Petrogenesis and volcanology of anorogenic rhyolites: a special issue dedicated to Bill Bonnichsen
Petrogenesis and volcanology of anorogenic rhyolites: a special issue dedicated to Bill Bonnichsen
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非造山流纹岩的岩石成因和火山学:比尔·邦尼克森 (Bill Bonnichsen) 特刊
DOI:
10.1007/s00445-007-0137-2
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
W. Leeman
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作者:
M. McCurry;E. H. Christiansen;W. Leeman
The occurrence of large volume, high-temperature silicic volcanic rocks is apparently confined to continental regions and is a manifestation of significant energy input into the continental crust over extended time periods. In the western United States, such magmatism occurs predominantly in extensional settings in the Cenozoic Great Basin and TransPecos (west Texas) volcanic provinces. It is particularly prolific in the late Cenozoic Snake River Plain-Yellowstone province that forms a time-transgressive ‘hot spot’ track across southern Idaho, where rhyolites were extruded as large lava flows and even larger ignimbrites. Volumes of individual eruptions range up to at least 100 km 3 for the lava flows and to as much as 3,000 km 3 for the ignimbrites. Cumulative volumes of silicic magma produced likely exceed 10 5 km 3 , making this province one of the most prolific rhyolite outpourings on Earth. These rhyolites are characterized by high magmatic temperatures (sometimes exceeding 1,000°C), anhydrous phenocryst assemblages, low oxygen fugacities, and A-type trace element chemistry. In all these respects the “anorogenic” rhyolites contrast sharply with silicic magmas from “orogenenic” settings (i.e., convergent margins and mid-Cenozoic calcalkaline silicic magmas of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau including