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Rare earth elements and the island arc tholeiitic series

P. Jakesˇ, +1 more
- 01 Aug 1970 - 
- Vol. 9, Iss: 1, pp 17-28
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The island arc tholeiitic series as mentioned in this paper is the most dominant in many western Pacific and Atlantic Island arcs and represents the earliest stages in arc evolution. But it is chemically inappropriate to call many of the rocks in island arcs calc-alkaline and they suggest they be known as the "island arc thoeitic series" and they differ from normal thoeiitic features by having a higher percentage of intermediate and acid members and too little normative olivine, for example, to have been in equilibrium with peridotite.
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This article is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.The article was published on 1970-08-01. It has received 455 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Island arc & Peridotite.

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Chapter 18 - Reconnaissance Geochemistry of Devonian Island-Arc Volcanic and Intrusive Rocks, West Shasta District, California

TL;DR: In this article, major and minor element geochemistry of Middle Devonian Copley Greenstone and Balaklala Rhyolite of the West Shasta district, eastern Klamath Mountains, California, confirms earlier worker's conclusions that these rocks formed in an island-arc environment.
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Some aspects of the volcanology and geochemistry of the Tengger Caldera, Java, Indonesia: eruption of a K-rich tholeiitic series

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed petrographic and stratigraphic description of the two major caldera units, i.e., the pre-caldera formation and the post-altera formation, is provided.
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Is the Cretaceous primitive island arc series in the circum-Caribbean region geochemically analogous to the modern island arc tholeiite series?

TL;DR: The Early Cretaceous island arc lavas in the Caribbean region are frequently assigned to the primitive island arc (PIA) series and not to the island arc tholeiite (IAT) series as mentioned in this paper.
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Rare earth element abundances in Caledonian metavolcanics from the island of Leka, Norway.

TL;DR: In this paper, rare-earth elements (REE) were determined in metavolcanics and metagabbros from the island of Leka, Norway, based on regional geological features, lithology, and the REE abundances.
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Distribution of the Elements in Some Major Units of the Earth's Crust

TL;DR: A table of abundances of the elements in the various major units of the Earth's lithic crust with a documentation of the sources and a discussion of the choice of units and data is presented in this article.
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The genesis of basaltic magmas

TL;DR: In this paper, the results of a detailed experimental investigation of fractionation of natural basaltic compositions under conditions of high pressure and high temperature were reported, where a single stage, pistoncylinder apparatus has been used in the pressure range up to 27 kb and at temperatures up to 1500° C to study the melting behaviour of several basaltics compositions.
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Trace element fractionation and the origin of tholeiitic and alkaline magma types

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the abundance of large ion elements in alkaline basalts cannot be consistently explained by fractional crystallization processes and that these characteristics are produced by previous partial melting episodes.
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Chemical Characteristics of Oceanic Basalts and the Upper Mantle

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that oceanic tholeiites are either complete melts of the upper mantle or are generated from a mix of this tholeite and a magnesium-rich peridotite or dunite in proportions up to perhaps 1:4.
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Chemical Characteristics and Origin of Oceanic Ridge Volcanic Rocks

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