Basaltic volcanism associated with extensional tectonics in the Taiwan-Luzon island arc: evidence for

non-depleted sources and subduction zone enrichment

1. Ulrich Knittel1,2 and
2. Oles Dietmar2,3
+Author Affiliations
1. 1Department of Geology, University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
2. 2Institut fr Mineralogie und Lagerstttenlehre , Wllnerstr. 2, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
3. 3Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane , Caixa Postal 257, Maputo,
Mozambique
Abstract
Primitive basalts were erupted from more than 100 monogenetic eruption centres within the Macolod
Corridor, an extensional structure which cross-cuts the Taiwan-Luzon volcanic arc. The composition of
early phenocrysts, HFSE systematics and relatively high Al2O3, TiO2 and Na2O contents of these rocks
suggest that they are derived from sources comparable to the sources of MORB and back-arc basin
basalts. This is in contrast to many other arc magmas which appear to be derived from more depleted
sources. High LILE abundances and high LILE/HFSE ratios indicate the presence of slab-derived
components in the magmas, although the Macolod Corridor is no longer underlain by an actively
subducting slab.
The Geological Society 1994