Construction of the granitoid crust of an island arc. Part II: a quantitative petrogenetic model |
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| Authors: | Oliver E Jagoutz |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA |
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| Abstract: | Results of simple model calculations that integrate cumulate compositions from the Kohistan arc terrain are presented in order
to develop a consistent petrogenetic model to explain the Kohistan island arc granitoids. The model allows a quantitative
approximation of the possible relative roles of fractional crystallization and assimilation to explain the silica-rich upper
crust composition of oceanic arcs. Depending in detail on the parental magma composition hydrous moderate-to-high pressure
fractional crystallization in the lower crust/upper mantle is an adequate upper continental crust forming mechanism in terms
of volume and compositions. Accordingly, assimilation and partial melting in the lower crust is not per se a necessary process
to explain island arc granitoids. However, deriving few percent of melts using low degree of dehydration melting is a crucial
process to produce volumetrically important amounts of upper continental crust from silica-poorer parental magmas. Even though
the model can explain the silica-rich upper crustal composition of the Kohistan, the fractionation model does not predict
the accepted composition of the bulk continental crust. This finding supports the idea that additional crustal refining mechanism
(e.g., delamination of lower crustal rocks) and/or non-cogenetic magmatic process were critical to create the bulk continental
crust composition. |
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