矿物反应与变形关系研究——以糜棱岩高温高压实验为例

矿物反应和变形局部化在中下地壳普遍存在,两者相互影响和促进。实验研究表明,矿物反应与变形关系非常复杂。本文在糜棱岩高温高压流变实验的基础上,分析了实验变形样品中的矿物反应分布特征以及矿物反应引起的化学成分变化,讨论了矿物反应与变形的相互影响。微观结构分析表明,实验变形后的糜棱岩样品在温度800~890℃时,角闪石和黑云母出现脱水反应,生成微晶角闪石和黑云母,并伴有局部熔融。受应变局部化控制,脱水反应产物主要出现在黑云母、角闪石条带边缘。微晶和熔体的成分分析表明,不仅脱水反应形成的微晶与熔体的SiO 2含量非常低,而且黑云母周围的反应产物和熔体主要来自于黑云母的脱水,角闪石边缘的反应产物和熔体主要来自于角闪石脱水,石英、钾长石和斜长石没有参与反应与熔融。本研究中的脱水反应产物中,没有发现辉石和石榴石,这种脱水反应与文献中报道的无局部化的均匀样品在静高压和高熔融比例条件的脱水反应产物和熔体的成分有很大差别。黑云母和角闪石的局部化分布和脱水程度低,可能是造成脱水反应产物有差别的巨大原因。在本实验结果中,脱水反应对变形的影响主要体现为,脱水反应产生了细粒混合矿物相,使得在局部化的剪切带内变形机制从位错蠕变转变为扩散蠕变,导致样品出现应变弱化。另外脱水反应还引起了局部脆性破裂。变形引起晶体塑性变形,增加了位错密度和矿物细粒化,促进了晶体内部成核和黑云母与角闪石的脱水分解;差应力作用增加了局部的正应力和平均应力,增加了黑云母和角闪石能够稳定存在的压力范围,这可能是反应产物以微晶黑云母和角闪石为主,而没有转化为辉石的原因。     

秦岭造山带若干岩石高温高压脱水熔融的特征及其意义

对秦岭造山带和邻区块状岩石样品进行了高温（1 100~1 300 ℃）和高压（1.2~1.8 GPa）脱水熔融实验。通过对实验产物综合分析发现许多样品中出现了熔融玻璃和雏晶。玻璃代表的熔体成分为基性和中性,部分接近于超基性范围,熔体与原来岩石全岩成分比较,更偏基性。熔体出现的空间和成分都显示了局部熔融体系的特征,即含水矿物（角闪石或黑云母）和浅色矿物（石英或斜长石）控制了熔融的发生并且决定了熔体的成分。脱水熔融产生了比原岩更偏基性的熔体,这意味着熔融后残留部分将愈偏酸性。如果这种机制存在于大陆中-下地壳,将对探讨大陆地壳的结构和物质组成,解释某些地区的长英质中下地壳的成因等具有重要的意义。     

基性岩流变的复杂性与成分对岩石流变影响的实验研究

在采用天然基性岩样品进行的流变实验中,存在因实验温度低而样品处于半脆性变形域与因实验温度高而样品颗粒边界出现熔体的矛盾。文献中给出的流变参数中,应力指数n的可靠性高,具有良好的重复性,激活能Q在一定范围内具有重复性,而系数A重复性差。采用6种样品进行流变实验。结果表明,矿物成分对岩石流变的影响比根据端员组分确定的双组分和多组分岩石流变物理模型要复杂得多。由斜长石、单斜辉石和角闪石组成的样品中,当斜长石和单斜辉石含量接近,而角闪石含量低于10%,斜长石和单斜辉石控制了岩石的流变;如果样品中有超过10%的角闪石参与流变,角闪石在变形中所起作用非常显著。由斜长石、石英和角闪石组成的样品,当石英含量小于10%而斜长石和角闪石含量接近时,斜长石和角闪石控制了岩石的流变;当斜长石含量达到70%时,样品变形更接近长石特性;如果石英含量超过20%时,石英在变形中起到主要作用。选择与基性麻粒岩中主要矿物成分接近的天然辉长岩(辉绿岩),或者从天然基性麻粒岩中挑选出主要矿物,通过热压合成人工样品,进行高温流变实验是研究基性麻粒岩流变的最有效途径。     

