Isotopic and trace-element profiles across the New Britain island arc,Papua New Guinea |
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| Authors: | Jon D Woodhead R W Johnson |
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| Institution: | (1) Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, GPO Box 4, 2601 Canberra, ACT, Australia;(2) Australian Geological Survey Organisation, GPO Box 378, 2601 Canberra, ACT, Australia |
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| Abstract: | New Pb-, Sr-, and Nd-isotopic data have been obtained for the rocks of volcanoes overlying a wide range of depths (100–580 km) to the Wadati-Benioff Zone (WBZ) in the New Britain island arc, Papua New Guinea. Well-defined trends consistent with two-component mixing are observed in combined Pb-isotope/trace-element plots. One of the components is believed to represent a slab contribution whose isotopic signature, unlike those noted for several other arcs, appears to be dominated by subducted, altered, oceanic crust rather than by sediment. This conclusion is consistent with the results of a recent Be–B study of New Britain rocks. The influence of the slab component is considered to decrease as depth to the WBZ increases. Higher abundances of high-field-strength elements correlate with increasing depths to the WBZ, and may be indicative of smaller degrees of partial melting of the mantle wedge as WBZ depths increase. Abundances of other incompatible elements appear to reflect a complex interplay between the slab-derived flux and melting process. |
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