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Ba
Co
Cr
Ni
Pb
Rb
Wt%/
Mol. Wt. Mole%
60.09
95.9
101.96
159.7
71.85
70.94
40.31
56.08
61.98
94.2
70.98
18.02
18.02
0.8188
0.0212
0.1579
0.0170
0.1081
0.0025
0.1598
0.1872
0.0486
0.0015
0.0032
0.0388
0.0527
1.6174
Elements (ppm)
5
32
220
87
1.29
1.14
Sr
Th
U
V
Zr
La
190
0.15
0.16
280
160
5.1
50.62
1.31
9.76
1.05
6.69
0.16
9.88
11.58
3.00
0.09
0.20
2.40
3.26
100.00
Major elements:
usually > 1 wt.%
control properties of magmas
major constituents of essential
minerals
Minor elements:
usually 0.1 1 wt.%
substitutes for major elements in
essential minerals or may form small
amounts of accessory mins.
Trace elements:
usually < 0.1 wt.%
substitutes for major and minor elements
in essential and accessory minerals
ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
Emitted
radiation
Energy Source
Emission
Detector
Absorbed
radiation
Sample
Output with
emission peak
Absorption
Detector
- Mass Spectrometry(MS)
atoms ionized and propelled through a curved
electromagnet which seperates the ions by weight
(good for isotope analysis)
Output with
absorption trough
- X-ray Diffractometry(XRD)
Incident X-rays are diffracted by
characteristic mineral structure
Rock SiO2
TiO2
Al2O3
Fe2O3
FeO
MnO
MgO
CaO
Na2O
K2O
H2O+
Total
Mafic
Intermed.
Peridotite
42.26
0.63
4.23
3.61
6.58
0.41
31.24
5.05
0.49
0.34
3.91
Basalt
49.20
1.84
15.74
3.79
7.13
0.20
6.73
9.47
2.91
1.10
0.95
Andesite
57.94
0.87
17.02
3.27
4.04
0.14
3.33
6.79
3.48
1.62
0.83
98.75
99.06
99.3
Felsic
Alkalic
Rhyolite Phonolite
72.82
56.19
0.28
0.62
13.27
19.04
1.48
2.79
1.11
2.03
0.06
0.17
0.39
1.07
1.14
2.72
3.55
7.79
4.30
5.24
1.10
1.57
99.50
99.23
13)
14)
15)
11)
7)
8)
9)
10)
12)
4)
5)
2)
1)
6)
3)
GEOCHEMICAL PLOTS
Objective: to show the co-variation of elemental
components that may give insight to magmatic
processes such aspartial melting
magma mixing
country rock assimilation/contamination
fractional crystallization
(or crystallization differentiation)
Types:
bivariate (X-Y)
triangular
normalization plots (spider diagrams)
HARKER
VARIATION
DIAGRAMS
Liquid
Lines of
Descent
Primitive
Evolved
DIFFERENTIATION INDEXES
INTERPRETING TRENDS ON
VARIATION DIAGRAMS
Extraction Calculations
Addition-Subtraction Diagram
Figure 8.7.
Stacked variation
diagrams of
hypothetical
components X
and Y (either
weight or mol %).
P = parent, D =
daughter, S = solid
extract, A, B, C =
possible extracted
solid phases. For
explanation, see text.
From Ragland (1989).
Basic Analytical
Petrology, Oxford Univ.
