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Their base skeleton has 17 carbon atoms in a tetracyclic ring system known as cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrenes (gonane and estrane). In this group of substances, life-vital compounds are categorized, such as cholesterol, bile acids, sex hormones, vitamin D, corticosteroids, cardiac aglycones, and antibiotics, among others.
Some of the most potent toxins are steroid alkaloids. Steroids are responsible for important biological functions in the cell; for example, the steroids derived from androstane, pregnane, and estrane have hormonal activity [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; bile acids are important for the digestion and absorption of fats; and cardiotonic aglycones are used for the treatment of heart disease. Sterols are constituents of the cell membrane, essential for cell stability and development; also, they are precursors of bile acids and steroid hormones.
A large number of steroids are used as anti-inflammatory agents [6], immunosuppressants, progestational agents, diuretics, anabolics, and contraceptives [7, 8, 9]. Some are used for the treatment of prostate and breast cancer [10, 11], for adrenal insufficiency [12], for prevention of heart disease [13], as antifungal agents [14], and as active ingredients used for the treatment of obesity [15] and AIDS [16]. Recently, the antiviral activity against the herpes simplex virus type I of some steroid glycosides was determined [17].
The therapeutic action of some steroid hormones has been associated with their interaction with intracellular receptors, which act as transcription factors in the regulation of gene expression [18]. It has been reported that some steroids, such as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), progesterone, pregnenolone and its sulfated derivatives [19, 20], as well as, 17β-estradiol, allopregnanolone and its synthetic derivatives (afoxolaner and ganaxolone) are considered neurosteroids, due to their action at the level of the CNS [19].
The physiological activity of steroids depends on their structure, the type, number, spatial orientation, and reactivity of the different functional groups present in the tetracyclic core as well as the oxidation state of the rings. For example, the presence of an oxygenated function in C-11β is crucial for the anti-inflammatory activity; the hydroxyl function in C-17β determines androgenic properties; the aromatization of ring A confers estrogenic effect; and corticosteroids have the 3-keto-4-ene group and the pregnane side chain at C-17 [21, 22].
Currently, about 300 steroid drugs are known, and this number tends to grow. Their production represents the second category in the pharmaceutical market after antibiotics [24, 25]. Nowadays, steroids represent one of the largest sectors in pharmaceutical industry with world markets in the region of US$ 10 billion and the production exceeding 1,000,000 tons per year [23].
The production of steroid drugs and hormones is one of the best examples of the applications that biotransformations have on an industrial scale [3, 21]. Microbiological transformations are an effective tool for the preparation of various compounds [26], which can be difficult to obtain by conventional chemical methods and have been widely used in the bioconversion of steroids [25]. In 1950, the pharmacological effects of cortisol and progesterone were reported, in addition to the hydroxylation of the latter in C-11α using
Currently, a great versatility of microbial systems in the pharmaceutical industry for the commercial production of steroids and other drugs is recognized [27, 28]. Several hundreds of microbiological transformations of steroids have been reported in the literature; also, many bioconversions have been incorporated into numerous partial syntheses of new compounds for their evaluation such as hormones or drugs [21, 29, 30, 31, 32]. Chemical derivatives of some steroids are reported to have better therapeutic advantages than the starting materials.
However, the main objectives in the research and development of the steroid drug industry currently consist of the detection and isolation of microbial strains with novel activity or more efficient transformation capacity, where genetic engineering and metabolic engineering can play a prominent role in the metabolism of bacteria, fungi, and plants [33, 34, 35, 36].
The aim of the present review is to emphasize the importance of biotransformation using microorganisms to obtain steroid compounds with pharmaceutical interest, as a chemical-biological strategy that alternates with the chemical synthesis, and to highlight the chemical reaction made by different types of microorganisms in the functionalization of the steroid skeleton.
In Green Chemistry, biotransformations constitute an important methodology in organic chemistry [37]. The microbiological transformations of steroids have been an essential chemical tool used for the preparation of many intermediaries and in the generation of new drugs, where chemical functionalization-hydroxylation, Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, reduction, isomerization, Michael additions, and condensation reactions can be carried out in different positions of the steroid skeleton in
In the literature, it is the well-documented
From the incubation of
In the incubation of
An efficient
Recently, it was reported that in the biotransformation of
Biotransformation products of progesterone (
In the biotransformation of 5β-dihydroprogesterone (
Biotransformation products of 5β-dihydroprogesterone (
The biotransformation of 16-dehydroprogesterone (4,16-pregnadien-3,20-dione,
Biotransformation products of 16-dehydroprogesterone (
In contrast, in the biotransformation of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone (
Biotransformation products of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone (
Pregnenolone (3β-hydroxypregn-5-en-20-one,
Biotransformation products of pregnenolone (
The microbiological transformation of the racemic mixture of 13-ethyl-17β-hydroxy-18,19-dinor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one (
The racemic mixture (±)-13-ethyl-7β,17β-dihydroxy-18,19-dinor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one (
Biotransformation products of (+)-13-ethyl-17β-hydroxy-18, 19-dinor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yn-3-ona (
The biotransformation of danazol (17β-hydroxy-17α-pregna-2,4-dien-20-yno-[2,3-d]-isoxazole,
Biotransformation products of danzol (
Norethisterone (17α-ethynyl-19-nortesterone,
Biotransformation products of norethisterone (
Mestranol (
Biotransformation of products of mestranol (
Microbial transformation of 6-dehydroprogesterone (
