Abstract
The Cenozoic subalkaline to alkaline volcanic rocks from the Eastern Pontides Orogenic Belt (EPOB) in NE Turkey exhibit wide range of highly siderophile element (HSE) contents and Os isotope compositions that can be related to their mantle sources and parental melt evolution. Although some Eocene rocks show signs of late-stage modification, most of the studied volcanic rocks possess primary HSE and Os systematics. The Eocene volcanic rocks have largely variable Pd_N/Ir_N (~0.25-751), Pd_N/Pt_N (~0.25-87) and (~(187)os/~(188)Os)i ratios (~0.113 to 0.51). The Miocene volcanic rocks have high Pd_N/Ir_N (~2.6-441), low Pd_N/Pt_N (~0.11-1.7) and radiogenic (~(187)Os/~(188)Os)_i ratios ranging from -0.166 to 0.52 while the Mio-Pliocene volcanic rocks show high Pd_N/Ir_N of ~7.2-29, low Pd_N/Pt_N (~1.2-2.7), and only mildly radiogenic (~(187)Os/~(188)Os); values between ~0.132 and 0.177. Finally, the Quaternary volcanic rocks have low Pd_N/Ir_N (~2.3-3.6), Pd_N/Pt_N (~0.9-1.6) and radiogenic (~(187)Os/~(188)Os)i values ranging from -0.133 to 0.194. Overall, the primitive mantle-normalized HSE patterns of the studied volcanic rocks are characterized by PPGE (Pt, Pd) and Re enrichment with respect to IPGE (Os, Ir, Ru). The variations in HSE and radiogenic Os isotope compositions of the relatively differentiated volcanic rocks indicate that crustal assimilation played active role in their parental melt evolution, especially in the Eocene and Miocene period. Besides, the obtained HSE data also suggest tuat the parental magmas of all the studied volcanic rocks were generated mainly in the S-saturated condidons. The temporal and spatial HSE and Os isotope variations observed in the studied Cenozoic volcanic rocks reflect the heterogeneity of the mande source beneath the EPOB, which could be attributed to variations in response of different fluid/melt metasomatism of the underlying SCLM.
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