Coupling of anatectic reactions and dissolution of accessory phases and the Sr and Nd isotope systematics of anatectic melts from a metasedimentary source

Advances in field observations and experimental petrology on anatectic products have motivated us to investigate the geochemical consequences of accessory mineral dissolution and nonmodal partial melting processes. Incorporation of apatite and monazite dissolution into a muscovite dehydration melting model allows us to examine the coupling of the Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotope systems in anatectic melts from a muscovite-bearing metasedimentary source. Modeling results show that (1) the Sm/Nd ratios and Nd isotopic compositions of the melts depend on the amount of apatite and monazite dissolved into the melt, and (2) the relative proportion of micas (muscovite and biotite) and feldspars (plagioclase and K-feldspar) that enter the melt is a key parameter determining the Rb/Sr and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios of the melt. Furthermore, these two factors are not, in practice, independent. In general, nonmodal partial melting of a pelitic source results in melts following one of two paths in ε_Nd-⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio space. A higher temperature, fluid-absent path (Path 1) represents those partial melting reactions in which muscovite/biotite dehydration and apatite but not monazite dissolution play a significant role; the melt will have elevated Rb/Sr, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, Sm/Nd, and ε_Nd values. In contrast, a lower temperature, fluid-fluxed path (Path 2) represents those partial melting reactions in which muscovite/biotite dehydration plays an insignificant role and apatite but not monazite stays in the residue; the melt will have lower Rb/Sr, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, Sm/Nd, and ε_Nd values than its source. The master variables controlling both accessory phase dissolution (and hence the Sm-Nd system), and melting reaction (and hence the Rb-Sr systematics) are temperature and water content. The complexity in Sr-Nd isotope systematics in metasediment-derived melts, as suggested in this study, will help us to better understand the petrogenesis for those granitic plutons that have a significant crustal source component.     

Geochemical constraints on crustal anatexis: a case study from the Pan-African Damara granitoids of Namibia

 Major and trace element models of recently published vapour-absent mica dehydration melting experiments are used to identify granitoids generated by muscovite and biotite dehydration melting, and to distinguish between plagioclase-limited and biotite-limited, biotite dehydration melting. In the case of granitoids from the Pan-African Damara mobile belt (Namibia), many of the leucogranites and Salem-type granitoids may be modelled by biotite dehydration melting. The low Rb/Sr granitoids (e.g. Donkerhuk Onanis, Salem Onanis, Donkerhuk Nomatsaus, Salem Goas) probably reflect feldspar-limited, biotite dehydration melting (a pelitic source) whereas the high Rb/Sr suites (e.g. Bloedkoppie leucogranite, Stinkbank leucogranite, Salem Swakopmund, Leucocratic Stink bank granite) reflect biotite-limited, biotite dehydration melting (a greywacke source). Alaskites from the Damara belt have major element compositions which are consistent with muscovite dehydration melting, and their positive Eu anomalies are linked to high K₂O reflecting K-feldspar entrainment. Combined Zr and LREE (light rare earth element) solubility models indicate that insufficient time (probably less than 10⁴ years) had elapsed between melt generation and melt extraction to ensure that the alaskite melts attained their equilibrium concentrations of Zr and the LREEs. In contrast, the leucogranites and Salem-type granites have attained their equilibrium inventories of these trace elements. Combined Fe₂O₃ and MgO contents in some samples from two granitoids (the Salem Goas and Donkerhuk Onanis intrusions) are higher than those readily attainable by biotite dehydration melting indicating either: (1) that they contain a contribution from melts generated by incipient garnet breakdown or; (2) that they contain small amounts of an entrained ferromagnesian phase. Received: 24 April 1995/Accepted: 11 December 1995     

Trace element behaviour during migmatization. Evidence for a complex melt-residuum-fluid interaction in the St. Malo migmatitic dome (France)

The St. Malo migmatitic dome represents an interesting example wherein migmatites arise from the anatexis of the surrounding gneisses. Petrographical and chemical data suggest that leucosome compositions are compatible with partial melting of the quartzo-feldsphathic fraction of the parent gneiss. The contribution of the incongruent melting of biotite to the melt does not exceed 5% of the parent rock.Petrogenetic modelling based on experimental data and assuming non modal batch melting show that the K, Rb, Ca, Sr, U and Th chemical patterns of these migmatites result in fact from the interaction of several mechanisms, namely: equilibrium partial melting, mixing between melts and refractory minerals (biotite and accessories), melt removal and late hydrothermal alteration. Zr, Y and Th which are mostly hosted in accessory minerals are significantly withheld from the melts and remain stored in melanosomes (metatexites) except when leucosomes are affected by mixing (diatexites). U is frequently enriched in the leucosomes as well as in some melanosomes suggesting external supply.     

