Temporal geochemical trends in Kerguelen Archipelago basalts: Evidence for decreasing magma supply from the Kerguelen Plume

Chemical Geology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 61-80

  Frey, F A ^a   Weis, D ^b   Yang, H J ^a   Nicolaysen, K ^a   Leyrit, H ^c   Giret, A ^d  

^a Atmosph Planet Sci M ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Inst Polytech S Louis 13 Bd l'H   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Kerguelen Archipelago; Kerguelen Plume; Magma

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034611174     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00144-8     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Aubert de la Rüe E. Etude géologique et géomorphologique de l'archipel de Kerguelen. Rev. Géorg. Phys. et Geol. Dynam. 5(1):1932;231.
2. Bardintzeff J.M., Leyrit H., Guillou G., Bonin B., Giret A., Brousse R. Transition between tholeiitic and alkalic basalts: petrological and geochemical evidence from Fangatufa, Pacific Ocean and Kerguelen, Indian Ocean. Geochem. J. 28:1994;489-515.
3. Carriol R.P., Leyrit H., Giret A. Balanoidea (Crustacea: Cirripedia) du Miocene des Kerguelen. Geobios. 25(3):1992;383-388.
4. Charvis P., Recq M., Operto S., Brefort D. Deep structure of the northern Kerguelen Plateau and hotspot-related activity. Geophys. J. Int. 122:1995;899-924.
5. Coffin, M.F., Pringle, M.S., Storey, M.S., 1998. Kerguelen hotspot magma output since 130 Ma, Science (submitted).
6. Damasceno D., Nicolaysen K., Weis D., Scoates J.S., Frey F.A., Yang H.J., Giret A. The Kerguelen Plume: constraints from the 24.5 Ma alkalic basalts at Mont Crozier (Kerguelen Archipelago). EOS Trans. AGU. 78:1997;F728-729.
7. Damasceno D., Scoates J., Weis D., Nicolaysen K., Frey F.A., Giret A. Phenocryst stratigraphy and geochemical variations in the Mount Crozier basaltic series: implications for the crystallization history of the plume-related magmatism. Terra Nova. 9:1997;55.
8. Davies H., Sun S.S., Frey F.A., Gautier I., McCulloch M., Price R., Bassias Y., Klootwijk C.T., Leclaire L. Basalt basement from the Kerguelen Plateau and the trail of a DUPAL plume. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 103:1989;457-469.
9. Duncan, R.A., 1991. Age distribution of volcanism along aseismic ridges in the eastern Indian Ocean, In: Weissel, J., Peirce, J., Taylor, E., Alt, J., et al. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results 121. College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 507-517.
10. Ellam R.M. Lithosphere thickness as a control on basalt geochemistry. Geology. 20:1992;153-156.
11. 39Ar age spectra of Mesozoic tholeiites from Antarctica Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 41:1977;15-32.
12. Frey F.A., Weis D. Temporal evolution of the Kerguelen Plume: geochemical evidence from ~38 to 82 Ma lavas forming the Ninetyeast Ridge. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 121:1995;12-28.
13. Frey, F.A., Jones, W.B., Davies, H., Weis, D., 1991. Geochemical and petrologic data for basalts from Sites 756, 757, and 758: implications for the origin and evolution of Ninetyeast Ridge, In: Weissel, J., Peirce, J., Taylor, E., Alt, J., et al. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results 121. College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 611-659.
14. Gautier I., Weis D., Mennessier J.-P., Vidal P., Giret A., Loubet M. Petrology and geochemistry of Kerguelen basalts (South Indian Ocean): evolution of the mantle sources from ridge to an intraplate position. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 100:1990;59-76.
15. Giret A., Beaux J.F. Le pluton du Val Gabbro (îles Kerguelen) un complexe tholéiitique témoin de l'activité de la paléo-ride Est-Indienne. C.R. Acad Sci. Paris. 299(14):1984;965-970.
16. Giret, A., Lameyre, J., 1983. A study of Kerguelen plutonism: petrology, geochronology and geological implications. Antarctic Earth Science, 4, Cambridge Univ. Press, 646-651.
17. Giret A., Leyrit H., Lauriat-Rase A., Grégoire M., Carriol P., Lozouet P. Miocene des Kerguelen: la faune marine du Mont Rond et ses implications géologiques et paléoclimatologiques. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris. 319:1994;719-726. serie II.
18. Ila P., Frey F.A. Utilization of neutron activation analysis in the study of geologic materials. Atomkernenerg. Kerntect. 44:1984;710-716.
19. Kubit B.K., Nicolaysen K., Frey F.A., Weis D., Giret A. The Kerguelen Plume: constraints from the 25.7 Ma (Mont de la Tourmente) transitional to alkalic basalts (Kerguelen Archipelago). EOS Trans. AGU. 78(46):1997;F728.
