 (May 2012): 13–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.02.014.

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Upton, B. G. J., D. Stephenson, and A. R. Martin. "The Tugtutôq older giant dyke complex: mineralogy and geochemistry of an alkali gabbro-augite-syenite-foyaite association in the Gardar Province of South Greenland." Mineralogical Magazine 49, no. 354 (December 1985): 623–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1985.049.354.01.

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AbstractThe Older Giant Dyke Complex is a differentiated alkaline intrusion of Proterozoic age (1154±16 Ma) and is the earliest of the late Gardar intrusions in the Tugtutôq-Ilímaussaq region. The dyke is approximately 20 km long by 0·5 km broad and comprises (i) marginal ‘border group’ rocks of alkali olivine gabbro, grading inwards to ferro-syenogabbro and (ii) an axial ‘central group’ of salic rocks ranging from augite syenite in the WSW to sodalite foyaite in the ENE.Chilled margins contain plagioclase (An53), olivine (Fo53), magnetite, ilmenite, and apatite as liquidus phases and later-crystallized augite (Di69Hd27Ac4) and biotite (Annite32). The coexisting Fe-Ti oxides indicate fO2 and T values just below the synthetic QFM buffer curve. In the border group, plagioclase cores zone into anorthoclase and soda-sanidine rims, olivines reach Fo16, pyroxenes Di32Hd59Ac9, and biotites Annite86. Interstitial pargasitic amphibole appears close to the innermost margins. In the central group, feldspars are all perthitic alkali feldspars and nepheline becomes a major, early crystallizing phase. Olivines range from Fo10-Fo4, in the augite-syenites where they coexist with ferro-salites Di50Hd47Ac3, but olivine is absent from foyaitic assemblages in which the pyroxenes range through aegirine-augite to pure aegirine. Interstitial amphiboles range from ferro-pargasite or hastingsite to katophorite and thence towards arfvedsonite, but are absent from the most differentiated rocks, whereas biotite occurs throughout the entire group in the range Annite71-Annite100.The parental magma, represented by the chilled margins, was a relatively anhydrous alkali olivine-basalt with an initial 87Sr/86Sr ratio of 0.70326. Its high Ti, P, Ba, and F contents are inferred to be features inherited from a primary magma, derived from the mantle as a small partial melt fraction which involved significant amounts of fluor-apatite and phlogopite. While all lithologies are considered as differentiates from this parental magma, there is both a well-defined field junction and a compositional hiatus between the border group and the central group rocks. Mineralogical considerations and REE patterns suggest that the later, more salic (?benmoreitic) magma from which the central group crystallized, related to the parental magma by ol-fsp-ap-FeTi oxide fractionation. Congelation in both border group and central group occurred by side-wall crystallization, but the salic magma became compositionally stratified, with upward concentration of alkalis and volatiles to produce a phonolitic upper facies which is preserved at the ENE end of the intrusion owing to subsequent axial tilting.
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Stolz, A. J. "Fluid activity in the lower crust and upper mantle: mineralogical evidence bearing on the origin of amphibole and scapolite in ultramafic and mafic granulite xenoliths." Mineralogical Magazine 51, no. 363 (December 1987): 719–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1987.051.363.13.

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AbstractXenoliths in an olivine nephelinite from the McBride Province, North Queensland, include Cr-diopside lherzolites, spinel and garnet websterites, felsic, 2-pyroxene and garnet granulites, and hornblendites. The spinel and garnet websterites are interpreted as crystal segregations from olivine basalt or alkali olivine basalt magma at ∼ 12 kbar followed by isobaric cooling (to approximately 900–1000°C) and subsolidus reequilibration. Garnet and 2-pyroxene granulites are mineralogically and texturally distinct and are considered to represent relatively large degrees of crystallization of basaltic magmas at comparable or slightly lower pressures (8–12 kbar). Mafic and ultramafic xenoliths have been modified to varying degrees following the relatively recent influx of a H2O- and CO2-bearing fluid. Variable amounts of amphibole and mica developed in response to the introduced fluid and it is argued that some hornblendites are the end-products of this process acting on spinel websterites. Felsic and 2-pyroxene granulite xenoliths display only minor evidence of increased PH2O. Mineralogical and textural evidence indicates high-sulphur Ca-rich scapolite in several garnet granulites did not form in response to the increased fluid activities. It is proposed the scapolite was a primary cumulate phase precipitated from alkali basaltic magma under elevated fo2 and fso2 conditions.
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Kong, Fan-Mei, Hans-Peter Schertl, Ling-Quan Zhao, Xu-Ping Li, and Xiao-Han Liu. "Rhönite in Cenozoic alkali basalt from Changle, Shandong Province, China, and its significance." European Journal of Mineralogy 32, no. 3 (June 8, 2020): 325–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-325-2020.

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Abstract. Four Cenozoic, rhönite-bearing alkali-olivine basalt samples from the Changle area (Shandong Province, China) show an intracontinental character and were generated in an extensional setting. Petrographic studies document different generations of rhönite. In three samples, rhönite occurs either as a reaction product surrounding coarse-grained corundum, spinel and phlogopite or along cleavage planes in phlogopite. In one sample rhönite forms disseminated crystals in a mantle xenolith, possibly formed by a reaction of coarse-grained orthopyroxene or spinel with a melt. Rhönite exhibits a wide range of compositions: 22.9 wt %–33.0 wt % SiO2, 13.3 wt %–19.0 wt % Al2O3, 9.4 wt %–19.9 wt % MgO and 10.210.2 wt %–24.5 wt % FeO. The derived primary substitutions include (1) SiIV + NaVII = (Al, Fe3+)IV + CaVII, (2) MgVI = (Fe2+, Mn2+)VI and (3) TiVI + (Mg + Fe2+ + Mn2+)VI = 2Fe3+VI. Rare-earth-element (REE) patterns of euhedral rhönite crystals from the mantle xenolith (sample SS17) and those surrounding spinel (sample CL04) have a concave-upward shape for the heavy rare-earth elements (HREEs) and are slightly enriched in the light rare-earth elements (LREEs). These patterns resemble those of kaersutitic amphibole and kaersutite reported from basanite, olivine nephelinite, transitional alkali-olivine basalt and hawaiite. In contrast, REE patterns of the other two samples containing fine-grained, anhedral and acicular rhönite crystals (samples CL01 and EGS03) are relatively steep, with lower HREE and higher LREE abundances, similar to those of ocean island basalts (OIBs). All types of Changle rhönite show positive Nb, Ti and V anomalies in spidergrams normalized to primitive mantle. Mineral assemblages of the studied samples indicate that rhönite crystallized at different stages within a temperature range from about 950 to 1180 ∘C and at pressures below 0.5 kbar, with fO2 below the NNO buffer. The chemical composition of Changle rhönite is interpreted to depend on the composition of the initial silicate melt, the redox conditions during crystallization and the composition of the minerals involved in reactions to form rhönite. Similar to metasomatic mantle amphibole, the compositions of Changle rhönites cover the I-Amph (I-amphibole) and S-Amph (S-amphibole) fields, indicating that they may have formed due to an intraplate metasomatic event, overprinting an older metasomatic subduction episode.
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Hirano, Naoto, Junji Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kagi, and Teruaki Ishii. "Young, olivine xenocryst-bearing alkali-basalt from the oceanward slope of the Japan Trench." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 148, no. 1 (July 28, 2004): 47–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00410-004-0593-z.

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Hurai, V., M. Huraiová, P. Konečný, and R. Thomas. "Mineral-melt-fluid composition of carbonate-bearing cumulate xenoliths in Tertiary alkali basalts of southern Slovakia." Mineralogical Magazine 71, no. 1 (February 2007): 63–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2007.071.1.63.

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AbstractTwo types of carbonatic cumulate xenoliths occur in alkali basalts of the northern part of the Carpatho-Pannonian region, Central Europe. One is dominated by Ca-Fe-Mg carbonates with randomly distributed bisulphide globules (Fe1+xS2, x = 0–0.1), Mg-Al spinel, augite, rhönite, Ni-Co-rich chalcopyrite, and a Fe(Ni,Fe)2S4 phase. The second, carbonatic pyroxenite xenolith type, is composed of diopside, subordinate fluorapatite, interstitial Fe-Mg carbonates, and accessory K-pargasite, F-Al-rich ferroan phlogopite, Mg-Al spinel, albite and K-feldspar. All accessory minerals occur in ultrapotassic dacite-trachydacite glass in primary silicate melt inclusions in diopside, together with calcio-carbonatite and CO2-N2-CO inclusions. Textural evidence is provided for multiphase fluid-melt immiscibility in both xenolith types. The carbonatic pyroxenite type is inferred to have accumulated from differentiated, volatile-rich, ultrapotassic magma derived by a very low-degree partial melting of strongly metasomatized mantle. Mineral indicators point to a genetic link between the carbonatite xenolith with olivine-fractionated, silica-undersaturated alkalic basalt ponded at the mantle-crust boundary.
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Upton, B. G. J., J. G. Fitton, and R. M. Macintyre. "The Glas Eilean lavas: evidence of a Lower Permian volcano-tectonic basin between Islay and Jura, Inner Hebrides." Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 77, no. 4 (1987): 289–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s026359330002318x.

