Some Thermal Constraints on Crustal Assimilation during Fractionation of Hydrous, Mantle-derived Magmas with Examples from Central Alpine Batholiths |
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| Authors: | THOMPSON ALAN BRUCE; MATILE LUZIUS; ULMER PETER |
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| Institution: | DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES, ETH ZÜRICH, CH-8092, SWITZERLAND |
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| Abstract: | We provide a model for the fractional crystallization of hydrousmantle-derived magma to form calc-alkaline plutons, based uponmass balance for geological examples of fractionation sequencesin the lower continental crust. This is complemented by a thermalmodel for the heat budget obtained from a projected phase diagramand thermodynamic data. Fractional crystallization (FC) andassimilation–fractional crystallization (AFC) paths havebeen calculated with these models and the mass ratio of assimilationto crystallization as a function of parent magma type and temperature,crustal rock fertility and temperature, and mechanism of assimilation,have been determined. When these results are combined with F(melt fraction) and r (ratio of mass assimilated/crystallized)values evaluated from geochemical data then new information,not available with the methods separately, can be deduced. Thisincludes when and at what depth and temperature in the crustthe assimilation took place, as well as the likely parent magmatype and temperature of the assimilant. Our results are presentedin simple graphical fashion to facilitate future studies thatexamine the evolution of individual calc-alkaline plutons andthe mechanisms of crustal contamination, and to improve meltmodels involving hydrous magma in volcanic arcs and in the lowercontinental crust KEY WORDS: assimilation; hydrous mantle magma; thermal models; fractional crystallization; magma mixing; Alpine batholiths; Adamello; Bergell |
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