Biotransformation products of 6-dehydroprogesterone (
Incubation of melengestrol acetate (
Biotransformation products of melengestrol acetate (
Biotransformation of 3β-hydroxy-17β-carboxyethyl-5β-androstenol (
Biotransformation products of 3β-17β-carboxyethyl-5β-androsteno (
Androst-4-en-3,17-dione (
Biotransformation products of androst-4-en-3, 17-diona (
In the bioconversion of
Obtaining hydroxylated derivatives in a specific position is one of the objectives of the steroid industry; for example, 14α-hydroxysteroids are shown to have anti-inflammatory, contraceptive, and antitumor activities. With the biotransformation of
Androsta-1,4-dien-3,17-dione (
Biotransformation products of androsta-1,4-dien-3, 17-dione (
Testosterone (
Biotransformation products of testosterone (
In the biotransformation of
In the biotransformation of
Incubation of
Dehydroepiandrosterone (3β-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one,
Biotransformation products of dehydroepiandrosterone (
In the biotransformation of
The biotransformation of 17α-ethynyl-17β-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one (ethisterone,
Biotransformation products of 17α-ethynyl-17β-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one (
Adrenosterone (
Biotransformation products of andresterone (
The biotransformation of mesterolone (1α-methyl-17β-hydroxy-5α-androst-3-one,
Biotransformation products of mesterelone (
In the microbiological transformation of 3-hydroxyestra-1,3,5-(10)-trien-17-one (
Biotransformation products of 3-hydroxy-1,3,5-(10)-trien-17-one (
Prednisone (
Biotransformation products of prednisone (
The main chemical transformation carried out by different
Biotransformation products of hydrocortisone (
Incubation of 17β-methoxy-5α-androst-3-one (
Biotransformation products of 17β-methoxy-5α-androst-3-one (
In the literature, several species of fungi belonging to the genera
Biotransformation products of 13β-ethyl-4-gonene-3, 17-dione (
The ethynodiol diacetate (
Biotransformation products of ethynodiol diacetate (
Desogestrel (13-ethyl-17-methylene-18,19-dinor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yn-17-ol,
Biotransformation products of desogestrel (
The drugs mexrenone (
Biotransformation products of mexrenone (
One of the steroids used in the treatment of breast cancer is exemestane (
Biotransformation products of exemestane (
4-Hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione (formestane,
Biotransformation products of formestane (
Methyltestosterone (
Biotransformation products of methyltestosterone (
Dianabol (methandrostenolone, 17α-methyl-17β-hydroxyl-androst-1,4-dien-3-on,
Biotransformation products of dianabol (
Methasterone (
Biotransformation products of masthasterone (
The biotransformation processes of different steroid compounds described in this review, although not exhaustive, aim to highlight the importance of biotransformation through different microorganisms, as a useful chemical-biological tool for obtaining novel derivatives for research purpose and as industrial applications. An example includes obtaining steroid compounds for the pharmaceutical industry.
Biotransformation of steroids has been implemented in an important way in the partial synthesis of new steroids, for their evaluation as hormones and drugs. Currently, there is a wide variety of steroids used as diuretics, anabolic, anti-inflammatory, antiandrogenic, anticontraceptive, antitumor, among other applications. Chemical functionalization in different carbon atoms of the sternum skeleton is related to the biological activity of the molecule. This is why microbiological transformations play an important role in obtaining these compounds through chemical transformations, such as the oxidation of hydroxyl group at C-3 and C-17, isomerization of the double bond Δ5(6) to Δ4(5), hydrogenation of double bonds Δ1(2) and Δ4(5), and reduction of the carbonyl group at C-17 and C-20 with β orientation. Biohydroxylations performed in different positions of the steroid skeleton—C-11α, C-11β, C-15β, and C-16α—using different species of fungi of the genera
Hydroxylation of steroids—progesterone, testosterone, 17α-methyltestosterone, and 4-androsten-3,17-dione—presenting the 4-en-3-one system, proceeds with a high stereo- and regioselectivity in the C-6 and C-11 positions, with a β orientation in C-6 and α orientation in C-11. The presence of the methyl group in C-10 is necessary for the hydroxylation in C-11, as can be seen in the derivatives of 19-nortesterone.
The interest in the biotransformation of steroid compounds has been increasing in recent years, due to the obtaining of new and useful pharmacologically active compounds. In addition to the development of new genetically modified strains, there is an increase in the availability of immobilized enzymes and the manipulation of culture media.
Biotransformation of steroids proceeds with low to moderate yields in general. One of the main causes is their low solubility in water. Currently, methodologies are developed that allow the incorporation of chemicals—surfactants, ionic liquids, cyclodextrins, liposomes, among others—that contribute to improve the yields of each biotransformation process and the processes friendly to the environment.
A la Carrera de Biología, FES-Zaragoza, UNAM. Ms. Fabiola Cano thank for her suggestions and comments toward improving the manuscript.
Monogenetic volcanoes are the most common type of subaerial volcanoes on the Earth [1] that occur in any tectonic setting as intraplate, extensional, and subduction [2]. They can be distributed as isolated centers, monogenetic volcanic fields [3], or associated with large volcanic systems as polygenetic volcanoes or calderas [4], displaying a plumbing system relatively simple of a dispersed nature [5]. Monogenetic volcanoes are associated with small eruptions fed from one or multiple magma batches, with volumes typically ≤1 km3 of basic to silicic composition and form over a short period from hours to decades. Monogenetic centers can build several volcanic landforms in response to their relationship with different environmental settings [6]. They can be produced by different eruptive styles (e.g., Hawaiian, Strombolian, violent Strombolian, phreatomagmatic, Surtseyan, and effusive activity) that are determined by internal- and external- factors [7], and evidencing several magmatic processes (e.g., fractionation, mixing, contamination) [5]. Therefore, each monogenetic volcanic system is different depending on many factors (mentioned above). For this reason, current efforts around the world focus on understanding monogenetic volcanism in different scenarios, in order to provide a better understanding of this variability and to provide tools to estimate possible scenarios of future eruption [8].
