Controls on metamorphic equilibration: the importance of intergranular solubilities mediated by fluid composition          下载免费PDF全文

W. D. Carlson  J. D. Hixon  J. M. Garber  R. J. Bodnar 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》2015,33(2):123-146

A dramatic demonstration of the role of intergranular solubility in promoting chemical equilibration during metamorphism is found in the unusual zoning of garnet in pelitic schist exposed at Harpswell Neck, Maine, USA. Many garnet crystals have irregular, patchy distributions of Mn, Cr, Fe and Mg in their inclusion‐rich interiors, transitioning to smooth, concentric zoning in their inclusion‐poor outer rims; in contrast, zoning of Ca and Y is comparatively smooth and concentric throughout. We re‐assess the disputed origin of these zoning features by examining garnet growth in the context of the thermal and structural history of the rocks, and by evaluating the record of fluid–rock interaction revealed in outcrop‐scale veining and fluid‐inclusion assemblages. The transition in the character of garnet zoning correlates with the onset of a synkinematic, simple‐shear‐dominated phase of garnet growth and with a shift in the composition of the intergranular fluid from CO₂‐rich to H₂O‐rich. Compositional variations in garnet are therefore best explained by a two‐stage growth history in which intergranular diffusive fluxes reflect differences in the concentration of dissolved species in these two contrasting fluids. Interiors of garnet crystals grew in the presence of a CO₂‐rich fluid, in which limited solubility for Mn and Cr (and perhaps Fe and Mg) produced patchy disequilibrium overprint zoning, while appreciable solubility for Ca and Y permitted their rock‐wide equilibration. Rims grew in the presence of an H₂O‐rich fluid, in which high intergranular concentrations for all elements except Cr enabled diffusion over length scales sufficient for rock‐wide equilibration. This striking example of partial chemical equilibrium during reaction and porphyroblast growth implies that thermal effects may commonly be subsidiary in importance to solubilities in the intergranular medium as determinants of length scales for metamorphic equilibration.  相似文献   

Grain‐scale pressure variations and chemical equilibrium in high‐grade metamorphic rocks     

L. Tajčmanová  Y. Podladchikov  R. Powell  E. Moulas  J.C. Vrijmoed  J.A.D. Connolly 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》2014,32(2):195-207

In the classical view of metamorphic microstructures, fast viscous relaxation (and so constant pressure) is assumed, with diffusion being the limiting factor in equilibration. This contribution is focused on the only other possible scenario – fast diffusion and slow viscous relaxation – and brings an alternative interpretation of microstructures typical of high‐grade metamorphic rocks. In contrast to the pressure vessel mechanical model applied to pressure variation associated with coesite inclusions in various host minerals, a multi‐anvil mechanical model is proposed in which strong single crystals and weak grain boundaries can maintain pressure variation at geological time‐scales in a polycrystalline material. In such a mechanical context, exsolution lamellae in feldspar are used to show that feldspar can sustain large differential stresses (>10 kbar) at geological time‐scales. Furthermore, it is argued that the existence of grain‐scale pressure gradients combined with diffusional equilibrium may explain chemical zoning preserved in reaction rims. Assuming zero net flux across the microstructure, an equilibrium thermodynamic method is introduced for inferring pressure variation corresponding to the chemical zoning. This new barometric method is applied to plagioclase rims around kyanite in felsic granulite (Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic), yielding a grain‐scale pressure variation of 8 kbar. In this approach, kinetic factors are not invoked to account for mineral composition zoning preserved in rocks metamorphosed at high grade.  相似文献   

Intragrain oxygen isotope zoning in titanite by SIMS: Cooling rates and fluid infiltration along the Carthage‐Colton Mylonite Zone,Adirondack Mountains,NY, USA     

C. E. Bonamici  R. Kozdon  T. Ushikubo  J. W. Valley 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》2014,32(1):71-92