压力对辉长岩矿物反应和部分熔融影响的实验研究

本文在高温高压条件下,开展了辉长岩矿物反应与部分熔融实验,利用偏光显微镜与扫描电镜对实验样品微观结构观察,研究实验中的新生矿物与熔体的分布;通过电子探针分析熔体成分特征。实验结果表明,在低压(300MPa)条件下,静压和塑性变形实验样品中,单斜辉石以固体反应方式生成橄榄石,在高压(1300MPa)塑性实验中所有实验样品都没有发现新生矿物颗粒,这与相图中低压条件下斜长石与橄榄石稳定共存,而高压下斜长石-辉石稳定共存相吻合。高压塑性变形条件下,单斜辉石和黑云母首先发生部分熔融,随着温度增高,斜长石逐渐参与熔融,熔体呈薄膜状分布在矿物颗粒边界,熔体成分依赖于参与熔融的矿物成分,表明出现的熔体为非平衡熔融结果。     

各向异性花岗岩的强度和变形机制实验研究

<正>1研究背景在岩石流变实验研究中,大多数实验采用各向同性的均匀样品,其实验结果与地壳伸展和拆离断层形成相关的各向异性岩石的流变特征有很大差别。组构对片岩、片麻岩变形影响的实验研究结果表明,先存变形组构对岩石脆性破裂、半脆性流变的强度具有显著影响,对新组构的发育和形成具有明显控制作用,但大部分实验仅给出各向异性岩石强度,缺少流变参数和变形机制研究,对复杂组构岩石的塑性流变行为也不清楚。中地壳流变状态对地壳拆离断层的形成具有制约作用。开展具有先存组构岩石的流变实验,能     

0.1 GPa块状榴辉岩脱水部分熔融: 局部熔融体系和温度的影响

选取了湖北英山东冲河含有含水矿物黑云母和角闪石的退变质榴辉岩块状样品, 在0.1 GPa的恒压下, 分别进行了750、800、850、900℃四个温阶、恒温加热4 h的开放体系的脱水部分熔融实验.熔融从含水矿物的脱水暗化开始, 850℃时出现玻璃质熔体.镜下观察显示, 熔体主要分布在后成合晶边界、熔融程度最高的样品顶端、石英颗粒边界及裂隙内部这3个局部熔融体系内.受局部体系内部物质组成的控制, 同一温阶、不同体系内的熔体成分变化很大, 呈基性、中性和酸性.随着温度的升高, 同一体系内的熔体成分均向酸性方向演化.该实验结果表明, 恒压下局部熔融体系内物质组成的不同和温度的变化是影响熔体成分的2个重要因素, 这为理解榴辉岩块状样品的脱水部分熔融行为及与其他基性变质岩类的熔融行为进行对比提供了实验依据.      

大陆造山带深熔垮塌的岩石学、地球化学证据:以北大别深熔混合岩为例

北大别位于大别造山带的核部,分布着大量的造山带垮塌时期形成的混合岩,其于理解大别造山带的形成和演化有着重要的意义。北大别混合岩的原岩为TTG（D）岩石,因黑云母和角闪石的脱水熔融诱发深熔作用产生。顺层产出的为富斜长石浅色体,主要矿物组成为斜长石+石英+黑云母±钾长石±角闪石。伟晶岩脉或团块为富钾长石浅色体,主要矿物组成为钾长石+石英±斜长石±黑云母±角闪石。暗色体为变晶结构,主要矿物组成为角闪石+黑云母+斜长石+石英±单斜辉石;其中,暗色矿物角闪石和黑云母常常定向排列,具有明显的溶蚀结构;暗色体中浅色矿物颗粒较小,以斜长石和石英为主,指示部分熔融的残余产物。全岩地球化学特征表明,碱金属元素（Na、K等）、大离子亲石元素（Ba、K、La等）和LREE等优先进入酸性熔体,而相容元素和中-重稀土元素等残留在残余体中。浅色体与本区花岗岩相比,二者都有右倾的稀土配分模式,富集LREE,亏损HREE。但浅色体具有明显的Eu正异常,δEu值为2.48~6.55,而花岗岩则有弱的Eu负异常,并且浅色体中大颗粒斜长石相互构成框架结构,含量明显高于正常花岗岩熔体,表明浅色体更可能是熔体早期结晶的产物。     

