Petrogenesis of the Paleogene Sloko Lake Volcanic Complex Northwestern British Columbia and applications for early tertiary magmatism in the Coast Plutonic Complex
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Abstract
The Sloko Lake Volcanic Complex (SLVC) is the largest erosional remnant (600 km2 in area) of a Paleogene volcanic complex within the northern Canadian Cordillera. It is located along a linear trend of volcanic and plutonic rocks that once formed part of a widespread continental volcanic arc that extended from west-central British Columbia into southeastern Alaska and the southwestern Yukon Territory. The preserved stratigraphy within the SLVC is 1500 m thick, consisting of flat to gently dipping volcanic and pyroclastic flows, with minor well-bedded epiclastic strata that were likely deposited in a westward dipping half-graben. Four stratigraphic units are defined: 1) Lower Rhyolite Unit consisting of dominantly pyroclastic material, 2) Interbedded Unit of intermediate to mafic flow and tuffs, 3) Upper Rhyolite unit comprising felsic pyroclastic flows and coarse grained epiclastic lithologies, and 4) Upper Series Unit of agglomerate and intermediate to mafic flows. Dominant lithologies within the SLVC comprise plagioclase phytic to porphyritic basaltic andesite to andesite with subordinate basalt, rhyolite, dacite, quartz monzodiorite, and pyroclastic to epiclastic lithologies. SLVC rocks range from relatively primitive basalts (MgO ~ 8.00 wt. %) to highly evolved silicic rhyolites (Si02 77 wt. %). Rocks vary from Low-K to High K suites with increased differentiation, exhibit transitional calc-alkaline to tholeiitic differentiation trends lacking Fe enrichment, and exhibit typical arc derived depletions in HFSE relative to LILE. Crystal fractionation modeling between primitive basalt to andesitic rock compositions using phenocryst compositions and experimental data best fit a model in which magmas fractionated under water saturated conditions at upper crustal pressures (l-2.5kb) and/02 on the Q-F-M buffer. LILE concentrations rise significantly faster than crystal fractionation models with progressive differentiation, requiring open system processes, likely crustal assimilation/contamination. Intermediate dacitic magmas represent the least abundant volcanic rock type in the SLVC, yet the most abundant plutonic rock composition in the SLVC and regionally. The under representation of dacitic volcanic rocks is interpreted to result from rapid increase in viscosity between the andesite and dacite fields due to flocculation of phenocrysts, creating shear strengths, at which flow becomes energetically unfavorable, causing ponding, and the formation of plutonic bodies. Rhyolite magmas at the base of the SLVC exhibit unique major, trace, and rare earth element differences from overlying stratigraphy, and are interpreted to have formed by partial melting of country rock surrounding an early SLVC magma chamber. Ignimbrites are compositionally very similar to shallowly emplaced granitic intrusions along the western margins of the Coast Plutonic Complex.
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| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.004 | 0.006 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.008 | 0.001 |
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