A case study of the amount and distribution of heat and fluid during metamorphism   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

J. M. Ferry 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1980,71(4):373-385

The volume of fluid and amount of heat involved in a portion of a metamorphic event around three synmetamorphic granitic stocks has been quantitatively estimated using mineral composition and modal data from carbonate rocks. Values of volumetric fluid-rock ratios range, with respect to a reference zoisite isograd, from 0.001 to 0.434. Amounts of heat involved range from –25 to 134 cal/cm³ rock. Contours of constant fluid-rock ratio and of constant amount of heat are generally concentric about the granitic stocks indicating that the stocks are foci of high heat and fluid fluxes during metamorphism. In addition, contours of fluid-rock ratios and amount of heat outline NE-SW-trending channelways of high fluid and heat fluxes that alternate with regions of lower fluid and heat fluxes. The NE-SW-trending vertical bedding and schistosity in the area — of premetamorphic origin — probably constrained fluid and heat transfer to occur preferentially in NE-SW directions. Large values of heat involved in metamorphism are strongly correlated with large fluid-rock ratios, suggesting that fluids are an important carrier of heat during metamorphism. Configurations of mapped isograds in the area mimic the patterns of contours of constant fluid-rock ratio and of heat content, indicating that configurations of isograds may contain useful information about regional patterns of heat and fluid transfer during metamorphism.Notation T Last temperature recorded by metacarbonate rocks (°C) - P Lithostatic pressure (bars) - Pi Partial pressure of component i (bars) - of last fluid in equilibrium with carbonate rocks during metamorphism - R 1.987 cal/bar-degree - K _s Activity constant for an assemblage of solid mineral phases - In Natural logarithm - c _v Volumetric heat capacity (cal/cm³-degree) - Q Heat added to or subtracted from a rock during metamorphism in the zoisite zone (kcal/100 cm³ rock; cal/cm³ rock) - Q{ibrxn} Heat added to or subtracted from a rock due to mineral reactions during metamorphism in the zoisite zone (kcal/100 cm³ rock; cal/cm³ rock) - Std. Dev. Standard Deviation - Average of fluid in equilibrium with carbonate rocks during their metamorphism in the zoisite zone - of fluid in equilibrium with carbonate rocks at the zoisite isograd - T Temperature at the zoisite isograd (°C) - X _i,j Mole fraction of component i in phase j - H _i Molar enthalpy of reaction i at 0 bars pressure - ¯V _i Change of molar volume due to reaction _ii - _i Measure of progress of reaction i - V Change in rock volume due to fluid-rock reactions - iV Initial rock volume before metamorphism within the zoisite zone - ¯V _s,i Change in molar volume of solid minerals due to reaction i Component notation an CaAl₂Si₂O₈ Phase notation Pl Plagioclase - Am Amphibole - Cc Calcite - Qz Quartz - Di Diopside - Zo Zoisite - Ga Garnet - Bi Biotite - Kf Microcline - Mu Muscovite  相似文献   

Coalification and graphitization in high-pressure schists in New Caledonia   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

C. F. K. Diessel  R. N. Brothers  P. M. Black 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1978,68(1):63-78

The northern portion of the Tertiary high-pressure schist belt in New Caledonia contains, from west to east, a metamorphic progression from lawsonite-albite facies through glaucophanitic greenschists to eclogitic albite-epidote amphibolites. This belt is flanked to the west by Upper Cretaceous-Eocene metasediments, of prehnite-pumpellyite grade. Paraschists throughout this whole sequence contain abundant carbonaceous material which shows a progressive metamorphism from coal to graphite. Structural analysis of lithostatic load and oxygen isotope data have provided a PT profile for the carbon metamorphism. In the prehnite-pumpellyite metasediments, phytoclasts were progressively coalified to anthracite rank under PT conditions which extended up to 3 kb/255 ° C at the lawsonite isograd where graphite first appears. On the high grade side of the lawsonite isograd a transitional mixed zone of continued coalification and graphitization occurred within the PT range 3 kb/255 ° C to 5.5 kb/335 ° C which included the ferroglaucophane isograd. Immediately beyond this zone all phytoclasts were completely graphitized before the epidote isograd was reached at 6.3 kb/ 390 ° C. The prevailing metamorphic environment retarded coalification, but accelerated graphitization, under conditions of high pressure and a low temperature gradient (7 ° C/km) that had been generated within the sedimentary pile by rapid tectonic thickening and consequent deep burial.  相似文献   