西藏冈底斯尼木后碰撞花岗岩的岩浆混合作用:显微结构证据

岩浆混合过程中不同熔体之间的相互作用会影响晶体的成核与生长,形成矿物内部复杂的成分变化,以及矿物之间的不平衡结构。尼木二长花岗岩位于冈底斯岩浆岩带中部,是代表性的形成于后碰撞构造演化时期的花岗岩体。本文对其中的斜长石与角闪石颗粒进行了详细的结构和成分分析,揭示了斜长石中的港湾状、浑圆状、筛孔状熔蚀结构以及斜长石成分的突然变化和角闪石包裹黑云母的不平衡结构,并探讨了它们的成因以及相关的岩浆混合作用。分析结果显示,斜长石中突变环带的An含量为37.6~40.6,熔蚀环带的An含量为48.2~59.5,均高于两侧斜长石的An含量(18.4~26.4),表明在形成这些结构时有外来基性岩浆的混合使得岩浆成分发生了突变。样品中的部分黑云母被自形的角闪石包裹,黑云母呈浑圆状并且具有港湾状的熔蚀边,这可能是基性岩浆的混合作用使得岩浆的温度升高导致黑云母发生部分熔融,混合后的岩浆在黑云母周围继续结晶形成角闪石。这些显微结构为揭示冈底斯岩浆岩带的岩浆混合作用提供了新证据。     

胶东西部金矿矿源岩多阶段熔融过程的定量模拟实验

通过对胶东西部地区金矿矿源岩的多阶段重熔过程的模拟实验研究表明，Ⅰ阶段熔融过程中，残留矿物黑云母及角闪石铁、镁组分明显降低而钙、铝、硅组分显著增设，经Ⅱ阶段熔融，残留矿物黑云母及角闪石、镁组分继续降低而钙、硅、铝组分继续呈增设趋势，熔体成分与金矿同源岩－－郭家岭花岗闪长岩全岩成分较为接近。从而得出郭家岭花岗闪长岩为胶东群含石英的斜长角闪岩重熔而成。进而得出区内金矿成矿物质主要来自含石英斜长角闪岩的     

