Satoshi Kanisawa

Fluorine geochemistry of basaltic rocks from continental and oceanic regions and petrogenetic application

Fluorine contents in about 300 samples of various types of basalts and related rocks from continental (southwestern U.S.A.; Zaire; Deccan and South Africa) and oceanic regions (Hawaii and Mid-Atlantic Ridge between 23° N and 40° N) were determined by a selective ion-electrode method.Of all of the major components in these basaltic rocks, F shows good correlation only with K2O. It increases regularly from tholeiite to perpotassic basalt on continents, and from tholeiite to nephelinite on Hawaii. In the F-K2O diagram all the basaltic rocks from continents and Hawaii plot between the origin of the coordinate axes and the field of phlogopite in peridotite xenoliths in South African kimberlites. Accordingly, the major proportions of F, K2O and also H2O in these basaltic magmas are derived from phlogopite at the source regions in the upper mantle. On the other hand, F in abyssal tholeiites is relatively higher than that of the other tholeiites at equal K2O content, and it is suggested that most of F, K2O and H2O are derived from pargasites.When it is assumed that the upper mantle phlogopite contains about 10% K2O, 0.4% (0.3–0.5%) F and 4% H2O, H2O content in basaltic magmas from continental including island arc and oceanic island regions can be qualitatively estimated based on their proportions of K2O∶F∶H2O. Similarly, H2O content in abyssal basaltic rocks is also estimated on the basis of F∶H2O in pargasites (Table 2).A suite of Deccan tholeiites shows remarkable F enrichment with increasing K2O due to separation of anhydrous and K-free minerals during fractionation. F in tholeiitic and alkali basalt magmas in Hawaii also increases regularly with K2O during progressive fractionation until the later stages, where rhyodacite and trachyte exhibit a relative decrease owing to the effective subtraction of F-bearing amphibole and apatite in addition to anhydrous minerals.

Two subgroups of A-type granites in the coastal area of Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces, SE China: age and geochemical constraints on their petrogenesis

Late Cretaceous (90–100 Ma) A-type granites are widespread in the coastal area of the Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces, SE China. According to mineralogical and geochemical characteristics, the A-type granites in this belt can be further divided into aluminous and peralkaline subgroups. The aluminous subgroup often contains aluminous-rich minerals (e.g. spessartine and Mn-rich muscovite), while the peralkaline subgroup usually contains riebeckite, arfvedsonite and aegirine. Geochemically, the aluminous A-type granites show lower Nb, Zr, Ga, Y and REE abundances, and lower FeO*/MgO and Ga/Al than the peralkaline subgroup. When they occur in the same area, the two subgroups of A-type granites display quite similar initial Nd isotopic compositions, which are indicative of mixing of ancient basement crustal rocks with variable amounts of mantle materials. Integrated geological and geochemical investigations indicate that both the aluminous and the peralkaline magmas are highly evolved and reflect the residual liquids left after high degrees of fractional crystallisation in a deep magma chamber. The present authors suggest that the mineralogical and geochemical differences between the aluminous and peralkaline subgroups are likely to have been generated via different differentiation paths controlled by varying fluorine contents of the parent magmas.

Content and behavior of fluorine in Japanese quaternary volcanic rocks and petrogenetic application

Abstract Fluorine contents in about 160 representative Quaternary volcanic rocks and 15 hornblende and biotite phenocrysts in a calc-alkali series in Japan have been determined by a selective ion-electrode method. Tholeiites have the lowest contents and the narrowest range (58–145 ppm), while alkali basalts have the highest contentws and the widest range (301–666 ppm), high-alumina basalts have intermediate values (188–292 ppm). F contents in basalts clearly increase from east to west across the Japanese Islands, as do alkalies, P2O5 REE, U, Th and H2O. The volcanic rocks studied are divided into two groups on the basis of F: (1) witt, increasing % SiO2 or advancing fractionation, F contents show either progressive enrichment; or (2) with increasing fractionation, F contents show rather constant values. The former is produced by fractionation of anhydrous phases from basalt to mafic andesite magmas; the tholeiite series of Nasu volcanic zone (outer zone), northeastern, Japan is a typical example. The latter group is derived through separation of amphibole-bearing phases from basaltic magmas at various depths from upper mantle (about 30 km) to upper crust; the alkali series in southwestern Japan and the calc-alkali series of Chokai volcanic zone (inner zone), northeastern Japan, are examples.

