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Basaltic to andesitic volcaniclastic rocks in the Blake River Group, Abitibi Greenstone Belt: 2. Origin, geochemistry, and geochronology.

Ross, Pierre-Simon; McNicoll, Vicki; Goutier, Jean; Mercier-Langevin, Patrick et Dubé, Benoît (2011). Basaltic to andesitic volcaniclastic rocks in the Blake River Group, Abitibi Greenstone Belt: 2. Origin, geochemistry, and geochronology. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences , vol. 48 , nº 4. pp. 757-777. DOI: 10.1139/e10-102.

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In the Archean Blake River Group, mafic to intermediate fragmental units have controversially been proposed to have formed during the collapse of a giant submarine caldera. This paper describes and interprets these rocks, summarizing their physical characteristics, inferred origins, age relationships, and geochemical signatures. The widespread Stadacona member, south of Rouyn-Noranda, consists of several hundred metres of bedded volcaniclastic rocks interpreted to have been mostly deposited from aqueous density currents fed directly by explosive eruptions. The magmas involved in these eruptions were plagioclase-phyric, tholeiitic to transitional basalts. The similarly widespread D’Alembert tuff, in the northern part of the Blake River Group, shares many physical characteristics with the Stadacona member and is thought to have a similar origin. However, the D’Alembert tuff is approximately six million years younger than the Stadacona member. It is composed mostly of transitional to calc-alkaline andesites and basaltic andesites with very distinct trace element profiles. Volcaniclastic rocks from other areas, such as Tannahill Township in Ontario and the Monsabrais area in Quebec, are interpreted to represent mostly in situ to remobilized hyaloclastite, with no explosive eruptions involved in their genesis. Our observations and interpretations are not compatible with models in which the volcaniclastic units are emplaced during a catastrophic event in relation with the collapse of a giant caldera. Instead, the fragmental rocks were produced by various mechanisms at many distinct times during the evolution of the Blake River Group.

Type de document: Article
Mots-clés libres: Abitibi; archean; basaltic andesite; catastrophic event; density currents; explosive eruption; geochemical signatures; greenstone belts; in-situ; Ontario; physical characteristics; Stadacona; volcaniclastics
Centre: Centre Eau Terre Environnement
Date de dépôt: 17 févr. 2021 16:03
Dernière modification: 17 févr. 2021 16:03
URI: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/10617

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