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Geochronological and geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis and geodynamic process of Hemler, Vlinder, and Il’ichev seamount lavas in NW Pacific

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Oceanic intraplate volcanoes with linear age progressions are usually accepted to be derived from melting of an upwelling mantle plume. Several seamount groups in NW Pacific, however, show complex age-distance relationships that are difficult to explain using the classic “mantle plume hypothesis”, and thus their origins are controversial. In this study, we present 40Ar-39Ar age, geochemical, and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopic data of lavas from Hemler, Vlinder, and Il’ichev seamounts in NW Pacific, to elucidate their petrogenesis and geodynamic process. The lavas from Hemler, Vlinder, and Il’ichev seamounts are classified as alkali basalt, basanite/nephelinite, and trachyte. Lavas with MgO>8 wt.% exhibit high contents of CaO, FeOT, and TiO2, similar to the composition of melts formed from reaction between carbonated eclogite-derived melts and fertile peridotite. These lavas have elevated Zr/Hf ratios (40.6–45.2) and negative Zr and Hf anomalies, indicating the presence of a carbonate component in the mantle source. They are enriched in incompatible trace elements and have enriched mantle 1 (EM1)-like Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopic compositions. The isotopic compositions of Vlinder, Il’ichev basanite, and Hemler lavas in this study are similar to the Rarotonga hotspot. Although occurring at the same seamount, the Il’ichev alkali basalts display more depleted Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic compositions compared to Il’ichev basanite. According to plate tectonic reconstruction results, the ages of Hemler (100.1 Ma), Vlinder pre- (100.2 Ma) and post-shield (87.5 Ma), and Il’ichev (56.4 Ma) lavas clearly deviate from the Macdonald, Arago, Rarotonga, and Samoa hotspot tracks, indicating that they cannot directly originate from mantle plumes. We propose that in the mid-Cretaceous, when the Pacific plate passed over Rarotonga hotspot, melting of Rarotonga plume formed the Vlinder (main-shield stage), Pako, and Ioah seamounts. The Rarotonga (and possibly Samoa) plume materials would have been dispersed into the surrounding asthenosphere by mantle convection. These diffuse plume materials would undergo decompression melting beneath lithosphere fractures that are widely distributed in the Magellan area, generating non-hotspot related Hemler and pre- and post-shield Vlinder lavas. The Il’ichev alkali basalts and basanite probably result from lithospheric fracture-induced melting of heterogeneous enriched components randomly distributed in the asthenosphere.

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We thank the China Ocean Sample Repository for providing samples. We are grateful to Dr. Wanfeng Zhang and Mr. Wenchang Wu for their assistance during sample analysis. We also appreciate the responsible editor and two anonymous reviewers for their thorough review and constructive comments, which have significantly improved the quality of this manuscript. This work was supported by the Basic Scientific Fund for National Public Research Institutes of China (Grant No. 2023S02), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 42076076 & 42376075), and the Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Metallogeny, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, 266061, China

    Xun Wei, Yan Zhang, Xuefa Shi & Hui Zhang

  2. Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao, 266237, China

    Xun Wei, Yan Zhang, Xuefa Shi & Hui Zhang

  3. Shandong Key Laboratory of Deep Sea Mineral Resources Development (Preparatory), Qingdao, 266061, China

    Xun Wei, Yan Zhang, Xuefa Shi & Hui Zhang

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Wei, X., Zhang, Y., Shi, X. et al. Geochronological and geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis and geodynamic process of Hemler, Vlinder, and Il’ichev seamount lavas in NW Pacific. Sci. China Earth Sci. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-024-1327-0

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