Cone sheet formation and intrusive growth of an oceanic island - The Miocene Tejeda complex on Gran Canaria (Canary Islands).

Schirnick, Carsten , van den Bogaard, Paul and Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich (1999) Cone sheet formation and intrusive growth of an oceanic island - The Miocene Tejeda complex on Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). Geology, 27 (3). pp. 207-210. DOI 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0207:CSFAIG>2.3.CO;2.

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Abstract

More than 500 trachytic to phonolitic cone sheet dikes, hypabyssal syenite stocks, and subordinate radial dikes form a 20-km-diameter intrusive complex in the volcaniclastic fill of the Miocene Tejeda caldera (20 x 35 km) on Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). The dikes intruded concentrically around a central axis of radial symmetry and dip uniformly an average of similar to 41 degrees toward the center. Single-crystal Ar-40/Ar-39 ages of dikes and syenite stocks ranging from 12.3 +/- 0.1 to 7.32 +/- 0.05 Ma suggest more or less continuous intrusive activity during both volcanically active and inactive phases.
Intrusions were emplaced at average intervals of similar to 5-10 k.y., while explosive eruptions took place at > 50 k.y. intervals. The estimated aggregate volume of evolved cone sheet magma added at shallow level (< 2000 m below sea level) amounts to similar to 250 km(3) compared to >> 500 km(3) of evolved extrusive volcanics erupted during the same period.
Formation of the Tejeda cone sheets most likely resulted from deformation processes due to resurgent doming, initiated by the recurrent replenishment of a flat, laccolith-like shallow magma chamber.
Magma supply exceeding the volume that could be compensated for by up-doming of the overlying caldera fill resulted in the formation of cone-shaped fractures.

Document Type: Article
Additional Information: GSA Data Repository item 9923, Table A, is available on request from Documents Secretary, GSA, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301. E-mail: editing@geosociety.org - The paper forms part of the Ph.D. dissertation of Schirnick.
Keywords: Cone sheets, Miocene Tejeda complex, Gran Canaria, Canary Island
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB4 Dynamics of the Ocean Floor > FB4-MUHS
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: GSA (Geological Society of America)
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2011 11:45
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2019 12:23
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/12495

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