|
|||||
|
|
High-density early CO2 fluids in the ultrahigh-temperature granulites of Ihouhaouene (In Ouzzal, Algeria) |
|
| Authors: | Michel Cuney Yacouba Coulibaly Marie-Christine Boiron |
| Institution: | aUMR-CNRS G2R 7566-CREGU, BP 239, 54 506 Vandoeuvre lès Nancy cedex, France bUFR Sciences de la Terre et des Ressources Minières, Université de Cocody, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire |
| Abstract: | Fluid inclusion studies in rocks from the Lower Proterozoic granulites from western Hoggar (Algeria) provide new evidence for the hypothesis that a CO2-rich, H2O-poor fluid was present during the high-grade metamorphism. CO2 inclusions represent the main fluid trapped in the Ihouhaouene ultrahigh-temperature (over 1000 °C) and high-pressure (10 to 14 kbar) granulites. The microthermometric and Raman microspectrometric measurements indicate that the carbonic fluid is mainly composed of CO2 with minor amounts of CH4 and N2 detected in some inclusions (< 4 mol% CH4). Carbonic fluid densities range from 1.18 to 0.57 g/cm3. The highest densities are recorded in superdense carbonic inclusions presenting evidence of the earliest trapping and they correspond to the fluid densities expected for the P–T conditions of the peak of metamorphism in the area previously determined from mineral geothermobarometers. Lower densities of carbonic fluids mainly result from the reequilibration of earlier trapped fluid inclusions during retrograde metamorphism and final uplift of the metamorphic terrane, but a new influx of carbonic fluids during the retrograde event remains possible. Carbonic fluids can be produced in situ from decarbonation reactions in interlayered impure marbles during the prograde event or derived from CO2 flushing from underlying basic intrusions. The aqueous fluids present large variations of composition (0.5 to 30 wt.% NaCl equivalent) and densities (1.16 to 0.57 g/cm3). They clearly correspond to post-metamorphic fluids because they mainly occur along microfractures, they do not show any evidence of immiscibility with the carbonic fluids and mixed aquo-carbonic inclusions have not been observed. The percolation of aqueous fluids is related to the Pan-African tectonometamorphic event. |
| Keywords: | Fluid inclusions Carbon dioxide Granulite Microthermometry Raman spectroscopy |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ | |