Melting of crustal rocks as a possible origin for Middle Miocene to Quaternary rhyolites of northeast Hokkaido, Japan: Constraints from Sr and Nd isotopes and major- and trace-element chemistry

Felsic volcanic rocks (mainly rhyolites) and basalts found in northeast Hokkido, Japan, result from intense volcanism during the Middle Miocene (14–9Ma), Late Miocene (8–6Ma) and Pliocene to Quaternary (5–2Ma). Rhyolites were examined to determine any genetic relationship to coeval basalts, high magnesian andesite (HMA), lower crustal rocks and mantle peridotite.