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ABSTRACTSubaerial lavas and intercalated sediments crop out on the islet of Glas Eilean and the Black Rock skerries in the Sound of Islay between Islay and Jura. The visible succession is c. 120 m thick and is traceable c. 2 km along strike (NNW–SSE). The lavas are alkali olivine-basalts containing olivine ± plagioclase and augite phenocrysts. Decreasing Mg, Cr and Ni upwards, coupled with decreasing average flow thickness and increasing amounts of inter-flow sediment, suggest progressively waning volcanic activity marked by decreasing ascent rates and greater degrees of differentiation. K-Ar dating on one sample gave an early Permian age of 285 ± 5 Ma. It is inferred that the lavas erupted from an isolated basalt volcano situated on a NNW–SSE trending fracture, associated with a narrow developing half-graben within the Dalradian metasediments. The tectonism and magmatism is inferred to be related to the ‘Clyde Belt’ of fault-bounded basins extending from Cheshire to the Little Minch.
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Intasopa, Suporn, Todd Dunn, and Richard StJ Lambert. "Geochemistry of Cenozoic basaltic and silicic magmas in the central portion of the Loei–Phetchabun volcanic belt, Lop Buri, Thailand." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 32, no. 4 (April 1, 1995): 393–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e95-034.

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Cenozoic volcanic rocks outcrop in the central portion of the Loei–Phetchabun volcanic belt in central Thailand in the Lop Buri area. The volcanic rocks range in composition from basalt to high-silica rhyolite. In general, the volcanic rocks decrease in age from south to north. The oldest rocks studied are 55–57 Ma rhyolites that are isotopically and geochemically distinct from younger (13–24 Ma) rhyolites that occur farther north. Intermediate rocks (andesite and dacite) are less voluminous than rhyolite. Basalt occurs in the central and northern parts of the area and ranges in composition from olivine tholeiites to nepheline normative alkali basalts. The isotopic, major, and trace element compositions of the andesites, dacites, and younger rhyolites are consistent with an origin for these rocks by variable degrees of partial melting of metabasaltic crustal rocks, themselves derived from a depleted mantle source at approximately 530 ± 100 Ma. The apparent extent of partial melting of metabasalt increases from rhyolite to andesite. The isotopic and trace element systematics of the basalts are consistent with a refertilized depleted mantle source with characteristics of a mixture of normal mid-ocean ridge basalt source mantle and enriched mantle II type mantle.
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Ishibashi, Hidemi, and Hiroaki Sato. "Viscosity measurements of subliquidus magmas: Alkali olivine basalt from the Higashi-Matsuura district, Southwest Japan." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 160, no. 3-4 (February 2007): 223–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.10.001.

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Grapes, R. H., R. J. Wysoczanski, and P. W. O. Hoskin. "Rhönite paragenesis in pyroxenite xenoliths, Mount Sidley volcano, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica." Mineralogical Magazine 67, no. 4 (August 2003): 639–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/0026461036740123.

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AbstractRhönite occurs in lower crustal pyroxenite xenoliths erupted in phonolite from the Mount Sidley composite volcano, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, as a localized breakdown product, with plagioclase, clinopyroxene, ± olivine ± Ti-magnetite + melt, of kaersutite, and as microphenocrysts (with olivine, plagioclase, clinopyroxene) in pockets of basanitic melt. Rhö nite after kaersutite has a more NaSi-rich/ CaAl-poor composition, lower Ti, and formed at higher oxidation (∼NNO) conditions than rhönite occurring as microphenocrysts in basanite. Comparison with experimentally determined rhönite stability in understaturated alkali basalt and as a reaction product after Ti-amphibole indicates that the Mount Sidley rhönite (and associated minerals) formed between 1090 and 1190°C at <0.5 kbar, presumably during temporary residence of the xenoliths in a shallow magma chamber below the volcanic edifice.
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AYALEW, DEREJE, NICK ARNDT, FLORENCE BASTIEN, GEZAHEGN YIRGU, and BRUNO KIEFFER. "A new mantle xenolith locality from Simien shield volcano, NW Ethiopia." Geological Magazine 146, no. 1 (November 6, 2008): 144–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756808005785.

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AbstractThin-section observations and electron probe analyses, and trace element data are reported from a new mantle xenolith hosted in Miocene alkali basalt from the western flank of Simien shield volcano, Ethiopia. The spinel lherzolite enclaves contain variable proportions of olivine, orthopyroxene, green clinopyroxene and brown spinel, and have undergone deformation and partial recrystallization. They represent unmetasomatized, fertile xenoliths which were subjected to a late-stage melt–rock reaction. Trace element contents of clinopyroxene crystals are extremely low and quite different from those of the other xenoliths within the East African Rift System.
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Sinh, Vuong Bui Thi, Yasuhito Osanai, Christoph Lenz, Nobuhiko Nakano, Tatsuro Adachi, Elena Belousova, and Ippei Kitano. "Gem-Quality Zircon Megacrysts from Placer Deposits in the Central Highlands, Vietnam—Potential Source and Links to Cenozoic Alkali Basalts." Minerals 9, no. 2 (February 1, 2019): 89. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min9020089.

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Gem-quality zircon megacrysts occur in placer deposits in the Central Highlands, Vietnam, and have euhedral to anhedral crystal shapes with dimensions of ~3 cm in length. These zircons have primary inclusions of calcite, olivine, and corundum. Secondary quartz, baddeleyite, hematite, and CO2 fluid inclusions were found in close proximity to cracks and tubular channels. LA-ICP-MS U-Pb ages of analyzed zircon samples yielded two age populations of ca. 1.0 Ma and ca. 6.5 Ma, that were consistent with the ages of alkali basalt eruptions in the Central Highlands at Buon Ma Thuot (5.80–1.67 Ma), Pleiku (4.30–0.80 Ma), and Xuan Loc (0.83–0.44 Ma). The zircon geochemical signatures and primary inclusions suggested a genesis from carbonatite-dominant melts as a result of partial melting of a metasomatized lithospheric mantle source, but not from the host alkali basalt. Chondrite-normalized rare earth element patterns showed a pronounced positive Ce, but negligible Eu anomalies. Detailed hyperspectral Dy3+ photoluminescence images of zircon megacrysts revealed resorption and re-growth processes.
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Peslier, A. H., J. F. Luhr, A. B. Woodland, J. A. Wolff, and J. K. Meen. "Estimating alkali basalt and kimberlite magma ascent rates using H diffusion profiles in xenolithic mantle olivine." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, no. 18 (August 2006): A484. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.1431.

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MELLUSO, LEONE, ROBERTO DE' GENNARO, LORENZO FEDELE, LUIGI FRANCIOSI, and VINCENZO MORRA. "Evidence of crystallization in residual, Cl–F-rich, agpaitic, trachyphonolitic magmas and primitive Mg-rich basalt–trachyphonolite interaction in the lava domes of the Phlegrean Fields (Italy)." Geological Magazine 149, no. 3 (November 1, 2011): 532–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756811000902.

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AbstractThe lava domes in the northwestern (Cuma), northern (Punta Marmolite) and central (Accademia) parts of the Phlegrean Fields are the subject of this study. The Cuma and Punta Marmolite trachyphonolitic lava domes are among the oldest Phlegrean products cropping out. The Cuma rocks have an agpaitic groundmass, with early alkali feldspar, Fe-rich clinopyroxene, Fe-edenite and sodalite and late rosenbuschite, fluorite, baddeleyite, pyrochlore, britholite, monazite, aegirine (often Zr-rich) and exceptionally Fe–Mn-rich olivine. The bulk-rock compositions at Cuma have some of the highest concentrations of Zn, Mn, Zr, Nb, Th, U and lanthanides among the Phlegrean Fields rocks, and some of the lowest MgO, P2O5, Sr, Eu and Ba. The Punta Marmolite dome is chemically less evolved, and lacks characteristic agpaitic minerals, but features alkali feldspar, sodalite, nepheline and relatively Na-poor, Fe-rich hedenbergite, with rare Ca-rich plagioclase xenocryst cores. The Accademia dome, belonging to the recent activity, is latitic to trachytic in composition, has highly forsteritic olivine (with chromiferous spinel inclusions), calcic plagioclase and Mg-rich diopside (± phlogopite) xenocrysts in an evolved host rock (with phenocrysts and microlites of alkali feldspar, Fe-rich clinopyroxene, Fe-rich amphibole, magnetite, Fe-rich olivine and accessory baddeleyite, zirconolite and fluorite). There is clear evidence of open-system magma crystallization in the form of interaction between a crystallizing, primitive shoshonitic basalt in a reservoir already filled by rather evolved trachytic magma. The magmatic evolution towards the evolved compositions is dominated by crystallization of more and more Na-rich alkali feldspar in a Cl-, F-rich and relatively H2O-poor environment. Input of mafic magma is evident in many trachytic eruptions of the Phlegrean Fields and even in the products of the Campanian Ignimbrite, but eruptions having mineral assemblages rich in xenocryst phases as well as eruptions virtually free of mafic magma input are also frequently observed throughout the history. This suggests a variable pattern of open- and closed-system crystallization, which may or may not be linked to explosive activity, and that can be caused by intermittent supply of basaltic magma from depth.
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Emeleus, C. H. "The Tertiary lavas and sediments of northwest Rhum, Inner Hebrides." Geological Magazine 122, no. 5 (September 1985): 419–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800035342.

