The melting processes and composition of the North Atlantic (Iceland) plume: geochemical evidence from the Early Tertiary basalts

Kerr, Andrew Craig ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5569-4730 1995. The melting processes and composition of the North Atlantic (Iceland) plume: geochemical evidence from the Early Tertiary basalts. Journal of the Geological Society 152 (6) , pp. 975-978. 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1995.152.01.16

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Abstract

Three successive geochemical magma types, which result from the decompression melting of the Iceland plume, can be identified throughout the North Atlantic Tertiary Igneous Province. Compared with Type 1, the geochemical signature of Type 2 can be interpreted in terms of shallower, more extensive melting, in response to lithospheric thinning. The chemistry of the youngest lavas and dykes (Type 3) suggests small degree melting at greater mantle depths than Type 2, perhaps below a lithospheric lid which had been re-thickened by underplating. The depleted (relative to Bulk Earth) geochemical signatures of Types 1 and 2 appear not to be derived from entrained upper MORB-source mantle, nor an immature HIMU plume. Rather, it is proposed that they are the melting products of an intrinsically depleted plume.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography Q Science > QE Geology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	North Atlantic, Tertiary, plumes, volcanism, magmas
Publisher:	Geological Society of London
ISSN:	0016-7649
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 12:22
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/9569

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