Abstract
Two end member geodynamic settings produce the observed examples of rapid voluminous felsic (rhyolitic) magmatism through time. The first is driven by mantle plume head arrival underneath a continent and has operated in an identifiable and regular manner since at least 2.45 Ga. This style produces high temperature ( 1.5) with high F (in thousands of parts per million) and low water content. F concentration is significant as it depolymerizes the silicate melt, influencing the magmas physical behavior during development and emplacement. These rhyolites are erupted as part of rapidly emplaced (10-15 Myr) mafic LIPs and are formed primarily by efficient assimilation-fractional crystallization processes from a mafic mantle parent. The second is driven by lithospheric extension during continental rifting or back arc evolution and is exclusive to the Phanerozoic.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 92 - 101 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Lithos |
| Volume | 123 |
| Issue number | 1-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |