The isotopic composition of postshield lavas from Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii

A. K. Kennedy; S. T. Kwon; F. A. Frey; H. B. West

doi:10.1016/0012-821X(91)90171-D

The isotopic composition of postshield lavas from Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii

A. K. Kennedy, S. T. Kwon, F. A. Frey, H. B. West

Department of Earth System Sciences

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The postshield eruptive stage of Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii, can be divided into an early basaltic substage, the Hamakua Volcanics, containing picrites, ankaramites, alkalic and tholeiitic basalt, and a hawaiite substage, the Laupahoehoe Volcanics, containing only hawaiites and rare mugearites. Cumulate gabbroic xenoliths in Laupahoehoe Volcanics have isotopic ratios similar to the Hamakua Volcanics, and these gabbros provide constraints on the crustal evolution of Mauna Kea lavas. Because of the small variation in ⁸⁷Sr⁸⁶Sr (0.70335-0.70362), ¹⁴³Nd¹⁴⁴Nd (0.51297-0.51308) and ²⁰⁶Pb²⁰⁴Pb (18.306-18.440), lavas from both substages must contain relatively fixed proportions of depleted, enriched and primitive mantle components. In addition, there is Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic overlap between tholeiitic and alkalic Hamakua basalts. However, the steep ²⁰⁷Pb²⁰⁴Pb vs. ²⁰⁶Pb²⁰⁴Pb arrays of postshield lavas from Mauna Kea, West Maui and Haleakala volcanoes and the existence of rare samples with high ²⁰⁷Pb²⁰⁴Pb up to 15.548, requires an unusual component in some Hawaiian lavas. This component is unlikely to be derived from sediments or MORB lithosphere, and it may be a minor plume component. Lavas erupted during the postshield stage of Mauna Kea volcano do not define a systematic temporal trend of varying ⁸⁷Sr⁸⁶Sr and ¹⁴³Nd¹⁴⁴Nd. This result contrasts with the temporal trend defined by lavas from Haleakala Volcano and provides evidence for important differences between the origin and evolution of different Hawaiian volcanoes. However, the Laupahoehoe Volcanics trend to lower ²⁰⁶Pb²⁰⁴Pb ratios than the Hamakua Volcanics. As inferred for other Hawaiian volcanoes, this trend reflects a larger proportion of a depleted component in the youngest lavas. Finally, postshield lavas from Mauna Kea have relatively high Ce Pb (40 ± 4 in 28 Mauna Kea lavas) when compared with most oceanic basalts, and this ratio may be more variable in oceanic island lavas than previously recognized.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	339-353
Number of pages	15
Journal	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume	103
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(91)90171-D
Publication status	Published - 1991 Apr

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Funding Information:
We thank S. R. Hart and G. Triton for access to mass spectrometers and clean labs and for their interest in this project, K. Burrhus for help with maintenance of mass spectrometers at MIT and R. Fodor for kindly providing xenoliths IB and 15A. We thank two anonymous reviewers for their comments, Research was supported by NSF grants EAR 8419723 and EAR 875809 (F.F.) and EAR 86-07163 (G.T.).

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