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Fekiacova, Z.; Abouchami, W.; Galer, S. J.; Garcia, M. O.
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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, abstract #V51A-1468
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The origin and sources of rejuvenated volcanism in Hawaii has been long
debated with the depleted isotopic features commonly attributed to
assimilation of the 110 Ma-old Pacific oceanic lithosphere underlying
Hawaii. Alternatively, it has been recently suggested that this depleted
component is a long-lived feature intrinsic to the Hawaiian plume [1,
2]. Here, we report triple-spike Pb isotope data on lavas erupted from
the different evolutionary stages of Koolau volcano, including the
rejuvenated Honolulu Volcanics Series (HVS), the main shield stage
lavas, sampled by the Koolau Scientific Drilling Project (KSDP) and
late-shield Makapuu subaerial lavas [3]. These data demonstrate the
existence of compositional source variations throughout the evolution of
the volcano. In addition, we obtained new Pb isotope data on basalts
from ODP Site 843, located 225 km southwest of Honolulu which sampled
110 Ma-old Pacific crust. If these data are representative of the local
oceanic crust and mantle, then the Hawaiian Pacific lithosphere is not a
viable source component for the rejuvenated Honolulu Volcanics. Despite
a narrow range in Pb isotope ratios, both the KSDP and HVS lavas define
linear isotope arrays in Pb isotope space. While the two arrays have
distinct slopes in 208Pb-206Pb space, suggesting the involvement of at
least three Pb components, the two datasets overlap in 207Pb-206Pb space
due to the extremely limited variation (< 1per mil) in 207Pb/204Pb
ratios. By comparison, ODP site 843 basalts have significantly more
radiogenic Pb isotopic compositions and form a linear Pb isotope array
distinct from that of the HVS, although lying within the field of
present-day EPR MORB [4]. Thus, there appears to be no major differences
in the Pb isotopic character of ''old'' vs. ''young'' Pacific MORB. We
infer that three distinct Pb components were involved in the source of
Koolau: (1) an EM-type component, corresponding to the so-called
''Koolau component'', predominantly sampled by subaerial Makapuu lavas
but recurrent in the main shield lavas, (2) a radiogenic Pb component,
similar to the ''Kea-lo8'' of [5] common to the main-shield (KSDP) and
HVS lavas, and (3) a depleted component unique to the rejuvenated HVS.
The relatively uniform isotopic compositions of this ''depleted''
component (low 87Sr/86Sr, high 143Nd/144Nd) and, particularly its Pb
isotopic composition, definitively rule out any involvement of Pacific
lithosphere in the HVS. We conclude that the Hawaiian ''rejuvenated
depleted'' component is intrinsic to the Hawaiian plume, probably
thermally entrained by the upwelling plume during its ascent [6]. 1.
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Fekiacova, Z. and Abouchami, W., Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet.
Suppl., Abstract V32A-0991, 2003. 3. Abouchami et al., Nature 434,
851-856, 2005 4. Galer, S.J.G. et al., Eos Trans. AGU, 80(46), Fall
Meet. Suppl., Abstract V11E-08, 1999 5. Eisele et al., Geochem. Geophys.
Geosyst., 4(2), doi:10.1029/2002GC000339, 2003 6. Ribe N.M. and
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