Outline

I. Introduction
II. Sample Occurrence
III. Petrography
IV. Analytical Methods
V. Results
VI. Discussion
VII. Conclusion
Introduction
Introduction

Payot et al. (2019)

Sample Occurrence
Sample Occurrence

▪ Photograph of a Kharchinsky xenolith in the host rock.

Petrography
Petrography: Peridotite xenoliths

Protogranular Porphyroclastic Equigranular

Amphibole vein Interstitial spinels

Petrography: Orthopyroxenite xenolith

Fibrous OPX
Petrography: Clinopyroxenite xenoliths

Cpx & Ol Layering Adcumulate

Mesocumulate Mesocumulate
Petrography: Gabbro xenoliths

Mesocumulate/Poikilitic Replacement of CPX

Analytical Methods

Analysis of Kharchinsky Equipment

Xenoliths and Lavas
Whole-Rock Major Element X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
Compositions

Whole-Rock Trace Element Inductively Coupled Plasma

Abundances Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)

Isotope Abundances Thermo Neptune Plus MC-ICP-

MS
Results: Kharchinsky Volcanic Rock Major Elements
Results: Kharchinsky Volcanic Rock Trace Elements
Results: Xenolith Major Elements
Results: Xenolith Spinel Composition
Results: Xenolith Trace Elements
Results: Xenolith Trace Elements
Results: Xenolith Trace Elements
Results: Xenolith Trace Elements
Results: Isotopes (Pb vs. Pb)
Results: Isotopes (Nd vs. Sr and Nd vs. Pb)
Results: Isotopes (Hf vs. Nd)
Results: Isotopes (Hf vs. Trace element Ratio)
Results: Isotopes (Nd, Sr, Pb isotope vs Ce/Ce*)
Discussion: Hf Isotope Changes with Time
• Kharchinsky xenoliths fall within the field of
Kamchatka volcanic rocks
Discussion: Hf Isotope Changes with Time
• Kharchinsky xenoliths fall within the field of
Kamchatka volcanic rocks
Discussion: Hf Isotope Changes with Time
• Clinopyroxenites and gabbros is more radiogenic
by 1-3 epsilon units
Discussion: Hf Isotope Changes with Time
• Cumulate texture of clinopyroxenites and gabbros
Discussion: Hf Isotope Changes with Time

• Kamchatka volcanism not related to source of

cumulates
Discussion: Hf Isotope Changes with Time

• A change in the source of Kamchatka volcanism

within the past 20 million years
 Ce Anomalies & Metasomatism in
Discussion: Peridotite Xenoliths
• No mixing toward Kamchatka sediment
 Ce Anomalies & Metasomatism in
Discussion: Peridotite Xenoliths
• Ba/Th>1000
• Ce/Ce*<<1.0
 Ce Anomalies & Metasomatism in
Discussion: Peridotite Xenoliths

• Fluids produced the negative Ce anomalies

 Remelting and Impregnation in
Discussion: Peridotites

• Metasomatic mineral produced by in situ melting

 Remelting and Impregnation in
Discussion: Peridotites

• Amphiboles are pargasitic in composition

 Remelting and Impregnation in
Discussion: Peridotites

• Amphibole veins caused flattening of REE pattern

Discussion: Origin of Orthopyroxenites

• Low abundances of CaO and Al2O3

Discussion: Origin of Orthopyroxenites

• Fibrous OPX formation by replacement of Olivine

Conclusion

• Kharchinsky subarc mantle experienced separate

episodes of:

Fluid metasomatism

In-situ melting and

recrystallization

Impregnation by mafic
melts
References

• Siegrist, M. et al. (2019). Fragments of

Metasomatized Forearc: Origin and Implications of
Mafic and Ultramafic Xenoliths from Kharchinsky
Volcano, Kamchatka.
• Payot et al. (2019).Petrologic nature of the active
subarc crust-mantle boundary: Mixed magmatic-
metasomatic processes recorded in xenoliths from
Sabtangisland, Luzon arc.