\nThe Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ) of the Andes and particularly northern Chile (18–28°S) (Figure 1), is an excellent natural laboratory to study monogenetic systems of changing magma compositions in time and space related to the evolution of an active continental margin, and a ~ 70 km thick orogenic crust [9]. Despite this, prominent active polygenetic volcanoes in Chile such as Parinacota [10], Guallatiri [11], Aucanquilcha [12], Ollagüe [13], Lascar [14], Socompa [15], Lastarria [16], and Ojos del Salado [17] have received priority of research over monogenetic volcanoes (Figure 1). Monogenetic volcanism studies in northern Chile have rarely been mentioned, such as Chao dome [18], Tilocálar volcanoes [19], Juan de la Vega maar [20], Corral de Coquena maar [21], SC2 scoria cone [22], or Tinto dome [23]. Monogenetic volcanoes usually have been studied indirectly through i) regional geologic mapping from the Chilean Geological Service (Sernageomin); ii) only previously reported as disaggregated or preliminary data (conference papers and undergraduate thesis); iii) or by researches of a large magmatic system (such as polygenic volcanoes or calderas) mainly associated to petrological knowledge, leaving aside the mechanisms that control eruptive styles (volcanological sense) [24, 25]. Nevertheless, recently, several monogenetic volcanoes have been studied such as Cerro Chascón dome [26], Cerro Overo maar [27], La Poruña scoria cone [28], Chanka, Chac-Inca, and Pabellón domes [29], El País lava flow field [30], Tilocálar monogenetic field [31], Cerro Tujle maar [32], and many others preliminary data reports, which have increased our understanding of the monogenetic volcanism in this part of the Central Andes and provided tools to estimate possible scenarios of future eruptions that could affect the communities of the Altiplano.
\na) Map showing the location of the Northern, Central, Southern, and Austral Volcanic Zones (NVZ, CVZ, SVZ, and AVZ, respectively) of the Andes defined by Thorpe and Francis [
In this contribution, an overview of the monogenetic volcanism that overlaps spatially and temporally the spectrum of architectures, range of eruptive styles, lithological features, and different magmatic processes of mafic and felsic monogenetic volcanoes of northern Chile (18°S-28°S) is reported. Previous studies, such as research publications and preliminary data reports, were used to assemble the volcanological, petrological, and geochronological information in the framework of this overview. A total of 907 Miocene-Quaternary monogenetic volcanoes (individual and parasite) have been identified, carefully evaluating their distribution in time and space. New stratigraphic and sedimentology data of all monogenetic volcanic center types are presented, which added to compositional and geochronological data, are used to illustrate a plumbing system model. In addition, a general eruptive model for monogenetic volcanoes in northern Chile is proposed, where external (e.g., magma reservoirs or groundwater available) and internal (e.g., magma ascent rate or interaction en-route to the surface) conditions determine the changes in eruptive style, lithofacies, and magmatic processes involved in the formation of monogenetic volcanoes. The methods used and databases generated in this contribution are available in the supplementary material.
\nThe CVZ is located between 14°S (Quimsachata, Peru) and 28°S (Ojos del Salado, Chile) of the Andean Cordillera, including southern Peru, northern Chile, southwestern Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina (Figure 1a and b). This volcanic zone is a highly elevated region, reaching a width of 350–400 km at much of it over 4000 m a.s.l., constituting the Western Cordillera and Altiplano-Puna physiographic provinces (Figure 1c). It is the second-highest altitude plateau in the world in size (after Tibetan Plateau of Central Asia) [36] built on a thickened continental crust that attains a maximum thickness of ~70 km [37]. The crustal thickening and high elevation of the CVZ are related to the crustal shortening [38], sub-crustal magmatism [39], delamination of eclogitic lower crust and lithosphere [40], and climatically controlled low erosion rates with limited sedimentation on the subduction trench [41]. In addition, this crustal thickness is the reason for the magma composition features that characterize the rocks that make up the CVZ as residual garnet during differentiation, crustal contamination, melting-assimilation-storage-homogenization (MASH), and assimilation by depletion of heavy rare earth elements (HREE) in volcanic rocks [25].
\nThe magmatic activity of the CVZ has been continuous from the Upper Oligocene to the present day [42]. The basement is mainly comprised by i) Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Miocene-Oligocene continental volcanic and sedimentary rocks; ii) Paleozoic and Mesozoic marine sedimentary rocks; iii) Precambrian and Paleozoic metamorphic rocks; and iv) Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleocene intrusive rocks ([43] and references therein).
\nThe Central Andes is known as the home of “andesitic” magmatism [36]; nevertheless, lava and pyroclastic rocks of dacitic, rhyolitic, and occasionally basaltic andesite and basaltic composition volcanic rocks also occur in the CVZ, building calderas, extensive ignimbrite sequences, stratovolcanoes and monogenetic volcanoes [44].
\nIn this study, 907 monogenetic volcanic centers were identified in northern Chile (Figure 2). Among which, 306 centers correspond to parasitic monogenetic volcanoes associated with polygenetic volcanoes (Figure 2a), which are at the flank of stratovolcanoes linked to crustal/edifice magma storage [45], and 601 centers correspond to individual monogenetic volcanoes (Figure 2a). The monogenetic centers show a variety of volcanic structures such as domes (35.1%), lava flows (33.4%), scoria cones (29.6%), maars (1.5%), and tuff cones (0.4%) (Figure 2b). These centers can be found as isolated centers (e.g., Cerro Punta Negra), clusters (e.g., Purico-Chaskón complex), or forming small volcanic fields (e.g., Negros de Aras).
\nDistribution of monogenetic volcanoes across northern Chile based on a) their relationship with polygenetic volcanoes and b) their volcanic landform.