20. Le Bas M.J., Le Maitre R.W., Streckeisen A., Zanettin B. A chemical classification of volcanic rocks based on the total alkali-silica diagram. J. Petrol. 27:1986;745-750.
21. Leyrit, H., 1992. Kerguelen: cartographie et magmatologie des presqu'îles Jeanne d'Arc et Ronarc'h, PhD Thesis, Univ. Paris-Sud.
22. Leyrit H., Bardintzeff J.M., Verdier O., Giret A., Brousse R. Les presqu'îles de Jeanne d'Arc et Ronarc'h: zone-test pour une cartographie géologique au 1/100,000 des îles Kerguelen. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris. 311:1990;561-566.
23. Mahoney J., Jones W., Frey F.A., Salters V., Pyle D., Davies H. Geochemical characteristics of lavas from Broken Ridge, the Naturaliste Plateau and Southernmost Kerguelen Plateau: early volcanism of the Kerguelen hotspot. Chem. Geol. 120:1995;315-345.
24. 39Ar geochronology of flood basalts forming the Kerguelen Archipelago EOS Trans. AGU. 77:1996;F824.
25. 39Ar geochronology of flood basalts from the Kerguelen Archipelago, southern Indian Ocean: implications for eruption rates of the Kerguelen plume, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., Earth Planet. Sci. Letts., in revision.
26. Nougier, J., 1970. Contribution à l'étude géologique et géomorphologique des îles Kerguelen (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises), Bull. CNFRA, Paris 27, vol. 1, 440 pp.; vol. 2, 246 pp.; Carte géologique au 1/200,000.
27. Nougier, J., Pawlowski, D., Cantagrel, J.M., 1983. Chrono-spatial evolution of the volcanic activitiy in Southeastern Kerguelen (TAAF). In: Oliver, R.L. James, P.R., Jago, J.B. (Eds.), Antarctic Earth Science, pp. 640-645, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.
28. Rhodes J.M. Geochemistry of the 1984 Mauna Loa eruption: implications for magma storage and supply. J. Geophys. Res. 93:1988;4453-4466.
29. Recq M., Brefort D., Malod J., Veinante J.-L. The Kerguelen Isles (Southern Indian Ocean): new results on deep structure from refraction profiles. Tectonophysics. 182:1990;227-248.
30. Roddick J.C., Cliff R.A., Rex R.C. The evolution of excess argon in alpine biotites. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 48:1980;185-208.
31. Storey M., Saunders A.D., Tarney J., Leat P., Thirlwall M.F., Thompson R.N., Menzies M.A., Marriner G.F. Geochemical evidence for plume-mantle interactions beneath Kerguelen and Heard Islands, Indian Ocean. Nature. 336:1988;371-374.
32. Storey, M., Kent, R.W., Saunders, H.D., Salters, V.J., Hergt, J., Whitechurch, H., Sevigny, J.H., Thirlwall, M.F., Leat, P., Ghose, N.C., Gifford, M., 1992. Lower Cretaceous volcanic rocks on continental margins and their relationship to the Kerguelen Plateau. In: Wise, W.S., Schlich, R., et al., Proceedings ODP, Sci. Results, 120, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 33-53.
33. Weis, D., Frey, F.A., 1991. Isotope geochemistry of Ninetyeast Ridge basement basalts: Sr, Nd and Pb evidence for the involvement of the Kerguelen hotspot. In: Weissel, J., et al. (Eds.), Proceedings Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 121: 591-610.
34. Weis D., White W.M., Frey F.A., Duncan R.A., Dehn J., Fisk M., Ludden J., Saunders A., Storey M. The influence of mantle plumes in generation of Indian oceanic crust (synthesis of results from scientific drilling in the Indian Ocean). Geophys. Monogr. 70:1992;57-89.
35. Weis D., Frey F.A., Leyrit H., Gautier I. Kerguelen Archipelago revisited: geochemical and isotopic study of the southeast province lavas. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 118:1993;101-119.
36. Weis, D., Damasceno, D., Frey, F.A., Nicolaysen, K., Giret, A., 1998a. Temporal isotopic variations in the Kerguelen Plume: Evidence from the Kerguelen Archipelago. Goldschmidt Meeting, Toulouse, France, Min. Mag., 62A, 1643-1644.
37. Weis D., Frey F.A., Giret A., Cantagrel J.M. Geochemical characteristics of the youngest volcano (Mount Ross) in the Kerguelen Archipelago: inferences for magma flux, lithosphere assimilation and composition of the Kerguelen Plume. J. Petrol. 39:1998;973-994.
38. Weis D., Damasceno D., Scoates J.S., Schlich R., Schaming M., Montigny R., Frey F.A. Submarine alkalic lavas (14-19 Ma) erupted between the Kerguelen Archipelago and Heard Island, Indian Ocean. EOS Trans. AGU. 79:1998;F944.
39. Yang H.-J., Frey F.A., Weis D., Giret A., Pyle D., Michon G. Petrogenesis of the flood basalts forming the northern Kerguelen Archipelago: implications for the Kerguelen Plume. J. Petrol. 39(4):1998;711-748.
40. York D. Least squares fitting of a straight line with correlated errors. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 5:1969;320-324.