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Metcalfe, Ian
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Given Name
Ian
Ian
Surname
Metcalfe
UNE Researcher ID
une-id:imetcal2
Email
imetcal2@une.edu.au
Preferred Given Name
Ian
School/Department
School of Environmental and Rural Science
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- PublicationHainan mantle plume produced late Cenozoic basaltic rocks in Thailand, Southeast Asia(Nature Publishing Group, 2018)
;Yan, Quanshu ;Shi, Xuefa; ;Liu, Shengfa ;Xu, Taoyu ;Kornkanitnan, Narumol ;Sirichaiseth, Thanyapat ;Yuan, Long ;Zhang, YingZhang, HuiIntraplate volcanism initiated shortly after the cessation of Cenozoic seafloor spreading in the South China Sea (SCS) region, but the full extent of its influence on the Indochina block has not been well constrained. Here we present major and trace element data and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope ratios of late Cenozoic basaltic lavas from the Khorat plateau and some volcanic centers in the Paleozoic Sukhothai arc terrane in Thailand. These volcanic rocks are mainly trachybasalts and basaltic trachyandesites. Trace element patterns and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopic compositions show that these alkaline volcanic lavas exhibit oceanic island basalt (OIB)-like characteristics with enrichments in both large-ion lithophile elements (LILE) and high field strength elements (HFSEs). Their mantle source is a mixture between a depleted Indian MORB-type mantle and an enriched mantle type 2 (EMII). We suggest that the post-spreading intraplate volcanism in the SCS region was induced by a Hainan mantle plume which spread westwards to the Paleozoic Sukhothai arc terrane.