Using the location of the total number of the monogenetic volcanoes (i.e. 905), the average nearest neighbor analysis can be used to differentiate the distribution of each kind of monogenetic landforms (e.g., [3, 46]). The average nearest neighbor analysis shows R-statistic values of 0.71 for all monogenetic volcanoes of northern Chile, 0.74 for domes, 0.69 for scoria cones, and 0.62 for lava flows (Table 1). These value ranges are identified as a clustered distribution of volcanic centers [46]. For maars and tuff cones, the average nearest neighbor analysis was not obtained due to the small number of centers identified (18 monogenetic centers that are 1.9% of the total) to generate a statistically significant result.
\nFeature | \nRo (km) | \nRe (km) | \nR-statistic | \nZR | \nPattern | \n
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All monogenetic structures | \n2.56 | \n3.61 | \n0.71 | \n−16.63 | \nClustered | \n
Domes | \n4.51 | \n6.05 | \n0.74 | \n−8.71 | \nClustered | \n
Lava flows | \n3.85 | \n6.2 | \n0.62 | \n−12.62 | \nClustered | \n
Scoria cones | \n4.57 | \n6.45 | \n0.69 | \n−9.48 | \nClustered | \n
Results for the average nearest neighbor in northern Chile.
Ro: Observed Mean Distance; Re: Expected Mean Distance; R-statistic: Nearest Neighbor Ratio; ZR: Z-score.
On the other hand, using the total number of monogenetic volcanoes (i.e. 907) and the area in which the monogenetic volcanoes are distributed in northern Chile (46,610 km2), the area that envelopes all the monogenetic volcanic centers identified is of 1.95 x 10-2 centers/km2. The temporal distribution is characterized by a decrease in eruptive centers from Miocene (268 monogenetic centers) to Pliocene (258 monogenetic centers), and a later increase in the Pleistocene (363 monogenetic centers) (Figure 3). Domes and scoria cones abundance show the same trend mentioned before, whereas lava flows, maars, and tuff cones display a trend to increase from Miocene to Pleistocene (Figure 3). The activity during the Holocene (18 monogenetic centers) is mainly dominated by dome eruptions (Figure 3).
\na) Temporal distribution of monogenetic volcanic landforms across northern Chile. b) Histogram of the temporal distribution of monogenetic volcanic landforms during Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene.
The temporal evolution of the monogenetic volcanoes from older to younger shows a migration from south to north with a concentration in the central part of northern Chile (cluster 3: Antofagasta Central). Based on the kernel density map, the monogenetic volcanoes of northern Chile may be mainly grouped into five regional clusters (Figure 4a). These distributions of volcanic centers display a high density of features and a preferred elongation trending. Monogenetic centers are alienated NW-SE preferentially for clusters 1 and 2, N-S, NW-SE, and NE–SW for cluster 3, NE–SW for cluster 4, and WNW-ESE and NW-SE for cluster 5 (Figure 4a). The volcanic structures distribution across the northern Chile map (Figure 4b) exhibits that scoria cones and domes are mainly associated with NNW–SSE, NW-SE, and WSW-ENE tectonic structures and lineaments, in decreasing order of frequency. Lava flows are mainly aligned N-S and NW-SE, while maars and tuff cones occur mainly along N-S, NW-SE, and WSW-ENE trending tectonic structures and lineaments, in decreasing order of frequency. The distribution of magma paths suggests that for Miocene, the main direction of the shortening of structures at the upper crust should have been about E-W, WNW-ESE, and NNW–SSE [47]. This is consistent with the development of N-S and NNE–SSW reverse faults and folds reported for cluster 2 (Antofagasta Norte; Figure 4a), cluster 3 (Antofagasta Central; Figure 4a) and cluster 4 (Antofagasta Sur; Figure 4a), and WSW-ENE structures for cluster 5 (Atacama; Figure 4a) in previous studies [48]. During the Pliocene to Holocene, the main direction of shortening inferred to have been E-W, NE–SW, WNW-ESE, and NNW–SSE direction of contraction, in decreasing order of frequency. This is consistent with the N-S and NW-striking normal faults, NE-striking reverse faulting, NW-SE, and WSW-ENE strike-slip faults reported in previous studies [17, 48].
\na) Kernel density map for monogenetic volcanoes and the main clusters identified. The numbers represent the main regions: 1. Arica-Iquique, 2. Antofagasta Norte, 3. Antofagasta Central, 4. Antofagasta Sur, and 5. Atacama. b) Map of the major fault systems and lineaments across northern Chile.
The spatial–temporal correlation of monogenetic centers, combined with the tectonic structures within northern Chile, allows the identification of three different structural styles of monogenetic volcanoes (Figure A.1), as has been suggested by Le Corvec et al. [2] for monogenetic volcanism and by Tibaldi et al. [49] for the CVZ. The first case (Figure A.1a) corresponds to a compressional environment mainly characterized by N-S and NNE–SSW reverse faults and folds over the monogenetic feeding conduits. Nevertheless, in this case, the magmatic plumbing system has been associated with the development of normal or strike-slip faults allowing the ascent of magmas to the surface such as the Tilocálar complex [19] at the south of the Salar de Atacama basin into the cluster 3 (Antofagasta Central; Figure 4). The second scenario (Figure A.1b) is mainly characterized by N-S and NW-SE, striking normal faults into an extensional environment. This case has been reported to scoria cones, lava flows, and mainly domes into the Ollagüe region and San Pedro-Linzor volcanic chain area [13, 50], which correspond to cluster 2 (Antofagasta Norte; Figure 4). The last scenario (Figure A.1c) corresponds to a strike-slip environment mainly characterized by NW-SE left lateral and WSW-ENE strike-slip faults. Monogenetic volcanism associated with this scenario has been mainly reported by Tibaldi et al. [49] for cluster 3 (Antofagasta Central; Figure 4), Baker et al. [17], and González-Ferrán et al. [51] for cluster 5 (Atacama; Figure 4). These scenarios have also been reported in others areas of monogenetic volcanism in the CVZ of the Andes such as the Uyuni region by Tibaldi et al. [50], Antofagasta de la Sierra Basin by Báez et al. [52], or in the southern Puna Plateau by Haag et al. [3]. These interpretations were developed based on the distribution and alignment of the monogenetic centers. Therefore, it is essential to consider that the tectonic structures have been formed before of the magma intrusion that originated monogenetic centers. In this context, the emplacement of these volcanic centers was favored by these tectonic structures.
