Source and magmatic evolution of ocean island basalts from the Pohnpei Island, Northwest Pacific Ocean: Insights from olivine geochemistry

Tong Zong; Zhenggang Li; Xuping Li; Yanhui Dong; Jihao Zhu

doi:10.1007/s13131-021-1901-4

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Tong Zong, Zhenggang Li, Xuping Li, Yanhui Dong, Jihao Zhu. Source and magmatic evolution of ocean island basalts from the Pohnpei Island, Northwest Pacific Ocean: Insights from olivine geochemistry[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(12): 27-38. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1901-4

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Tong Zong, Zhenggang Li, Xuping Li, Yanhui Dong, Jihao Zhu. Source and magmatic evolution of ocean island basalts from the Pohnpei Island, Northwest Pacific Ocean: Insights from olivine geochemistry[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(12): 27-38. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1901-4

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Tong Zong, Zhenggang Li, Xuping Li, Yanhui Dong, Jihao Zhu. Source and magmatic evolution of ocean island basalts from the Pohnpei Island, Northwest Pacific Ocean: Insights from olivine geochemistry[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(12): 27-38. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1901-4

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Source and magmatic evolution of ocean island basalts from the Pohnpei Island, Northwest Pacific Ocean: Insights from olivine geochemistry

doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1901-4

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College of Architectural Engineering, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China
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Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China
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Research Center of Continental Dynamics, College of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China

Funds: The Resources and Environment Projects of China Ocean Mineral R&D Association under contract No. DY135-E2-2-01; the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province under contract No. ZR2020QD076.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: lizg@sio.org.cn
Received Date: 2021-04-23
Accepted Date: 2021-09-13

Available Online: 2021-11-08

Publish Date: 2021-11-25

Abstract

Abstract

The compositional variability of ocean island basalts (OIBs) is thought to reflect partial melting of a lithologically-heterogeneous mantle source dominated by either pyroxenite or peridotite. The Pohnpei Island in Micronesia, which is associated with the Caroline hotspot, is suggested to have been generated from partial melting of a pyroxenite-rich mantle. To examine this hypothesis, we present new major- and trace-element compositions of olivine phenocrysts in basalts from the island. The olivines exhibit large systematic inter- and intra-crystalline compositional variability. In Sample DS1, olivines record compositional zonation, in which cores have relatively high Fo (77–85), Ni (550×10⁻⁶–2 392×10⁻⁶), and Fe/Mn ratios (66–82), whereas rims have lower Fo (71–78), Ni (526×10⁻⁶–1 537×10⁻⁶), and Fe/Mn ratios (51–62). By contrast, olivines within other samples preserve no clear compositional zonation, exhibiting similar or slightly lower Fo values (66–78), Ni contents (401×10⁻⁶–1 268×10⁻⁶), and Fe/Mn ratios (53–69) as the rims of zoned crystals. The distinct chemical contrast between the two different types of olivine suggests they formed in magma chambers at different depths. Analysis using forward petrological modeling and multi-element indicators (Fe/Mn, Zn/Fe, FC3MS (FeO^T/CaO−(3×MgO/SiO₂)), Mn/Zn, and Ni/(Mg/Fe)) of whole-rock samples and high-Fo olivines is inconsistent with a pyroxenite-rich mantle source. We suggest these inconsistencies reflect an influence on the partition coefficients of Ni and Mn between olivine and liquid during melting at variable pressures and temperatures. In addition, magma recharge and mixing within the magmatic plumbing system can change the composition of olivine. We suggest that identification of the mantle source of OIBs in volcanic islands such as the Pohnpei Island using olivine geochemistry should be treated with caution.
- olivine geochemistry,
- mantle source,
- magmatic evolution,
- ocean island basalt,
- Pohnpei Island

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