Oceanic

Island
PetrologyandGeochemical Characteristic
Outline Presentation

 Introduction
(Distribution of hot spot and OIB)
(Schematic model)
(Crustal structure of OIB)

 Composition and magma series of OIB

(Chemical composition)
(Mineralogy composition)
(Petrography of OIB environment)

• Geochemical Analysis
(Major, rare and trace element)
(Harker diagram analysis)

• Petrogenetic Model

• Conclusion
 ATLAS OF HOTSPOT AREA

Ocean island and seamounts is commonly associated with hot

spot
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 Distribution

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 Schematic Model

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Crustal structure of oceanic islands

 Large Amplitude gravity anomaly

 Flexure and isostatic effect

Watts & ten Brink (1989)

  Magma rising through primary conduit to high-level reservoirs that
caused by interconnected fracture
 CMR (Crustal magma reservoir defined by earthquake)
 Shallow reservoir extends down 14 km to primary feeder dike

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Source of Magma
• Mantle Plume
• Contaminated by Oceanic Crust
Magma Series
• Tholeiitic Series
• Alkaline Series
SiO2 ranges: Basalt and differentiates
Mineralogy
 Petrography

Tholeiitic
OIB

Alkaline
OIB

O= Olivine, P= Orthopyroxene, F= Plagioclase, A= Augite

Major Elements
Harker Diagram
Trace Elements
Rare Earth Elements
Petrogenetic Model
 Source: Partial melts near primordial mantle
(ancient recycled oceanic crust, depleted
astenosfer, oceanic lithosfer and recycled
sub continental lithosfer.

• Highly variable Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic

(enriched mantle and recycled subducted)

 Depth of segregation magma

The major zone of partial melting close to
the base of the lithosphere (<100km)

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Conclusion
 References

A.B. Watts and U.S. ten Brink (1985). Crustal structure, flexure, and subsidence history of the Hawaiian Island.
Journal of Geophysical. Solid Earth. 94, B8.

Watts, A. B., and S. J. Zhong (2000), Observations of flexure and the rheology of oceanic lithosphere, Geophys.
J. Int., 142, 855–875.

Wilson, M. (1989). Igneous Petrogenesis: A Global Tectonic Approach. Unwin Hyman. London.