\nIn this study, 318 domes, 303 lava flows, 268 scoria cones, 14 maars, and 4 tuff cones have been identified. This identification is primarily based on the morphological aspects of the volcanic edifices, which is characterized by the dominant eruption style and number or combination of eruption phases following Bishop [53] and Walker [54] (Figures 1 and 2).
\nVolcano types from northern Chile. a) Poruñita scoria cone (Ollagüe stratovolcano in the background). b) Scoria cone and lava flows from Negros de Aras monogenetic volcanic field. c) La Torta de Tocorpuri dome. d) Chao dome with its pyroclastic deposit (PD) and lava dome stages (I, II, and III) (Google earth™ image). e) La Espinilla maar-dome and Del Indio dome (DI). f) Tilocálar Norte lava flow. g) Ajata lava flows. h) Cerro Tujle maar. i) Alitar maar, fumaroles occur in white areas (Alitar stratovolcano in the background). j) Luna de Tierra tuff cone (Ollagüe stratovolcano in the background).
The monogenetic volcanic centers (mafic and felsic volcanism) are characterized by the heterogeneity of volcanic products, which can be mainly classified into eight lithofacies based on field observation, componentry and sedimentological characteristics such as:
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Field photographs of lithofacies of the monogenetic volcanoes in northern Chile. a) Lithofacies BL from Poruñita scoria cone. b) Lithofacies BL from La Poruña scoria cone. c) Lithofacies LA from Negros de Aras scoria cones. d) Lithofacies AS from Ajata scoria cone. e) Lithofacies CL from Tilocálar Sur pyroclastic deposit. f) Lithofacies LAL from Cerro Overo maar.
Field photographs of lithofacies of the monogenetic volcanoes in northern Chile. a) Lithofacies LAL showing a juvenile fragment with cauliflower-shaped from Cerro Overo maar. b) Lithofacies P showing a mingling of juvenile material and unconsolidated host sediment from Tilocálar Sur pyroclastic deposit. c) La Poruña lava flow and scoria cone. d) Lithofacies LD showing the
Field photographs of lithofacies of the monogenetic volcanoes in northern Chile. a) South dome (Guallatiri volcano area) showing the three primary levels of this lithofacies. Red areas indicate foliated lava sequences that are described in Watts et al. [
The spectrum of architecture and lithofacies of volcanic structures involve several interactions between internal and external processes. It is affected by the continuous degassing and interactions of the magma with the environment at different levels en-route during its ascent from the source to the surface, resulting in a volcanic eruption that can be explosive or effusive [55]. In many cases, the outcrops of monogenetic volcanic centers are covered by some debris flank due to desert physical weathering and mass movements or covered by eolian deposits. Nevertheless, integrating the different lithofacies identified and the cross-sections from different edifices are possible to build the history of the eruptive style involved in the formation of the monogenetic volcanoes of northern Chile.
\nIn general, scoria cones are composed of the lithofacies that indicate a rapid and continuous evolution from the Strombolian eruption style (lithofacies BL) to Hawaiian and Transitional styles (lithofacies AS and CL). This transition is characterized from the base to the upper levels by poorly sorted, reversed graded to massive and mostly clast-supported deposits, which consist of poorly to non-agglutinated juvenile clasts, to the summit by clastogenic lavas and welded agglutinated bomb (e.g., Ajata, La Poruña, Del Inca, Negros de Aras scoria cones). In addition, magmatic effusive stages are associated with the lithofacies LF (lava flow) and RB (raft blocks). They are represented by lava flows at the base or the summit of the scoria cones (e.g., Ajata, La Poruña, Del Inca, Negros de Aras scoria cones), and mounts from the volcanic edifice of scoria cones at the lava flows (e.g., Negros de Aras), respectively. That means scoria cones show a range of magmatic activity from explosive to effusive styles (Figure 9).
\na) Schematic drawing of monogenetic volcanic landforms of northern Chile, showing the conceptual link between monogenetic and polygenetic volcanoes and their relationship with their environmental setting. The numbers indicate the volcanic landforms detailed in the diagram of the theoretical link/transition between eruptive styles, eruption phases, and volcanic landforms for monogenetic volcanoes of northern Chile. Examples of Chilean volcanoes in each case. b) Cerro Overo maar. c) Scoria cone from Negros de Aras with a crater associated with a phreatomagmatic eruptive phase. d) Tilocálar Sur maar.
Nevertheless, in some cases (e.g., Negros de Aras scoria cones), hydrovolcanic records may be identified either at the summit or at the bases of the scoria cones (Figure 9). This corresponds to the lithofacies LAL (lapilli and ash beds with lithic fragments) and LA (Lapilli and ash beds), which suggest magma-water interactions during the initial (e.g., Poruñita scoria cone) or later phases (e.g., Negros de Aras scoria cones), where shallow water levels are available. This characteristic is also recognized at the base in some pyroclastic deposits (e.g., Tilocálar Sur), where fluidal and jigsaw-fit textures are locally preserved (lithofacies P) (Figure 7b).