True metamorphic isograds or tectonically sliced metamorphic sequence? New high-spatial resolution petrological data for the New Caledonia case study     

A. Vitale Brovarone  P. Agard 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2013,166(2):451-469

The metamorphic belt of northern New Caledonia represents one of the best-exposed example of fossil Pacific-type subduction zone and a worldwide reference for high-pressure (HP) metamorphism and metamorphic mineral isograds, marked by a gradual evolution from very low-grade lawsonite-bearing to high-grade epidote-bearing eclogite assemblages. Despite the general agreement on the progressive increase in metamorphism, open debates hinge on the tectonic meaning of such mineral isograds, either interpreted as fossilized continuous metamorphic gradients or as major tectonic discontinuities. We present a new and extensive metamorphic dataset acquired by means of Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material and pseudosection modeling. Additional PT estimates were also obtained via traditional thermobarometry. Our dataset indicates the occurrence of two tectonometamorphic domains characterized by distinct patterns and significantly modifies the past tectonic interpretation of the HP terranes. The first domain, rich in metasediments, shows a continuous metamorphic gradient starting at ~300 °C and ~0.8 GPa and reaching the blueschist-eclogite transition at 500–520 °C and ~1.8 GPa and is only locally cut by minor tectonic breaks. The second one, rich in metaophiolites, shows a rather constant metamorphism at 520–550 °C and ~2.4 GPa. The two terranes are separated by a conspicuous pressure gap (0.6 GPa, or ~20 km), but no temperature gap exists. We therefore interpret the metamorphic mineral isograds in the blueschist, metasediment-rich unit as a continuous prograde metamorphic gradient corresponding to ~35 km of accreted material (in a cold subduction zone favoring lawsonite stability) later affected by a factor of two decompressional thinning. Only the epidote isograd, which localized strain as a result of fluid release during decompression, reflects regional reequilibrations. Importantly, no significant tectonic break affects the regional distribution of the classical mineral isograds, and the most significant metamorphic break is best depicted by a lithological contrast (metasediment-rich vs. metamafic/ultramafic-rich domains). Comparable patterns are observed in Tethyan-type orogens like the Western Alps or Corsica. This contribution provides useful insights into the mechanisms of exhumation and stacking of HP terrains and mountain building of both Pacific and Tethyan orogenic belts.  相似文献   

Stable Isotope Evidence for the Role of Diffusion, Infiltration, and Local Structure on Contact Metamorphism of Calc-Silicate Rocks at Noth Peak, Utah     

NABELEK  PETER I.; LABOTKA  THEODORE C.; RUSS-NABELEK  CAROL 《Journal of Petrology》1992,33(3):557-583

The effects of infiltration, diffusion, and local structureon the contact metamorphism of the Cambrian Weeks Formation,a calcareous argillite located in western Utah, were examinedusing stable isotope systematics and mineral mass-balance considerations.The emplacement of the Jurassic Notch Peak granitic stock resultedin metamorphism characterized with increasing proximity to theintrusion by phlogopite, diopside, and wollastonite isograds.The isograds are generally concentric around the stock, withdiopside and wollastonite isograds {small tilde}600 and 400m from the contact, respectively, but are deflected near a pre-intrusionfault where the wollastonite isograd is 1. 5 km from the contact.Where the isograds are concentric, the wollastonite isogradmarks an isotopic front with whole-rock ¹⁸O values approachingthe 9.5% value of the stock. In contrast, the ¹⁸O values inthe unmetamorphosed to diopside-grade rocks range from 16.3to 20.2%. Near the fault the isotopic front extends throughthe diopside zone, suggesting that the fault was a major conduitfor magmatic water. Water—rock ratios for the diopside- and wollastonite-gradesamples determined from mineralogic mass balance are nearlyone order of magnitude larger than ‘one-box’ closed-systemratios determined from shifts in stable isotope ratios. Chromatographicmodels for isotopic exchange and propagation of isograds showthat one-dimensional infiltration of magmatic water throughpore spaces would lead to an isotopic front at 50 m from thestock and the wollastonite isograd would be only 8 km from thestock. These distances are significantly smaller than observed.It is suggested that most of the magmatic water flowed throughfractures or thin permeable layers, with the extent of isotopicexchange between the magmatic water in these conduits and theadjacent rocks being controlled by the extent of reaction progressin the rocks. Considerations of CO₂—H₂O interdiffusivitiesin fluids indicate that removal of CO₂ from the reaction frontstoward the intrusion or the fault was sufficiently rapid tocontrol the geometry of the isograds.  相似文献   

