Mafic Late Miocene–Quaternary volcanic rocks in the Kamchatka back arc region: implications for subduction geometry and slab history at the Pacific–Aleutian junc

Year:

2010

Type of Publication:

Article

Authors:

Volynets, Anna; Churikova, Tatiana; Wörner, Gerhard; Gordeychik, Boris; Layer, Paul

Journal:

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volume:

159

Pages:

659-687

ISSN:

0010-7999

BibTex:

@article{springerlink:10.1007/s00410-009-0447-9, author = "Anna Volynets and Tatiana Churikova and Gerhard W{\"o}rner and Boris Gordeychik and Paul Layer", abstract = "New 40 Ar/ 39 Ar and published 14 C ages constrain voluminous mafic volcanism of the Kamchatka back-arc to Miocene (3–6 Ma) and Late Pleistocene to Holocene ({{\&}amp;}lt;1 Ma) times. Trace elements and isotopic compositions show that older rocks derived from a depleted mantle through subduction fluid-flux melting ({{\&}amp;}gt;20%). Younger rocks form in a back arc by lower melting degrees involving enriched mantle components. The arc front and Central Kamchatka Depression are also underlain by plateau lavas and shield volcanoes of Late Pleistocene age. The focus of these voluminous eruptions thus migrated in time and may be the result of a high fluid flux in a setting where the Emperor seamount subducts and the slab steepens during rollback during terrain accretions. The northern termination of Holocene volcanism locates the edge of the subducting Pacific plate below Kamchatka, a “slab-edge-effect” is not observed in the back arc region.", issn = "0010-7999", journal = "Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology", note = "10.1007/s00410-009-0447-9", pages = "659-687", publisher = "Springer Berlin / Heidelberg", title = "{M}afic {L}ate {M}iocene–{Q}uaternary volcanic rocks in the {K}amchatka back arc region: implications for subduction geometry and slab history at the {P}acific–{A}leutian ", url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00410-009-0447-9", volume = "159", year = "2010", }

Note:

10.1007/s00410-009-0447-9

Abstract:

New 40 Ar/ 39 Ar and published 14 C ages constrain voluminous mafic volcanism of the Kamchatka back-arc to Miocene (3–6 Ma) and Late Pleistocene to Holocene ({&}lt;1 Ma) times. Trace elements and isotopic compositions show that older rocks derived from a depleted mantle through subduction fluid-flux melting ({&}gt;20%). Younger rocks form in a back arc by lower melting degrees involving enriched mantle components. The arc front and Central Kamchatka Depression are also underlain by plateau lavas and shield volcanoes of Late Pleistocene age. The focus of these voluminous eruptions thus migrated in time and may be the result of a high fluid flux in a setting where the Emperor seamount subducts and the slab steepens during rollback during terrain accretions. The northern termination of Holocene volcanism locates the edge of the subducting Pacific plate below Kamchatka, a “slab-edge-effect” is not observed in the back arc region.