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1 The High Lava Plains Project: Understanding the Causes of Continental Intraplate Tectonomagmatism The High Lava Plains (HLP) of the northwestern USA is one of the most accessible yet least understood examples worldwide of voluminous and regionally extensive continental magmatism that is young enough to allow comparison of surface expressions of magmatism with seismically imaged crust and upper mantle structures.

2 Overview of High Lava Plains Geology, Volcanology, and Geotectonic Evolution Bill Hart & Kaleb Scarberry Miami University

3 High Lava Plains Geotectonic Evolution in Context Precambrian to Early Paleozoic Devonian-Mississippian Modified after W.R. Dickinson (2006) Geosphere, v.2, p

4 High Lava Plains Geotectonic Evolution in Context Triassic-Jurassic Cretaceous-Paleogene Modified after W.R. Dickinson (2006) Geosphere, v.2, p

5 High Lava Plains Geotectonic Evolution in Context Late Eocene to Early Miocene Post-18 Ma Modified after W.R. Dickinson (2006) Geosphere, v.2, p

6 Late Cenozoic NWUS Magmatic Evolution

7 ~30-20 Ma Development of the HLP Region from ~30 to 0 Ma: spatial-temporalcompositional patterns and their implications ~20-10 Ma ~10-0 Ma

8 Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (~30-20 Ma) John Day Magmatic Region (Basin) defines location of regional Eocene to Early Miocene mafic-intermediate-silicic centers, other than those of the early Western Cascades, and associated deposits. North of present-day HLP, locally erupted alkalic mafic to silicic and distal early western Cascade products dominate. South of present-day HLP a belt of Ma calc-alkaline andesite and trachyandesitedominated eruptive centers and suites are highlighted. These eruptive centers resemble stratovolcanoes, similar to modern Cascades, in terms of size and prevalence of intermediate composition magmas.

9 Early through Middle Miocene (~20-10 Ma) Following a brief regional magmatic hiatus (~20-17 Ma), flood basalts (Steens-Columbia River) covered most of eastern WA and OR. This large magmatic pulse is dominated by chemically evolved basalts and basaltic andesites erupted from fissures with roughly N-S orientations approximating the western edge of the Wyoming Craton. Somewhat less appreciated is the prevalence of age equivalent (~14-17 Ma) silicic centers focused around the Owyhee Plateau. Where exposed in close proximity it is apparent that the basalts erupted before, during, and after local silicic magmatism --- mafic input into lithosphere is thermal and material catalyst for silicic volcanism.

10 Late Miocene to Recent (~10-0 Ma) Time period characterized by distinctly bimodal, basalt-rhyolite volcanism that regionally is more focused toward the margins of the Basin and Range Province; e.g. HLP, OP, SRP. In HLP and OP, many of the basalts are primitive, with characteristics similar to mid-ocean ridge and back-arc basin basalts --- more complex suites at NW (Newberry) and SE (Owyhee Plateau) ends of the HLP. Temporal and spatial controls on basalt geochemistry widely recognized (e.g line ). Age-progressions in silicic volcanism are recognized on both the HLP and SRP; SRP- youngs NE toward Yellowstone caldera and HLP-youngs NW toward Newberry caldera. Quaternary basaltic volcanism focused to High Lava Plains and northern Owyhee Plateau.

11 Temporal (and spatial) Source and Process Variability Igneous A-F-M diagram Fe-enrichment ( tholeiiteic ) trend (red & blue) most typical of divergent or within-plate settings. Alkali enrichment ( calc-alkaline ) trend (green) most typical of arc settings. Magma source and process differences. Ti-Mg-K discrimination diagram Least-differentiated lavas from three groups very distinct. Fundamental differences in one or more of the following: 1) source composition, 2) degree of melting, 3) upper-most mantle and/or lower crustal interactions

12 Regional Basalt Source Heterogeneity from Cascadia to Craters-of-the-Moon and temporal controls too!

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14 The Owyhee Plateau region of Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada Thank you.

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