基性岩高温-超高温变质作用与TTG质岩成因

变质基性岩在高温-超高温下部分熔融可以形成TTG(英云闪长质-奥长花岗质-花岗闪长质)质熔体,有关熔融反应机理、熔体地球化学特征以及太古宙TTG质岩石成因问题备受国内外学者关注。本文基于对相关实验岩石学研究的总结,结合基性岩高温-超高温相平衡的模拟计算,分析了变质基性岩(斜长角闪岩)深熔变质反应过程、P-T条件及其与TTG质岩石成因的联系。变质基性岩高温-超高温深熔作用主要受角闪石脱水熔融反应控制。在1.0GPa以下的无石榴石域,角闪石分解反应主要为:角闪石=单斜辉石+斜方辉石+斜长石+熔体(R1),该反应为多变滑动反应,以斜方辉石出现(800℃)和角闪石消失(1000~1100℃)为标志,其滑动温度范围超过200~300℃。实验岩石学确定的斜长角闪岩开始熔融或缺流体固相线大致相当于斜方辉石出现温度。实际上角闪石脱水熔融反应是从饱和水固相线开始的,反应为:角闪石+石英=单斜辉石+斜长石+熔体(R1a),开始有黑云母参与熔融反应,但该反应对熔体贡献有限。在1.0GPa以上的石榴石域,不同实验所确定的石榴角闪岩缺流体固相线温度主要介于800~900℃之间,固相线表现为正斜率、负斜率、或者为与压力无关的直线等不同结果。相平衡模拟计算表明在石榴石稳定域角闪石脱水熔融反应为较陡的负斜率,分为两部分:当有斜长石存在时,反应为角闪石+斜长石+石英=石榴石+单斜辉石+熔体(R2),低温部分有白云母、绿帘石参与反应。该反应从饱和水固相线(约630℃)开始,到角闪石消失(超过1000℃),滑动温度范围可超过400℃,跨越石榴角闪岩亚相与角闪高压麻粒岩亚相范围;在斜长石消失后角闪石脱水熔融反应为角闪石+石英=石榴石+单斜辉石+熔体(R2a),低温部分有绿帘石、白云母参与熔融反应,该反应从饱和水固相线(约650℃)开始,到角闪石消失(超过900℃),滑动温度范围可超过200~300℃。角闪石脱水熔融反应形成的无水残余物形成麻粒岩和榴辉岩,无水麻粒岩的峰期温度会超过1000℃,由于降温过程中的退变质演化,如超固相线下滞留熔体与残余物之间发生的深熔反应的逆反应,以及在亚固相线下离子交换反应,导致大多数麻粒岩只记录缺流体固相线组合与退变质温度。基性岩部分熔融的熔体成分取决于全岩成分、P-T条件及熔融程度。当熔融程度很低时(如小于5%)可形成富钾花岗质熔体,随着熔融程度增加,熔体成分可转变为奥长花岗质(如5%~20%)和英云闪长质(如大于20%),部分熔融的熔体成分受全岩成分影响很大,只有相对富钾的基性岩才能形成花岗闪长质到石英二长质熔体。太古宙TTG质岩石表现出富Sr、低Y、Yb、Nb、Ta、Ti以及稀土分馏程度高等地球化学特征,要求部分熔融压力较高,残余物中有石榴石(及金红石)存在。争论的焦点是部分熔融究竟发生在石榴角闪岩亚相(及角闪高压麻粒岩亚相),还是发生在榴辉岩相。对此,不同实验给出的不同结论应该与源岩地球化学特征不同有关。考虑到TTG质岩石的可能源岩如太古宙科马提岩和玄武岩地球化学特征的多样性,TTG质岩石本身地球化学特征上的差异也许不能完全指示熔融发生的P-T条件。综合实验岩石学和相平衡模拟结果,本文确定TTG质岩石是由基性岩在角闪石和石榴石共同稳定域由角闪石脱水熔融反应R2和R2a在角闪高压麻粒岩亚相和角闪榴辉岩亚相形成的,P-T条件为1.0~2.5GPa和800~1000/1100℃。角闪高压麻粒岩亚相相对应的地热梯度为15~25℃/km,角闪榴辉岩亚相对应的地热梯度为10~15℃/km。TTG质岩石形成的构造环境不能简单对应发生在显生宙的洋壳热俯冲带、碰撞造山带和洋底高原等。     

Thin intergranular melt films and melt pockets in spinel peridotite xenoliths from the Rhön area (Germany): early stage of melt generation by grain boundary melting

Optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) on a porphyroclastic high temperature spinel peridotite from the Rhön area reveal fine, irregular glass layers and pockets along mineral interfaces, cracks in olivine, inside olivine crystals and in spongy rims of clinopyroxene. The chemical composition of the glass deviates significantly from the composition of the host basanite. Electron diffraction technique confirms the amorphous nature of the glass, thus classifying it as a former melt. Every grain or phase boundary shows amorphous intergranular glass layers of variable thickness and characteristic chemical composition with distinct chemical inhomogeneities. Olivine grain boundaries, as the most common type of interfaces, exhibit two different types of melt glasses: (1) Type I melt at olivine grain boundaries, which is characterized by low contents of SiO₂ (～37?wt%) and Al₂O₃ (～5?wt%) and elevated contents of MgO (～31?wt%) and FeO (～22?wt%), is supposed to have formed prior to or during the thermal overprint and the dynamic recrystallisation of the xenolith in the mantle. Melt inclusions inside olivine grains with an average composition of type I melt are suggested to be earlier melt droplets at olivine interfaces, overgrown by migrating olivine grain boundaries during recrystallization in the mantle prior to the uplift of the xenolith. (2) Type II melt, the most common type of melt in the xenolith, shows higher contents of SiO₂ (～48?wt%) and Al₂O₃ (～17?wt%) but lower contents of MgO (～20?wt%) and FeO (～11?wt%). The observation of different types of glass within a single xenolith indicates the development of different chemical melt equilibria at interfaces or triple junctions in the xenolith. The absence of geochemical trends in bivariate plots excludes a unifying process for the genesis of these glasses. Melt inclusions in the spongy rims of clinopyroxene are interpreted to be the product of a potassium-rich metasomatism. The formation of most amorphous intergranular melt layers and pockets at the mineral interfaces including type II melt at olivine grain boundaries is suggested to result from decompression melting during the uplift with the basalt magma. We suggest that these glasses were produced by grain boundary melting due to lattice mismatch and impurity segregation. The observed intergranular amorphous layers or melts represent the very beginning of mineral melting by grain boundary melting.     