Muscovite dehydration melting: Reaction mechanisms,microstructures, and implications for anatexis

Dehydration melting of muscovite in metasedimentary sequences is the initially dominant mechanism of granitic melt generation in orogenic hinterlands. In dry (vapour-absent) crust, muscovite reacts with quartz to produce K-feldspar, sillimanite, and monzogranitic melt. When water vapour is present in excess, sillimanite and melt are the primary products of muscovite breakdown, and any K-feldspar produced is due to melt crystallization. Here we document the reaction mechanisms that control nucleation and growth of K-feldspar, sillimanite, and silicate melt in the metamorphic core of the Himalaya, and outline the microstructural criteria used to distinguish peritectic K-feldspar from K-feldspar grains formed during melt crystallization. We have characterized four stages of microstructural evolution in selected psammitic and pelitic samples from the Langtang and Everest regions: (a) K-feldspar nucleates epitaxially on plagioclase while intergrowths of fibrolitic sillimanite and the remaining hydrous melt components replace muscovite. (b) In quartzofeldspathic domains, K-feldspar replaces plagioclase by K⁺–Na⁺ cation exchange, while melt and intergrowths of sillimanite+quartz form in the aluminous domains. (c) At 7–8 vol.% melt generation, the system evolves from a closed to open system and all phases coarsen by up to two orders of magnitude, resulting in large K-feldspar porphyroblasts. (d) Preferential crystallization of residual melt on K-feldspar porphyroblasts and coarsened quartz forms an augen gneiss texture with a monzogranitic-tonalitic matrix that contains intergrowths of sillimanite+tourmaline+muscovite+apatite. Initial poikiloblasts of peritectic K-feldspar trap fine-grained inclusions of quartz and biotite by replacement growth of matrix plagioclase. During subsequent coarsening, peritectic K-feldspar grains overgrow and trap fabric-aligned biotite, resulting in a core to rim coarsening of inclusion size. These microstructural criteria enable a mass balance of peritectic K-feldspar and sillimanite to constrain the amount of free H₂O present during muscovite dehydration. The resulting modal proportion of K-feldspar in the Himalayan metamorphic core requires vapour-absent conditions during muscovite dehydration melting and leucogranite formation, indicating that the generation of large volumes of granitic melts in orogenic belts is not necessarily contingent on an external source of fluids.     

Effects of H2O on the Disequilibrium Breakdown of Muscovite+Quartz

We have examined in detail the effect of H₂O on the texturesand mechanisms produced during the breakdown of muscovite+quartzunder experimental disequilibrium conditions using low-porosityrock samples. Under H₂O conditions (1 wt.% H₂O added) muscovitereacts completely in <5 months at 757?C to a metastable assemblageof peraluminous meltmullite+biotite, a reaction which delaysthe formation of the stable equilibrium assemblage. In contrast,muscovite in the H₂O undersaturated experiments breaks downby both the stable dehydration reaction producing K feldspar+sillimanite+biotiteand by metastable melting reactions in the same sample. Thecom position of the metastable melt is controlled by a numberof kinetic factors which change as a function of time and reactionprogress. Early melts are highly siliceous and sodic due tothe rapid dissolution of quartz relative to muscovite, coupledwith the incongruent melting of the paragonite component ofmuscovite and crystallization of biotite. The delayed nucleationof mullite results in Al supersaturation of the melt, whichinhibits the rate of the melting reaction. Once mullite nucleatesthe degree of Al melt supersaturation is decreased and the rateof muscovite dissolution increases. After complete reactionof muscovite the melt chemistry continues to change as Si diffusesinto the pseudomorphs from adjacent quartz. Even after 5 monthsat 757?C large compositional gradients in Si and Al still persistwithin the melt. In the H₂O experiments metastable melting occursinitially, catalysed by traces of grain boundary fluid or byfluid released from the dehydration of muscovite. However, oncemelting starts any fluid is strongly fractionated into the meltphase, reducing µH₂O Under these conditions further meltingis inhibited and the stable dehydration reaction will continue.Examination of examples of natural muscovite reacted under disequilibriumconditions in xenolithic and contact metamorphic rocks at lowpressures suggests that metastable melting is an important processunder certain geological conditions. It is possible that itis widespread in contact metamorphic rocks, but the texturesindicative of metastable melting reactions are obscured duringthe extended cooling histories of such rocks.     