Petrology and thermobarometry of mafic granulites and migmatites from the Chafalote Metamorphic Suite: New insights into the Neoproterozoic P–T evolution of the Uruguayan—Sul-Rio-Grandense shield     

A.O.M.S. Gross  G.T.R. Droop  C.C. Porcher  L.A.D. Fernandes 《Precambrian Research》2009,170(3-4):157-174

This paper reports a study of the metamorphic evolution of pelitic, semi-pelitic migmatites and mafic granulites of the Chafalote Metamorphic Suite (CMS), Uruguay, which represents the southernmost exposures of high-grade metamorphic rocks in the Dom Feliciano Belt, Uruguain—Sul-Rio-Grandense shield, South America. This belt is one of the Brasiliano orogens that crop out along the Brazilian and Uruguayan Atlantic margin, and the CMS is one of several disconnected segments of supracrustal rock in a dominantly granitic terrain. Petrological evidence from CMS mafic granulites and semi-pelitic migmatites indicates four distinct metamorphic assemblages. The early prograde assemblage (M₁) is preserved only as inclusions in porphyroblasts of the peak-metamorphic (M₂) assemblage. Peak-metamorphism was followed by near-isothermal decompression (M₃), which resulted in symplectites and coronitic textures in the mafic granulites and compositional zoning of Ca in garnet (decreasing rimwards) and plagioclase (increasing rimwards) in the semi-pelitic migmatites. The retrograde metamorphic assemblage (M₄) is represented by hydration reaction textures replacing minerals of the M₂ and M₃ assemblages. Average P–T calculations using the program THERMOCALC and conventional thermobarometric methods yield peak-metamorphic (M₂) P–T conditions of 7–10 kbar and 830–950 °C, near-decompressional (M₃) P–T conditions of 4.8–5.5 kbar and 788–830 °C and M₄ retrograde P–T conditions of 3–6 kbar and 600–750 °C. The calculated P–T path for the CMS rocks is ‘clockwise’ and incorporates a near-isothermal decompression segment followed by minor cooling, consistent with a history of crustal thickening followed by extensional collapse at ca. 650–600 Ma. The metamorphism recorded by rocks of this crustal segment may be correlated with 650 Ma metamorphism in the Coastal Terrane of the Kaoko Belt in Namibia, being the first unequivocal match between South America and Africa provided by crystalline rocks south of the Congo Craton.  相似文献   

Relocation of aftershocks, focal mechanisms and stress inversion: Implications toward the seismo-tectonics of the causative fault zone of Mw7.6 2001 Bhuj earthquake (India)   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

P. Mandal  S. Horton   《Tectonophysics》2007,429(1-2):61-78

The HYPODD relocation of 1172 aftershocks, recorded on 8–17 three-component digital seismographs, delineate a distinct south dipping E–W trending aftershock zone extending up to 35 km depth, which involves a crustal volume of 40 km × 60 km × 35 km. The relocated focal depths delineate the presence of three fault segments and variation in the brittle–ductile transition depths amongst the individual faults as the earthquake foci in the both western and eastern ends are confined up to 28 km depth whilst in the central aftershock zone they are limited up to 35 km depth. The FPFIT focal mechanism solutions of 444 aftershocks (using 8–12 first motions) suggest that the focal mechanisms ranged between pure reverse and pure strike slip except some pure dip slip solutions. Stress inversion performed using the P and T axes of the selected focal mechanisms reveals an N181°E oriented maximum principal stress with a very shallow dip (= 14°). The stress inversions of different depth bins of the P and T axes of selected aftershocks suggest a heterogeneous stress regime at 0–30 km depth range with a dominant consistent N–S orientation of the P-axes over the aftershock zone, which could be attributed to the existence of varied nature and orientation of fractures and faults as revealed by the relocated aftershocks.  相似文献   

Oxygen isotopic fractionation during inorganic calcite precipitation ― Effects of temperature, precipitation rate and pH     

Martin Dietzel  Jianwu Tang  Albrecht Leis  Stephan J. Khler 《Chemical Geology》2009,268(1-2):107-115