The influence of melt structure on trace element partitioning near the peridotite solidus

This experimental study examines the mineral/melt partitioning of Na, Ti, La, Sm, Ho, and Lu among high-Ca clinopyroxene, plagioclase, and silicate melts analogous to varying degrees of peridotite partial melting. Experiments performed at a pressure of 1.5 GPa and temperatures of 1,285 to 1,345 °C produced silicate melts saturated with high-Ca clinopyroxene, plagioclase and/or spinel, and, in one case, orthopyroxene and garnet. Partition coefficients measured in experiments in which clinopyroxene coexists with basaltic melt containing ~18 to 19 wt% Al₂O₃ and up to ~3 wt% Na₂O are consistent with those determined experimentally in a majority of the previous studies, with values of ~0.05 for the light rare earths and of ~0.70 for the heavy rare earths. The magnitudes of clinopyroxene/melt partition coefficients for the rare earth elements correlate with pyroxene composition in these experiments, and relative compatibilities are consistent with the effects of lattice strain energy. Clinopyroxene/melt partition coefficients measured in experiments in which the melt contains ~20 wt% Al₂O₃ and ~4 to 8 wt% Na₂O are unusually large (e.g., values for Lu of up to 1.33±0.05) and are not consistent with the dependence on pyroxene composition found in previous studies. The magnitudes of the partition coefficients measured in these experiments correlate with the degree of polymerization of the melt, rather than with crystal composition, indicating a significant melt structural influence on trace element partitioning. The ratio of non-bridging oxygens to tetrahedrally coordinated cations (NBO/T) in the melt provides a measure of this effect; melt structure has a significant influence on trace element compatibility only for values of NBO/T less than ~0.49. This result suggests that when ascending peridotite intersects the solidus at relatively low pressures (~1.5 GPa or less), the compatibility of trace elements in the residual solid varies significantly during the initial stages of partial melting in response to the changing liquid composition. It is unlikely that this effect is important at higher pressures due to the increased compatibility of SiO₂, Na₂O, and Al₂O₃ in the residual peridotite, and correspondingly larger values of NBO/T for small degree partial melts.Editorial responsibility: T.L. Grove     

Peralkaline silicic melts of island arcs, active continental margins, and intraplate continental settings: Evidence from the investigation of melt inclusions in minerals and quenched glasses of rocks

Based on the analysis of data on the composition of melt inclusions in minerals and quenched glasses of igneous rocks, we considered the problems of the formation of peralkaline silicic magmas (i.e., whose agpaitic index, the molar ratio AI = (Na₂O + K₂O)/Al₂O₃, is higher than one). The mean compositions of peralkaline silicic melts are reported for island arcs and active continental margins and compared with the compositions of melts from other settings, primarily, intraplate continental areas. Peralkaline silicic rocks are rather common in the latter. Such rocks are rare in island arcs and active continental margins, but agpaitic melts were observed in inclusions in phenocrysts of plagioclase, quartz, pyroxene, and other minerals. Plagioclase fractionation from an alkali-rich melt with AI < 1 is considered as a possible mechanism for the formation of peralkaline silicic melts (Bowen’s plagioclase effect). However, the analysis of available experimental data on plagioclase-melt equilibria showed that natural peralkaline melts are almost never in equilibrium with plagioclase. For the same reason, the melting of the majority of crustal rocks, which usually contain plagioclase, does not produce peralkaline melts. The existence of peralkaline silicic melt inclusions in plagioclase phenocrysts suggests that plagioclase can crystallize from peralkaline melts, and the plagioclase effect may play a certain role. Another mechanism for the formation of peralkaline silicic magmas is the melting of alkali-rich basic and intermediate rocks, including the spilitized varieties of subalkali basalts.     

