Magmatic processes that generate chemically distinct silicic magmas in NW Costa Rica and the evolution of juvenile continental crust in oceanic arcs |
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| Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Chad?D?DeeringEmail author Thomas?A?Vogel Lina?C?Patino David?W?Szymanski Guillermo?E?Alvarado |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Earth and Space Sciences,University of Washington,Seattle,USA;2.Department of Geological Sciences,Michigan State University,East Lansing,USA;3.área de Amenazas y Auscultación Sísmica y Volcánica, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Escuela Centroamericana de Geología,Universidad de Costa Rica,San José,Costa Rica;4.Department of Natural and Applied Sciences,Bentley University,Waltham,USA |
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| Abstract: | Northwestern Costa Rica is built upon an oceanic plateau that has developed chemical and geophysical characteristics of the
upper continental crust. A major factor in converting the oceanic plateau to continental crust is the production, evolution,
and emplacement of silicic magmas. In Costa Rica, the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP) forms the overriding plate in
the subduction of the Cocos Plate—a process that has occurred for at least the last 25 my. Igneous rocks in Costa Rica older
than about 8 Ma have chemical compositions typical of ocean island basalts and intra-oceanic arcs. In contrast, younger igneous
deposits contain abundant silicic rocks, which are significantly enriched in SiO2, alkalis, and light rare-earth elements and are geochemically similar to the average upper continental crust. Geophysical
evidence (high Vp seismic velocities) also indicates a relatively thick (~40 km), addition of evolved igneous rocks to the
CLIP. The silicic deposits of NW Costa Rica occur in two major compositional groups: a high-Ti and a low-Ti group with no
overlap between the two. The major and trace element characteristics of these groups are consistent with these magmas being
derived from liquids that were extracted from crystal mushes—either produced by crystallization or by partial melting of plutons
near their solidi. In relative terms, the high-Ti silicic liquids were extracted from a hot, dry crystal mush with low oxygen
fugacity, where plagioclase and pyroxene were the dominant phases crystallizing, along with lesser amounts of hornblende.
In contrast, the low-Ti silicic liquids were extracted from a cool, wet crystal mush with high oxygen fugacity, where plagioclase
and amphibole were the dominant phases crystallizing. The hot-dry-reducing magmas dominate the older sequence, but the youngest
sequence contains only magmas from the cold-wet-oxidized group. Silicic volcanic deposits from other oceanic arcs (e.g., Izu-Bonin,
Marianas) have chemical characteristics distinctly different from continental crust, whereas the NW Costa Rican silicic deposits
have chemical characteristics nearly identical to the upper continental crust. The transition in NW Costa Rica from mafic
oceanic arc and intra-oceanic magma to felsic, upper continental crust-type magma is governed by a combination of several
important factors that may be absent in other arc settings: (1) thermal maturation of the thick Caribbean plateau, (2) regional
or local crustal extension, and (3) establishment of an upper crustal reservoir. |
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