Genetic Significance of Multiple Enclave Types in a Peraluminous Ignimbrite Suite, Lachlan Fold Belt, Australia |
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| Authors: | ELBURG MARLINA A |
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| Institution: | DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES, MONASH UNIVERSITY CLAYTON, VIC. 3168, AUSTRALIA |
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| Abstract: | The Violet Town Volcanics (Lachlan Fold Belt, Australia) arean S-type ignimbrite suite containing microgranitoid enclaves,basaltic andesite enclaves and enclaves of high-silica rhyolite.The microgranitoid enclaves are similar to those in peraluminousgranites. They typically have lower initial 87Sr/86Sr and higher Nd than the host, and represent globules of a mafic, mantle-derivedmagma, which was hybridized by mixing and diffusional exchangewith the host magma. The basaltic andesite enclaves were incorporatedinto the ignimbrite as xenoliths, but their parental magma mayhave been similar to that of the microgranitoid enclaves. Theyare isotopically less depleted than other mantle-derived rocksfrom the Lachlan Fold Belt, reflecting contamination by crustalmaterial, or derivation from less depleted mantle sources. Thehigh-silica rhyolite enclaves, previously interpreted to berelated to the ignimbrite by crystal fractionation, have Ndvalues up to 3 units higher than their host, and cannot be relatedto their host by crystal fractionation or assimilation-fractionalcrystallization (AFC) processes. The coexistence of S-type magmasand mantle-derived magmas suggests that the latter may haveplayed a role in the Palaeozoic magmatism of the Lachlan FoldBelt, acting as a heat source for melting and perhaps also contributingchemical components to the crustally derived magmas. KEY WORDS: enclaves; magma mingling; magma mixing; S-type
*Present address: Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A. 5005, Australia. Telephone: +-61-8-3035973. Fax: +-61-8-3034347. e-mail: melburg{at}geology.adelaide.edu.au |
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