Breakdown of orthopyroxene contributing to melt pockets in mantle peridotite xenoliths from the Western Qinling, central China: constraints from in situ LA-ICP-MS mineral analyses

Major and trace element compositions of constituent minerals, partly decomposed rims of orthopyroxenes (DRO), ‘closed’ melt pockets (CMP) and open melt pockets (OMP) in some Western Qinling peridotite xenoliths were obtained by LA-ICP-MS. Systematic core-to-rim compositional variations of garnet, clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene demonstrate that these minerals underwent variable degrees of subsolidus breakdown or partial melting. Both DROs and CMPs consist of similar mineral assemblages and are characterized by high TiO₂, CaO + Na₂O and low MgO contents; they are enriched in LREE and LILE compositions, have positive anomalies in Pb, Sr and particularly Ti, negative Th and U, and variable Zr and Hf anomalies. These chemical features are distinct and reflect reactions involving the orthopyroxenes. Compared to the CMPs, the OMPs, which are composed of a complex assemblage of minerals, display lower FeO and MgO contents, larger ranges in SiO₂ and Na₂O, higher TiO₂, Al₂O₃, CaO and trace element concentrations, slightly negative Zr and Hf anomalies, and apparently negative Ti anomalies. Modeling calculations of partial fusion of orthopyroxenes and clinopyroxenes suggest that the CMPs most likely originated from the breakdown of orthopyroxenes with variably minor contribution of external melts from the melting of clinopyroxenes, whereas the OMPs were probably formed from the modification of the CMPs through the interaction with large amount of external melts.     

Melting of hydrous pyroxenites with alkali amphiboles in the continental mantle: 1. Melting relations and major element compositions of melts

Melting experiments on ultramafic rocks rich in the hydrous minerals phlogopite or phlogopite + K-richterite, some including 5% of accessory phases, have been conducted at 15 and 50 kbar. The assemblages represent probable source components that contribute to melts in cratonic regions, but whose melt compositions are poorly known. A main series of starting compositions based on MARID xenoliths consisted of a third each of clinopyroxene (CPX), phlogopite (PHL) and K-richterite (KR) with or without 5% ilmenite, rutile or apatite. Additional experiments were run without KR and with higher proportions of accessory phases. Melt traps were used at near-solidus temperatures to facilitate accurate analysis of well-quenched melts, for which reversal experiments demonstrate equilibrium.Results show that KR melts rapidly and completely within 50 °C of the solidus, so that melts reflect the composition of the amphibole and its melting reaction. Melts have high SiO₂ and especially K₂O but low CaO and Al₂O₃ relative to basaltic melts produced from peridotites at similar pressures. They have no counterparts amongst natural rocks, but most closely resemble leucite lamproites at 15 kbar. KR and PHL melt incongruently to form olivine (OL) and CPX at 15 kbar, promoting SiO₂ contents of the melt, whereas orthopyroxene OPX is increasingly stable at lower lithosphere pressures, leading to an increase in MgO and decrease in SiO₂ in melts, which resemble olivine lamproites. Melts of mica pyroxenites without KR are richer in CaO and Al₂O₃ and do not resemble lamproites. These experiments show that low CaO and Al₂O₃ in igneous rocks is not necessarily a sign of a depleted peridotite source. Accessory phases produce melts exceptionally rich in P₂O₅ or TiO₂ depending on the phases present and are unlike any melts seen at the Earth’s surface, but may be important agents of metasomatism seen in xenoliths. The addition of the 5% accessory phases ilmenite, rutile or apatite result in melting temperatures a few ten of degrees lower; at least two of these appear essential to explain the compositions of many alkaline igneous rocks on cratons.Melting temperatures for CPX + PHL + KR mixtures are close to cratonic geotherms at depths > 130 km: minor perturbations of the stable geotherm at >150 km will rapidly lead to 20% melting. Melts of hydrous pyroxenites with a variety of accessory phases will be common initial melts at depth, but will change if reaction with wall-rocks occurs, leading to volcanism that contains chemical components of peridotite even though the temperature in the source region remains well below the melting point of peridotite. At higher temperatures, extensive melting of peridotite will dilute the initial alkaline melts: this is recognizable as alkaline components in basalts and, in extreme cases, alkali picrites. Hydrous pyroxenites are, therefore, components of most mantle-derived igneous rocks: basaltic rocks should not be oversimplified as being purely melts of peridotite or of mixtures of peridotite and dry pyroxenite without hydrous phases.     

