VULCANITES FROM S-SE OF COLOMBIA, ALKALINE BACK-ARC AND THEIR POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP TO AN ASTENOPHERIC WINDOW
Published 2010-08-17
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The Neogene volcanism outcropping to the south of 2°N Latitude at the Upper Magdalena Valley in the Huila department and the Northwestern of Putumayo department (Colombia) defines a volcanic back-arc with monogenetic pyroclastic cones and rings associated to lava flows and pyroclastic fall deposits. The composition according to the TAS classification include basanites, alkaline basalts, nephelinites, trachyandesites, and in lesser proportion basaltic andesites. The back-arc volcanism was geochemically compared with the calc-alkaline Quaternary volcanoes that define the southern Colombian front arc (Chiles, Cumbal, Azufral, Galeras, Bordoncillo - Campanero y Doña Juana volcanoes). The alkaline volcanism has contents of TiO2 from 1,24 to 2.46% in wt. and the distribution tendency of major elements in the Harker diagrams is similar to the OIB-Type basalts, especially comparable to the volcanic rocks of the Central European Volcanic Province. This volcanism is possibly the result of the Carnegie Ridge collision since 8 Ma, with the Malpelo Rift coupled, against the Colombian Trench. This collision permitted the formation of slab window into the subducted Nazca plate, where the astenopheric mantle passes through of this window and possibly was the source of the OIB-type magmas in the Southern Colombia. This collision modified the geodynamic structure of this area evidenced by the strong change in style of the front arc in the southern Colombia and the northern Equator.
Keywords: Alkaline volcanism, Southern Colombia, Carnegie Ridge, Malpelo Rift, Back-arc.
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