Enrichment of basalt and mixing of dacite in the rootzone of a large rhyolite chamber: inclusions and pumices from the Rattlesnake Tuff, Oregon |
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| Authors: | Martin J Streck Anita L Grunder |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Or 97331, USA, US |
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| Abstract: | A variety of cognate basalt to basaltic andesite inclusions and dacite pumices occur in the 7-Ma Rattlesnake Tuff of eastern
Oregon. The tuff represents ∼280 km3 of high-silica rhyolite magma zoned from highly differentiated rhyolite near the roof to less evolved rhyolite at deeper
levels. The mafic inclusions provide a window into the processes acting beneath a large silicic chamber. Quenched basaltic
andesite inclusions are substantially enriched in incompatible trace elements compared to regional primitive high-alumina
olivine tholeiite (HAOT) lavas, but continuous chemical and mineralogical trends indicate a genetic relationship between them.
Basaltic andesite evolved from primitive basalt mainly through protracted crystal fractionation and multiple cycles (≥10)
of mafic recharge, which enriched incompatible elements while maintaining a mafic bulk composition. The crystal fractionation
history is partially preserved in the mineralogy of crystal-rich inclusions (olivine, plagioclase ± clinopyroxene) and the
recharge history is supported by the presence of mafic inclusions containing olivines of Fo80. Small amounts of assimilation (∼2%) of high-silica rhyolite magma improves the calculated fit between observed and modeled
enrichments in basaltic andesite and reduces the number of fractionation and recharge cycles needed. The composition of dacite
pumices is consistent with mixing of equal proportions of basaltic andesite and least-evolved, high-silica rhyolite. In support
of the mixing model, most dacite pumices have a bimodal mineral assemblage with crystals of rhyolitic and basaltic parentage.
Equilibrium dacite phenocrysts are rare. Dacites are mainly the product of mingling of basaltic andesite and rhyolite before
or during eruption and to a lesser extent of equilibration between the two. The Rattlesnake magma column illustrates the feedback
between mafic and silicic magmas that drives differentiation in both. Low-density rhyolite traps basalts and induces extensive
fractionation and recharge that causes incompatible element enrichment relative to the primitive input. The basaltic root
zone, in turn, thermally maintains the rhyolitic magma chamber and promotes compositional zonation.
Received: 1 June 1998 / Accepted: 5 February 1999 |
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