Stratigraphy and major element geochemistry of the Lassen Volcanic Center, California
Detailed geologic mapping of 200 km/sup 2/ in and near Lassen Volcanic National Park, California and reconnaissance of the surrounding area, combined with reinterpretation of data in the literature, allow definition of the Lassen Volcano Center and provide the stratigraphic framework necessary for interpretation of major-element chemical data. The Lassen Volcanic Center developed in three stages. Stage I and II produced Brokeoff Volcanic, an andesitic composite cone that erupted mafic andesite to dacite 0.6 to 0.35 my ago. Volcanism then shifted in character and locale. Domes and flows of dacite and rhyodacite, and flows of hybrid andesite were erupted on the northern flank of Brokeoff Volcano during the period from 0.25 my ago to the present; these rocks comprise Stage III of the Lassen Volcanic Center. Rocks of the Lassen Volcanic Center are typical of subduction-related calc-alkaline volcanic rocks emplaced on a continental margin overlying sialic crust. Porphyritic andestic and dacite with high Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/, low TiO/sub 2/, medium K/sub 2/O, and FeO/MgO 1.5-2.0 are the most abundant rock types. Major-element chemical trends of rock sequences indicate a mafic to silicic evolution for magmas of the Lassen Volcanic Center, probably owing to crystal fractionation of calc-alkaline basalt. 23 figs., 5 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5224579
- Report Number(s):
- USGS-OFR-84-224; ON: TI85901785
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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