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3.6.3.1 Crystal Population Origins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127<br />

3.6.4 The Crystal Record of Highly Evolved Magmas . . . . . . 133<br />

3.6.5 Ba and Sr variations: Evidence for Polybaric Crystallization?134<br />

3.7 Summary and Conclusions: Insights Into the Petrogenesis of Depleted<br />

Detroit Seamount Basalts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136<br />

CHAPTER 4: CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION <strong>OF</strong> BASALTIC MAGMAS<br />

REVEALED THROUGH <strong>MICROANALYSIS</strong> <strong>OF</strong> MAJOR, MINOR, <strong>AND</strong><br />

TRACE ELEMENTS <strong>AND</strong> Sr ISOTOPES IN PLAGIOCLASE: IMPLI-<br />

CATIONS FOR ELAN BANK MAGMAS, KERGUELEN PLATEAU,<br />

INDIAN OCEAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173<br />

4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173<br />

4.1.1 Geologic Background of the Kerguelen Plateau and Elan Bank176<br />

4.2 Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176<br />

4.3 Analytical Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178<br />

4.3.1 Sample Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178<br />

4.3.2 Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) and Scanning Electron<br />

Microscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178<br />

4.3.3 Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry<br />

(LA-ICP-MS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179<br />

4.3.4 Major and Trace Element Data quality . . . . . . . . . . . 180<br />

4.3.5 Microdrilling and Sr isotope microanalysis . . . . . . . . . 180<br />

4.3.6 Choosing Partition Coefficients (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181<br />

4.3.6.1 Partition coefficients for Elan Bank Plagioclase Crystals 183<br />

4.4 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185<br />

4.4.1 Petrography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185<br />

4.4.2 Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) - Major Elements . 188<br />

4.4.3 LA-ICP-MS - Trace Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194<br />

4.4.3.1 Scandium, Ti, V, and Pb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194<br />

4.4.3.2 Barium, Sr, and Rb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194<br />

4.4.3.3 Yttrium and the Rare Earth Elements La, Ce, Pr, Nd,<br />

Sm, and Eu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198<br />

4.4.4 Sr Isotope Microdrilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198<br />

4.4.5 Inferred Parent Magma Compositions . . . . . . . . . . . . 202<br />

4.5 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206<br />

4.5.0.1 Origin of Major Element Zoning and Resorption Surfaces 206<br />

4.5.0.2 Insights from Trace Elements and Inverted Parent Magma<br />

Compositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208<br />

4.5.0.3 Diffusive Redistribution of Trace Elements . . . . . . . . 210<br />

4.5.0.4 Petrogenetic Insights from Plagioclase 87 Sr/ 86 SrI Ratios<br />

and the Timing of Crustal Contamination at Elan Bank 213<br />

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