Ocean Plateau-Seamount Origin of Basaltic Rocks, Angayucham Terrane, Central Alaska
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Journal of Geology
- Vol. 96 (3) , 368-374
- https://doi.org/10.1086/629227
Abstract
The Angayucham terrane of north-central Alaska (immediately S of the Brooks Range) is a large (ca. 500 km E-W), allochthonous complex of Devonian to Lower Jurassic pillow basalt, diabase sills, gabbro plutons, and chert. The mafic rocks are transitional normal-to-enriched, mid-ocean-ridge (MORB) type tholeiites ( 1.2-3.4%, Nb 7-23 ppm, Ta 0.24-1.08 ppm, Zr 69-214 ppm, and light REE's slightly depleted to moderately enriched). Geologic and geochemical constraints indicate that Angayucham terrane is the upper "skin" (ca. 3-4 km thick) of a long-lived (ca. 170-200 ma) oceanic plateau whose basaltic-gabbroic rocks are like those of seamounts of the East Pacific Rise.Keywords
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