\nOn the other hand, lava flows and lava domes are characterized by the lithofacies LF (lava flow), suggesting a magmatic effusive nature with different morphological features (Figure 9). The main differences between lava flows (e.g., El País lava flow field; Figure 7e) and lava domes (e.g., Tinto dome; Figure 8a) are the changes in the viscosity, volatile content, and magma ascent rate [55]. These features control the magma degassing during their ascent from the source to the surface, and therefore, the fragmentation processes [56]. Despite these differences, deposits that are inferred to represent explosive phases have been found at the base of the lava domes (e.g., Chao dome), which corresponds to the initial stages of pyroclastic deposits characterized by bombs and lapilli beds (lithofacies BL).
\nMaars (e.g., Cerro Overo) and tuff cones (e.g., Luna de Tierra) are characterized by LAL (lapilli and ash beds with lithic fragments) and LA (Lapilli and ash beds) lithofacies, which are associated with hydromagmatic eruptions, suggesting magma-water interactions. These phreatomagmatic and Surtseyan eruptions may be associated with external factors that trigger the magma-water interaction at different degrees of ratio and different depths of magma-water interaction [57]. The maars are mainly associated with areas characterized by i) folded ignimbrite basement (e.g., Tilomonte ridge for Tilocálar Sur maar, Cerro Tujle ridge for Cerro Tujle maar or Altos del Toro Blanco ridge for Cerro Overo maar), ii) groundwater aquifers (e.g., Monturaqui-Tilopozo-Negrillar aquifer for Tilocálar Sur maar), and iii) salt flats or lagoons as discharge zones (e.g., Salar de Atacama for Cerro Tujle maar or Laguna Lejía for Cerro Overo maar) (Figure 9). In contrast, tuff cones are located at low topographic positions filled with poorly consolidated sediments as salt flats (e.g., Salar de Carcote for Luna de Tierra) or caldera basins (e.g., La Pacana caldera for Corral de Coquena), where the resulting tephra came from phreatomagmatic eruptions through shallow surface water [58] (Figure 9).
\nOverall, the architecture spectrum and the volcanic lithofacies of the monogenetic centers of northern Chile (Figure 9) are similar to those reported for the northern Puna region (Argentina) by Maro and Caffe [59] and Maro et al. [60]. This suggests a wide range of eruptive styles involved in the eruption history of this small-volume volcanism, and in some cases, large volume as well. Nevertheless, in northern Chile, this range of eruptive styles is characterized by effusive (e.g., Ajata lava flows or Tinto dome) and/or explosive magmatic (e.g., Tilocálar Sur or Chao dome) activities dominated by Strombolian to Hawaiian/Transitional styles (e.g., La Poruña scoria cone), and hydromagmatic activities, as phreatomagmatic (e.g., Cerro Overo maar) or Surtseyan (e.g., Luna de Tierra tuff cone) styles, which were often simultaneous or alternating during the growth of the monogenetic volcanoes in northern Chile (Figure 9).
\nPetrographically, products from scoria cones, lava flows, maars, and tuff cones comprise mainly aphyric rocks (e.g., SC2). On the other hand, domes can be variable from aphyric (e.g., La Albondiga) to porphyritic rocks, which in some cases show mafic enclaves (e.g., Tinto dome). Overall, samples are characterized by hypocrystalline, hypidiomorphic, and hyalopilitic textures, where aphyric rocks show 40–50% vol. microphenocryst and microlite content, whereas porphyritic rocks exhibit 20–50% vol. phenocryst. The main mineral assemblage corresponds to euhedral to subhedral clinopyroxene (15% vol.; max 1.15 mm) and plagioclase (25–40% vol.; max 7 mm) with subordinated olivine (5% vol.; max 0.9 mm) and Fe–Ti oxide phases (1% vol.; max 0.2 mm). Nevertheless, in some cases, orthopyroxene (3% vol.; max 0.4 mm) and hydrous minerals, such as amphibole (Figure 10a), biotite, or sideromelane (10% vol; max 5 mm) can also be found. The main textures correspond to fluidal, reabsorption, and disequilibrium textures, such as mingling (Figure 10b), skeletal (Figure 10c), and resorbed edges rimmed by a network of clinopyroxenes (Figure 10d), sieve texture, and zoned rims (Figure 10e). The groundmass (50–80% vol.) is glassy with a microlites of plagioclase > clinopyroxene > olivine > amphibole/biotite > orthopyroxene, and opaque phases, where tabular-shaped microlites display flow structures (Figure 10f). In general, the mafic inclusions commonly are fine-grained and microvesiculated and range from 2 to 20 cm in size (Figure 10g). They exhibit crystal assemblages of plagioclase, pyroxene, amphibole, biotite, olivine, and quartz. The groundmass shows mainly plagioclase > pyroxene > amphibole and rare biotite and Fe-Ti oxides, with acicular phases and diktytaxitic texture (vesicles with plagioclase around cavity; Figure 10h).
\nPhotomicrographs and micro-vesiculated photos are showing typical petrographic textures of monogenetic volcanoes products from northern Chile. Thin sections under cross-polarized- (a, c-h) and plane-parallel- (b) light. a) Amphibole breakdown/reaction rim with skeletal and sieve textures from Cerro Tujle maar. b) Mafic and felsic bands are showing mingling texture from El Maní dome. c) Olivine phenocryst showing skeletal growth from SC2 scoria cone. d) Quartz xenocryst resorbed and rimmed mainly by clinopyroxenes from Tilocálar Sur lava flow. e) Plagioclase with sieve and reabsorption textures and showing zoned rim from Luna de Tierra tuff cone. f) Fluidal texture showing olivines with absorption and skeletal growth textures from Cerro Overo maar. g) Silicic product from El Ingenio dome. h) the diktytaxitic-like texture of the groundmass of the enclave from El Ingenio dome. Mineral abbreviations are amphibole (amp), plagioclase (Pl), Clinopyroxene (Cpx), olivine (Ol), quartz (Qz), K-feldspar (Fsp), Biotite (Bt), opaque mineral (Opq).
