Assimilation of sialic crustal material by volcanics of the easternmost extension of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt Evidence from Sr and Nd isotopes

Thomas Besch; Surendra P. Verma; Ulrich Kramm; Jörg F. W. Negendank; Heiner J. Tobschall; Rolf Emmermann

doi:10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1995.34.3.716

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1995.34.3.716

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Volcanic rocks Pliocene Quaternary TMVB strontium neodimium mantle crust assimilation

Thomas Besch

Lehreinheit Mineralogie, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Mainz, Germany.

Surendra P. Verma

Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abt. Geochemie, Universität Trier, Abt. Geologie; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Laboratorio de Energía Solar, Temixco, Mor., Mexico.

Ulrich Kramm

Universität Münster, Institut für Mineralogie, Münster, Germany.

Jörg F. W. Negendank

Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam and Geowissenschaften, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.

Heiner J. Tobschall

Institut für Geologie und Mineralogie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.

Rolf Emmermann

Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam, Potsdam FRG, and Institut für Geowissenschaften und Lithosphärenforschung, Universität, Gießen, Gießen, Germany.

Abstract

Pliocene to Quaternary basaltic to rhyolitic volcanics of the easternmost part of the TMVB are characterized by ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios from 0.70342 to 0.70511 and ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd ratios from 0.51250 to 0.51287. Since the volcanics are of Pliocene to Quaternary age, the measured Sr and Nd isotope ratios are taken as initial ratios. These isotope ratios are negatively correlated and, with one exception, plot on the 'mantle array'. The isotopic variation cannot be explained by simple binary mixing models or AFC-modelling. Our interpretation suggests a complex model involving mantle heterogeneities and assimilation of crustal material.

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Besch , T., Verma, S. P., Kramm, U., Negendank, J. F. W., Tobschall, H. J., & Emmermann, R. (1995). Assimilation of sialic crustal material by volcanics of the easternmost extension of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt Evidence from Sr and Nd isotopes. Geofisica Internacional, 34(3), 263–281. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1995.34.3.716

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