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AbstractSeveral small outliers of Tertiary lavas and sediments rest with strong unconformity on a buried landscape eroded from Torridonian sediments and Tertiary granophyre. Erosion continued during the period of sediment and lava accumulation. Four formations are recognized; these are, in order of increasing age, the Orval Formation (hawaiite and basaltic hawaiite lavas), the Guirdil Formation (icelandite lavas, interbedded conglomerates), the Upper Fionchra Formation (tholeiitic basaltic andesite lavas, hyaloclastite deposits, basal conglomerate) and the Lower Fionchra Formation (alkali and transitional basalt, basaltic hawaiite and hawaiite lava flows, basal conglomerate); each is separated by an erosional interval. Clasts in the conglomerates reveal a history of erosion of a terrain exposing gneisses, Torridonian sediments, igneous rocks derived from the Rhum Tertiary Central Complex (including allivalites), and Tertiary lavas of local origin but also including, in the oldest conglomerates, tholeiitic basalts not now preserved on or near Rhum. Prior to and during lava and sediment accumulation, erosion on Rhum had cut down to a level similar to that of the present day, although not to the extent that high-grade thermally altered rocks, which are a marked feature of the Central Complex, were being eroded in any quantity. A sequence of east–west trending valleys, possibly initiated on the line of the earlier Main Ring Fault, drained the area of the Central Complex which then, as now, must have been high ground. Small lakes occasionally formed in the valleys allowing the accumulation of fine-grained sediment with plant remains, and promoting the formation of hyaloclastite deposits when buried by later flows. No source for any of the lava formations is preserved on Rhum; they are thought to have come from feeders north of Rhum, possibly near Canna, and to have ponded against the hills and valleys near and in the Central Complex.The oldest tholeiitic lavas, not now found in situ, were followed by alkali and transitional flows compositionally similar to the Skye Main Lava Series but characteristically feldsparphyric; the most mafic also contain phenocrysts of magnesian olivine (with included Cr-Al-rich spinels) and aluminous spinel. Both the early alkalic/transitional basalts and the youngest hawaiites and basaltic hawaiites equilibrated at pressures < 9 kb; the tholeiitic basaltic andesites and icelandites equilibrated at relatively shallows depths.Apart from a few N–S to NW–SE-trending basalt dykes, the lava formations represent the youngest Tertiary igneous event on Rhum.
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MOGHAZI, ABDEL-KADER M. "Geochemistry of a Tertiary continental basalt suite, Red Sea coastal plain, Egypt: petrogenesis and characteristics of the mantle source region." Geological Magazine 140, no. 1 (January 2003): 11–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756802006994.

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Major and trace element data on Tertiary continental basalt flows from the Shalatein area, Red Sea coastal plain of Egypt, have been presented and used to obtain more information about their source region and the processes involved in their generation. The rocks are mainly alkali olivine basalt with MgO and Mg no. in the range of 9.8–5 wt % and 65–46, respectively. They display wide variations in incompatible element concentrations, particularly LREE, Zr, Nb, K, Y, Ba and Sr. There is no evidence of significant crustal contamination or a lithospheric mantle signature in these rocks. Normalized trace element patterns and diagnostic elemental ratios are very similar to those of modern ocean-island basalts (OIB) a feature which suggests that the mantle source region was the asthenosphere. Comparison with the different types of OIB indicates that the basalts may be derived from a high U/Pb (HIMU) source with slightly elevated K and Ba contents. The basalts show general trends of increasing incompatible elements (K2O, Nb, Y, Sr and Yb), and decreasing contents of compatible elements (Cr, Ni, Sc and Ca) with decreasing Mg no. Furthermore, TiO2, P2O5, LREE and Th define maxima at about Mg no.=56, suggesting late fractionation of Fe–Ti oxides and apatite. Although these variations are consistent with fractional crystallization processes, the wide variations in LREE contents and the incompatible trace element ratios Ce/Y (1.2–3.8), Zr/Nb (2.3–7.1) and Nb/Y (0.6–4) in the least fractionated samples (Mg no. > 56) suggest that fractional crystallization involving the observed phenocryst assemblage (olivine and clinopyroxene) cannot fully explain such compositional variations. Modelling of the mafic rocks (Mg no. > 56) using REE suggests varying degrees of partial melting of an enriched mantle source region in the garnet stability field. Partial melting is attributed to plume-related mantle upwelling beneath the Red Sea rift system.
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Okrusch, Martin, Ulrich Schüssler, Paul Van Den Bogaard, Nikola Koglin, Helene Brätz, Joachim Lorenz, Cliff Karbusicka, and Tobias Spiegl. "Isolated alkaline basalt occurrences in the northern Spessart, Germany: Outposts of the Early Miocene Vogelsberg shield volcano?" Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry 196, no. 3 (July 1, 2020): 199–219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/njma/2020/0194.

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Four isolated occurrences of Tertiary volcanic rocks in the northern Spessart at Beilstein, Hoher Berg, Madstein and Kasselgrund are relics of volcanic vents or dikes. They display alkaline basalts (s. l.) with mainly trachybasaltic composition, which, from normative mineral contents, may be designated as nepheline-bearing alkali-olivine basalts and basanites. In part, centimetre-sized xenoliths of spinel lherzolite occur. According to Ar-Ar dating, the alkaline basalts (s. l.) from Kasselgrund have erupted at 18.1 ± 0.3 or 19.3 ± 0.4 Ma, those of Hoher Berg between c. 18 and c. 21 Ma. These ages correspond to the Vogelsberg eruption stage I. A slightly younger Ar-Ar age of 16.8 ± 0.3 Ma was recorded for the Beilstein basalt, which is in chronological accordance to the turn of Vogelsberg eruption stages II and III. Samples of all four occurrences reveal major and trace element compositions, which are different from those of the Vogelsberg basalts. Compositions of basalts of the stage III from Vogelsberg coincide most with the Spessart basalts. This signals a special position of the northern Spessart volcanic rocks either as a discrete spatial part of the Vogelsberg volcanic suite or as smaller, independent eruption centres.
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Linthout, K. "Provenance of the Roman basalt stone at Kotterbos (Lelystad, the Netherlands): A geoarchaeological study based on petrographic and geochemical analysis, and comparison with a synthesis of basalt stones along the northern Limes." Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw 94, no. 4 (February 4, 2015): 387–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/njg.2014.45.

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AbstractA solitary unprocessed, 26-cm basalt stone recently found at the Roman (69 AD) site at Kotterbos (Lelystad, the Netherlands), situated 40 km north of the Limes, has been examined petrographically and geochemically. The rock is similar to previously investigated Roman basalt stones and blocks from the Limes in the province of Utrecht. All are alkali olivine basalts and basanites, which are also the dominant rock types in the nearby volcanic hinterland in Germany. On the basis of 23 criteria, including all major and minor elements plus a selection of trace elements, the Kotterbos stone correlates with a distinctive subgroup of Limes basalts. This subgroup is characterised by relatively high Mg# and low TiO2 wt% values, as opposed to the other subgroup with lower Mg# and higher TiO2 wt% values. It is argued that the high Mg#–low TiO2 subgroup and the Kotterbos basalt have common geological provenance(s). Five basalt bodies in the hinterland match the criteria of this subgroup, and might be considered as locations of provenance. Of these five, only Rolandsbogen, located next to an ideal anchorage on the west bank of the Rhine, about 12 km upstream from Bonn, can also conform to sensible Roman demands concerning effective logistics and military safety. Consequently, Rolandsbogen is the most likely site of provenance for the high Mg#–low TiO2 subgroup, which includes the Kotterbos basalt. It is argued that the Kotterbos stone is not a rock that somehow got separated from a shipment of building stones to the northern Limes; rather, it is speculated that the stone was picked up as a stray cobble near the basalt body and taken onboard a Roman vessel moored at the Rolandsbogen anchorage.
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Williamson, I. T., and B. R. Bell. "The Palaeocene lava field of west-central Skye, Scotland: Stratigraphy, palaeogeography and structure." Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 85, no. 1 (1994): 39–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0263593300006301.

