Activity–composition relations for the calculation of partial melting equilibria in metabasic rocks |
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| Authors: | E. C. R. Green R. W. White J. F. A. Diener R. Powell T. J. B. Holland R. M. Palin |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;2. Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany;3. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa;4. School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;5. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
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| Abstract: | A set of thermodynamic models is presented that, for the first time, allows partial melting equilibria to be calculated for metabasic rocks. The models consist of new activity–composition relations combined with end‐member thermodynamic properties from the Holland & Powell dataset, version 6. They allow for forward modelling in the system Na O–CaO–K O–FeO–MgO–Al O –SiO –H O–TiO –Fe O . In particular, new activity–composition relations are presented for silicate melt of broadly trondhjemitic–tonalitic composition, and for augitic clinopyroxene with Si–Al mixing on the tetrahedral sites, while existing activity–composition relations for hornblende are extended to include K O and TiO . Calibration of the activity–composition relations was carried out with the aim of reproducing major experimental phase‐in/phase‐out boundaries that define the amphibolite–granulite transition, across a range of bulk compositions, at ≤13 kbar. |
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| Keywords: | amphibolite calibration granulite Holland & Powell dataset pseudosection |
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