Petrology of the Rumble seamounts,southern Kermadec Ridge,southwest Pacific |
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| Authors: | I E M Smith R N Brothers |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geology, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | The Rumble seamounts are major Quaternary submarine volcanoes which lie at the southern end of the Tonga-Kermadec island arc. Rocks dredged from three of the volcanoes are olivine and pyroxene phyric basalts and highly por-phyritic plagioclase-rich basaltic andesites. Plagioclase phenocrysts display patterns of iron enrichment similar to those observed in rocks from other parts of the arc. Systematic major and trace element variations indicate that the specimens constitute a closely related suite of low-K arc-type rocks showing characteristic depletion in some large ion lithophile elements. They are closely comparable to basaltic rocks of the Kermadec Islands and their genesis may be linked to the currently active subduction system beneath the arc. |
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