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ABSTRACTPalaeocene volcanic activity is represented in west-central Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, by a laterally extensive and thick pile of sub-aerial lavas mainly belonging to the alkali olivine basalt—hawaiite—mugearite—benmoreite—trachyte suite. The lavas are typical of many continental flood basalt suites and were principally fed from fissure eruptions similar to those of present day Iceland. Intercalated with the lavas are rare beds of heterogeneous volcaniclastic material, including breccias, conglomerates, sandstones and mudstones. The sequence forms a major portion of a larger volcanic field preserved within the NNE-SSW-elongated ‘Sea of the Hebrides’ sedimentary basin.Significant hiatuses in the volcanic activity are marked by deep-weathering profiles and thin sedimentary sequences comprising mudstones, ironstones, coals, sandstones and conglomerates. Palaeocurrent indicators and clast lithologies within the clastic sedimentary rocks indicate that erosion of a massif dominated by the Palaeocene Rum Igneous Complex and its roof rocks, c. 20 km to the S, provided abundant detritus to a river system which drained towards the N. Such sedimentary intercalations aid the stratigraphical subdivision of the lava field. Eight lava groups, each most likely with a different focus of fissure eruption, and divisible into mappable formations, together with two sedimentary formations, are recognised.The alkali olivine basalts are typically thin, with a tendency to form compound flows with limited lateral extents, whilst the hawaiites and mugearites are considerably thicker and cover large areas. Only very rarely are flow terminations observed. The original extents of the single benmoreite and rare trachytes cannot be determined from their limited erosional remnants. The more evolved flows tended to occur after brief hiatuses in the volcanic activity, indicated by well-developed lateritic tops to the underlying flows.The youngest preserved lava is a columnar-jointed olivine tholeiite with a MORB-like composition. The flow is at least 120 m thick and apparently ponded in a steep-sided palaeo-valley within the lava field.Three fault trends are recognised: parallel, normal and marginally oblique to the main NW-SEtrending regional dyke swarm, and dissect the lava field into a number of discrete blocks. The more significant of these faults may have been active during the development of the lava field, and in some instances instrumental in controlling the distribution of the flows.Later Tertiary erosion has removed an unknown thickness of material from the upper part of the lava field, the preserved thickness of which is estimated to be about 1·5 km.
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Wiebe, R. A. "Proterozoic basalt dikes in the Nain anorthosite complex, Labrador." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 22, no. 8 (August 1, 1985): 1149–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e85-117.

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Two sets of Proterozoic (between 1290 and 1042 Ma) alkali to transitional basaltic dikes occur sparsely in an area of at least 5000 km2 within the Nain anorthosite complex. Both are compositionally similar in terms of major elements, but the set that trends roughly north–south (HP dikes) contains much higher concentrations of incompatible elements than the more abundant dikes that trend roughly east-northeast–west-southwest (LP dikes). Both types have low normative clinopyroxene relative to olivine—a characteristic shared with widespread troctolitic rocks in the Nain complex. Low Mg numbers and low Ni contents suggest that the magmas producing these dikes have undergone extensive fractional crystallization. The low normative Di content of these dikes suggests that this fractional crystallization occurred at depths equivalent to at least 10 kbar (1000 MPa).High equilibration temperatures for coexisting Fe–Ti oxides in the matrices of these dikes indicate that the dikes cooled rapidly and were emplaced near the surface. The exposed level of the Nain anorthosite complex (emplaced at depths of 8–10 km) indicates that the anorthosites were uplifted and eroded relatively soon after their emplacement, i.e., prior to dike emplacement.
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Arai, Shoji, Akihiro Tamura, Makoto Miura, and Kazuma Seike. "Abyssal Peridotite as a Component of Forearc Mantle: Inference from a New Mantle Xenolith Suite of Bankawa in the Southwest Japan Arc." Minerals 8, no. 11 (November 21, 2018): 540. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min8110540.

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Lithology and petrologic nature of the forearc mantle have been left unclear due to the very limited sampling to date. Here, we present petrological data on a forearc peridotite suite obtained as xenoliths in an alkali basalt dike (7.5 Ma) from the Bankawa area in the Southwest Japan arc for our better understanding of the forearc mantle. The host alkali basalt is of asthenosphere origin, and passed through a slab window with slight chemical modification by the slab-derived component. The Bankawa peridotite suite is comprised of lherzolites, which contain various amounts of secondary phlogopite and were metasomatized to various degrees. The least metasomatized lherzolite exhibits Fo91 of olivine, Cr/(Cr + Al) = 0.3 of chromian spinel, and depletion of middle to light rare-earth elements in clinopyroxene, and is overall similar to an abyssal lherzolite. It had originally formed at the proto-Pacific Ocean and then was trapped at a eastern margin of Eurasian continent by initiation of subduction. The forearc mantle peridotite formed as a residue of proto-arc magma formation is depleted harzburgite as represented by the peridotites obtained from the forearc seafloor, but can be less depleted abyssal peridotite if being devoid of partial melting or reaction with magmas after entrapment.
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Yaseen, Ibrahim Ahmad Ali Bany. "Contribution to the Petrography, Geochemistry, and Petrogenesis of Zarqa-Ma’in Pleistocene Alkali Olivine Basalt Flow of Central Jordan." International Journal of Geosciences 05, no. 06 (2014): 657–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ijg.2014.56059.

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Cattermole, P. J. "The crystallisation and differentiation of a layered intrusion of hydrated alkali olivine-basalt parentage at Rhiw, North Wales." Geological Journal 11, no. 1 (April 30, 2007): 45–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gj.3350110105.

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Mills, Ryan D., and Allen F. Glazner. "Experimental study on the effects of temperature cycling on coarsening of plagioclase and olivine in an alkali basalt." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 166, no. 1 (March 26, 2013): 97–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00410-013-0867-4.

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SHAW, CLIFF S. J., and ALAN D. EDGAR. "Post-entrainment mineral–melt reactions in spinel peridotite xenoliths from Inver, Donegal, Ireland." Geological Magazine 134, no. 6 (November 1997): 771–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s001675689700784x.

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Spinel lherzolite and harzburgite xenoliths hosted in an alkali basalt dyke near Inver, Donegal, Ireland show abundant evidence of interaction between xenolith minerals and the host melt. Of particular interest are primary Cr-diopside and spinel with sieve-textured coronas. Coronas on primary Cr-diopside are up to 3 mm wide and are associated with veinlets of devitrified glass. The coronas comprise secondary Cr-diopside with vermicular, interstitial alkali feldspar and chlorite grains up to 100 µm in size. The inclusion-free Cr-diopside cores are Al- and Na-rich whereas the coronas are Al- and Na-depleted and Ti-enriched. Sieve-textured spinels have similar texture to the clinopyroxene grains and are also associated with veinlets of infiltrated glass. However, the interstitial inclusions in the sieve-textured region are chlorite and nepheline. Inclusion-free spinel is part of a chromite–spinel solid solution and is Ti-poor. Spinel in the coronas has a greater chromite and ulvospinel component and falls close to a mixing line with spinel in the host alkali basalt. In addition to the sieve-textured grains, primary olivine in contact with infiltrated glass has Fe-rich rims, and orthopyroxene has broken down to form rims of olivine, clinopyroxene and a K-rich phase similar in composition to alkali-feldspar. Comparison of the compositions of the inclusion-free cores and sieve-textured rims shows that the rims have chemical signatures consistent with partial melting, that is, Al and Na depletion for clinopyroxene and Cr-enrichment for spinel. The textures of the coronas, particularly those around spinel and the reaction margins on orthopyroxene are identical to those produced during dissolution experiments.We suggest that silicate liquid from the host magma infiltrated the xenoliths during their ascent and since it was not in equilibrium with the xenolith minerals caused reaction. The occurrence of K-bearing interstitial minerals in the sieve-textured grains and reacted orthopyroxenes indicate that the coronas did not form by simple melting since none of the minerals that underwent breakdown are K-bearing. We suggest that the sieve-textured grains formed initially by partial melting and reaction associated with decompression and infiltration of liquid from the host magma. The melts included in the reacted phases were enriched in K by diffusion from the Si-poor infiltrated melt into the more Si-rich melt inclusions in the coronas.
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Mitchell, Roger H., R. Garth Platt, Maureen Downey, and David G. Laderoute. "Petrology of alkaline lamprophyres from the Coldwell alkaline complex, northwestern Ontario." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 28, no. 10 (October 1, 1991): 1653–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e91-147.