Chemical interrelationships in a low-pressure granulite terrain in Namaqualand. South Africa,and their bearing on granite genesis and the composition of the lower crust

The results of a chemical study of a suite of low-pressure granulite facies rocks in Namaqualand, South Africa, are reported. The area is underlain by augen gneisses and quartzites, which contain interlayered granular quartz-feldspar rocks (termed ‘granulites’) derived by extensive partial melting of the gneiss. The K/Rb ratio of the gneiss increases from 140 to 250 over a melting interval of 70%: the rate of increase being influenced by the presence of biotite. Simultaneously K/Ba and Rb/Sr decrease from 80 to 25 and from 4 to 0.3, respectively. The partial melts (granulites), which reflect, in part, a cumulate character, have similar K/Rb ratios to the parent gneiss (175) but larger K/Ba (238) and Rb/Sr (5) ratios, due to the retention of Ba and Sr in the residue.Three granites intrude the gneisses. One of these was produced by very advanced partial melting of the gneiss. Continuity of chemical composition suggests that the remaining two granites, although spatially separate, are comagmatic, and evolved by feldspar fractionation during ascent. Lower Sr⁸⁷/Sr⁸⁶ ratio coupled with enrichment of Ba, Sr and Rb in the parent magma of these granites relative to the country rocks precludes local derivation and indicates a lower crustal source rock of intermediate composition.The progressive increase in cafemic character of the gneisses, which is similar to that observed in world granulite terrains as a whole, coupled with intrusive granite which reflects reworking of the lower crust in the area studied, supports a partial melting model for the development of a lower crust of progressively more cafemic composition.     

Experimental melting of crustal xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole,New Mexico and implications for the contamination and genesis of magmas

Experiments (P=6.9 kb; T=900–1000°C) on four crustal xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole demonstrate the varying melting behavior of relatively dry crustal lithologies in the region. Granodioritic gneisses (samples KH-8 and KH-11) yield little melt (<5–25%) by 925°C, but undergo extensive (30–50%) melting between 950 and 1000°C. A dioritic charnockite (KH-9) begins to melt, with the consumption of all modal K-feldspar, by 900°C. It is as fertile a melt source as the granodiorites at lower temperatures, but is outstripped in melt production by the granodiorite gneisses at high temperature, yielding only 26% melt by 1000°C. A pelitic granulite (KH-12) proved to be refractory (confirming earlier predictions based on geochemistry) and did not yield significant melt even at 1000°C. All melts have the composition of metaluminous to slightly peraluminous granites and are unlikely to be individually recognizable as magma contaminants on the basis of major element chemistry. However, the relative stability of K-feldspar during partial melting will produce recognizable signatures in Ba, Eu, K/Ba, and Ba/Rb. Melts of KH-11, which retains substantial K-feldspar throughout the melting interval, are generally low in Ba (<500–800 ppm), have high K/Ba and low Ba/Rb (est.) (62–124 and 1–3, respectively). Melts of KH-9, in which all K-feldspar disappears with the onset of melting, are Ba-rich [2000–2600 ppm, K/Ba=16–22; Ba/Rb (est.) =25–47]. Melts of KH-8 have variable Ba contents; <500 ppm Ba at low temperature but >900 ppm Ba in high-temperature melts coexisting with a K-feldspar-free restite. Although REE were not measured in either feldspar or melt, the high Kspar/melt Kds for Eu suggests that the melts coexisting with K-feldspar will have strong negative Eu anomalies. Isotopic and trace element models for magma contamination need to take into account the melting behavior of isotopic reservoirs. For example, the most radiogenic (and incompatible element-rich) sample examined here (the pelitic granulite,⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr=0.757) is refractory, while samples with far less radiogenic Sr (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr=0.708-0.732) produced substantial melt. This suggests that, in this area, the isotopic signature of contamination may be more subtle than expected. The experimental results can be used to model the petrogenesis of Oligocene volcanic rocks exposed 150 km to the NW of Kilbourne Hole, in the Black Range in the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field. The experimental results suggest that a crustal melting origin for the Kneeling Nun and Caballo Blanco Tuffs is unlikely, even though such an interpretation is permitted by Sr isotopes. Curstal contamination of a mantle-derived magma best explains the chemical and isotopic characteristics of these tuffs. Both experimental and geochemical data suggest that the rhyolites of Moccasin John Canyon and Diamond Creek could represent direct melts of granodiorite basement similar, but not identical, to the Kilbourne Hole granodiorites, perhaps slightly modified by crystal fractionation. The absence of volcanic rocks having⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr>0.74 in the region is consistent with the refractory character of the pelitic granulite.     