Press. (From Winter
Rollinson (1993)
INTERPRETING TRENDS ON
VARIATION DIAGRAMS
Scattered Trends
-not all liquids
-not comagmatic
-polybaric fractionation
-sample heterogeneity
-varied data sources
MAGMA SERIES
RELATED TO TECTONIC PROVINCES
Subalkaline
Characteristic
Plate Margin
Series
Convergent Divergent
Alkaline
yes
Tholeiitic
yes
yes
Calc-alkaline
yes
Within Plate
Oceanic Continental
yes
yes
yes
yes
16
Phonolite
14
Tephriphonolite
12
Na2O + K2O
10
Na 2O+K 2O
Foidite
8
6
4
2
Winter (2001) Figure 8.11. Total alkalis vs. silica diagram for
the alkaline and sub-alkaline rocks of Hawaii. After MacDonald
(1968). GSA Memoir 116
0
35
40
Trachyte
PhonoTephrite
Trachy- Trachydacite
andesite
Rhyolite
Basaltic
Tephrite
trachyBasaniteTrachy-andesite
basalt
Dacite
Andesite
Basaltic
Basalt
andesite
Picrobasalt
45
50
55
SiO
SiO2 2
60
65
70
75
Calc-Alkaline
Fe2O3 + FeO
20
Tholeiitic--Calc-Alkaline
boundary after Irvine and
Baragar (1971). Can. J. Earth
Sci., 8, 523-548
Al2O3
15
10
100
Tholeiitic
90
80
70
AN
Na2O + K2O
MgO
60
50
40
TECTONIC
PROVINCE
DISCRIMINATION
DIAGRAMS
Rollinson (1993)
Figure 9.8 Examples of discrimination diagrams used to infer tectonic setting of ancient (meta)volcanics. (a) after Pearce and Cann
(1973), (b) after Pearce (1982), Coish et al. (1986). Reprinted by permission of the American Journal of Science, (c) after Mullen
(1983) Copyright with permission from Elsevier Science, (d) and (e) after Vermeesch (2005) AGU with permission.
Transition Metals
Precious
Metals
Rare Earth Elements
2.
Rb
Sr
Ba
Ni
Cr
La
Ce
Nd
Sm
Eu
Dy
Er
Yb
Lu
Table 9-1. Partition Coefficients (CS/CL) for Some Commonly Used Trace
Elements in Basaltic and Andesitic Rocks
Olivine
0.010
0.014
0.010
14
0.70
0.007
0.006
0.006
0.007
0.007
0.013
0.026
0.049
0.045
Opx
0.022
0.040
0.013
5
10
0.03
0.02
0.03
0.05
0.05
0.15
0.23
0.34
0.42
Cpx
Garnet
0.031
0.042
0.060
0.012
0.026
0.023
7
0.955
34
1.345
0.056
0.001
0.092
0.007
0.230
0.026
0.445
0.102
0.474
0.243
0.582
1.940
0.583
4.700
0.542
6.167
0.506
6.950
Plag
Amph Magnetite
0.071
0.29
Compatible
1.830
0.46
0.23
0.42
0.01
6.8
29
0.01
2.00
7.4
0.148
0.544
2
0.082
0.843
2
0.055
1.340
2
0.039
1.804
1
0.1/1.5*
1.557
1
0.023
2.024
1
0.020
1.740
1.5
0.023
1.642
1.4
0.019
1.563
* Eu3+/Eu2+
CL/Co = 1/[D(i)(1-F) + F]
F - Fraction of Liquid
D(i)- Bulk Distribution
Coefficient for Element i
Degree of
Partial
Melting (F)
Incompatible
Compatible
Incompatible
100.000
CL/Co
Troctolite
CL/Co
Olivine Gabbro
10.000
10.000
Tr(Yb)
OG(Yb)
OG(Ce)
Ce/Yb
OG(Ni)
Tr(Ce)
Ce/Yb
Tr(Ni)
1.000
1.000
0.100
0.00
0.100
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
Fractional crystallization
increases the REE abundance,
but has a neglible effect on the
REE pattern
Light REE
Heavy REE
From Rollinson (1993)
Fractional Crystallization
- minimal change in
REE ratios
Partial Melting
- significant
change in REE
ratios
Rock/Standard Comp*
Positive
Anomaly
Enriched
Negative
Anomaly
Depleted
Most
Least
Incompatible Elements
(likes magma)
Compatible
Elements
(likes minerals)