Fluorine contents of some hydrous minerals derived from upper mantle and lower crust

Abstract Fluorine contents have been determined in about forty samples of amphibole, mica and apatite in alkali basalt and kimberlite and their incorporated xenoliths. They show a wide variation ranging from 15,000 to 100 ppm, corresponding to about 40 to 0.2 per cent substitution of F for OH in hydroxyl site of hydrous minerals. Fluorine abundances in these minerals reflect those of their host magmas or rocks; Itinome-gata xenoliths are the lowest and South African kimberlites and their xenoliths are the highest. F/OH and also. D/H (Kuroda et al. 1975) ratios in coexisting phlogopite-potassic richterite from peridotite and mica nodules are thoughts to have formed under no simple equlibrium conditions.

Content and behaviour of fluorine in granitic rocks, Kitakami Mountains, northeast Japan

Abstract Abundances of fluorine in some granites (and in their biotites and hornblendes) of the Kitakami Mountains, northeastern Japan, have been determined using a selective-ion electrode. The F content is the highest in the alkaline-rich rocks of the district, steeply decreases with advancing differentiation, and is also comparatively rich in the shallow intrusive granites. However, the F in other granites is moderate in amount and remains nearly constant throughout differentiation. In some granites, F is distinctly concentrated in biotite and hornblende at the late stage of crystallization. The F content in biotites is nearly twice as high as that of coexisting hornblendes in all granites. F in the Kitakami granites may be magmatic in origin and there is no mutual relation between the granites and surrounding rocks or groundwater.

Genesis of the extremely low-K tonalites from the island arc volcanism. Lithic fragments in the Adachi-Medeshima pumice deposits, Northeast Japan

The Adachi-Medeshima pumice deposit of the Late Pleistocene age, found in Northeast Japan, contains extremely low-K tonalite fragments, having a wide variation in SiO2 content but fairly uniform K2O content (<0.1%). The tonalites coexist with essential dacite fragments. Mineralogical properties of the tonalites are the same as those of the pumice and dacite fragments. Sr isotope ratios of the tonalite, dacite fragments and pumice also fall within a narrow range. By assuming a Rayleigh fractionation model, the concentration of incompatible trace elements in cumulus phases was calculated, and the amounts of major elements were estimated from the fractionation ratios of each mineral and the volume ratio of crystal-liquid. The estimated element abundances of the cumulus phase show a MORB normalized pattern similar to that of the natural tonalite having cumulate textures. Thus, the tonalite represents the cumulus phase precipitated from dacite magma. Equilibrium temperatures and fO2 of the tonalites, dacite fragments and pumice were estimated from coexisting magnetite-ilmenite pairs at 876°−796° C and −logfO2 = 9.8–11.9, respectively. The fO2 is among highest group yet reported. This is a case of extremely low-K tonalite which formed in the island arc system different from the oceanic environments.

Garnet-amphibolites at Yokokawa in the Abukuma metamorphic belt, Japan

The mineralogy and petrochemistry of the garnet-amphibolites from the highgrade part of the Abukuma metamorphic belt have been studied, using five analyses of rocks, five of hornblendes, three of garnets and one analysis of cummingtonite, Garnetiferous amphibolites are rich in Fe, whereas non-garnetiferous ones are rich in Mg, especially in cummingtonite-amphibolite. The chemical composition of hornblendes associated with garnet is pargasitic and rich in FeO and poor in CaO, but that of non-garnetiferous rocks is rich in MgO. The garnets are rich in almandine molecule. Mg/Mg + Fe2+ ratios of both hornblendes and garnets correspond with those of the host rocks. The development of garnet in the Adirondack metabasites belonging to the upper almandine-amphibolite and granulite facies is observed in Mg-rich rocks as well as in Fe-rich rocks, in which both garnet and hornblende are rich in Mg respectively. However, under the conditions of the andalusite-sillimanite type metamorphism as shown in the Abukuma Plateau, Fe-rich garnet occurs in Fe-rich basic rocks, but cummingtonite occurs in Mg-rich ones instead of Mg-rich garnet. Finally, the problem of polymetamorphism is discussed. The cummingtonite-amphibolite may be the product of polymetamorphism, and Mg-rich garnet which had been present previously was decomposed to cummingtonite and plagioclase by the subsequent regional metamorphism of andalusite-sillimanite type.