The low-pressure partial-melting behaviour of natural boron-bearing metapelites from the Mt. Stafford area,central Australia

This study has examined the ~300 MPa partial melting behaviour of four metapelites collected from the highest grade rocks occurring below the anatectic zone of the Mt. Stafford area, Arunta Inlier, central Australia. In this area, metasediments are interpreted to have undergone partial melting within the andalusite stability field; possibly as a result of a lowering of the metapelite solidus by the presence of boron in the rocks. Two of the samples were two mica metapelites (MTS70 and MTS71). These both contained significant quantities of tourmaline and were thus boron enriched. The other two samples are biotite metapelites. One of these rocks contains only a trace of tourmaline (MTS8) and the other is tourmaline free (MTS7). Despite expectations that muscovite in the two mica samples would break down via a subsolidus reaction, muscovite was stable to above 750°C due to the incorporation of Ti, phengitic and possibly F components into its structure. Between 750 and 800°C, muscovite melted out completely via a coupled muscovite + biotite fluid-absent incongruent reaction. Tourmaline was partially consumed in this reaction, with the elbaitic component being preferentially consumed. In the most mica-rich sample this reaction produced ~60% melt at 800°C. In the biotite metapelites, biotite melting began at a temperature below 800°C and was accompanied by very modest melt production at this low temperature. In contrast to the two mica metapelites, the main pulse of melt production in these samples occurred at a temperature between 850 and 950°C. In both these samples biotite + melt coexisted over a temperature range in excess of 150°C, and in MTS8, biotite was still in the run products at 950°C. The very refractory nature of these evolved biotite compositions is most likely a consequence of both the presence of a Ti buffering phase in the assemblage (ilmenite) and the essentially plagioclase-free nature of the starting compositions. Under the fluid-absent conditions of this study, tourmaline is clearly a reactant in the partial melting process, but does not appear to shift the fluid-absent incongruent melting reactions markedly. In the tourmaline-rich two mica metapelites, tourmaline only disappears from the run products at a temperature above 850°C, where it coexisted with a substantial melt proportion. This appears to coincide with the point of maximum boron concentration in the melts.

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Can trace element distributions in migmatites be used as analogues in understanding petrogenesis of anatectic granites

Trace element concentrations in leucosomes of migmatites in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA, were examined to determine if their compositions are analogous to those of pelite-derived granites. Melanosomes in the migmatites are dominated by biotite, sillimanite, and quartz. Leucosomes have constant Si/Al that corresponds to a peraluminous granite; however, they have variable proportions of (sil+qtz)/alkali feldspar that are attributed to instability of feldspar relative to sillimanite due to high a_HF in partial melts. There are strong positive correlations of Sr, Ba, Rb, and Cs concentrations with the proportion of feldspar in the leucosomes. The average concentrations of Sr and Ba are higher and of Rb and Cs lower in the leucosomes than in pelite-derived leucogranites. A reaction progress method is used to demonstrate that partitioning of these trace elements between melanosomes and leucosomes represent mineral-mineral equilibrium rather than residue-melt equilibrium. This implies that leucosomes in migmatites may crystallize while maintaining equilibrium with melanosomes and the resulting trace element compositions may not be analogous to those of partial melts.     

Distribution of REE,LILE, and HFSE between biotite,feldspar, and the melt in the granulite facies migmatite,nimnyr block,Aldan shield

The behavior of trace elements under conditions of partial melting of granitoid rocks has been studied. The element’s partition coefficients between minerals and the melt D_i^min/melt depends, in the first place, on the composition of the primary melt. In biotite the HREE D_i are a little below 1, while those of LREE, especially D_i for Ce, are 1–3 orders of magnitude less. This leads to an efficient differentiation of REEs in anatexic melts especially when biotite is the main mineral phase of restite. On the contrary, there are feldspars, the D_i of which cannot provide such a magnitude of differentiation. Unlike garnets and pyroxenes, whose stability in restite permits enrichment of anatexic melts produced in migmatization zones with Nb, Ti, and Cr, the presence of biotite in restite causes depletion of melts with those elements as well as with Rb. Feldspars, under conditions of their fractional crystallization or during differentiation of an anatexic melt, deplete the latter with Sr, Ba, and Rb, but enrich it with Nb, Ti, Cr, Y, Zr, and V.     

Geochemical characteristics of crustal anatexis during the formation of migmatite at the Southern Sierra Nevada,California

We provide data on the geochemical and isotopic consequences of nonmodal partial melting of a thick Jurassic pelite unit at mid-crustal levels that produced a migmatite complex in conjunction with the intrusion of part of the southern Sierra Nevada batholith at ca. 100 Ma. Field relations suggest that this pelitic migmatite formed and then abruptly solidified prior to substantial mobilization and escape of its melt products. Hence, this area yields insights into potential mid-crustal level contributions of crustal components into Cordilleran-type batholiths. Major and trace-element analyses in addition to field and petrographic data demonstrate that leucosomes are products of partial melting of the pelitic protolith host. Compared with the metapelites, leucosomes have higher Sr and lower Sm concentrations and lower Rb/Sr ratios. The initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios of leucosomes range from 0.7124 to 0.7247, similar to those of the metapelite protoliths (0.7125–0.7221). However, the leucosomes have a much wider range of initial ε_Nd values, which range from −6.0 to −11.0, as compared to −8.7 to −11.3 for the metapelites. Sr and Nd isotopic compositions of the leucosomes, migmatites, and metapelites suggest disequilibrium partial melting of the metapelite protolith. Based on their Sr, Nd, and other trace-element characteristics, two groups of leucosomes have been identified. Group A leucosomes have relatively high Rb, Pb, Ba, and K₂O contents, Rb/Sr ratios (0.15<Rb/Sr<1.0), and initial ε_Nd values. Group B leucosomes have relatively low Rb, Pb, Ba, and K₂O contents, Rb/Sr ratios (<0.15), and initial ε_Nd values. The low Rb concentrations and Rb/Sr ratios of the group B leucosomes together suggest that partial melting was dominated by water-saturated or H₂O-fluxed melting of quartz + feldspar assemblage with minor involvement of muscovite. Breakdown of quartz and plagioclase with minor contributions from muscovite resulted in low Rb/Sr ratios characterizing both group A and group B leucosomes. In contrast, group A leucosomes have greater contributions from K-feldspar, which is suggested by: (1) their relatively high K concentrations, (2) positive or slightly negative Eu anomalies, and (3) correlation of their Pb and Ba concentrations with K₂O contents. It is also shown that accessory minerals have played a critical role in regulating the partitioning of key trace elements such as Sm, Nd, Nb, and V between melt products and residues during migmatization. The various degrees of parent/daughter fractionations in the Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd isotopic systems as a consequence of nonmodal crustal anatexis would render melt products with distinct isotopic signatures, which could profoundly influence the products of subsequent mixing events. This is not only important for geochemical patterns of intracrustal differentiation, but also a potentially important process in generating crustal-scale as well as individual pluton-scale isotopic heterogeneities.     

Biotite melting in high-grade metamorphic gneisses from the Haut Allier (French Massif Central)

In the biotite-sillimanite and biotite-sillimanite-cordierite gneisses from the Haut Allier (French Massif Central), the biotite grains are partially melted: they are embayed and replaced by an isotropic material associated with metallic oxides. The complete study of this glass by optical microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, electronic microanalysis and X-Ray diffraction was performed: the glassy state is well established (locally some very fine kaolinite crystals are present in the glass as hydrothermal reconstruction). This glass results from the incongruent melting of biotite. The alumino-silicate melt corroded the preexistent quartz and feldspar grains. Anhydrous phases crystallized from this melt: successively sillimanite-cordierite and quartz. Correlatively, the melt must have become water-saturated and a new highly hydrated fluid phase should then have coexisted with it. Potassium and silicium, together with water, may have been components of the relatively mobile hydrous phase and this one may have been responsible for some hydration reactions such as muscovitization of feldspars. The petrological implications must be emphasized: in the studied gneisses, biotite cannot be considered as a resister. In fact, biotite melts and this melting is probably an important agent of the regional anatexis.     