Oxygen isotopes are an attractive target for zoning studies because of the ubiquity of oxygen‐bearing minerals and the dependence of mineral ¹⁸O/¹⁶O ratios on temperature and fluid composition. In this study, subtle intragrain oxygen isotope zoning in titanite is resolved at the 10‐μm scale by secondary ion mass spectrometry. The patterns of δ¹⁸O zoning differ depending on microstructural context of individual grains and reflect multiple processes, including diffusive oxygen exchange, partial recrystallization, grain‐size reduction, and grain growth. Using the chronological framework provided by structural relations, these processes can be related to specific events during the Grenville orogeny. Titanite was sampled from two outcrops within the Carthage‐Colton Mylonite Zone (CCMZ), a long‐lived shear zone that ultimately accommodated exhumation of the Adirondack Highlands from beneath the Adirondack Lowlands during the Ottawan phase (1090–1020 Ma) of the Grenville orogeny. Titanite is hosted in the Diana metasyenite complex, which preserves three sequentially developed fabrics: an early NW‐dipping protomylonitic fabric (S₁) is crosscut by near‐vertical ultramylonitic shear zones (S₂), which are locally reoriented by a NNW‐dipping mylonitic fabric (S₃). Texturally early titanite (pre‐S₂) shows diffusion‐dominated δ¹⁸O zoning that records cooling from peak Ottawan, granulite‐facies conditions. Numerical diffusion models in the program Fast Grain Boundary yield good fits to observed δ¹⁸O profiles for cooling rates of 50 ± 20 °C Ma^?1, which are considerably faster than the 1–5 °C Ma^?1 cooling rates previously inferred for the Adirondack Highlands from regional thermochronology. High cooling rates are consistent with an episode of rapid shearing and exhumation along the CCMZ during gravitational collapse of the Ottawan orogen at c. 1050 Ma. Texturally later titanite (syn‐S₂) has higher overall δ¹⁸O and shows a transition from diffusion‐dominated to recrystallization‐dominated δ¹⁸O zoning, indicating infiltration of elevated‐δ¹⁸O fluids along S₂ shear zones and continued shearing below the blocking temperature for oxygen (~≤500 °C for grain sizes at the study site). The texturally latest titanite (post‐S₃) has growth‐dominated δ¹⁸O zoning, consistent with porphyroblastic grain growth following cessation of shearing along the Harrisville segment of the CCMZ.  相似文献   

The duration of near‐peak metamorphism from diffusion modelling of garnet zoning     

F. S. Spear 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》2014,32(8):903-914

Garnet in a staurolite–kyanite zone sample from central Vermont displays a bell‐shaped Mn growth zoning with diffusional modification over the outer 100 μm. The diffusion is driven by the prograde net transfer reaction garnet + chlorite = kyanite + biotite as is evidenced by a well‐defined resorption zone on the rim. Analysis of the reaction history and resorbed garnet composition suggests that the peak temperature attained was 620–660 °C. Diffusional modelling of the rim diffusion provides an estimate of the duration of the metamorphic episode over which significant garnet diffusion occurs. The duration is a function of the assumed peak temperature and garnet diffusivities and range from a few hundred thousand years to a few million years. Such short durations require rapid tectonic burial and exhumation of relatively thin tectonic slices.  相似文献   

新疆西天山查岗诺尔铁矿床环带石榴子石和绿帘石的发现及意义   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