Stable oxygen isotopic fractionation during inorganic calcite precipitation was experimentally studied by spontaneous precipitation at various pH (8.3 < pH < 10.5), precipitation rates (1.8 < log R < 4.4 μmol m^− 2 h^− 1) and temperatures (5, 25, and 40 °C) using the CO₂ diffusion technique.The results show that the apparent stable oxygen isotopic fractionation factor between calcite and water (α_{calcite–water}) is affected by temperature, the pH of the solution, and the precipitation rate of calcite. Isotopic equilibrium is not maintained during spontaneous precipitation from the solution. Under isotopic non-equilibrium conditions, at a constant temperature and precipitation rate, apparent 1000lnα_{calcite–water} decreases with increasing pH of the solution. If the temperature and pH are held constant, apparent 1000lnα_{calcite–water} values decrease with elevated precipitation rates of calcite. At pH = 8.3, oxygen isotopic fractionation between inorganically precipitated calcite and water as a function of the precipitation rate (R) can be described by the expressionsat 5, 25, and 40 °C, respectively.The impact of precipitation rate on 1000lnα_{calcite–water} value in our experiments clearly indicates a kinetic effect on oxygen isotopic fractionation during calcite precipitation from aqueous solution, even if calcite precipitated slowly from aqueous solution at the given temperature range. Our results support Coplen's work [Coplen T. B. (2007) Calibration of the calcite–water oxygen isotope geothermometer at Devils Hole, Nevada, a natural laboratory. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 71, 3948–3957], which indicates that the equilibrium oxygen isotopic fractionation factor might be greater than the commonly accepted value.  相似文献   

Kinetics of high-pressure phase transformations: Implications to the evolution of the olivine → spinel transition in the downgoing lithosphere and its consequences on the dynamics of the mantle     

Sung Chien-Min  Roger G. Burns 《Tectonophysics》1976,31(1-2)

The rate of a high-pressure phase transition increases exponentially with temperature (T) and overpressure or pressure beyond equilibrium (ΔP). It is also greatly promoted by introducing shear stress, diminishing grain size, and adding water or other catalysts to the reactants. For an isothermal and isobaric transition with no compositional change, if steady state of nucleation on grain surfaces is attained, the rate equation can be expressed: (1) before site saturation by: X = 1 − exp(−Kt⁴), where and (2) after site saturation by: X = 1 − exp(−K′T), where , where X is volume fraction of completion of transformation, t is time, and the C's are characteristic constants. C₁ and C₉ are functions of grain size, C₃ and C₆ are functions of shear stress. All the C's are almost independent of temperature and pressure. Thus, if X as a function of T, ΔP, and t over a narrow P-T range can be experimentally determined, the C's can be calculated and the effect of grain size and shear stress on the rate of transformation can be evaluated. The isothermal and isobaric rate equations for a given composition, shear stress, and grain size are then experimentally determinable. The non-isothermal and non-isobaric rate equation can be calculated from the isothermal and isobaric ones if the rate of penetration into the metastability field is known. The important feature of the kinetics of high-pressure phase transitions predicted by these rate equations is that for a given rate of penetration into the metastability field, there can be defined a characteristic temperature, T_ch, below which the rate of the transition is virtually zero no matter how metastable the material is. For the olivine → spinel transition in the mantle, this characteristic temperature may be as high as 700° C. Thus, in a fast moving downgoing slab, the temperature at its cold center may remain below T_ch even down to depths in excess of 600 km, thereby greatly depressing the olivine—spinel phase boundary.At an early stage in the development of a downgoing slab, the plunging speed is slow. This allows the interior of the slab to heat up and the olivine → spinel transition to proceed rapidly and near equilibrium. As a result, the olivine—spinel phase boundary in the slab will be distorted upwards. The rising of the denser spinel phase then provides an additional driving force which accelerates the plate. Since the upper portion of the slab is pulled from below and the lower portion pushed from above, earthquakes of down-dip extension will occur in the upper mantle while those of down-dip compression will originate in the transition zone. Because the transformation occurs close to equilibrium, there will be an aseismic region separating the two seismic zones. When the plate velocity exceeds a certain limit, the temperature in the cold interior becomes low enough to depress the olivine → spinel transition. The phase boundary is then distorted downwards. The buoyant force thereby created will reduce the driving force, and the plunging speed of the plate will approach a steady state. In addition, the buoyant force will compress the slab from below and result in earthquakes of down-dip compression throughout the length of the slab. Now the olivine → spinel transition is so far from equilibrium that the reaction becomes implosive. A rise in frequency of deep earthquakes towards the implosion region in the lower transition zone is thus predicted. Therefore, as well as stabilizing the plate velocity, the olivine → spinel transition may also control earthquake distributions throughout the downgoing slab.  相似文献   