福建沿海中生代变质带中花岗质岩石的地球化学

福建东南沿海中生代变质带的花岗质岩石分布于东山、晋江和莆田等广大地区。花岗岩中常包含黑云母、石榴子石或白云母。但地球化学研究表明，这些花岗岩属于钙碱性或高钾钙碱性，以低Rb、Zr、Hf、Nb、Y、Ga含量和Rb/Sr比值，以及高Ba、Sr丰度为特征，属于典型的Ⅰ型花岗岩。它们的稀土总量普遍较低，具有轻稀土富集、铕中等亏损的稀土分布模式。本带三个地区花岗岩的微量元素组成存在一定差异，但具有相似的Sr、Nd同位素组成，以高εNd(t)(-4.49～-3.15)和低ISr(0.7055-0.7074)、tDM(1.19-1.29Ga)为特征。地球化学研究显示本带花岗岩形成于相同的构造背景－大型边缘火山弧环境。其母岩浆是由类似于麻源群的古老火成变质岩部分熔融产生的熔融体与同期的幔源玄武质岩浆发生一定程度混合而成。不同地区或同一地区花岗岩地球化学组成上的差异是不同程度的部分熔融和结晶分异的结果。     

On the relationship between cumulus mineralogy and trace and alkali element chemistry in an Archean granite from the Barberton region,South Africa

A change in the liquidus mineralogy from plagioclase-quartz-biotite to plagioclase-quartz-K feldspar-biotite during the in situ fractional crystallization of a granitic magma has a marked effect on the abundance of and interrelationships between Ba, Rb, Sr, K₂O and Na₂O. During plagioclase fractionation, Ba and Rb enrich in successive solids and melt, while Sr is depleted. The K₂O content of the solid phase (around 1%) is very different from that of the melt (greater than about 3%) while Na₂O contents are similar (about 4–5%) so that variations in the amount of intercumulus melt result in wide variation in the Na₂O/K₂O ratio (from about 5 in cumulus-rich to about 1 in intercumulus-rich samples). The incoming of K feldspar as a cumulus phase causes Ba to be depleted along with Sr in successively formed solids, while Rb continues to be enriched. A pronounced compositional hiatus with respect to trace elements therefore results. The K₂O and Na₂O contents of melt and cumulate are now similar (around 5% K₂O and 4% Na₂O), so that little scatter in Na₂O/K₂O ratio (around 1) occurs as a result of variation in the amount of intercumulus melt. In general, trace element data from a natural example in the Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa, fit the models well, although the observed scatter of the data is somewhat greater than predicted by simple variation in cumulus-intercumulus proportions—possibly the result of the non-uniform distribution of biotite in the samples.     

Chemical and isotopic compositions of Absaroka granitoids,Southwestern Montana

Contents of major and most trace elements of granitoids in three intrusions associated with the Cretaceous Independence volcanic complex, Montana, correlate well with SiO₂. Major-element contents in granitoids in each intrusion are accurately modeled as mixtures of minimum melts and phenocryst assemblages (presumably restite). Restite assemblages are hypersthene+augite+plagioclase, hornblende+plagioclase, and biotite+plagioclase+quartz. Residues of melting are granulite or amphibolite. Melts in two of the bodies were LREE-enriched but unfractionated in MREE and HREE. REE patterns are consistent with residues dominated by pyroxene or amphibole and feldspar. Initial ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb and ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb of granitoids define a line interpreted as a secondary isochron established during crustal homogenization 3.3 Ga ago. The relatively low of source rocks (8.25) suggests that they did not spend long in U-rich environments. Source regions had variable trace element patterns; Th/Pb and U/Pb were correlated, Rb/Sr and Sm/Nd moderately well correlated, but Rb/Sr and U/Pb were decoupled. This is consistent with poor correlation of Rb, Sr and Ba with SiO₂ in some granitoids and may suggest that minor phases that concentrate these elements were inhomogeneously distributed in source regions. The source probably consisted of LREE-rich, Rb-poor metamorphic rocks. Archean amphibolites, exposed in the Beartooth Mountains, are similar to the postulated source materials. They contain plagioclase, hornblende, minor quartz, biotite, and muscovite, and have low Rb/Sr and high LREE/HREE. Certain trace-element characteristics of the granitoids indicate that the deep crust in this part of Montana may be dominated by metamorphosed mafic-intermediate lavas that formed on the sea-floor. Metapelites, intercalated with amphibolites at the surface, were rare in granitoid source regions. This buried supracrustal pile was isotopically homogenized 3.3 Ga ago. Although some material melted 2.7 Ga ago to form granites that dominate the exposed basement, enough remained fertile that heating by mantle-derived magmas 85–90 Ma ago produced the granitic rocks at Independence.     

