The 1875 eruption of Askja volcano, Iceland: Combined fractional crystallization and selective contamination in the generation of rhyolitic magma
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Abstract
Major and trace element and Sr, Nd and O isotopic data are presented for ferrobasalts, icelandites, rhyolites, mixed pumices and silicic xenoliths of the 1875 eruption of Askja. Trace element modelling and Sr and Nd data largely confirm previous major element calculations that fractional crystallization was dominant in the generation of the basalt-ferrobasalt-icelandite-rhyolite suite. Relative enrichment in Rb (and Th and U?), depletion in Cs, and low values of δ18O/16O, in the rhyolites are not explained by this mechanism alone. The silicic magmas were selectively contaminated by diffusion from partially molten granitic wall rocks, now found as xenoliths in the eruptive products, the process being particularly marked by lower δ18O and Cs/Rb ratios in the rhyolites than in the associated basalts. This is the first record of a combined fractional crystallization-selective contamination process in an Icelandic silicic complex.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The 1875 eruption of Askja volcano, Iceland: Combined fractional crystallization and selective contamination in the generation of rhyolitic magma |
| Series title | Mineralogical Magazine |
| DOI | 10.1180/minmag.1987.051.360.01 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 360 |
| Year Published | 1987 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Description | 20 p. |
| First page | 183 |
| Last page | 202 |
| Country | Iceland |
| Other Geospatial | Askja volcano |
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