Experimental study of a low-alkali tholeiite at 1–5 kbar: optimal condition for the crystallization of high-An plagioclase in hydrous arc tholeiite

We conducted melting experiments on a low-alkali tholeiite (SiO₂ ~52 wt%, MgO ~6.5 wt%, CaO/Na₂O~4.4, Al₂O₃/SiO₂ ~0.33) under both H₂O-undersaturated and H₂O-saturated conditions to investigate the effect of H₂O on the Ca–Na partitioning between plagioclase and melt. Experiments were performed in the temperature and pressure ranges of 1,000–1,300°C and 1–5 kbar, respectively, with varying H₂O contents of 0–12wt%. Redox condition was 0–2 log unit above NNO (nickel–nickel oxide) buffer. Temperature-bulk H₂O diagrams for the low-alkali tholeiite are constructed at 1, 2, and 5 kbar, and compositions of near-liquidus plagioclase and coexisting melt are determined. To exclude the effect of melt composition (CaO/Na₂O and Al₂O₃/SiO₂ ratios) on plagioclase composition and to reveal the effect of H₂O on An (=100×Ca/(Ca+Na)) content and (=(Ca/Na)_pl/(Ca/Na)_melt), we focused on the composition of near-liquidus plagioclases which crystallized from melts with nearly constant CaO/Na₂O and Al₂O₃/SiO₂ ratios. Our experimental results show that, at each experimental pressure, An content of the near-liquidus plagioclase and the K_D^Ca-Na almost linearly increases as H₂O content in melt increases. Each of the An content and the variations in a low-alkali tholeiitic system (CaO/Na₂O~4.0–4.5, Al₂O₃/SiO₂ ~0.27–0.33) can be described by one equation using temperature, pressure, and melt H₂O content as parameters. An content and of liquidus plagioclase increases with increasing melt H₂O and with decreasing pressure, elucidating that nearly H₂O-saturated conditions of 2–3 kbar is optimal for the crystallization of the most An-rich plagioclase (>An₈₈). We suggest this pressure condition of 2–3 kbar, corresponding to depth of 7–11 km, plays an important role for the origin of An-rich plagioclase in H₂O-rich low-alkali tholeiite. At pressures more than ca. 4 kbar, crystallization of liquidus Ca-rich clinopyroxene decreases the CaO/Na₂O ratio of liquid, thus prohibiting the crystallization of high-An plagioclase from hydrous tholeiite.     

Combustion metamorphism of bituminous sediments and the formation of melts of granitic and sedimentary composition

