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author Mitchell, John G
Peate, David W
Murton, Bramley J
Pearce, Julian A
Arculus, Richard J
van der Laan, Sieger R
author_facet Mitchell, John G
Peate, David W
Murton, Bramley J
Pearce, Julian A
Arculus, Richard J
van der Laan, Sieger R
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents K-Ar whole-rock ages have been obtained for 30 samples from Sites 782 and 786, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 125 in the Izu-Bonin (Ogasawara) forearc region. They form a trimodal spread of ages between 9 Ma and 44 Ma and are, with a few exceptions, consistent with the inferred lithostratigraphy. The ages have been interpreted in terms of at least two distinct episodes of magmatic and/or hydrothermal activity. A group of ten samples, including the lava flows, gave an isochron age of 41.3 ± 0.5 Ma (middle-late Eocene). This is thought to represent the age of the principal magmatic development of the volcanic forearc basement, and is comparable to published ages on equivalent rocks from other parts of the forearc basement high (e.g., the Ogasawara Islands). It may be significant that this age is slightly younger than the timing of major plate reorganization in the Western Pacific at about 43 Ma. This was followed by a minor episode of intrusive magmatism at 34.6 ± 0.7 Ma (early Oligocene) which appears to have reset the ages of some of the earlier units. This event probably corresponds to the initiation of rifting of the "proto-arc" to form the Parece Vela Basin. Boninitic samples were erupted during both episodes of magmatism, the earlier being of low-Ca boninite type and the later being of medium- and high-Ca types. It is also possible that a third episode of intrusive magmatism affected the Izu-Bonin forearc region at both Sites 782 and 786 at about 17 Ma. This would be consistent with magmatic activity elsewhere in the region during the Miocene, associated with the end of active spreading in the Parece Vela Basin and the start of arc activity in the West Mariana Ridge.
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spellingShingle Potassium and argon concentrations and age determination of ODP Site 125-782 and 125-786
Mitchell, John G
Peate, David W
Murton, Bramley J
Pearce, Julian A
Arculus, Richard J
van der Laan, Sieger R
125-782A; 125-782B; 125-786A; 125-786B; Age, 40K/40Ar Potassium-Argon; Age, dated; Age, dated, standard deviation; Argon; Argon-40, standard deviation; Argon-40 at standard pressure; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Event label; Flame photometry; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Joides Resolution; Leg125; Lithologic unit/sequence; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Potassium, standard deviation; Potassium oxide; Sample code/label
K-Ar whole-rock ages have been obtained for 30 samples from Sites 782 and 786, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 125 in the Izu-Bonin (Ogasawara) forearc region. They form a trimodal spread of ages between 9 Ma and 44 Ma and are, with a few exceptions, consistent with the inferred lithostratigraphy. The ages have been interpreted in terms of at least two distinct episodes of magmatic and/or hydrothermal activity. A group of ten samples, including the lava flows, gave an isochron age of 41.3 ± 0.5 Ma (middle-late Eocene). This is thought to represent the age of the principal magmatic development of the volcanic forearc basement, and is comparable to published ages on equivalent rocks from other parts of the forearc basement high (e.g., the Ogasawara Islands). It may be significant that this age is slightly younger than the timing of major plate reorganization in the Western Pacific at about 43 Ma. This was followed by a minor episode of intrusive magmatism at 34.6 ± 0.7 Ma (early Oligocene) which appears to have reset the ages of some of the earlier units. This event probably corresponds to the initiation of rifting of the "proto-arc" to form the Parece Vela Basin. Boninitic samples were erupted during both episodes of magmatism, the earlier being of low-Ca boninite type and the later being of medium- and high-Ca types. It is also possible that a third episode of intrusive magmatism affected the Izu-Bonin forearc region at both Sites 782 and 786 at about 17 Ma. This would be consistent with magmatic activity elsewhere in the region during the Miocene, associated with the end of active spreading in the Parece Vela Basin and the start of arc activity in the West Mariana Ridge.
title Potassium and argon concentrations and age determination of ODP Site 125-782 and 125-786
topic 125-782A; 125-782B; 125-786A; 125-786B; Age, 40K/40Ar Potassium-Argon; Age, dated; Age, dated, standard deviation; Argon; Argon-40, standard deviation; Argon-40 at standard pressure; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Event label; Flame photometry; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Joides Resolution; Leg125; Lithologic unit/sequence; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Potassium, standard deviation; Potassium oxide; Sample code/label
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.767574