Abstract

The chemical variations in the continental-margin andesitic suite from northwestern Sardinia are compatible with a mechanism involving both fractional crystallization and contamination. Contamination is probably related to interaction with ignimbrites formed by crustal anatexis, which are spatially and temporally associated with andesitic rocks. A similar process may have also affected other calc-alkaline andesitic suites such as those of New Zealand and southern Peru where the contents of lithophile elements and the Sr isotope ratios appear to be related to the composition of associated ignimbrites.

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