Distribution of groups I and II elements between liquidus phases of fluorine-saturated Si-Al-Na-K-Li-H-O system

Experimental data allow modeling the behavior of the named elements during formation of fluorine- saturated leucocratic rocks of silicic and alkaline compositions. The distribution of alkaline and alkaliearth elements is discussed at equilibrium between the silica-alumina melt with fluoride phases (crystalline and liquid) and with feldspar. Cryolite crystals form during saturation of silica-alumina melt of normal alkalinity with fluorine. Continuous solid solution of sodium-potassium cryolite is stable at 800°C. The equilibrium between melt and crystals continues up to the maximum molar fraction of 0.1 lithium end member in cryolite, at which two fluoride phases (crystalline and liquid) coexist with the silica-alumina melt of fixed composition. Separation of salt melts during late differentiation stages of granite and alkaline rocks is a regular process continuing the natural evolution of ore-magmatic systems. At equilibrium of two liquid phases, the silica phase is relatively enriched in potassium, and the fluoride phase is substantially enriched in sodium. This detected effect is the only currently possible mechanism for the occurrence of the potassium differentiation trends of granite melts. All effects related to crystallization cause enrichment in sodium. In other cases (with Ca, Sr, Mg, Rb, and Cs), separation of the second liquid phase acts in the same direction and enhances the action of crystallization. Comparison between partition coefficients allows derivation of the following affinity rows of alkaline elements for fluoride melt: Li > Na > K > Rb≈Cs and Mg > Ca > Sr > Ba. Hence, the known rule for joining strong bases with strong acids and weak bases with weak acids is fulfilled.     

Geochemistry of K‐feldspar and Muscovite in Rare‐element Pegmatites and Granites from the Totoral Pegmatite Field,San Luis,Argentina

The geochemistry of K‐feldspar for K, P, Sr, Ba, Rb, Cs, Ga, and of muscovite for the same elements plus Nb and Ta, was used for proving the parental relationships of S‐type granites and LCT (Li, Cs, Ta) rare‐element pegmatites in the southernmost pegmatitic field of the Pampean pegmatite province in Argentina. The variation of K/Rb‐Cs, K/Cs‐Rb, K/Rb‐Rb/Sr, K/Rb‐Ba in K‐feldspar from the granites and pegmatites show that they form an association with the evolutional sequence: granites → barren‐ to transitional pegmatites → beryl type, beryl‐columbite‐phosphate pegmatites → complex type of spodumene subtype pegmatites → albite‐spodumene type → albite type pegmatites. This sequence reflects the regional distribution of the different magmatic units. The Ta‐Cs diagram for muscovite reveals that none of the studied pegmatites exceed the threshold established in previous studies for being considered with important tantalum oxide mineralization. The granites and pegmatites constitute a rare‐element pegmatitic field in which different magmatic units form a continuous fractionation trend, extended from the less evolved granitic facies to the most geochemically specialized pegmatites     

淡色花岗岩的岩石学和地球化学特征及其成因

淡色花岗岩(leucogranite)是一类高铝高硅碱的酸性侵入岩,主要地球化学特征是:SiO2≥72%,Al2O3≥14%,Na2O+K2O~8.5%,富Rb,亏损Th、Ba、Sr,稀土总量较一般花岗岩低(∑REE=(40~120)×10-6),且表现为中等分异的轻稀土弱富集型,一般具有Eu负异常;Sr-Nd-Pb-O同位素指示其岩浆明显的陆壳来源。淡色花岗岩主要发育于陆壳(俯冲)碰撞加厚带,由逆冲折返的俯冲板片变沉积岩部分经过脱水熔融产生。淡色花岗岩可划分为三种不同的岩石类型:(1)二云母型淡色花岗岩,由变泥质岩(或变硬砂岩)在中地壳水平经黑云母(和/或白云母)脱水熔融产生;(2)电气石型淡色花岗岩,由变泥质岩在较低温度下经白云母脱水熔融产生;(3)石榴子石型淡色花岗岩,由长英质下地壳经黑云母脱水熔融产生。源区残留独居石、磷灰石等富REE矿物是淡色花岗岩亏损REE、Th等元素的原因。源岩为变泥质岩及源区残留钾长石是淡色花岗岩亏损Sr、Ba的主要原因。     

