Thermodynamics of aluminosilicate garnet solid solution: new experimental data,an optimized model,and thermometric applications |
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| Authors: | J Ganguly Weiji Cheng Massimiliano Tirone |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA, US |
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| Abstract: | We have experimentally determined the displacement of the equilibrium Grossular + 2 Kyanite + Quartz ⇆ 3 Anorthite (GASP)
as a function of garnet composition in the systems Mg-Ca-Mn, Fe-Mg-Ca and Fe-Mg-Ca-Mn at 1000°C. The results were treated
along with selected experimental and observational data available in the literature as well as binary parameters from other
workers to obtain a set of mutually compatible binary mixing parameters of the quaternary (Fe,Mg,Ca,Mn)- aluminosilicate garnet
solid solution. Attempts to determine equilibrium garnet composition in the GASP equilibrium in the Ca-Mg binary were unsuccessful
due to the formation of pyroxene. Calculations of binary and ternary miscibility gaps show that the P,T,X combination required for unmixing of garnet solid solution is not realized by natural samples. The solution model was applied
to account for compositional effects on Fe-Mg exchange between garnet and ortho- or clino-pyroxene. Applications of the revised
thermometric formulations to selected natural assemblages yield P-T conditions which are much less sensitive to compositional effects compared to the other available formulations, and are consistent
with independent constraints.
Received: 21 April 1995 / Accepted: 17 May 1996 |
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