TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fonseca, Raúl O. C.
A1  - Michely, Lina T.
A1  - Kirchenbaur, Maria
A1  - Prytulak, Julie
A1  - Ryan, Jeffrey
A1  - Hauke, Kerstin
A1  - Leitzke, Felipe Padilha
A1  - Almeev, Renat
A1  - Marien, Chris S.
A1  - Gerdes, Axel
A1  - Schellhorn, Rico
T1  - Formation mechanisms of macroscopic globules in andesitic glasses from the Izu–Bonin–Mariana forearc (IODP Expedition 352)
T2  - Contributions to mineralogy and petrology
N2  - The Izu–Bonin–Mariana volcanic arc is situated at a convergent plate margin where subduction initiation triggered the formation of MORB-like forearc basalts as a result of decompression melting and near-trench spreading. International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 352 recovered samples within the forearc basalt stratigraphy that contained unusual macroscopic globular textures hosted in andesitic glass (Unit 6, Hole 1440B). It is unclear how these andesites, which are unique in a stratigraphic sequence dominated by forearc basalts, and the globular textures therein may have formed. Here, we present detailed textural evidence, major and trace element analysis, as well as B and Sr isotope compositions, to investigate the genesis of these globular andesites. Samples consist of K2O-rich basaltic globules set in a glassy groundmass of andesitic composition. Between these two textural domains a likely hydrated interface of devitrified glass occurs, which, based on textural evidence, seems to be genetically linked to the formation of the globules. The andesitic groundmass is Cl rich (ca. 3000 µg/g ), whereas globules and the interface are Cl poor (ca. 300 µg/g ). Concentrations of fluid-mobile trace elements also appear to be fractionated in that globules and show enrichments in B, K, Rb, Cs, and Tl, but not in Ba and W relative to the andesitic groundmass, whereas the interface shows depletions in the latter, but is enriched in the former. Interestingly, globules and andesitic groundmass have identical Sr isotopic composition within analytical uncertainty ( 87Sr∕86Sr of 0.70580 ± 10 ), indicating that they likely formed from the same source. However, globules show high δ11 B (ca. + 7 ‰ ), whereas their host andesites are isotopically lighter (ca. – 1 ‰ ), potentially indicating that whatever process led to their formation either introduced heavier B isotopes to the globules, or induced stable isotope fractionation of B between globules and their groundmass. Based on the bulk of the textural information and geochemical data obtained from these samples, we conclude that these andesites likely formed as a result of the assimilation of shallowly altered oceanic crust (AOC) during forearc basaltic magmatism. Assimilation likely introduced radiogenic Sr, as well as heavier B isotopes to comparatively unradiogenic and low δ11B forearc basalt parental magmas (average 87Sr∕86Sr of 0.703284). Moreover, the globular textures are consistent with their formation being the result of fluid-melt immiscibility that was potentially induced by the rapid release of water from assimilated AOC whose escape likely formed the interface. If the globular textures present in these samples are indeed the result of fluid-melt immiscibility, then this process led to significant trace element and stable isotope fractionation. The textures and chemical compositions of the globules highlight the need for future experimental studies aimed at investigating the exsolution process with respect to potential trace element and isotopic fractionation in arc magmas that have perhaps not been previously considered.
KW  - Izu-Bonin forearc
KW  - Andesites
KW  - Globular textures
KW  - Liquid immiscibility
KW  - B and Sr isotopes
Y1  - 2020
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/79562
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-795628
SN  - 1432-0967
N1  - Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
N1  - This is FIERCE contribution No. 52.
VL  - 176
IS  - 1, art. 2
SP  - 1
EP  - 23
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin ; Heidelberg
ER  -