冯浩轩  申萍  李昌昊  武阳  石福品  李文广 《矿床地质》2020,39(5):805-824

查岗诺尔铁矿是新疆西天山阿吾拉勒铁矿带内的重要大型铁矿床之一。矿体赋存在下石炭统大哈拉军山组安山质火山岩中，与普遍发育的石榴子石化、阳起石化和绿帘石化时空关系密切。石榴子石和绿帘石分属不同热液成矿阶段，它们均发育丰富的环带结构，具体表现为明显地颜色、干涉色、背散射图像及成分（FeO、Al₂O₃、SiO₂、MnO、TiO₂）等差异性。石榴子石具有2个世代、3个类型。早世代石榴子石（Grt1和Grt2）产于块状石榴子石-磁铁矿蚀变岩，呈褐黄色，粒度较细，发育核-边结构，呈非均质性，显示异常干涉色，其核部（Grt1-c）均匀相对富钙铝榴石（Gro_51-53And_41-43Spr_4-8），而边部（Grt1-r）发育振荡成分环带，总体相对富钙铁榴石（Gro_18-35And_60-77Spr_4-6）；Grt2核部（Grt2-c）呈均质性，为钙铁榴石（And_99-100Spr_0-1），边部显异常干涉色，发育振荡成分环带，为钙铝铁榴石（Gro_34-54And_38-61Spr_6-9）。晚世代的石榴子石（Grt3）以细脉状或角砾胶结物形式分布，呈红褐色，自形粗粒结构，显非均质性，发育振荡成分环带，端员组分总体以钙铁榴石为主，次为钙铝榴石（Gro_27-43And_50-68Spr_3-8）。石榴子石结构和元素含量变化表明，早期石榴子石形成于弱氧化-氧化、中性-碱性流体体系，其中向边部生长过程，由于新注入流体以及周期性压力汇聚和释放，体系的氧逸度、pH值呈振荡变化；晚期石榴子石形成于弱氧化、弱碱性、动荡的开放流体环境。绿帘石发育3个世代（Ep1、Ep2和Ep3）。Ep1发育核-边结构，核部（Ep1-c）均匀无环带，X_Fe值（X_Fe=Fe³⁺/（Al+Fe³⁺），原子比值）为0.19~0.21，w（MnO）为0.05%~0.18%，w（TiO₂）为0.10%~0.12%，生长边（Ep1-r）多发育振荡环带，X_Fe值为0.26~0.29，w（MnO）为0.01%~0.14%，w（TiO₂）为0.19%~0.26%。Ep2沿Ep1-r边缘生长，不均匀且经历了溶解-再沉淀过程，X_Fe值为0.15~0.20，w（MnO）为0.42%~1.19%，w（TiO₂）为0.02%~0.07%。Ep3呈柱状或不规则粒状交代Ep2、贴近或穿切Ep1-r生长，较均匀、无环带结构，X_Fe值为0.28~0.37，w（MnO）为0.12%~0.77%，w（TiO₂）为0.02%~0.10%。绿帘石成分变化表明，从Ep1-c到Ep1-r，到Ep2，再到Ep3，流体体系氧逸度经历了先增加，后降低，再升高的变化过程。同时，流体成分也在变化，先从相对贫Ti和Mn向相对富Ti贫Mn演化，而后又变为富Mn贫Ti。因此，在热液磁铁矿矿化阶段，查岗诺尔铁矿的成矿热液的物理-化学环境是不断变化的。研究显示，石榴子石和绿帘石结构和成分研究可以刻画热液成矿系统的流体演化历史。  相似文献   

Chemical and textural equilibration of garnet during amphibolite facies metamorphism: The influence of coupled dissolution–reprecipitation          下载免费PDF全文

Tim J Dempster  Julie La Piazza  Andrew G Taylor  Nicolas Beaudoin  Peter Chung 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》2017,35(9):1111-1130

