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Recent basaltic andesite lavas from Merapi volcano contain abundant, complexly zoned, plagioclase phenocrysts, analysed here for their petrographic textures, major element composition and Sr isotope composition. Anorthite (An) content in individual crystals can vary by as much as 55 mol% (An40-95) across internal resorption surfaces with a negative correlation between high An mol% (>70), MgO wt% and FeO wt%. In situ Sr isotope analyses of zoned plagioclase phenocrysts show that the 87Sr/86Sr ratios of individual zones range from 0·70568 to 0·70627. The upper end of this range is notably more radiogenic than the host basaltic andesite whole-rocks (< 0·70574). Crystal zones with the highest An content have the highest 87Sr/86Sr values, requiring a source or melt with elevated radiogenic Sr, rich in Ca and with lower Mg and Fe. Recent Merapi eruptive rocks contain abundant xenoliths, including metamorphosed volcanoclastic sediment and carbonate country rock (calc-silicate skarns) analysed here for petrographic textures, mineralogy, major element composition and Sr isotope composition. The xenoliths contain extremely calcic plagioclase (up to An100) and have whole-rock 87Sr/86Sr ratios of 0·70584 to 0·70786. The presence of these xenoliths and their mineralogy and geochemistry, coupled with the 87Sr/86Sr ratios observed in different zones of individual phenocrysts, indicate that magma-crust interaction at Merapi is potentially more significant than previously thought, as numerous crystal cores in the phenocrysts appear to be inherited from a metamorphosed sedimentary crustal source. This has potentially significant consequences for geochemical mass-balance calculations, volatile saturation and flux and eruptive behaviour at Merapi and similar island arc volcanic systems elsewhere

There is considerable evidence for continuing, late-stage interaction between the magmatic system at Merapi volcano, Indonesia, and local crustal carbonate (limestone). Calc-silicate xenoliths within Merapi basaltic-andesite eruptive rocks display textures indicative of intense interaction between magma and crustal carbonate, and Merapi feldspar phenocrysts frequently contain crustally contaminated cores and zones. To resolve the interaction processes between magma and limestone in detail we have performed a series of time-variable decarbonation experiments in silicate melt, at magmatic pressure and temperature, using a Merapi basaltic-andesite and local Javanese limestone as starting materials. We have used in situ analytical methods to determine the elemental and strontium isotope composition of the experimental products and to trace the textural, chemical, and isotopic evolution of carbonate assimilation. The major processes of magma–carbonate interaction identified are: (1) rapid decomposition and degassing of carbonate; (2) generation of a Ca-enriched, highly radiogenic strontium contaminant melt, distinct from the starting material composition; (3) intense CO2 vesiculation, particularly within the contaminated zones; (4) physical mingling between the contaminated and unaffected melt domains; (5) chemical mixing between melts. The experiments reproduce many of the features of magma–carbonate interaction observed in the natural Merapi xenoliths and feldspar phenocrysts. The Ca-rich, high 87Sr/86Sr contaminant melt produced in the experiments is considered as a precursor to the Ca-rich (often ‘hyper-calcic’) phases found in the xenoliths and the contaminated zones in Merapi feldspars. The xenoliths also exhibit micro-vesicular textures that can be linked to the CO2 liberation process seen in the experiments. This study, therefore, provides well-constrained petrological insights into the problem of crustal interaction at Merapi and points toward the substantial im

Subduction-related volcanism in the Nevados de Payachata region of the Central Andes at 18??S comprises two temporally and geochemically distinct phases. An older period of magmatism is represented by glaciated stratocones and ignimbrite sheets of late Miocene age. The Pleistocene to Recent phase (???0.3 Ma) includes the twin stratovolcanoes Volcan Pomerape and Volcan Parinacota (the Nevados de Payachata volcanic group) and two small centers to the west (i. e., Caquena and Vilacollo). Both stratovolcanoes consist of an older dome-and-flow series capped by an andesitic cone. The younger cone, i. e., V. Parinacota, suffered a postglacial cone collapse producing a widespread debris-avalanche deposit. Subsequently, the cone reformed during a brief, second volcanic episode. A number of small, relatively mafic, satellitic cinder cones and associated flows were produced during the most recent activity at V. Parinacota. At the older cone, i. e., V. Pomerape, an early dome sequence with an overlying isolated mafic spatter cone and the cone-forming andesitic-dacitic phase (mostly flows) have been recognized. The two Nevados de Payachata stratovolcanoes display continuous major- and trace-element trends from high-K 2 O basaltic andesites through rhyolites (53%???76% SiO 2) that are well defined and distinct from those of the older volcanic centers. Petrography, chemical composition, and eruptive styles at V. Parinacota differ between pre- and post-debris-avalanche lavas. Precollapse flows have abundant amphibole (at SiO 2> 59 wt%) and lower Mg numbers than postcollapse lavas, which are generally less silicic and more restricted in composition. Compositional variations indicate that the magmas of the Nevados de Payachata volcanic group evolved through a combination of fractional crystallization, crustal assimilation, and intratrend magma mixing. Isotope compositions exhibit only minor variations. Pb-isotope ratios are relatively low (206 Pb/ 204 Pb = 17.95???18.20 and 208 Pb

