Tectonic setting and formation of the Setouchi volcanic rocks in the western Seto Inland Sea, Japan

Daisuke Sato, Toshiki Haji

doi:10.1111/iar.12405

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The Setouchi volcanic rocks include high‐Mg andesites (HMAs) and garnet‐bearing dacite–rhyolite, and are sporadically distributed along the Median Tectonic Line, Japan. New U–Pb zircon ages and geological and geochemical data are presented for those rocks in the Western Setouchi region (W‐Setouchi). Previous studies referred to the altered andesite in the W‐Setouchi as “pre‐Setouchi volcanic rocks.” However, on the basis of the new U–Pb age (14.4 Ma ± 0.3 Ma) and geochemical characteristics, we redefine it as the Jikamuro Formation, part of the Setouchi volcanic rocks. Incompatible elements are more enriched in the Jikamuro Formation rocks than in the Setouchi HMAs. The characteristic element compositions may be explained by mixing of compositionally different magmas, including subducted sediment melts, plus a contribution from crustal contamination. A stress‐inversion technique with Bingham distribution method was applied to the orientations of felsic and mafic dikes within the Setouchi volcanic rocks, and indicates paleo‐stress conditions during the period of Setouchi volcanism in the W‐Setouchi. The analysis reveals NNW‐extensional stresses and a strike‐slip stress. We infer that the former represents extensional conditions during the main period of volcanism and the latter represents a stress transition during the most recent period of volcanism (after 12 Ma).</jats:p>

Tectonic setting and formation of the Setouchi volcanic rocks in the western Seto Inland Sea, Japan

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