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Notes: [Auszug] Arising from: A. E. Saal, E. H. Hauri, C. H. Langmuir & M. R. Perfit Nature 419, 451–455 (2002); Saal et al. replyAssessing the conditions under which magmas become fluid-saturated has important ...

Notes: [Auszug] The low concentrations of niobium, tantalum and titanium observed in island-arc basalts are thought to result from modification of the sub-arc mantle by a metasomatic agent, deficient in these elements, that originates from within the subducted oceanic crust. Whether this agent is an hydrous ...

Notes: Abstract Solidus temperatures of quartz–alkali feldspar assemblages in the haplogranite system (Qz-Ab-Or) and subsystems in the presence of H2O-H2 fluids have been determined at 1, 2, 5 and 8 kbar vapour pressure to constrain the effects of redox conditions on phase relations in quartzofeldspathic assemblages. The hydrogen fugacity (f H2) in the fluid phase has been controlled using the Shaw membrane technique for moderately reducing conditions (f H2 〈 60 bars) at 1 and 2 kbar total pressure. Solid oxygen buffer assemblages in double capsule experiments have been used to obtain more reducing conditions at 1 and 2 kbar and for all investigations at 5 and 8 kbar. The systems Qz-Or-H2O-H2 and Qz-Ab-H2O-H2 have only been investigated at moderately reducing conditions (1 and 5 kbar) and the system Qz-Ab-Or-H2O-H2 has been investigated at redox conditions down to IW (1 to 8 kbar). The results obtained for the water saturated solidi are in good agreement with those of previous studies. At a given pressure, the solidus temperature is found to be constant (within the experimental precision of ± 5°C) in the f H2 range of 0–75 bars. At higher f H2, generated by the oxygen buffers FeO-Fe3O4 (WM) and Fe-FeO (IW), the solidus temperatures increase with increasing H2 content in the vapour phase. The solidus curves obtained at 2 and 5 kbar have similar shapes to those determined for the same quartz - alkali feldspar assemblages with H2O-CO2- or H2O-N2-bearing systems. This suggests that H2 has the behaviour of an inert diluent of the fluid phase and that H2 solubility in aluminosilicate melts is very low. The application of the results to geological relevant conditions [HM (hematite-magnetite) 〉 f O2 〉 WM] shows that increasing f H2 produces a slight increase of the solidus temperatures (up to 30 °C) of quartz–alkali feldspar assemblages in the presence of H2O-H2 fluids between 1 and 5 kbar total pressure.

Notes: Abstract The Miocene-Pliocene Macusani volcanics, SE Peru, outcrop in three separate tectonic intermontane basins developed on a Paleozoic-Mesozoic volcano-sedimentary sequence. Several ignimbrite sheets are recognized and K-Ar dates record at least semi-continuous volcanic activity from 10 to 4 Ma in the Macusani field. The volcanics in the Macusani basin comprise crystal-rich (45% crystals) ash-flow tuffs and rare obsidians glasses, both with unusual mineralogy, similar to two-mica peraluminous leucogranites. The mineralogical assemblage (quartz, sanidine Or69–75, plagioclase, biotite, muscovite and andalusite (both coexisting in the entire volcanic field), sillimanite, schörl-rich tourmaline, cordierite-type phases, hercynitic spinel, fluor-apatite, ilmenite, monazite, zircon, niobian-rutile) is essentially constant throughout the entire Macusani field. Two distinct generations of plagioclase are recognized, viz. group I (An10–20) and group II (An30–45). Sillimanite forms abundant inclusions in nearly all phases and is earlier than andalusite which occurs as isolated phenocrysts. Biotite (Al-, Ti-, Fe- and F-rich) shows pronounced deficiencies in octahedral cations. Muscovite is also F-rich and displays limited biotitic and celadonitic substitutions. There is no systematic variation in mineral chemistry with stratigraphic position. The mineralogical data provide a basis for distinction between an early magmatic and a main magmatic stage. The early stage corresponds to the magmatic evolution at or near the source region and includes both restites and early phenocrysts. Some biotites (with textures of disequilibrium melting to Fe — Zn spinel), part of the sillimanite, apatite and monazite, possibly some tourmaline and cordierite-type phases are restites. However, the restite content of the magma was low (5 vol. % maximum). The group II plagioclase are interpreted as early phenocrysts. During this stage, temperatures were as high as 800° C, pressure was no more than 5–7.5 kbar, $$f_{O_2 }$$ was intermediate between WM and QFM and $$a_{H_2 O}$$ was low. The biotite melting textures and the coexistence of restites and early phenocrysts imply fast heating rates in the source region. The transition between the early and the main magmatic stage was abrupt (andalusite crystallization in place of sillimanite, group I vs. group II plagioclases) and suggests rapid ascent of the magma from its source region. During the main crystallization stage, temperature was 650° C or lower at a pressure of 1.5–2 kbar. $$a_{H_2 O}$$ (calculated from equilibrium between muscovite, quartz, sanidine and andalusite) are around 1, suggesting conditions close to H2O-saturation. f HF is around 1 bar but the $${{f_{H_2 O} } \mathord{\left/{\vphantom {{f_{H_2 O} } {f_{HF} }}} \right.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {f_{HF} }}$$ ratios are significantly different between samples. $$f_{H_2 }$$ ranges between 138 and 225 bar. This study shows that felsic, strongly peraluminous, leucogranitic magmas having andalusite and muscovite phenocrysts may be generated under H2O-undersaturated conditions.