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A suite of alkaline lamprophyre dikes emplaced in centers I and II rocks of the Coldwell alkaline complex is composed of camptonites with calcite ocelli, camptonites with quartz macrocrysts, amphibole camptonites, monchiquites, and sannaites. The camptonites are characterized by phenocrysts of olivine, aluminian pyroxene, kaersutite, and titanian ferropargasite set in a matrix of magnesian hastingsite, augite, plagioclase, biotite, magnetite, sphene, and minor nepheline. Quartz macrocrysts occur as corroded euhedral single crystals. Monchiquites are petrographically similar to the camptonites but are characterized by the presence of an isotropic groundmass. Sannaites contain aluminian and chromian diopside phenocrysts set in a matrix of ferroan pargasite, aluminian diopside, biotite, albitized plagioclase, and epidotized alkali feldspar.Major-element compositions indicate the ocellar camptonites, amphibole camptonites, and monchiquites have affinities with alkali olivine basalt and that monchiquites and camptonites are heteromorphs. None of the dikes represent primitive liquids. Poor correlations between incompatible trace elements (Sr, Ba, Nb, Zr, rare earths), together with the presence of reversely zoned and corroded phenocrysts, suggest that none of the lamprophyres represent single batches of magma. The lamprophyres are considered to be hybrid magmas, formed by the mixing of fragmented cumulates, several generations of phenocrysts, and batches of magma extracted from a continuously replenished evolving magma chamber located within the infrastructure of the complex. Quartz-bearing camptonites are considered to form by contamination of camptonites, although the source of the quartz cannot be determined.
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Kaneko, Nobuyuki, and Tokiko Tiba. "Occurrence and K-Ar age of an alkali olivine basalt from Nakanoshima in Oki-Dozen, Shimane Prefecture, Southwest Japan." Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 104, no. 6 (1998): 419–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5575/geosoc.104.419.

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Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Satoshi Matsubara, Kazumi Yokoyama, Koichi Takeuchi, Yasuko Terada, and Izumi Nakai. "Kozoite-(Nd), Nd(CO3)(OH), a new mineral in an alkali olivine basalt from Hizen-cho, Saga Prefecture, Japan." American Mineralogist 85, no. 7-8 (July 2000): 1076–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2000-0724.

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TAKAI, Yasuhiro, and Seiichiro UEHARA. "Hizenite-(Y), Ca2Y6(CO3)11^|^middot;14H2O, a new mineral in alkali olivine basalt from Mitsukoshi, Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan." Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 108, no. 3 (2013): 161–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2465/jmps.120925.

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Yudalevich, Zinovi, and Yevgeny Vapnik. "Xenocrysts and megacrysts of alkali olivine-basalt-basanite-nephelinite association makhtesh ramon (israel): interaction with transporting magmas and morphological adjustment." LITOSFERA, no. 5 (October 28, 2018): 718–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.24930/1681-9004-2018-18-5-718-742.

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AWAD, Hamdy Ahmed Mohamed, and Aleksey Valer`evich NASTAVKIN. "Geological and petrographical studies around Um Taghir area, Сentral Eastern Desert, Egypt." NEWS of the Ural State Mining University 1, no. 1 (March 23, 2020): 7–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.21440/2307-2091-2020-1-7-25.

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Um Taghir area is located in the northern extreme boundary of Central Eastern Desert of Egypt at the west of Safaga City. Um Taghir is represented by island arc related rocks and late to post tectonic magmatism. The island arc related rocks are represented by metavolcaniclastic sequences and metagabrroic rocks. Metavolcanoclastic rocks are considered as the older rock units of the study are and intruded by the metagabbro. The late to post tectonic magmatism is represented by (dokhan volcanic, gabbro, tonalite-granodiorite, monzogranite, alkali feldspar granites and different types of dikes). Usually, the gabbroic rock is bearing ilmenite lenses or bands in the bottom of the layered; this is related to magma rich of iron oxides. Petrographically, island arc assemblage is classified in to actinolite hornblende schist and metagabbro that show quite different of their content in plagioclase, hornblende, augite, quartz and biotite. Occasionally, the late to post tectonic magmatism represented by andesite, gabbro, tonalite, granodiorite monzogranite, alkali feldspar granites and different types of dikes. Andesite consists of plagioclase, quartz, alkali feldspar and hornblende. Gabbroic rocks are represented by pyroxene hornblende gabbro and leucogabbro. They show quite different of their content in plagioclase, pyroxene and clear difference in the content of both olivine and hornblende in both of them. While tonalite and granodiorite show quite different of their content in plagioclase, quartz, hornblende, alkali felspar and biotite. On the other hand, monzogranite and alkali feldspar granite, they show plagioclase is varying from oligoclase to albite; K-feldspars, quartz and muscovite are relatively more abundant in the alkali feldspar granite. Finally, the different types of dikes classified into granite, andesite, rhyolite and basalt dikes consist of the different mineral compositions.
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Charland, Anne, Don Francis, and John Ludden. "Stratigraphy and geochemistry of the Itcha Volcanic Complex, central British Columbia." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30, no. 1 (January 1, 1993): 132–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e93-013.

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The Itcha Volcanic Complex is the youngest and easternmost felsic shield volcano of the Anahim Volcanic Belt of central British Columbia. The main body of the shield erupted over an area of ~300 km2 forming Itcha Mountain and Mount Downton. Volcanism associated with the Itcha Shield extended 20 km south to the Satah Mountain area, where lavas erupted along a north-northwest – south-southeast fault system and covered an additional area of 250 km2. The Itcha Volcanic Complex is characterized by a bimodal population of volcanic rocks, which are dominated by felsic lavas. There were two stages of volcanism: (i) an early felsic shield-building stage dominated by felsic lavas ranging in composition from phonolite to minor quartz-normative trachytes, which erupted as flows, domes, and pyroclastic deposits to form a low-angled shield; and (ii) a late mafic capping stage, which comprises a thin veneer of hawaiite and more primitive mafic lavas ranging in composition from alkali olivine basalt to basanite. The late mafic capping stage lavas erupted from satellite cinder cones and fissures concentrated on the eastern side of the shield.The hawaiites that dominate the late mafic capping stage cannot have been derived from the more primitive basalts with which they are associated by low-pressure crystal fractionation but may instead have originated from the fractionation of a clinopyroxene-dominated assemblage at high pressures. The presence of mafic xenocrysts in a megacrystic trachyte unit, whose eruption terminated the felsic shield-building stage, and anorthoclase xenocrysts in the most evolved alkali olivine basalts of the mafic capping stage indicate that the mafic and the felsic magmas interacted prior to eruption. An overlap in 87Sr/86Sr ratios and a similarity in the high-field-strength element ratios of the felsic and the mafic lavas suggest that they are genetically related. Elevated ratios of large-ion lithophile elements to high-field-strength elements (e.g., Rb/Zr) in the trachytes, however, indicates that the felsic magmas were not derived by closed-system fractional crystallization from the mafic magmas and may instead suggest the assimilation of a crustal component.
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Hole, M. J., and M. A. Morrison. "The differentiated dolerite boss, Cnoc Rhaonastil, Islay: a natural experiment in the low pressure differentiation of an alkali olivine-basalt magma." Scottish Journal of Geology 28, no. 1 (May 1992): 55–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/sjg28010055.

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Teertstra, D. K., M. Schindler, B. L. Sherriff, and F. C. Hawthorne. "Silvialite, a new sulfate-dominant member of the scapolite group with an Al-Si composition near the 14/m–P42/n phase transition." Mineralogical Magazine 63, no. 3 (June 1999): 321–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/002646199548547.

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AbstractSilvialite, ideally Ca4Al6Si6O24SO4, is tetragonal, I4/m, Z = 2, with a = 12.160(3), c = 7.560(1) Å, V = 1117.9(8) Å3, c:a = 0.6217:1, ω = 1.583, ε = 1.558 (uniaxial negative), Dm = 2.75 g/cm3, Dcalc = 2.769 g/cm3 and H (Mohs) = 5.5. It is transparent and slightly yellow, has a good {100} cleavage, chonchoidal fracture, white streak and a vitreous lustre. It occurs in upper-mantle garnet-granulite xenoliths hosted by olivine nephelinite, from McBride Province, North Queensland, Australia. The empirical formula, derived from electron-microprobe analysis, is (Na1.06Ca2.86)(Al4.87Si7.13)O24 [(SO4)0.57(CO3)0.41]. Crystal-structure refinement shows disordered carbonate and sulfate groups along the fourfold axis. Silvialite is a primary cumulate phase precipitated from alkali basalt at 900–1000°C and 8–12 kbar under high fSO2 and fO2. The name silvialite, currently used in literature to describe the sulfate analogue of meionite, was suggested by Brauns (1914).
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Altunkaynak, Şafak, Ercan Aldanmaz, Işıl Nur Güraslan, Ayşe Zeynep Çalışkanoğlu, Alp Ünal, and Daniel Nývlt. "Lithostratigraphy and petrology of Lachman Crags and Cape Lachman lava-fed deltas, Ulu Peninsula, James Ross Island, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula: Preliminary results." Czech Polar Reports 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 60–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cpr2018-1-5.