内蒙古二连浩特北部阿仁绍布地区晚石炭世花岗岩Sr-Yb分类及其成因

对分布在内蒙古二连浩特北部阿仁绍布地区的晚石炭世花岗岩类,依据Sr、Yb含量,划分为低Sr高Yb型、极低Sr高Yb型和低Sr低Yb型花岗岩3种类型。低Sr高Yb型花岗岩类相对低Si、富Al,Na2O〉K2O,稀土元素分馏中等,有或无负Eu异常,Sr含量低,平均为183×10-6,Ba含量较高,平均585×10-6,Y含量高,平均30.06×10-6,Rb/Sr比值较低,平均0.97;极低Sr高Yb型花岗岩富Si、REE,低Al、Sr、Ba,高的Rb/Sr比值（平均为7.47）,具明显的负Eu异常等;低Sr低Yb型花岗岩富Si,贫Al、Ca、Mg,重稀土元素（Y、Yb）含量低,Y含量在（7.26～10.6）×10-6之间,平均9.76×10-6,Yb含量在（1.04～1.89）×10-6之间,平均1.44×10-6,δEu=0.64～0.94,具弱负Eu异常,微量元素Ba含量高,Rb/Sr比值低。3种类型的花岗岩类过铝指数（A/CNK）多小于1.0,说明它们均源自变质火成岩的部分熔融。由于源区的深度不同（pT条件不同）和残留的主要矿物相不同,它们的岩石地球化学特征存在差异。极低Sr高Yb型花岗岩形成深度最浅（中上地壳）,熔融残留相以斜长石为主;低Sr高Yb型花岗岩类形成于中下地壳,熔融残留相为斜长石和辉石;低Sr低Yb型花岗岩形成深度最深,推测可能形成于加厚下地壳（〉40km）底部,熔融残留相为石榴子石、斜长石和角闪石。     

Geochemical Constraints on Leucogranite Magmatism in the Langtang Valley, Nepal Himalaya

A complex of crustally derived leucogranitic sills emplacedinto sillimanite-grade psammites in the upper Langtang Valleyof northern Nepal forms part of the Miocene High Himalayan graniteassociation. A series of post-tectonic, subvertical leucograniticdykes intrude the underlying migmatites, providing possiblefeeders to the main granite sills. The leucogranite is peraluminous and alkali-rich, and can besubdivided into a muscovite–biotite and a tourmaline–muscovitefacies. Phase relations suggest that the tourmaline leucogranitescrystallized from a water-undersaturated magma of minimum-meltcomposition at pressures around 3–4 kbar. Potential metasedimentaryprotoliths include a substantial anatectic migmatite complexand a lower-grade mica schist sequence. Isotopic constraintspreclude the migmatites as a source of the granitic melts, whereastrace-element modelling of LILEs (Rb, Sr, and Ba), togetherwith the Nd and Sr isotopic signatures of potential protoliths,strongly suggest that the tourmaline-bearing leucogranites havebeen generated by fluid-absent partial melting of the muscovite-richschists. However, REE and HFSE distributions cannot be reconciledwith equilibrium melting from such a source. Systematic covariationsbetween Rb, Sr, and Ba can be explained by variations in protolithmineralogy and P–T–a_H2O. Tourmaline leucogranites with high Rb/Sr ratios represent low-fraction-melts(F{small tilde} 12%) efficiently extracted from their protolithsunder conditions of low water activity, whereas the heterogeneoustwo-mica granites may result from melting under somewhat highera_H2O conditions. The segregation of low-degree melts from sourcewas probably by deformation-enhanced intergranular flow andmagma fracturing, with the mechanisms of migration and emplacementcontrolled by variations in the uppercrustal stress regime duringlate–orogenic extensional collapse of the thickened crust.