Volatile-induced transport of HFSE, REE, Th and U in arc magmas: evidence from zirconolite-bearing vesicles in potassic lavas of Lewotolo volcano (Indonesia) |
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| Authors: | Jan C M de Hoog Manfred J van Bergen |
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| Institution: | (1) Vening Meinesz Research School of Geodynamics, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80021, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands Tel.: +31-30-2535036; Fax: +31-30-2535030 e-mail: vbergen@geo.uu.nl, NL |
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| Abstract: | Potassium-rich calc-alkaline lavas of Lewotolo volcano, situated in the East Sunda Arc, Indonesia, contain the rare mineral
zirconolite (CaZrTi2O7). Samples in which tiny grains of this mineral (3–25 μm in size) were found span the entire range of lava compositions (47–62 wt%
SiO2). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first record of primary zirconolite in juvenile arc volcanics. The mineral forms
part of a vesicle-filling assemblage consisting of a network of quenched feldspar crystals and an SiO2 phase, probably cristobalite. High contents of Th, U and REE (up to 9.3, 4.3 and 15.6 wt% oxide respectively) and very high
Fe contents (up to 13.5 wt% Fe2O3) distinguish these zirconolites from those of other rock types. The extraction of volatile-rich phases with changing compositions
in successive stages is considered to be responsible for the zirconolite formation. We hypothesise that a fluid capable of
transporting HFSE, REE, Th and U was extracted from the magma and (partly) crystallised within voids which had formed earlier
upon saturation of an aqueous fluid. Assuming that zirconolite compositions largely reflect trace metal contents of the coexisting
fluid phase, significant amounts of `immobile' elements must have been transported on a macroscopic scale. Our findings thus
point to a late-stage transfer of HFSE, REE, Th and U between different domains in a cooling magma body. Such a volatile-induced
redistribution of trace elements at shallow levels of high-K volcanic systems may be significant for conventional geochemical
modelling of magma evolution and for Th–U disequilibrium studies.
Received: 3 November 1999 / Accepted: 29 February 2000 |
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