H₂O diffusion models in rhyolitic melt with new high pressure data     

Huaiwei Ni  Youxue Zhang   《Chemical Geology》2008,250(1-4):68-78

Water diffusion in silicate melts is important for understanding bubble growth in magma, magma degassing and eruption dynamics of volcanos. Previous studies have made significant progress on water diffusion in silicate melts, especially rhyolitic melt. However, the pressure dependence of H₂O diffusion is not constrained satisfactorily. We investigated H₂O diffusion in rhyolitic melt at 0.95–1.9 GPa and 407–1629 °C, and 0.2–5.2 wt.% total water (H₂O_t) content with the diffusion-couple method in a piston-cylinder apparatus. Compared to previous data at 0.1–500 MPa, H₂O diffusivity is smaller at higher pressures, indicating a negative pressure effect. This pressure effect is more pronounced at low temperatures. Assuming H₂O diffusion in rhyolitic melt is controlled by the mobility of molecular H₂O (H₂O_m), the diffusivity of H₂O_m (D_H2Om) at H₂O_t ≤ 7.7 wt.%, 403–1629 °C, and ≤ 1.9 GPa is given bywhere D₀ is in µm²/s, X is mole fraction of H₂O_t on a single oxygen basis, T is temperature in K, and P is pressure in GPa.H₂O_t diffusivities (D_H2Ot, in µm²/s) can be calculated from H₂O_m diffusivity, or directly from the following expression:At low H₂O_t content (up to 2 wt.% if an error of a factor of 2 is allowed), H₂O_t diffusivity is approximately proportional to H₂O_t content:where C is H₂O_t content in wt.% and C₀ is 1 wt.%. The new expressions for H₂O diffusion not only reproduce our own data, but also match data in literature from different laboratories and using different methods, indicating good inter-laboratory and multi-method consistency. The new expressions cover a wide range of geological conditions, and can be applied to H₂O diffusion in rhyolitic melts in various volcanic and magmatic processes.  相似文献   

The effect of net-transfer reactions on the isotopic composition of minerals     

C. Page Chamberlain  John M. Ferry  Douglas Rumble III 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1990,105(3):322-336

To interpret correctly the isotopic composition of metmorphic rocks and minerals, the effect of nettransfer reactions must be quantitatively evaluated. Such evaluation requires a complete set of linearly independent, net-transfer reactions that fully describe the reacting system. The set of net-transfer reactions is then coupled with mass-balance equations for stable isotopes. Reaction spaces can be contoured with isopleths of °¹⁸O, °¹³C, and D of minerals which allows evaluation of the effect of different reactions and bulk compositions on the stable isotopic composition of minerals and rocks. Using this approach, we examined the effect of fractionation of isotopes due to net-transfer reactions at the biotite and second-sillimanite isograds in northern New England. Our analysis shows that the shift in °¹³C and °¹⁸O at an isograd depends strongly upon the overall net-transfer reaction at the isograd and the bulk composition of the rock. The use of model isograd reactions to determine isotopic shifts, therefore, can lead to serious errors in the interpretation of isotopic data. At the second-sillimanite isograd °¹⁸O _qtz (quartz), °¹⁸O _kspar (K feldsdpar), and °¹⁸O _wr (whole rock) decrease by 0.5, 1.0, and 0.8 per mil, respectively. Quantitative evaluation of the effect of fractionation of isotopes by net-transfer reactions shows that: (1) the relative changes in oxygen isotopes across the isograd could be caused by distillation of fluids during develatilization reactions; (2) the magnitude of the observed isotopic shifts often differs by a factor of 2 from the calculated shifts due to reaction progress alone. The difference between observed and calculated shifts is attributed to either, differences in bulk composition between individual rocks, or, to isotopic exchange between minerals after peak metamorphism. At the biotite isograd the shifts in carbon and oxygen isotope values are different from predicted shifts caused by net-transfer reactions alone. This discrepancy suggests that fluids infiltrated the rocks during the formation of the biotite isograd.  相似文献   

Contact metamorphism of impure dolomitic limestone in the Boulder Aureole,Montana   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jack M. Rice 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1977,59(3):237-259