Metamorphic equilibration requires chemical communication between minerals and may be inhibited through sluggish volume diffusion and or slow rates of dissolution in a fluid phase. Relatively slow diffusion and the perceived robust nature of chemical growth zoning may preclude garnet porphyroblasts from readily participating in low‐temperature amphibolite facies metamorphic reactions. Garnet is widely assumed to be a reactant in staurolite‐isograd reactions, and the evidence for this has been assessed in the Late Proterozoic Dalradian pelitic schists of the Scottish Highlands. The 3D imaging of garnet porphyroblasts in staurolite‐bearing schists reveals a good crystal shape and little evidence of marginal dissolution; however, there is also lack of evidence for the involvement of either chlorite or chloritoid in the reaction. Staurolite forms directly adjacent to the garnet, and its nucleation is strongly associated with deformation of the muscovite‐rich fabrics around the porphyroblasts. “Cloudy” fluid inclusion‐rich garnet forms in both marginal and internal parts of the garnet porphyroblast and is linked both to the production of staurolite and to the introduction of abundant quartz inclusions within the garnet. Such cloudy garnet typically has a Mg‐rich, Mn‐poor composition and is interpreted to have formed during a coupled dissolution–reprecipitation process, triggered by a local influx of fluid. All garnet in the muscovite‐bearing schists present in this area is potentially reactive, irrespective of the garnet composition, but very few of the schists contain staurolite. The staurolite‐producing reaction appears to be substantially overstepped during the relatively high‐pressure Barrovian regional metamorphism reflecting the limited permeability of the schists in peak metamorphic conditions. Fluid influx and hence reaction progress appear to be strongly controlled by subtle differences in deformation history. The remaining garnet fails to achieve chemical equilibrium during the reaction creating distinctive patchy compositional zoning. Such zoning in metamorphic garnet created during coupled dissolution–reprecipitation reactions may be difficult to recognize in higher grade pelites due to subsequent diffusive re‐equilibration. Fundamental assumptions about metamorphic processes are questioned by the lack of chemical equilibrium during this reaction and the restricted permeability of the regional metamorphic pelitic schists. In addition, the partial loss of prograde chemical and textural information from the garnet porphyroblasts cautions against their routine use as a reliable monitor of metamorphic history. However, the partial re‐equilibration of the porphyroblasts during coupled dissolution–reprecipitation opens possibilities of mapping reaction progress in garnet as a means of assessing fluid access during peak metamorphic conditions.  相似文献   

Effect of grain‐scale pressure variations on garnet growth: a numerical approach          下载免费PDF全文

X. Zhong  J.C. Vrijmoed  L. Tajčmanová 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》2017,35(1):19-33

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信阳-舒城断裂带西段石榴云母片岩中石榴石的矿物学特征及其构造意义   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2       下载免费PDF全文

任升莲  宋传中  Lin Shoufa  张浩然  李加好  涂文传  张欢  章俊杰 《地质科学》2011,46(2):350-363

桐柏山地区信阳-舒城断裂带西段石榴云母片岩中石榴石变斑晶保留了较多岩石形成过程中的变形-变质信息,它真实地反映了中国南北两大板块缝合带的形成条件和演化历史.石榴石探针成分分析结果表明其属于铁铝榴石,反映出经受中级区域变质作用的特征.在Nadi石榴石成分与变质带的关系图上主要投影在略偏石榴石带的蓝晶石带内,显示岩石遭受了...  相似文献   

大别山早白垩世变质核杂岩的结构与演化   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7       下载免费PDF全文

冀文斌  林伟  石永红  王清晨  褚杨 《地质科学》2011,46(1):161-180

大别山中部混合岩-片麻岩穹隆的构造属性认识方面一直众说纷纭.通过对中大别杂岩及其边界剪切带或断裂带的构造解析,并结合对前人相关研究的总结,我们将中大别杂岩厘定为早白垩世的变质核杂岩,其中商麻断裂与晓天-磨子潭断裂和水吼-五河剪切带构成了一个完整的拆离断层带,并将变质核杂岩的形成时间限定在145～120 Ma.中大别杂岩...  相似文献   

西藏尼木变质岩特征及变质温压条件     

孙凯  周肃  赵志丹  张琳琳  刘栋 《岩石学报》2011,27(12):3718-3726

出露于雅鲁藏布江缝合带北侧尼木县的变质岩主要由石榴黑云片麻岩和黑云斜长角闪角岩组成.研究表明岩石变质程度达到角闪角岩相-辉石角岩相;石榴子石变斑晶具有生长环带,角闪石均为钙质角闪石,黑云母大多为铁质黑云母和铁叶云母,长石多为更长石和中长石,少量为正长石.利用石榴子石-黑云母温度计、石榴子石-黑云母-斜长石-石英压力计和角闪石-斜长石温度及压力计计算获得石榴黑云片麻岩和黑云斜长角闪角岩的变质温度分别为619 ～661℃,695 ～ 702℃,压力范围分别为1.86～1.94kbar和3.69～4.56kbar.野外和室内研究认为岩石原岩为冈底斯带南缘叶巴组火山岩及其上部沉积岩,岩石经历了高温低压的接触变质作用.结合已有冈底斯带陆缘岩浆活动特征,对变质岩的形成环境和过程进行了反演.  相似文献