In general, products of monogenetic centers in northern Chile contain two or three plagioclase populations. The first one is characterized by defined edges and no resorption features (Figure 10e). The second population of plagioclase show inner zones with sieve texture overgrown by euhedral rims of plagioclase, and plagioclase that is thoroughly sieved (Figure 10e). The last population of plagioclase exhibits oscillatory zoning and, in some cases, coarse-sieve texture and smooth edges. The mineral assemblage consists of plagioclase, olivine, orthopyroxene, and clinopyroxene, in order of decreasing abundances, with amphibole and opaque mineral (e.g., magnetite and ilmenite) as minor phases for mafic products, and plagioclase, amphibole, biotite, quartz, K-feldspar, pyroxene, titanite and opaque mineral (e.g., magnetite and ilmenite), in order of decreasing abundances, with apatite and zircon as accessory phases for felsic products. For mafic products, olivines are present in samples showing reabsorption features characterized by different types of skeletal crystal morphologies (Figure 10f). Pyroxene is commonly recognized as individual crystal, and as reaction rims on olivine crystals or glomerocrystals. Quartz xenocrysts are also identified and are resorbed and rimmed by a network of mafic microlites (e.g., clinopyroxene) (Figure 10d). For felsic products, quartz crystals have rounded edges; amphibole and biotite show euhedral to subhedral habits affected by the intense breakdown (Figure 10g). Overall, the groundmass is very finely crystalline, with microlites of plagioclase, ortho- and clinopyroxene, olivine, amphibole, and opaque minerals with interstitial glass (Figure 10).
\nThese characteristics correspond to disequilibrium textures, giving evidence of magma mixing, heating of the reservoirs where the crystals are located or assimilation of crustal rocks, fast ascent, cooling, and decompression (e.g. [61]). The mixing processes correspond to mechanical mixing processes or mingling [62], which occur when mafic magma had insufficient interaction time with the felsic magma to generate a chemical mixing [62]. This process occurs at around 0.1–10 km depth [63], developed in different degrees, being evidenced by mafic enclaves (e.g., Tinto dome) and alternating mafic and felsic bands (e.g., El Maní dome) with flow structures [64]. Assimilation and fractional crystallization can be interpreted by the role of amphibole fractionation and plagioclase crystallization, respectively [29]. Whereas, all rims on amphibole and biotite phenocrysts suggest a fast magma ascent as a consequence of decompression [65].
\nGeochemically, based on the total alkali-silica diagram (after [66]), mafic monogenetic volcanism in northern Chile range mainly from basaltic andesite to dacitic in composition, which corresponds to scoria cones, lava flows, domes, maars, and tuff cones (Figure 11a). On the other hand, felsic products range from dacitic to rhyolitic composition, which corresponds to domes (Figure 11a). All the samples have calc-alkaline composition (not shown; after [67]), whilst mafic and felsic samples are mainly in the medium-K and high-K fields, respectively (not shown; after [68]). Based on geochemical compositional variations (Sr/Y, Sm/Yb, Dy/Yb, and La/Sm ratio contents), monogenetic products can be divided into two types (Figure 11b-d). A group with high contents of Sr./Y, Sm/Yb, Dy/Yb, and La/Sm ratio shows deep assimilation under high pressures and thick crust assimilation garnet signature [69]. The second group has low Sr./Y, Sm/Yb, Dy/Yb, and La/Sm ratios, and displays shallow assimilation with amphibole and clinopyroxene fractionation [70].
\na) Total alkalis–silica diagram (after [
Eruptive products of monogenetic volcanoes of northern Chile show values between 0.705–0.708 for 87Sr/86Sr, and 0.5122–0.5126 for 143Nd/144Nd (Figure 11e-g). These values are higher than expected for magmas derived from the asthenospheric mantle, and relatively restricted compared to isotopic data of stratovolcanoes from the CVZ (Figure 11e). Overall, less differentiated products show 87Sr/86Sr values lower (< 0.707) than more differentiated products (> 0.707) (Figure 11e,f). The 87Sr/86Sr vs. SiO2 diagram shows that assimilation and fractional crystallization (AFC) occur at different degrees and levels during the magmatic ascent from the source to the surface (Figure 11h). Fractional crystallization processes characterize these products, with a low degree of contamination and increasing HREE depletion (e.g., Dy, Yb, or Y), which suggest residual garnet of mantle melting enhanced by lithospheric delamination [71]. Nevertheless, a group of samples of mafic lava flows and scoria cones displays a reverse isotopic behavior of decreasing 87Sr/86Sr ratio values with the increasing of the SiO2 (Figure 11h). This trend cannot be explicated by mixing processes where is an increase of LILE content compared with HFSE or by AFC processes that expect an enrichment of 87Sr/86Sr ratio values during the differentiation [72]. In this context, assimilation during turbulent ascent process has been proposed (ATA; [73, 74]). This ATA process generates a selective fusion and assimilation of felsic crust, enriching of LILE (e.g., Sr or Rb; Figure 11b) compared with HFSE (e.g., Y or La; Figure 11b,c), and an enrichment of radiogenic strontium (Figure 11e, f, and h) like the more evolved silicic products over a relatively short time [73, 75].