Progressive metamorphism of impure dolomitic limestone in the 1.5 to 2.5 km wide contact aureole surrounding the northernmost portion of the boulder batholith has resulted in a consistent sequence of uniformly distributed zones of low-variance mineral parageneses separated by abrupt and distinctive isograds. In silica-undersaturated, aluminous marbles, the following mineral assemblages occur, in order of increasing grade: calcite-dolomite-calcic amphibole-chlorite, calcite-dolomite-calcic amphibole-chlorite-spinel, calcite-dolomite-calcic amphibole-chlorite-olivine-spinel, calcite-dolomite-chlorite-olivine-spinel, calcite-dolomite-olivine-spinel. The spatial distribution of parageneses and the occurrence of low-variance parageneses indicate buffering of the pore fluid composition by the local mineral assemblages. The observed sequence of mineral reactions and the spacing of isograds is in good agreement with experimental and calculated equilibria in terms of P-T-X _{CO 2}and temperatures of equilibration inferred from calcite-dolomite geothermometry, which range from 435 to 607 °C across the aureole.Microprobe analyses of coexisting minerals indicate attainment of exchange equilibrium. Calcic amphibole and chlorite coexisting with calcite and dolomite become progressively more aluminous with increasing grade; calcic amphibole changes rapidly from Al-poor tremolite to pargasite, while Al^IV in Cte increases from 2.0 to 2.3 atoms per 8 tetrahedral sites. Observed low-variance assemblages fix the activities of calcic amphibole and chlorite end-member components as a function of P and T, and hence the systematic compositional variation in these phases is not an independent variable, but is controlled by the local mineral assemblage.  相似文献   

Cretaceous evolution of a metamorphic core complex,the Veporic unit,Western Carpathians (Slovakia): P–T conditions and in situ40Ar/39Ar UV laser probe dating of metapelites     

M. Jank  D. Pla&#x;ienka  M. Frey  M. Cosca  S. TH. Schmidt  B. Luptk  &#x;. Mres 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》2001,19(2):197-216

Alpine metamorphism, related to the development of a metamorphic core complex during Cretaceous orogenic events, has been recognized in the Veporic unit, Western Carpathians (Slovakia). Three metamorphic zones have been distinguished in the metapelites: 1, chloritoid + chlorite + garnet; 2, garnet + staurolite + chlorite; 3, staurolite + biotite + kyanite. The isograds separating the metamorphic zones have been modelled by discontinuous reactions in the system K₂O–FeO–MgO–Al₂O₃–SiO₂–H₂O (KFMASH). The isograds are roughly parallel to the north‐east‐dipping foliation related to extensional updoming along low‐angle normal faults. Thermobarometric data document increasing P–T conditions from c. 500 °C and 7–8 kbar to c. 620 °C and 9–10 kbar, reflecting a coherent metamorphic field gradient from greenschist to middle amphibolite facies. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar data obtained by high spatial resolution in situ ultraviolet (UV) laser ablation of white micas from the rock slabs constrain the timing of cooling and exhumation in the Late Cretaceous. Mean dates are between 77 and 72 Ma; however, individual white mica grains record a range of apparent ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages indicating that cooling below the blocking temperature for argon diffusion was not instantaneous. The reconstructed metamorphic P–T–t path is ‘clockwise’, reflecting post‐burial decompression and cooling during a single Alpine orogenic cycle. The presented data suggest that the Veporic unit evolved as a metamorphic core complex during the Cretaceous growth of the Western Carpathian orogenic wedge. Metamorphism was related to collisional crustal shortening and stacking, following closure of the Meliata Ocean. Exhumation was accomplished by synorogenic (orogen‐parallel) extension and unroofing in an overall compressive regime.  相似文献   

Phase relations of a simplified Marly rock system with application to the Western Hohe Tauern (Austria)     

G. Hoschek 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1980,73(1):53-68

The regional distribution of metamorphic mineral assemblages in Mesozoic carbonate rocks of the Western Hohe Tauern allows the mapping of isograds based on the appearance of biotite+calcite and biotite+zoisite+calcite. The latter isograd corresponds approximately to the thermal maximum of the alpidic metamorphism in the central part of this area. An estimate of P, T, X _fluid conditions can be obtained from phase relations among muscovite, biotite, chlorite, margarite, tremolite, zoisite, anorthite, quartz, calcite, and dolomite in the system K₂O-CaO-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O-CO₂ which approximates the composition of marls. Calculations based on various experimental and thermodynamic data have been made with emphasis on phase relations pertinent to a group of carbonate rocks with very low Fe and Na contents in non-opaque minerals. Significant and opposite deviations from the phase relations for stochiometric end member mineral compositions are due to the substitutions F-OH and Mg+Si-2Al. Consistency of observed and calculated phase relations is favoured by high F-contents. For the majority of carbonate rocks in the high metamorphic zone, maximum temperatures around 550° C, minimum pressures of 4–6 kb, and relatively low XCO₂ values within the stability field of zoisite and of biotite+calcite+quartz are indicated.  相似文献   