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This paper presents the preliminary results regarding the lithostratigraphy, petrography and petrology of James Ross Island Volcanic Group dominating the Lachman Crags and Cape Lachman lava-fed deltas in the Ulu Peninsula, James Ross Island north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Studied lava-fed deltas were produced via Late Miocene to Pleistocene sub-marine and sub-glacial volcanism and made up four main lithofacies: a- bottomset pillow lavas, peperites and associated volcanoclastic/siliciclastic deposits; b- foreset-bedded hyaloclastite breccias; c- intrusions (feeder dykes, sills, and plugs) and d- topset subaerial lavas. Collectively these lithofacies record the transition from an effusive subaqueous to an effusive subaerial eruption environment. All lava samples and dykes from bottomset, foreset and topset lava-fed delta associations are olivine-phyric alkali basalts and are mineralogically and geochemically homogeneous. These eruptive products display significant enrichments in alkali contents and have ocean island basalt (OIB)-type, intra-plate geochemical signatures characterized by enrichments in all highly to moderately incompatible trace elements relative to basaltic rocks from ocean ridge settings. Volcanic products from a number of different eruptive periods display limited variations in major and trace element relative abundances, indicating derivation from a relatively homogeneous mantle source. The results of quantitative modelling of geochemical data is consistent with the view that the primary melts from which these mafic alkaline rocks were originated are the products of relatively small degrees (~3-7%) of partial melting of a volatile-bearing, metasomatized mantle source. The magmatism is likely the result of extension-driven mantle upwelling.
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Wolff, John A. "Zonation, mixing and eruption of silica-undersaturated alkaline magma: a case study from Tenerife, Canary Islands." Geological Magazine 122, no. 6 (November 1985): 623–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800032039.

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AbstractThe mineralogy and petrology of banded pumice clasts from a mixed-magma non-welded ignimbrite on Tenerife, Canary Islands, is described. Phenocrysts, which frequently show signs of resorption, are grouped into three assemblages in mutual disequilibrium; these assemblages were originally precipitated by alkali basalt magma (assemblage 1, titanaugite + olivine + calcic plagioclase + high-Mg Fe–Ti oxides), trachyandesitic magma (assemblage 2, salite + kaersutite + sodic plagioclase + hauyne + medium-Mg Fe–Ti oxides) and phonolitic magma (assemblage 3, aegirine-augite + biotite + sodic sanidine + sodalite + nepheline + sphene + low-Mg magnetite) respectively. Phenocryst types (e.g. clinopyroxene, feldspar) which are common to two or all assemblages are compositionally distinctive in each. The excess silica content of nepheline in assemblage 3 indicates a temperature of 770 °C for phonolitic magma, while Fe–Ti oxides and clinopyroxene-ilmenite give temperatures of 915 °C and 907 °C respectively for the trachyandesite. Assemblage 1 and 2 phenocrysts are set in mafic glass; assemblage 3 phenocrysts are only found in a matrix of salic (phonolitic) glass. Analyses of the volumetrically dominant phonolitic glass define a compositional trend consistent with fractionation of assemblage 3 phenocrysts. Analyses of the mafic glass scatter about a straight-line trend produced by mixing of phonolitic liquid with homogeneous intermediate (trachyandesitic) magma. These relations are interpreted as the result of two distinct magma mixing events, consequent on the invasion of a stably zoned magma chamber containing phonolitic liquid stratified above denser trachyandesitic magma, by intruding basaltic magma. High Ca content of assemblage 1 plagioclase suggests precipitation of the basaltic phenocrysts under locally high partial pressure of water. The preferred model involves, in chronological sequence: (i) generation of a differentiated phonolitic cap above trachyandesitic magma, through wall crystallization and boundary-layer uprise of phonolite; (ii) pooling, convective heat loss, and partial crystallization of dense, hydrous alkali basalt magma injected into the chamber and forming a liquid layer beneath the trachyandesitic magma; (iii) volatile saturation of the residual basalt liquid through crystallization, consequent buoyant uprise into, and efficient mixing with, trachyandesite; (iv) eruption of chamber contents and partial mixing of the mixed basalt–trachyandesite with phonolite, although the precise relative timing of eruption and the second mixing event is not known.
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Gibson, Sally A., and Adrian P. Jones. "Igneous stratigraphy and internal structure of the Little Minch Sill Complex, Trotternish Peninsula, northern Skye, Scotland." Geological Magazine 128, no. 1 (January 1991): 51–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800018045.

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AbstractDetailed sampling of the Little Minch Sill Complex reveals that it is composed of both single and multiple sills. These are formed of three main, genetically related units: picrite, picrodolerite and crinanite, which are the result of differentiation of an alkali-olivine basalt magma (approximately 10% MgO) in an upper-crustal magma chamber. Variations in igneous stratigraphy and the presence of internal chills in the Trotternish sills suggest that they were emplaced by multiple intrusion and subsequently differentiated in situ. Changes in petrography adjacent to pegmatite veins and textures within picrite units indicate compaction and filter-pressing were important processes after emplacement. Rhythmic layering (1 cm to 1 m thick) is conspicuous in the sills near contacts but does not involve cryptic mineral variation. Such modal layering may be more common than realised in relatively small-scale intrusions and maybe modelled in terms of in situ differentiation under conditions of significant undercooling in a changing thermal gradient at the synthetic for-sterite-diopside-anorthite eutectic.
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Preston, R. J., M. J. Hole, and J. Still. "The occurrence of Zr-bearing amphiboles and their relationships with the pyroxenes and biotites in the teschenite and nepheline syenites of a differentiated dolerite boss, Islay, NW Scotland." Mineralogical Magazine 64, no. 3 (June 2000): 459–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/002646100549526.

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AbstractThe Cnoc Rhaonastil minor dolerite intrusion on Islay, NW Scotland represents a single body of alkali olivine basalt magma which differentiated in situ, from leucodolerite, through teschenite to minor nepheline syenite. The syenites occur as isolated nests and pegmatitic schlieren within the leucodolerite, and schlieren of gabbroic pegmatite also occur at the margin of the teschenite. The differentiated rocks contain pyroxene, amphibole and biotite of variable compositions which reflect both primary fractionation processes and late-stage deuteric alteration and reaction.Mafic phases within the gabbroic pegmatite, teschenite and syenite are typically rimmed and speckled with biotite, the composition of which is controlled by the local environment of crystallization. The nepheline syenites contain primary ferro-kaersutite which, where in contact with interstitial patches, has been altered to arfvedsonite, which occasionally contains up to 1.2 wt.% ZrO2. The occurrence of Zr-arfvedsonite (and of Zr-aegirine) in interstitial patches suggests that variably trace element-enriched domains existed within the residual melts on very small scales.
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ABDEL-RAHMAN, ABDEL-FATTAH M. "Mesozoic volcanism in the Middle East: geochemical, isotopic and petrogenetic evolution of extension-related alkali basalts from central Lebanon." Geological Magazine 139, no. 6 (November 2002): 621–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756802006829.