\nOn the other hand, the felsic products can be explained by the presence of a magma reservoir located in the middle-shallow crust (e.g., polybaric crystallization using the amphibole thermobarometer; [76, 77]). Two feeding reservoir systems have been identified for silicic magmas at ~4–8 km depth (~740–840°C) and at ~15–20 km (~940–1000°C) depth, respectively [76, 77]. In addition, melting-assimilation-storage-homogenization (MASH; [72]) zones have been interpreted and identified by petrological and seismic tomographic studies at ~15–40 km depth such as Altiplano-Puna Magma Body (APMB), Lazufre Magma Body (LMB) or Incahuasi Magma Body (IMB) [78, 79, 80]. These magmatic reservoirs are associated with a magmatic flare-up and magmatic steady-stage during the formation of the large ignimbrite deposits and growth of stratovolcanoes in northern Chile [81, 82]. This suggests that after these magmatic phases (flare-up and steady stage), the formation of shallow magmatic reservoirs (at 4–8 km depth) could have been formed as remnants of these eruptions. These would have been fed by a magmatic system of super-eruption scale (e.g., APMB, LMB, or IMB) of dacitic magmas and by new magma batches of less-evolved magmas [29, 83], triggering silicic eruptions of large volume with mafic inclusions as enclaves.
\nTherefore, based on the geochemical and isotopic compositional variations, the monogenetic volcanic products of northern Chile are characterized by two groups of magmas. One of them presents a magma evolution dominated by a high-pressure garnet source at deepest crust levels [87, 88] (Figure 12) characterized by different magmatic processes as FC, AFC, and ATA (Figure 12). The second group of magmas presents a magma evolution dominated by low-pressure garnet-free source middle-upper crust level to shallow crustal levels. This group of magmas is characterized by crystallizing of amphibole during the magma ascent (e.g. [29, 83]), and by AFC magmatic processes with different mixing degree (Figure 12).
\nConceptual model diagram of the magmatic system for monogenetic volcanoes in northern Chile. This model relates mantle-derived magmas with felsic upper crustal partially molted levels of magma storages such as shallow pre-eruptive reservoirs and large magmatic bodies (e.g., Altiplano-Puna Magma body). Processes during the magma ascent from source to the surface, such as MASH (melting-assimilation-storage-homogenization), mixing, AFC (assimilation fractional crystallization), ATA (assimilation during turbulent magma ascent) or magma-water interaction (phreatomagmatism). Distribution of these zones is constrained by stratigraphic [
Monogenetic volcanism in northern Chile (18–28° Lat. S) is represented by 907 centers characterized by small (e.g., SC2 scoria cone) and large-volume (e.g., La Torta de Tocorpuri dome) volcanic structures. It exhibits a wide range of composition, from basaltic andesite (e.g., Cerro Overo) to rhyolite (e.g., Corral de Coquena) and a wide spectrum of volcanic landform, lithofacies, and hydromagmatic and magmatic eruptive styles (with the transition from explosive to effusive, and vice versa).
\nAmong these eruptive styles, the most abundant activity corresponds to effusive and Strombolian eruptions. In contrast, the fewer frequency activities are the phreatomagmatic and Surtseyan eruptions (Figure 3), which is concordant with an arid climate in northern Chile from the Miocene [41, 90]. This could be related to the degree of glaciation because when everything is too cold and frozen, not a lot of water can infiltrate to become groundwater. At the same time, in warmer periods, meltwater can form lakes or flow toward basins from the peaks.
\nAlthough the numbers of monogenetic volcanoes represented in this contribution are limited by the exposure, and more features could be hidden by Neogene sedimentary and volcanic cover. Monogenetic volcanoes were mainly emplaced during Pleistocene and Miocene, generating scoria cones, domes, lava flows, maars, and tuff cones, in order to decrease. The relative abundance of volcanic features is, in part, limited by the amount of time for eruptions, where the spike in the Pleistocene is prominent, for being a short time period (~2 Ma). While the preservation of Miocene features is also notable in that they are still accessible favored by the arid climate in northern Chile from the Miocene.
\nSpatially, monogenetic volcanoes are mainly associated with NW-striking lineaments or with the intersections of NW-striking lineaments, NNW-to-NNE-striking faults, and WNW-striking lineaments, in decreasing order. Although the main tectonic setting in northern Chile corresponds to the compressional environment, tectonic phases of Quaternary crustal relaxation (neutral to extensional stresses) could have favored the rising of magmas in small batches up from the source (deep or shallow) to the surface.
\nA general eruptive model for monogenetic volcanoes in northern Chile is proposed in this work, where the external (e.g., magma reservoirs or groundwater availability) and internal (e.g., magma ascent rate or interaction
Methods and databases (Table A.1. Monogenetic volcanoes location database; Table A.2. Geochronological database; Table A.3. Geochemical database; Figure A.1. Structural styles of monogenetic volcanoes in northern Chile; Figure A.2. Tectonic structures and lineaments database). https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1dwmvUiYTMF-XOoDXTwPhRYyHy88wNehJ.
\nThe authors wish to thank the Collaborative Research Center 1211–Earth Evolution at the Dry Limit and Dr. Eduardo Campos for providing the vehicle used during fieldwork. The authors would also like to thank all members of the Núcleo de Investigación en Riesgo Volcánico - Ckelar Volcanes team for fruitful discussions and support during fieldwork. The authors highly appreciate the time and effort of Dr. Alison Graettinger for her comments to improve this contribution.
\nThere are no conflicts of interest.
This research is part of G.U. Ph.D. thesis, which is funded by CONICYT-PCHA Doctorado Nacional 2016–21161286 fellowship and supported by the Universidad Católica del Norte. This study is emerged and funded by CONICYT-PAI MEC 2017–80170048 (titled “Fortalecimiento del área de volcanismo en el Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas”), and the Antofagasta Regional Government, FIC-R project, code BIP Nº30488832-0 (titled “Mitigación del riesgo asociado a procesos volcánicos en la Región de Antofagasta”); based on the Memorandum of Understanding of Research Cooperation between Universidad Católica del Norte and Massey University.
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