NDLI: Mineral chemistry of Pangidi basalt flows from Andhra Pradesh

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Author	NAGESWARA RAO, P V SWAROOP, P C KARIMULLA, SYED
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	This paper elucidates the compositional studies on clinopyroxene, plagioclase, titaniferous magnetite and ilmenite of basalts of Pangidi area to understand the geothermometry and oxybarometry conditions. Petrographic evidence and anorthite content (up to 85%) of plagioclase and temperature estimates of clinopyroxene indicate that the clinopyroxene is crystallized later than or together with plagioclase. The higher An content indicates that the parent magma is tholeiitic composition. The equilibration temperatures of clinopyroxene (1110–1190°C) and titaniferous magnetite and ilmenite coexisting mineral phases (1063–1103°C) are almost similar in lower basalt flow and it is higher for clinopyroxene (900–1110°C) when compared to titaniferous magnetite and ilmenite coexisting mineral phases (748–898°C) in middle and upper basalt flows. From this it can be inferred that the clinopyroxene is crystallized earlier than Fe–Ti oxide phases reequilibration, which indicates that the clinopyroxene temperature is the approximate eruption temperature of the present lava flows. The wide range of temperatures (900–1190°C) attained by clinopyroxene may point out that the equilibration of clinopyroxene crystals initiated from depth till closer to the surface before the melt erupted. Pangidi basalts follow the QFM buffer curve which indicates the more evolved tholeiitic composition. This suggests the parent tholeiitic magma suffered limited fractionation at high temperature under increasing oxygen fugacity in lower basalt flow and more fractionation at medium to lower temperatures under decreasing oxygen fugacity conditions during cooling of middle and upper basalt flows. The variation of oxygen fugacity indicates the oxidizing conditions for lower basalt flow (9.48–10.3) and extremely reducing conditions for middle (12.1–15.5) and upper basalt (12.4–15.54) flows prevailed at the time of cooling. Temperature vs. (FeO+Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$)/(FeO+Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$ +MgO) data plots for present basalts suggested the lower basaltic flow is formed at higher temperatures while the middle and upper basalt flows at medium to lower temperatures. The lower basalt flow is represented by higher temperatures which shows high modal values of opaques and glass whereas the medium to lower temperatures of middle and upper flow are caused by vesicular nature which contain larger content of gases and humid to semi-arid conditions during cooling.
Starting Page	525
Ending Page	536
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02534126
Journal	Journal of Earth System Science
Volume Number	121
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	0973774X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-05-08
Publisher Institution	Indian Academy of Sciences
Publisher Place	India
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Mineral chemistry geothermometry oxygen fugacities basalt flows Andhra Pradesh Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences Earth Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	1900/1901

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