Sr, Nd, Pb and Hf isotopic constraints on mantle sources and crustal contaminants in the Payenia volcanic province, Argentina

摘要

The presented Sr, Nd, Hf and double-spike Pb-isotopic analyses of Quaternary basalts from the Payenia volcanic province in southern Mendoza, Argentina, confirm the presence of two distinct mantle types feeding the Payenia volcanism. The southern Payenia mantle source feeding the intraplate-type Rio Colorado and Payun Matru volcanism is isotopically distinct from the northern Payenia and arc mantle source with less radiogenic Pb and lower Sr-87/Sr-86 and Hf-176/Hf-177 for a given Nd-143/Nd-144 than the northern Payenia and arc rocks. The basalts from the northern Payenia province (Nevado volcanic field) and the retroarc zone have isotopic compositions overlapping the Andean southern volcanic zone (SVZ) arc rocks and they are probably derived from the same metasomatized South Atlantic N-MORB-like mantle source. A high field strength element melting model suggests addition of similar to 1-2% upper continental crustal material to the mantle source of the Nevado basalts and the transitional SVZ arc and retroarc rocks and similar degrees of melting throughout this arc segment. A gradual depletion of the pre-metasomatic mantle source going from the backarc over the retroarc to the arc is indicated. The depletion is suggested to be caused by step-wise melt extraction due to repeated injections of subduction zone fluids and melts.