Notes: Abstract The Miocene-Pliocene Macusani ash-flow tuffs from SE Peru, containing magmatic andalusite and muscovite, have homogeneous major element compositions, with a narrow range of SiO2 (71–74 wt%), high Al2O3 (normative corundum 〉2%; A/CNK〉1.2) and alkalis, and low FeOt, MgO, CaO, TiO2. P2O5, F, Li2O, and B2O3 are also high. The associated obsidian glasses are more felsic and peraluminous and extremely enriched in F, P, Li and B compared to the ash-flow tuffs. These are compositionally similar to Himalayan or Hercynian two-mica granites and the obsidian glasses to some rare fractionated members of the two-mica granite series. Both ash-flow tuffs and obsidian glasses show enrichments in lithophile trace elements (Be, Zn, As, Rb, Nb, Sn, Sb, Cs, Ta, W, U) and depletions in Cl, S, Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Y, Mo, Hf. REE patterns for the ash-flow tuffs are fractionated (La/Lu n =13-26) with a moderate Eu anomaly and they contrast with patterns for the obsidian glasses characterized by lower total REE, lower La/Lu n and Eu/Eu*. Sr(87Sr/86Sr initial ratio= 0.721–0.726), Pb (206Pb/204Pb=18.74–19.45; 207P/204Pb= 15.66–15.72) and Nd isotopic compositions (ɛ Nd=-8.96 to-9.35) are typically crustal. Oxygen isotopic compositions are high in 18O (glasses:δ18O=+12‰; quartz:δ18O=+ 11.5 to +12.7‰). Batch melting of isotopically heterogeneous source rocks is suggested by the Sr and Pb data. In contrast to major elements, trace elements demonstrate compositional differences between erupted magmas. The last erupted magmas are less fractionated relative to the first erupted. The Macusani magmas are direct products of crustal melting. There is no evidence for mixing or assimilation by a foreign, meta- to sub-aluminous magma, although mafic magmas are considered to be likely sources of heat for melting. Source rocks dominantly consisted of metapelites. Models of magma generation based on external control of $$a_{H_2 O}$$ (H2O for melting being supplied by aqueous fluids percolating in the source region) fail to account for a number of features of the Macusani magmas. $$a_{H_2 O}$$ was internally controlled and magma generation resulted essentially from fluid-absent melting of F-muscovite combined with incipient biotite dehydration. Fluid-absent melting of F-rich muscovite occurs at higher temperatures than for pure OH-muscovite and generates a H2O-undersaturated melt. Incipient melting of biotite resulted from high heat flux and elevated temperatures (up to 800° C) in the source region. The Macusani magmas are generated as low melt fraction batches (15 vol%).

Notes: Abstract The water solubility in haplogranitic melts (normative composition Ab39Or32Qz29) coexisting with H2O-H2 fluids at 800 and 950 °C and 1, 2 and 3 kbar vapour pressure has been determined using IR spectroscopy. The experiments were performed in internally heated pressure vessels and the hydrogen fugacity (f H2) was controlled using the double capsule technique and oxygen buffer assemblages (WM and IW). Due to the limited lifetimes of these oxygen buffers the water solubility was determined from diffusion profiles (concentration-distance profiles) measured with IR spectroscopy in the quenched glasses. The reliability of the experimental strategy was demonstrated by comparing the results of short- and long-duration experiments performed with pure H2O fluids. The water solubility in Ab39Or32Qz29 melts equilibrated with H2O-H2 fluids decreases progressively with decreasing f H2O, as f H2 (or X H2) increases in the fluid phase. The effect of H2 on the evolution of the water solubility is similar to that of CO2 or another volatile with a low solubility in the melt and can be calculated in a first approximation with the Burnham water solubility model. Recalculation of high temperature water speciation for AOQ melts coexisting with H2O-H2 fluids at 800 °C, 2 kbar suggests that the concentrations of molecular H2O are proportional to f H2O (calculated using available mixing models), indicating Henrian behaviour for the solubility of molecular H2O in haplogranitic melts.

Notes: Abstract An experimental study of the effect of boron in the water saturated Q-Or-Ab-B2O3-H2O system has been performed at P=1 Kbar to provide experimental data and explain the role of boron in some late magmatic and early hydrothermal events. Experiments were conducted between 500° C and 800° starting from a gel, or a previously crystallized gel, and variable amounts of boron (0 to 18% B2O3) added to water. The phases obtained were: quartz, sanidine, albite, silicate liquid quenched to glass, and aqueous vapour phase. Boric acids, borates and isotropic low index materials were found in the quenched vapour phase. An aluminium silicate-like mineral, not yet fully identified, is also present. The solidus temperature of the Q-Or-Ab composition is lowered by 60° C when 5 wt. % B2O3 is added and by more than 130° C when 17wt. % B2O3 is added. Compositions of equilibrated silicate melts and vapours were obtained between 780° C and 750° C for various B2O3 concentrations. The vapour phase is B and Si rich. It is also enriched in Na with respect to K, and in alkalis with respect to Al. Its silicate solute content is higher than in experiments with pure water. The solubility of water is increased by the addition of boron in Q-Or-Ab melts. Microprobe data show that the melts equilibrated with vapour phases become hyperaluminous and more potassic than sodic. The partition coefficient of boron is in favour of the vapour (k D=B2O3% in melt/B2O3% in vapour=0.33±0.02). The effect of the interaction between the silicate phases and the vapour is discussed. Comparison is made between the behaviour of boron and that of chlorine and fluorine. Geological applications are also provided, which concern the influence of boron on minimum melting, on muscovite stability and on the hypersolvus-subsolvus transition.