During combustion metamorphism, i.e. the heating of sediments rich in organic matter by spontaneous subsurface combustion, temperatures obtained are frequently high enough to cause partial or total melting of the original rocks. These melts are of particular geochemical interest because at lower temperatures their composition closely simulates that of granitic and at higher temperatures that of common sedimentary rocks. At the California localities, studied here, the parent rocks are mainly bituminous mudstones with smaller amounts of diatomites and phosphorites and lesser dolomites, limestones, shales and cherts. It is estimated that rock melting started below 1000° C. The first partial melts correspond to a melt fraction of about 5% have a constant composition which is controlled by the eutectic of the dominant mudstones, and are undistinguishable in major and trace element composition from common S-type granites. Compared with the original rocks, these melts are enriched in SiO₂, Al₂O₃, K₂O, Na₂O, as well as in Ta, Hf, Zr, Th and REE, and are depleted in all other elements studied. The only difference between these low-temperature melts and granitic ones is their oxygen isotope composition, which is that of the sedimentary parent rocks. These melts intruded the country rocks as sills and dikes and cooled to glassy rocks simulating obsidians.As temperatures rose, the melts changed composition and left the magmatic field. At the highest temperatures (in excess of 1650 C), their composition equals that of the original sediments from which they are derived, except for volatile components such as H₂O and CO₂. These melts formed intrusive bodies, mainly stocks, up to several kilometers across. On cooling, these melts formed fine-grained but holocrystalline rocks, the dominant minerals of which are cristobalite, α- and β-tridymite, calcic plagioclase, cordierite, wollastonite, gehlenite, andradite and apatite. Where the parent rocks included phosphorites, two immiscible melts formed an emulsion in which droplets of apatitic composition are surrounded by a silicate melt, almost devoid of P₂O₅.     

Growth of plagioclase rims around metastable kyanite during decompression of high‐pressure felsic granulites (Bohemian Massif)

Samples of high‐pressure felsic granulites from the Bohemian Massif (Variscan belt of Central Europe) characterized by a peak metamorphic (high‐pressure) mineral assemblage of garnet – kyanite – plagioclase – K‐feldspar – quartz ± biotite show well‐developed plagioclase reaction rims around kyanite grains in two microstructural settings. In one setting, kyanite is randomly distributed in the polyphase matrix, whereas in the other setting, it is enclosed within large perthitic K‐feldspar. Kyanite is regarded as a relict of the high‐pressure metamorphic assemblage that became metastable during transition to a low‐pressure overprint. Plagioclase rims from both microstructural settings show continuous outwards decrease of the anorthite content from An_32–25 at the contact with kyanite to An_20–19 at the contact with the matrix or to the perthitic K‐feldspar respectively. Based on mass balance considerations, it is shown that in some cases, a small amount of kyanite was consumed in the rim‐forming reaction to provide the Al₂O₃ component for the growth of plagioclase, whereas in other cases no Al₂O₃ from kyanite was necessary. In a majority of examples, the necessary Al₂O₃ was supplied with CaO and Na₂O from the surrounding matrix material. For kyanite in perthite, a thermodynamic analysis reveals that the kyanite became metastable at the interface with the host perthite at the peak metamorphic pressure, and therefore the plagioclase rim started to grow at ～ 18 kbar. In contrast, kyanite in the polyphase matrix remained stable down to pressures of ～ 16 kbar, and the plagioclase rim only started to grow at a later stage during the decompression. Plagioclase rims around kyanite inclusions within large perthite have a radial thickness of up to 50 μm. In contrast, the radial thickness of plagioclase rims around kyanite in the polycrystalline matrix is significantly larger, up to 200 μm. Another peculiarity is that the plagioclase rims around kyanite in the matrix are polycrystalline, whereas the plagioclase rims around kyanite inclusions in perthitic hosts are single crystals with the same crystallographic orientation as the host perthite. The difference in rim thickness for the two microstructural settings is ascribed to the differences in the efficiency of chemical mass transfer next to the reaction site. The comparatively large thickness of the plagioclase rims grown around kyanite in the matrix is probably due to efficient material transport along the grain and phase boundaries in the matrix. In contrast, chemical mass transfer was comparatively slow in the large perthitic K‐feldspar grains.     

Experimental investigation of K and Na partitioning between miscible liquids

Model silicate melts with variable Al₂O₃ and SiO₂ contents were experimentally saturated with alkalis at a total pressure of 1 atm and temperatures of 1300–1470°C, using the crucible supported loop technique. It was shown that Al₂O₃ content has little influence on the degree of silicate melt saturation with K and Na. In contrast, SiO₂ content strongly affects the solubility of alkalis in silicate melts. Model calculations were performed to evaluate the behavior of alkalis during the contamination/mixing of basic and silicic magmas.