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Mesozoic picritic and alkali basalts from central Lebanon represent a significant part of an extension-related Upper Jurassic to Upper Cretaceous discontinuous volcanic belt which occurs throughout the Middle East. Volcanism was associated with an episode of intraplate extension that followed a period of continental break-up, where Mesozoic micro-continental blocks separated from Gondwana as the Neotethys ocean opened in Jurassic times. This volcanic episode produced mafic lava flows ranging in thickness from 5 to 20 m, along with some minor pyroclastic flows. These flows are stratigraphically intercalated with thick carbonate platform deposits. The basalts are made up of about 15–20% olivine (Fo78–91), 30–35% clinopyroxene (salite), 40–50% plagioclase (An56–71) and opaque Fe–Ti oxides (∼5%). Geochemically, the rocks exhibit a relatively wide range of SiO2 (40.4 to 50.5 wt%) and MgO (5.1 to 15.5 wt%) contents, are relatively enriched in TiO2 (1.7 to 3.7 wt%) and vary in composition from alkali picrite and basanite to alkali basalt. The Mg numbers range from 0.56 to 0.70, with an average of 0.63. The rocks are enriched in incompatible trace elements such as Zr (86–247 ppm), Nb (16–66 ppm) and Y (19–30 ppm). Such compositions are typical of those of HIMU-OIB and plume-related magmas. The REE patterns are fractionated ((La/Yb)N = 11), LREE enriched, and are generally parallel to subparallel. Elemental ratios such as K/P (1.1–4.7), La/Ta (11–13), La/Nb (0.57–0.70), Nb/Y (0.68–1.55) and Th/Nb (0.20–0.36) suggest that crustal contamination was minor or absent. This may be related to a rapid ascent of the magma, in agreement with the nature (mafic, oceanic-like) and the small thickness (about 12 km) of the Mesozoic crust of the Eastern Mediterranean region. The 143Nd/144Nd isotopic compositions of the lavas range from 0.512826 to 0.512886, and 87Sr/86Sr from 0.702971 to 0.703669, suggesting a HIMU-like mantle source. Trace element compositions indicate a melt segregation depth of 100–110 km, well within the garnet lherzolite stability field. The geochemical characteristics of the rocks are typical of within-plate alkali basalts, and suggest that the magmas were derived from a fertile, possibly plume-related, enriched mantle source. Petrogenetic modelling indicates that the magmas were produced by very small degrees of batch partial melting (F = 1.5%) of a primitive garnet-bearing mantle source (garnet lherzolite).
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Preston, R. J., M. J. Hole, and J. Still. "Exceptional REE-enrichment in apatite during the low pressure fractional crystallisation of alkali olivine basalt; an example from the British Tertiary Igneous Province." Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 90, no. 4 (1999): 273–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0263593300002637.

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AbstractThe Cnoc Rhaonastil dolerite boss on Islay, NW Scotland represents a body of alkali-olivine basalt magma which differentiated at low pressure and in situ, from dolerite through teschenite to minor nepheline-syenite. The syenites occur as isolated pods and pegmatitic schlieren within the leucodolerite, and have an exotic mineralogy including Zr-aegirine, Zr-arfvedsonite, Ca-catapleiite, zirconolite and aenigmatite. Fluor-apatite occurs as an accessory phase in the dolerite, but becomes more abundant within the teschenite and syenites. Total REE contents within apatites in the dolerites are typically low (σREE = 0·57–3·21 wt.% oxide), the highest REE contents occurring in irregular, deuterically altered rims and internal patches. The REE-enriched rims also have slightly elevated SiO2 contents at 0·81–0·95 wt.%, suggesting that the substitution scheme Ca2++P5+ ⇔ REE3++Si4+ was operating. These apatites have up to 0·08 wt.% Cl and 3·7 wt.% F, with most being almost pure end-member fluor-apatite. The majority of the teschenite apatites show the least REE-enrichment (σREE = 0·27–0·45 wt.%), coupled with low Na (<0·12 wt.%) and low SiO2 (<0·39 wt.%) contents. However, within the syenites two distinct populations of apatite exist. The first, most common, variety consists of unzoned, low-REE apatites (max. 3·1 wt.% σREE, again in irregular rims and patches), whereas the second variety is often complexly zoned, and has variably enriched zones up to a maximum σREE content of 42 wt.%; this is by far the most REE-enriched natural fluor-apatite so far reported from the British Isles. The REE-enriched zones are often less than 3 μm wide, and have Na content up to 5·4 wt.% Na2O, implying that the substitution scheme Na+ + REE3+⇔2Ca2+ dominated over the more typical scheme involving Si4+ which operated in the dolerites and teschenite. Other zones are either variably enriched in Y (up 2·1 wt.% Y2O3) or Th (up to 0·85 wt.% ThO2). However, there is no correlation between Y and REE contents, suggesting that crystallographic factors were involved in apatite Y and REE partitioning. The REE-rich apatites have very low Cl content (<0·04 wt.%), but high F concentrations (<2·8 wt.%). It is believed that these strongly enriched apatites crystallised under disequilibrium conditions from isolated, variably REE-enriched domains, within the fluid-rich residual syenitic magma. These domains may have been generated by the prior crystallisation of monazite, Ca-catapleiite or zirconolite, which can be found as small inclusions within albite and interstitial analcime. The dynamic process of slumping of the denser teschenite back into the leucodolerite crystal mush is believed to have played an important role in the release of deuteric fluids and the concentration of residual magmas.
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Sun, Min, Richard Lee Armstrong, and R. J. Maxwell. "Proterozoic mantle under Quesnellia: variably reset Rb–Sr mineral isochrons in ultramafic nodules carried up in Cenozoic volcanic vents of the southern Omineca Belt." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 28, no. 8 (August 1, 1991): 1239–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e91-111.

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Handpicked, acid-washed diopside, orthopyroxene, and olivine separates from 14 lherzolite nodules from four localities in southern British Columbia have been analyzed for 87Rb/86Sr and 87Sr/86Sr. The host lavas, of late Cenozoic to Pleistocene age, are nepheline-normative alkali basalt and basanite with Sr and Nd isotopic ratios (0.7025–0.7029; 0.51310–0.51326) close to those of mid-ocean ridge basalt. The present-day Sr isotopic compositions of nodule diopsides (9–239 ppm Sr) are 0.7021–0.7041, similar to those of the host rocks. Orthopyroxene and olivine, however, have 87Rb/86Sr ratios of 0.1 to > 1.0 and much more radiogenic Sr (87Sr/86Sr commonly 0.708–0.720), and in several cases the three minerals form linear arrays in 87Rb/86Sr versus 87Sr/86Sr plots. If interpreted as mineral isochrons, these give dates from 99 to 1989 Ma; many cluster around 440–770 Ma. Four nodules from two localities (West Kettle River and Big Timothy Mountain) give dates of 1201–1989 Ma. Maximum dates for the other localities (Jacques Lake and Lassie Lake) are 600–650 Ma.87Rb/86Sr ratios for acid leaches of crushed and sieved nodule material are generally < 0.706, and 87Sr/86Sr ratios for the host rocks are < 0.703, so radiogenic interstitial material or host contamination cannot explain the high ratios observed in the low-Sr minerals. The acid leaches lie both above and below mineral isochrons, virtually never exactly on the isochrons, indicating that secondary material, not cogenetic with the nodules, is present along grain boundaries. Discordant mineral points lie as expected for partially reset old isochrons, with olivine most easily reequilibrated by Sr isotopic exchange with less radiogenic minerals, orthopyroxene next in changeability, and clinopyroxene least modified.The nodules cannot be cognate or related in any way to recent magma genesis. The radiogenic Sr in low-Sr minerals is due to in situ decay of Rb and thus the nodules are Proterozoic upper mantle, some of an age similar to the 1.7–2.3 Ga granitic basement that tectonically underlies southwestern Quesnellia in the same region containing the nodule-bearing vents. The 440–770 Ma isochrons are speculatively correlated with Late Proterozoic to early Paleozoic craton-margin-forming rift event(s). Pre-Phanerozoic mantle lithosphere extends as far west as the Okanagan Valley in southern British Columbia.
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TAKAI, Yasuhiro, and Seiichiro UEHARA. "Rhabdophane-(Y), YPO4·H2O, a new mineral in alkali olivine basalt from Hinodematsu, Genkai-cho, Saga Prefecture, Japan." Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 107, no. 2 (2012): 110–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.2465/jmps.111020j.

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Linthout, K., H. Paulick, and J. R. Wijbrans. "Provenance of basalt blocks from Roman sites in Vleuten-De Meern (the Netherlands) traced to the Tertiary Siebengebirge (Germany): a geoarchaeological quest using petrological and geochemical methods." Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw 88, no. 1 (March 2009): 55–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016774600000998.

