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Andesites of Bagana volcano, Papua New Guinea: chemical stratigraphy, and a reference andesite composition

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Updated 17/10/2025

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Chemically analysed lavas from Bagana, an active andesitic volcano on Bougainville Island, can be assigned to one of three age groups - pre-1943, 1943-53, or 1959-75. Lavas of the oldest group are chemically the most fractionated, whereas those of the 1943-53 group are the most mafic. The rocks of the youngest group, although intermediate in degree of fractionation have K2O, Rb, and Ba abundances similar to, or lower than, the rocks of the 1943-53 group. The three groups appear to represent distinct batches of magma that were successively erupted from Bagana, possibly from a high-level reservoir that was periodically emptied and refilled. The andesites are regarded as fractionates of mantle-derived mafic magmas. Most of the crystal fractionation probably took place during ascent from the mantle source region, and before entry into the reservoir beneath the volcano. An average chemical composition of the analysed Bagana andesites has major-element values close to those of the mean for more than 800 analysed late Cainozoic volcanic rocks from Papua New Guinea, and is proposed as a reference andesite composition for comparative studies.

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Title Andesites of Bagana volcano, Papua New Guinea: chemical stratigraphy, and a reference andesite composition
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/81834011-7dc0-4046-a856-c10554f7cbf4
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Andesites of Bagana volcano, Papua New Guinea: chemical stratigraphy, and a reference andesite composition". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/andesites-of-bagana-volcano-papua-new-guinea-chemical-stratigraphy-and-a-reference-andesite-com