Geochemistry of the Mississippian volcaniclastics in the Stanley Group, Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma and Arkansas: implications for tectonic environment

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dc.contributor.authorLoomis, Jennifer Lee
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRobert Fay
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRichard Nicholas
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBarry Weaver
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHarvey Blatt
dc.coverage.spatialOklahoma
dc.coverage.spatialOuachita Mountains
dc.coverage.spatialArkansas
dc.coverage.spatialOuachita Mountains
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-21T17:00:17Z
dc.date.available2023-04-21T17:00:17Z
dc.date.created1992
dc.date.issued1992
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.)--University of Oklahoma, 1992.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 152-158)
dc.description.abstractA total of 46 tuff samples from the Mississippian Stanley Group in outcrop and 8 rhyolite samples collected cores near the Sabine Uplift in Sabine County, Texas, have been analyzed for major element, trace element and rare earth element abundances. The effects of differential settling of crystals during deposition, diagenesis and weathering on tuff geochemistry have been characterized. Despite post-eruptive alteration and modification of the Stanley tuffs, enough of the igneous geochemical signature remains so that tuff geochemistry can be used to determine what type of tectonic setting was present along the Paleozoic southern North American plate margin. A study of young rhyolites and tuffs from known, present-day tectonic settings provides the framework by which to determine which geochemical characteristics can be used as tectonic discriminants. The presence of a Ta-Nb trough (and whether or not it is persistent throughout the samples of a volcanic suite), the variability and extent of Ba and Sr depletion, and the extent of mobile-element enrichment relative to mid-ocean ridge basalts are the geochemical features which can be collectively used to determine the tectonic setting of high-silica volcanics. Use of these geochemical features suggests that the Stanley tuffs and the Sabine rhyolite are associated with a continental island-arc system. In addition, plotting the tuffs and rhyolite samples on the granite tectonic discrimination diagrams developed by Pearce et al. (1984) implies that_ the Ouachita volcanics may have a back-arc basin component.
dc.format.extentxii, 164 leaves
dc.format.mediumxii, 164 leaves : ill., maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
dc.identifier.urihttps://shareok.org/handle/11244/337453
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subject.lcshVolcanic ash, tuff, etc.--Oklahoma--Ouachita Mountains
dc.subject.lcshVolcanic ash, tuff, etc.--Arkansas--Ouachita Mountains
dc.subject.lcshPlate tectonics
dc.subject.lcshGeology, Stratigraphic--Mississippian
dc.titleGeochemistry of the Mississippian volcaniclastics in the Stanley Group, Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma and Arkansas: implications for tectonic environment
dc.typeText
ou.groupSchool of Geology and Geophysics

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