Bulletin Volcanologique

, Volume 41, Issue 2, pp 81–96 | Cite as

Petrology of filicudi, aeolian archipelago

  • L. Villari
  • S. Nathan
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Abstract

Volcanic rocks on the island of Filicudi are typical of the cale-alkaline association of the Aeolian archipelago, and range in composition from basalt to high-K andesite. All specimens contain abundant phenocrystic plagioclase (cores of An82–97, rims becoming progressively more sodic with increasing Differentiation Index), clinopyroxene, and magnetite; the most basic samples contain olivine, which is replaced by orthopyroxene at around D.I.=44. SiO2 generally increases with time, and this in conjunction with the continuity in mineralogy suggests that the lavas are the differentiation products of a single batch of magma. Least-squares mixing calculations are consistent with a shallow fractional model, as is the variation in trace element abundances.

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Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis Trace Element Data Trace Element Abundance Ferromagnesian Mineral Calcic Core 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • L. Villari
    • 1
  • S. Nathan
    • 2
  1. 1.CNR — Istituto Internationale di VulcanologiaCatamaItaly
  2. 2.N.Z. Geological Surveyc/o University of CanterburyChristchurchNew Zealand

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