Pressure dependence and anisotropy of P-wave velocities in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks from the Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt (China): Implications for seismic properties of subducted slabs and origin of mantle reflections     

Qin Wang  Shaocheng Ji  Matthew H. Salisbury  Bin Xia  Mingbao Pan  Zhiqin Xu 《Tectonophysics》2005,398(1-2):67-99

The compressional wave velocities (Vp), pressure derivatives (Vp′) and anisotropy (A) of three types of eclogites and country rocks from the Dabie–Sulu ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt, China, have been measured under confining pressures up to 800 MPa. Type-1 eclogites, which are coarse-grained and subjected to almost no retrograde metamorphism, experienced recovery-accommodated dislocation creep at peak metamorphic conditions (in the diamond stability field). Type-2 eclogites are fine-grained reworked Type-1 materials that experienced recrystallization-accommodated dislocation creep under quartz/coesite boundary conditions during the early stage of exhumation. Type-3 eclogites are retrogressed samples that were overprinted by significant amphibolite facies metamorphism during a late stage of exhumation within the crust. Type-1 eclogites are richer in Al₂O₃ and MgO but poorer in SiO₂ and Na₂O than Type-2 and Type-3 eclogites. Anisotropy of Type-1 and Type-2 eclogites is generally low (<4%) because volumetrically important garnet is elastically quasi-isotropic, while Type-3 eclogites can exhibit high anisotropy (>10%) due to the presence of strongly anisotropic retrograde minerals such as amphibole, plagioclase and mica. The transition of the pressure dependence of velocity from the poroelastic to elastic regimes occurs at a critical pressure (P_c), which depends mainly on the density and distribution of microcracks and in turn on the exhumation history of rocks. The Vp–pressure relationship can be expressed by Vp=a(lnP)²+blnP+c (P≤P_c) and Vp=V₀+DP (P≥P_c), where P is the confining pressure, a and b are constants describing the closure of microcracks below P_c, c is the velocity when P is equal to one (MPa), V₀ is the projected velocity of a crack-free sample at room pressure, and D is the intrinsic pressure derivative above P_c. When data are curve-fit, pressure derivatives and anisotropy as functions of pressure are determined. The average Vp of the eclogites in the linear regime is 8.42+1.41×10⁻⁴P for Type-1, 7.80+1.58×10⁻⁴P for Type-2, and 7.33+2.04×10⁻⁴P for Type-3, where Vp is in km/s and P in MPa. The decrease in V₀ and increase in D from Type-1 to Type-3 eclogites are attributed to a decrease in garnet content and an increase in retrograde minerals. The NE–SW trending, NW-dipping, slab-like high Vp anomaly (8.72 km/s at a depth of 71 km) which extends from the Moho to at least 110 km beneath the Dabie–Sulu region, can be interpreted as the remnant of a subducted slab which is dominated by Type-1 eclogites and has frozen in the upper mantle since about 200–220 Ma. Such relic crustal materials, subducted and preserved as eclogite layers intercalated with felsic gneiss, garnet–jadeite quartzite, marble and serpentinized peridotite, could be responsible for regionally observed seismic reflectors in the upper mantle.  相似文献   

Himalayan inverted metamorphism constrained by oxygen isotope thermometry   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Jean-Claude Vannay  Zachary D. Sharp  Bernhard Grasemann 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1999,137(1-2):90-101

