RT Journal Article
T1 Major and trace element geochemistry and Sr–Nd isotopic constraints on mafic volcanic rocks from the Ventura-Espiritu Santo Volcanic Field, San Luis Potosi, Mexico: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of Cenozoic volcanism in the Basin and Range Province
A1 Hernández Martínez, Karla R.
A1 Moreno Moreno, Juan Antonio
A1 Rivera Escoto, Beatriz A.
AB The Ventura Espiritu Santo Volcanic Field (VESVF), located in the central part of the Mesa Central (MC), Mexico, is a monogenetic volcanic field dominated by Late Pleistocene mafic volcanism. It covers an area of approximately 100 km between the localities of Cúcamo and Santa Lucia and is emplaced on a basement composed of metamorphic rocks of the Sierra de Salinas and Triassic marine sequences that are tectonically overlain by the Guerrero Terrane. This study presents new petrographic observations, whole-rock major-and trace-element geochemistry, and Sr-Nd isotopic data for mafic rocks from the Cúcamo, El Rosario, and Santa Lucía areas to constrain the magmatic processes involved in the origin and evolution. Chondrite-normalized REE patterns display moderate enrichment in Light Rare Earth Elements (LREE) accompanied by slight depletion in Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREE) and absence of an Eu anomaly. Primitive mantle-normalized diagrams show prominent positive anomalies in K, P, and Ti, together with negative anomalies in Pb. The absence of Nb-Ta troughs, together with multidimensional discrimination diagrams, could indicate an affinity to intraplate geochemical signature. Isotopic composition (87Sr/86Sri = [0.70307–0.70353, εNd = +5.8 to +6.3] suggests derivation from an enriched mantle source. The trace-element behavior, supported by geochemical modeling, further indicates that the mafic rocks were generated by low degree of partial melting of the enriched lherzolite upper lithospheric mantle source, pointing to a tectonic environment dominated by lithospheric extension and asthenospheric upwelling.
PB Elsevier
SN 0009-2819
SN 1611-5864 (electrónico)
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27682
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27682
LA eng
NO Hernández Martínez, K. R., Verma, S. K., Torres-Sánchez, D., Torres, E. E. M., Torres Hernández, J. R., Torres-Sánchez, S. A., Hernández-Mendoza, H., Moreno, J. A., Fuenlabrada, J. M., & Rivera-Escoto, B. A. (2025). Major and trace element geochemistry and Sr–Nd isotopic constraints on mafic volcanic rocks from the Ventura-Espiritu Santo Volcanic Field, San Luis Potosi, Mexico: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of Cenozoic volcanism in the Basin and Range Province. Geochemistry, 85(4), 126355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2025.126355
NO KRHM thanks the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (SECIHTI), Mexico for her doctorate scholarship (grant no. 932326). This doctoral thesis is carried on under supervision of SKV. SKV is grateful to Newton Advanced Fellowship award–The Royal Society, UK for the grant [NA160116].
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026