The Sr, Nd, and O isotopic compositions of garnet and clinopyroxene mineral separates from nine eclogite xenoliths from the Bellsbank kimberlite (erupted at 120 Ma) define three groups. Group A eclogites, considered to be mantle cumulates, are characterized by [delta]18O, and 87Sr/86Sr values typical of mantle-derived materials (+5.1 to +5.6[per mille sign] and 0.7042-0.7046, respectively), and very low Sm/Nd ratios, (apparent) Rb/Sr ratios and [epsilon]Nd[120] values (0.057-0.078, 0.00005-0.00136 and -14 to -16 respectively). The REE and isotopic data for these eclogites can be modelled in terms of crystallization from a Group II kimberlite magma at ~ 1-1.5 Ga. Group B and C eclogites, believed to be the metamorphosed products of ancient subducted oceanic crust, are characterized by low [delta]18O (+2.9 to +4.7), extremely high [epsilon]Nd[120] (~ +40 to +219), and radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr ratios (0.708-0.710). The Sm/Nd ratios of the Group B eclogites are very high (up to 1.6). The data for Group B and C eclogites define a linear correlation on Sm/Nd and 1/Nd vs. [epsilon]Nd[120] diagrams. These relationships are consistent with mixing of the Bellsbank kimberlite ([epsilon]Nd[120] = -10; Sm/Nd = 0.10) with a depleted eclogite end-member ([epsilon]Nd[120] +219; Sm/Nd = 1.6) during a cryptic metasomatic event. The Sr isotopic variations in Group B and C eclogites cannot be generated by simple two-component mixing. The Sr, Nd, and O isotope data for Group B and C eclogites probably reflect a complex sequence of depletion and enrichment events, in both crust and mantle settings. Enrichments which possibly affected the Group B and C eclogites include seawater-alteration of a MORB-like protolith, which lowered the [delta]18O and raised the 87Sr/86Sr ratio, but left the Nd isotopic compositions unchanged, and cryptic metasomatism by the magmatism that produced the Bellsbank kimberlite. The high Sm/Nd ratio of the depleted eclogite end-member cannot be generated by extraction

The high-silica rhyolite lavas of Glass Mountain, California, provide a detailed record of the evolution of the Long Valley magmatic system during the 1.4 m.y. prior to the catastrophic eruption of the voluminous zoned rhyolitic Bishop Tuff at 0.73 Ma. The older lavas of Glass Mountain are extremely evolved, and were erupted from 2.1 to 1.2 Ma with 87Sr/86Sr of 0.707-0.739 and [epsilon]Nd of -3 to -4, whereas the younger lavas are slightly less evolved and were erupted between 1.2 and 0.79 Ma with 87Sr/86Sr of 0.706-0.707 and [epsilon]Nd close to -1, essentially identical to the Sr and Nd isotopic compositions of the Bishop Tuff. Neither the older nor younger lavas display a relationship between the isotopic compositions of Sr and Nd. The Pb isotopic compositions are effectively uniform at 206Pb/204Pb = 19.13-19.17. A group of older lavas that outcrop in a northwest-trending band near the topographic rim of the caldera collectively define an apparent Rb---Sr isochron age (t) of 2.09 +/- 0.06 Ma with an intercept of 87Sr/86Sr = 0.7060 +/- 3, where analyzed older lavas outcropping outboard of this band define an isochron of 1.90 +/- 0.02 Ma (87Sr/86Sr)t = 0.7063 +/- 4) These isochron ages are identical to the K---Ar ages for oldest erupted rhyolites in the two regions, respectively. The younger lavas away from the caldera define an apparent Rb---Sr isochron age (t) of 1.14 +/- 0.08 Ma with the same (87Sr/86Sr)t as the older lavas. The agreement between the 87Sr/86Sr ratios of the rhyolite magmas when emplaced in the Long Valley magmatic system (0.706) and that of basaltic lavas in the region (0.7059-0.7062) suggests that the Sr isotopic compositions of these Sr-poor rhyolites may be totally dominated by Sr from mantle-derived components. K---Ar ages and stratigraphic relations for both the older and younger lavas seem to rule out the possibility that the Rb---Sr isochron ages record the times of eruption. The very low Sr concentrations of all the lavas (down to 0.1 ppm

Recent basaltic andesite lavas from Merapi volcano contain abundant, complexly zoned, plagioclase phenocrysts, analysed here for their petrographic textures, major element composition and Sr isotope composition. Anorthite (An) content in individual crystals can vary by as much as 55 mol% (An40-95) across internal resorption surfaces with a negative correlation between high An mol% (>70), MgO wt% and FeO wt%. In situ Sr isotope analyses of zoned plagioclase phenocrysts show that the 87Sr/86Sr ratios of individual zones range from 0·70568 to 0·70627. The upper end of this range is notably more radiogenic than the host basaltic andesite whole-rocks (< 0·70574). Crystal zones with the highest An content have the highest 87Sr/86Sr values, requiring a source or melt with elevated radiogenic Sr, rich in Ca and with lower Mg and Fe. Recent Merapi eruptive rocks contain abundant xenoliths, including metamorphosed volcanoclastic sediment and carbonate country rock (calc-silicate skarns) analysed here for petrographic textures, mineralogy, major element composition and Sr isotope composition. The xenoliths contain extremely calcic plagioclase (up to An100) and have whole-rock 87Sr/86Sr ratios of 0·70584 to 0·70786. The presence of these xenoliths and their mineralogy and geochemistry, coupled with the 87Sr/86Sr ratios observed in different zones of individual phenocrysts, indicate that magma-crust interaction at Merapi is potentially more significant than previously thought, as numerous crystal cores in the phenocrysts appear to be inherited from a metamorphosed sedimentary crustal source. This has potentially significant consequences for geochemical mass-balance calculations, volatile saturation and flux and eruptive behaviour at Merapi and similar island arc volcanic systems elsewhere