Collaborative Research: RUI: The Origin and Evolution of the Galapagos Lithosphere, Floreana Volcano

Harppe-0207425 Floreana岛是加拉帕戈斯热点系统中最具特色的火山。与其他加拉帕戈斯群岛不同，弗洛里亚纳经历了广泛的爆炸活动，其碱性熔岩异常富集不相容的微量元素，表现出交代作用的证据，具有独特的同位素组成，并含有丰富的地幔捕虏体。拟议项目的基本目标是利用Floreana的独特特征来阐明构造和修改形成加拉帕戈斯平台的岩石圈的岩浆过程，这将通过详细的火山学，岩石学和地球化学研究来完成。 确定Floreana火山的火山历史和成分演变将允许通过分析主要和微量元素的变化以及这些变化如何随时间变化来估计熔体生产的深度和范围的变化。这些结果将应用于有关弗洛里亚纳火山演化的问题，包括：a）不同喷发序列之间的关系; B）明显的浅熔融深度，这可能与深羽起源相矛盾; c）单次喷发事件中的成分变化; d）弗洛里亚纳熔岩与南加拉帕戈斯地台下方的巨大火山阶地之间的关系;捕虏体的成因及其与Floreana熔岩和加拉帕戈斯岩石圈其它部分的关系。高精度地球化学和岩石学分析与详细的野外观测相结合，将为深入了解地幔柱-岩石圈相互作用、海洋-岛屿岩浆作用以及最终的地幔演化等难以捉摸的问题提供难得的机会。

HarppEAR-0207425Floreana Island is the most distinctive volcano of the Galapagos hotspot system. Unlike other Galapagos Islands, Floreana experienced extensive explosive activity, and its alkalic lavas are anomalously enriched in incompatible trace elements, exhibit evidence of metasomatism, have unique isotopic compositions, and contain abundant mantle xenoliths. The fundamental goal of the proposed project is to use Floreana's unique features to elucidate the magmatic processes that construct and modify the lithosphere forming the Galapagos Platform, which will be accomplished through a detailed volcanologic, petrologic, and geochemical study. Determining the volcanic history and compositional evolution of Floreana volcano will permit estimation of variations in the depths and extents of melt production through analysis of major and trace element variations and how those change with time. These results will be applied to questions about Floreana's volcanic evolution, including: a) the relationship between the different eruptive sequences; b) apparent shallow depths of melting, which may contradict a deep plume origin; c) compositional variations within single eruptive episodes; d) the relationship between Floreana lavas and the giant volcanic terraces which underlie the southern Galapagos Platform; and e) the origins of the xenoliths and their relationship to Floreana lavas and other parts of the Galapagos lithosphere. The powerful combination of high precision geochemical and petrologic analysis coupled with detailed field observations will provide a rare opportunity to gain insight into elusive questions about plume-lithosphere interaction, ocean-island magmatism, and, ultimately, mantle evolution.