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AbstractUnshaped basalt blocks from archaeological sites along the border of the Roman Empire (limes) in the lower Rhine area near Vleuten-De Meern (Utrecht) have been studied petrographically, analysed by XRF for major and trace elements, and dated by the 40Ar/39Ar method. The blocks are from a revetment in the bank of a fossil branch of the Rhine and a contiguous ship De Meern 4, both built around 100 AD. All nineteen blocks are alkali olivine basalt (AOB) with xenoliths of peridotite derived from the upper mantle and quartz xenocrysts from the continental crust; eighteen blocks contain resorbed plagioclase xenocrysts as well. Abundances of major and trace elements show that those eighteen samples form a chemically coherent group. The outlier, different in chemistry and without plagioclase xenocrysts, is from the ship. A basalt block from ship De Meern 1 (148 AD) conforms compositionally to the defined group. AOB lumps from a limes watchtower (2nd-3rd century) form a chemically distinct group.Low SiO2 contents (<46 wt.%) and high abundances of Mg, Ti, Ni, and Sr indicate a within-plate origin, directly from primitive melts; proportions of selected trace elements point at a continental rift setting. In the archaeological context, the most likely source region for the blocks is the Cenozoic European Volcanic Province, upstream along the Rhine and its tributaries.The petrographic and analytical data of the blocks have been compared with 432 published analyses of German AOB. On petrographic grounds, the Eifel can be ruled out as a source area since typical Eifel basalt minerals, amphibole, biotite, K-feldspar and feldspatoids, are absent in the blocks. Applying seven geochemical criteria, based on abundances of major elements in the Roman blocks, twelve sites with matching AOB were found in the Siebengebirge, seven in the Vogelsberg, and one in the Westerwald.The ages of the blocks (26.3 - 28.5 Ma) are compatible with ages determined for AOB from the Siebengebirge (27.4 - 29.9 Ma), and preclude their provenance from the Vogelsberg (< 18 Ma). The matching Westerwald sample is from 60 km beyond the limes, a prohibitive distance from the perspective of Roman logistics.AOB quarries of optimal logistic position are located adjacent to the Rhine, between Bonn and Remagen, a zone with significant Roman settlements from the first century AD. Geochemical correlation indicates AOB bodies at Rolandsbogen and Godesburg (S of Bonn) as potential sources of the blocks from the 100 AD revetment and ships. Similarly, the Erpeler Ley (E of Remagen) is indicated as the likely source for the blocks from a 2nd-3rd century AD watchtower.As the Godesburg basalt is at 1.6 km from the Rhine today, it is not obvious how the blocks were transported from there. However, it may be that the adjacent, now sanded, branch of the old Rhine river system, was navigable for flat-bottomed vessels in Roman times.Our study demonstrates that substantial detailed information regarding ancient mining and trading activities can be retrieved from seemingly indistinctive basalt blocks.
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Ansori, Chusni, and Fitriany A Wardhani. "Tipe Magmatik Batuan Beku Formasi Gabon di Tinggian Karangbolong, Kebumen." Jurnal Geologi dan Sumberdaya Mineral 20, no. 2 (April 14, 2019): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.33332/jgsm.geologi.20.2.63-74.

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Karangbolong High located in Java Southern Mountain range is dominated by volcanic rocks of Gabon Formation in the form of volcanic breccia, some intrusion bodies and lavas. Research on the type of magma at Karangbolong high has never been done. This activity is intended to know the distribution, change the type of magma and tectonic position.This research includes field sampling and laboratory work which includes petrographic analysis using polarization microscope and geochemistry analysis 4 litho ICP-WRA for major element and ICP-WRA4B2 for trace elements and REE. Results of geochemistry analysis are.plot in Total Alkali Silica (TAS) diagrams, AFM diagram , SiO2 vs FeO(t) / MgO diagram, SiO2 Vs K2O and the spider diagram.for trace elements and REE.Most of the igneous rocks at Karangbolong Region are andesite pyroxene, basaltic andesite and slightly basalt olivine. To the northward, igneous rocks are tend to more acid as reflected by the increase of SiO2, Na2O and K2O and the decreasing of MgO and Fe2O3 content. The affinity of the magma in the northern part is mostly Calc-Alkaline series (KR-18, KR-28, KR-6, KR-23) and slightly Island Arc Tholeiite as intrusion and lava at southern part (KR-33 and KR- 17). The tectonic position of rock formation resides in Island Arc Plate Margin. The Calk-alkaline magma is enriched with the light rare earth elements (LREE) compared to the Tholeiite magma, while trace element Sr, K, Rb, Ba, and Th strongly enriched in.Keywords : Karangbolong High, igneous rock, magmatic type, tectonic position
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Ansori, Chusni, and Fitriany A Wardhani. "Tipe Magmatik Batuan Beku Formasi Gabon di Tinggian Karangbolong, Kebumen." Jurnal Geologi dan Sumberdaya Mineral 20, no. 2 (April 14, 2019): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.33332/jgsm.geologi.v20i2.406.

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Karangbolong High located in Java Southern Mountain range is dominated by volcanic rocks of Gabon Formation in the form of volcanic breccia, some intrusion bodies and lavas. Research on the type of magma at Karangbolong high has never been done. This activity is intended to know the distribution, change the type of magma and tectonic position.This research includes field sampling and laboratory work which includes petrographic analysis using polarization microscope and geochemistry analysis 4 litho ICP-WRA for major element and ICP-WRA4B2 for trace elements and REE. Results of geochemistry analysis are.plot in Total Alkali Silica (TAS) diagrams, AFM diagram , SiO2 vs FeO(t) / MgO diagram, SiO2 Vs K2O and the spider diagram.for trace elements and REE.Most of the igneous rocks at Karangbolong Region are andesite pyroxene, basaltic andesite and slightly basalt olivine. To the northward, igneous rocks are tend to more acid as reflected by the increase of SiO2, Na2O and K2O and the decreasing of MgO and Fe2O3 content. The affinity of the magma in the northern part is mostly Calc-Alkaline series (KR-18, KR-28, KR-6, KR-23) and slightly Island Arc Tholeiite as intrusion and lava at southern part (KR-33 and KR- 17). The tectonic position of rock formation resides in Island Arc Plate Margin. The Calk-alkaline magma is enriched with the light rare earth elements (LREE) compared to the Tholeiite magma, while trace element Sr, K, Rb, Ba, and Th strongly enriched in.Keywords : Karangbolong High, igneous rock, magmatic type, tectonic position
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Ansori, Chusni, and Fitriany A Wardhani. "Tipe Magmatik Batuan Beku Formasi Gabon di Tinggian Karangbolong, Kebumen." Jurnal Geologi dan Sumberdaya Mineral 20, no. 2 (April 14, 2019): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.33332/jgsm.v20i2.406.

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Karangbolong High located in Java Southern Mountain range is dominated by volcanic rocks of Gabon Formation in the form of volcanic breccia, some intrusion bodies and lavas. Research on the type of magma at Karangbolong high has never been done. This activity is intended to know the distribution, change the type of magma and tectonic position.This research includes field sampling and laboratory work which includes petrographic analysis using polarization microscope and geochemistry analysis 4 litho ICP-WRA for major element and ICP-WRA4B2 for trace elements and REE. Results of geochemistry analysis are.plot in Total Alkali Silica (TAS) diagrams, AFM diagram , SiO2 vs FeO(t) / MgO diagram, SiO2 Vs K2O and the spider diagram.for trace elements and REE.Most of the igneous rocks at Karangbolong Region are andesite pyroxene, basaltic andesite and slightly basalt olivine. To the northward, igneous rocks are tend to more acid as reflected by the increase of SiO2, Na2O and K2O and the decreasing of MgO and Fe2O3 content. The affinity of the magma in the northern part is mostly Calc-Alkaline series (KR-18, KR-28, KR-6, KR-23) and slightly Island Arc Tholeiite as intrusion and lava at southern part (KR-33 and KR- 17). The tectonic position of rock formation resides in Island Arc Plate Margin. The Calk-alkaline magma is enriched with the light rare earth elements (LREE) compared to the Tholeiite magma, while trace element Sr, K, Rb, Ba, and Th strongly enriched in.Keywords : Karangbolong High, igneous rock, magmatic type, tectonic position
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Agata, T., and I. Hattori. "Chromite in greenstone lavas from the Kanakasu area, Nanjo Massif of the Mesozoic Mino terrane, central Japan." Mineralogical Magazine 66, no. 4 (August 2002): 575–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/0026461026640050.

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AbstractChromite occurs together with olivine as phenocrysts in basalts of the Kanakasu greenstone body. Chromite forms inclusions within olivine phenocrysts; it also constitutes discrete phenocrystic grains scattered in the groundmass. The Cr and Ni contents of chromite-bearing olivine basalts are unusually high relative to the MgO content. This is probably due to the presence of phenocrystic chromite and olivine. The mineralogy suggests that the groundmass of the basalts is hawaiitic in composition. Chromite, generally, is unlikely to crystallize from differentiated magma such as hawaiite melt. The chromite and associated olivine phenocrysts are probably xenocrysts. Discrete chromite commonly shows compositional zoning that resulted from reaction with host magma; some chromite evidently changed in composition. Chromite embedded in olivine was shielded from reaction with host magma, and has preserved the original chemical composition. The composition of embedded chromite ranges: Mg/(Mg+Fe2+) 0.37–0.58, Cr/(Cr+Al) 0.47–0.64, Fe3+ 0.16–0.47 p.f.u., and Ti 0.034–0.13 p.f.u. The relatively high Ti and Al contents suggest that chromite crystallized from an alkalic basalt magma. The Cr/(Cr+Al) ratio is relatively high when compared to those of chromite in mid-oceanic ridge and island-arc alkalic basalts; the Kanakasu embedded chromite is chemically identical to chromite from Hawaiian alkalic basalts. The Kanakasu chromite was probably formed in an intraplate oceanic island.
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