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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 581-590 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Abstract
Dehydration melting of a hornblende-plagiociase mixture of amphibolitic composition was investigated at 1000°C and and at 800 MPa and 1200 MPa. At 1200 MPa the reaction products are garnet, clinopyroxene, melt and relatively Ab-rich plagioclase (An47). At 800 MPa the products are orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, magnetite, amphibole (pargasite) and An-rich plagioclase (An75). The melts are rich in plagioclase components (especially in Ab) and, when compared to tonalites, relatively poor in silica. The grainsize of the starting materials was ≤5 μm in the 800 MPa and ≤10 μm in the 1200 MPa runs. All run products show unchanged plagloclase cores, which are the remnants of a very sluggish reaction assumed to be controlled by dissolution/precipitation processes at the plagloclase grain boundaries. The results indicate that only local equilibrium could have been obtained in recent investigations on dehydration melting experiments in plagloclase-bearing systems. The results also suggest that plagioclase compositions once formed may persist for a very long time, even in hot magma chambers, if the prevailling water activity is low.
Keywords
- Amphibolite, Dehydration melting, Partial melting, Plagioclase, Reaction kinetics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2001, p. 581-590.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Incomplete reaction of plagioclase in experimental dehydration melting of amphibolite
AU - Johannes, W.
AU - Koepke, J.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Dehydration melting of a hornblende-plagiociase mixture of amphibolitic composition was investigated at 1000°C and and at 800 MPa and 1200 MPa. At 1200 MPa the reaction products are garnet, clinopyroxene, melt and relatively Ab-rich plagioclase (An47). At 800 MPa the products are orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, magnetite, amphibole (pargasite) and An-rich plagioclase (An75). The melts are rich in plagioclase components (especially in Ab) and, when compared to tonalites, relatively poor in silica. The grainsize of the starting materials was ≤5 μm in the 800 MPa and ≤10 μm in the 1200 MPa runs. All run products show unchanged plagloclase cores, which are the remnants of a very sluggish reaction assumed to be controlled by dissolution/precipitation processes at the plagloclase grain boundaries. The results indicate that only local equilibrium could have been obtained in recent investigations on dehydration melting experiments in plagloclase-bearing systems. The results also suggest that plagioclase compositions once formed may persist for a very long time, even in hot magma chambers, if the prevailling water activity is low.
AB - Dehydration melting of a hornblende-plagiociase mixture of amphibolitic composition was investigated at 1000°C and and at 800 MPa and 1200 MPa. At 1200 MPa the reaction products are garnet, clinopyroxene, melt and relatively Ab-rich plagioclase (An47). At 800 MPa the products are orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, magnetite, amphibole (pargasite) and An-rich plagioclase (An75). The melts are rich in plagioclase components (especially in Ab) and, when compared to tonalites, relatively poor in silica. The grainsize of the starting materials was ≤5 μm in the 800 MPa and ≤10 μm in the 1200 MPa runs. All run products show unchanged plagloclase cores, which are the remnants of a very sluggish reaction assumed to be controlled by dissolution/precipitation processes at the plagloclase grain boundaries. The results indicate that only local equilibrium could have been obtained in recent investigations on dehydration melting experiments in plagloclase-bearing systems. The results also suggest that plagioclase compositions once formed may persist for a very long time, even in hot magma chambers, if the prevailling water activity is low.
KW - Amphibolite
KW - Dehydration melting
KW - Partial melting
KW - Plagioclase
KW - Reaction kinetics
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2001.00876.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2001.00876.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034896130
VL - 48
SP - 581
EP - 590
JO - Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
JF - Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
SN - 0812-0099
IS - 4
ER -