Inverted metamorphic field gradients are preserved in two amphibolite facies metapelitic sequences forming the crystalline core zone of the Himalayan orogen in the Sutlej valley (NW India). In the High Himalayan Crystalline Sequence (HHCS), metamorphic conditions increase upwards from the staurolite zone at the base, through the kyanite-in and sillimanite-in isograds, finally to reach partial melting conditions at the top. The structurally lower Lesser Himalayan Crystalline Sequence (LHCS) shows a gradual superposition of garnet-in, staurolite-in and kyanite + sillimanite-in isograds. Although phase equilibria constraints imply inverted temperature field gradients in both units, garnet-biotite (GARB) rim thermometry indicates final equilibration at a nearly uniform temperature around T ≈ 600 °C across these sequences. The P-T path and garnet zoning data show that this apparent lack of thermal field gradient is mainly the consequence of a resetting of the GARB equilibria during cooling. In order to constrain peak temperature conditions, 20 samples along the studied section have been analysed for oxygen isotope thermometry. The isotopic fractionations recorded by quartz-garnet and quartz-aluminosilicate mineral pairs indicate temperatures consistent with phase equilibria and P-T path constraints for metamorphic peak conditions. Together with barometry results, based on net transfer continuous reactions, the oxygen isotope thermometry indicates peak conditions characterized by: (1) a temperature increase from T ≈ 570 to 750 °C at a nearly constant pressure around P ≈ 800 MPa, from the base to the top of the HHCS unit; (2) a temperature increase from T ≈ 610 to 700 °C and a pressure decrease from P ≈ 900 to 700 MPa, from the base to the top of the LHCS metapelites. Oxygen isotope thermometry thus provides the first quantitative data demonstrating that the Himalayan inverted metamorphism can be associated with a complete inversion of the thermal field gradient across the crystalline core zone of this orogen. Received: 1 April 1999 / Accepted: 12 July 1999  相似文献   

Paragenesis of sodic pyroxene-bearing quartz schists: implications for the P-T history of the Sanbagawa belt     

Masaki Enami  Simon R. Wallis  Yasuyuki Banno 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1994,116(1-2):182-198

Sodic pyroxene (jadeite content X _jd=0.1–0.3) occurs locally as small inclusions within, albite porphyroblasts and in the matrix of hematite-bearing quartz schists in the Sanbagawa (Sambagawa) metamorphic belt, central Shikoku, Japan. The sodic, pyroxene-bearing samples are characteristically free from chlorite and their typical mineral assemblage is sodic pyroxene+subcalcic (or sodic) amphibole+phengitic mica+albite+quartz+hematite+titanite±epidote. Spessartine-rich garnet occurs in Mn-rich samples. Sodic pyroxene in epidote-bearing samples tends to be poorer in acmite content (average X _Acm=0.26–0.50) than that in the epidote-free samples (X _Acm=0.45–0.47). X _Jd shows no systematic relationship to metamorphic grade, and is different among the three sampling regions [Saruta-gawa, Asemi-gawa and Bessi (Besshi)]. The average X _Jd of the Saruta-gawa samples (0.21–0.29) is higher than that of the Asemi-gawa (0.13–0.17) and Bessi (0.14–0.23). The P-T conditions of the Asemi-gawa and Bessi regions are estimated at 5.5–6.5 kbar, >360°C in the chlorite zone, 7–8.5 kbar, 440±15°C in the garnet zone and 8–9.5 kbar, 520±25°C in the albite-biotite zone. Metamorphic pressure of the Saruta-gawa region is systematically 1–1.5 kbar higher than that of the Asemi-gawa and Bessi regions, and materials of the Saruta-gawa region have been subducted to a level 3–5 km deeper than materials that underwent metamorphism at equivalent temperatures and are now exposed in the Asemi-gawa and Bessi regions. Pressure slightly increases toward the north (structurally high levels) through the Sanbagawa belt of central shikoku. Two types of zonal structure were observed in relatively coarse-grained sodic pyroxenes in the matrix. One type is characterized by increasing X _Jd from core to rim, the other type by decreasing X _Jd from core to rim. Both types of zoned pyroxenes show an increase in X _{Fe 2+}[=Fe²⁺/(Fe²⁺+Mg)] from core to rim. The first type of zoning was observed in a sample from the chlorite zone of lowest grade, whereas the latter occurs in the garnet and albite-biotite zones of higher grade. The contrast in zonal structure implies that dP/dT during prograde metamorphism decreased with increasing metamorphic grade and may have been negative in some samples from the higher-grade zones. The estimated dP/dT of the prograde stage of the chlorite zone is 3.2 kbar/100°C, and that of the garnet and albite-biotite zones is -1.8 to 0.9 kbar/100°C. The variation of dP/dT at shallow and deep levels of a subduction system probably reflects the difference of heating duration and/or change in thermal gradient of the subduction zone by continuous cooling of the surrounding mantle.  相似文献