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Copyright
FOREWORD
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. OVERVIEW OF CONTACT METAMORPHISM
Chapter 2. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PLUTONS
Chapter 3. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS
Chapter 4. PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND THERMOBAROMETRY OF METAPELITES
Chapter 5. PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND THERMOBAROMETRY OF CALCAREOUS, ULTRAMAFIC AND MAFIC ROCKS, AND IRON FORMATIONS
Chapter 6. DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF METAMORPHIC PERMEABILITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR FLUID TRANSPORT
Chapter 7. METASOMATISM
Chapter 8. DEHYDRATION AND DECARBONATION REACTIONS AS A RECORD OF FLUID INFILTRATION
Chapter 9. STABLE ISOTOPE MONITORS
Chapter 10. MODELING THERMAL REGIMES
Chapter 11. KINETICS OF COARSENING AND DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED MINERAL GROWTH
Chapter 12. KINETICS OF HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS
Chapter 13. AUREOLE TECTONICS
Chapter 14. AUREOLE SYSTEMATICS
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CONTACT METAMORPHISM DERRILL M . K

, Editor

The authors, by affiliation: Mark D. Barton Robert P. Ilchik David A. Johnson Mark A. Marikos John-Mark Staude Dept. of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 George W. Bergantz Dept. of Geological Sciences University of Washington, AJ-20 Seattle, Washington 98195 James R. Bowers Kevin P. Furlong Derrill M. Kerrick Stuart P. Raeburn Dept. of Geosciences The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 James M. Brenan Geophysical Laboratory 5251 Broad Branch Road, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20015 John M. Ferry Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland 21218 T. Kenneth Fowler, Jr. Scott R. Paterson Dept. of Geological Sciences University of Southern California Los Angeles, California 90089 B. Ronald Frost Dept. of Geology & Geophysics University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming 82071 R. Brooks Hanson Science, 1333 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 and

The Series Editor:

R. Brooks Hanson Dept. of Mineral Sciences Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560 Raymond L. Joesten Dept. of Geology & Geophysics University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 06269 Theodore C. Labotka Dept. of Geological Sciences University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 Antonio C. Lasaga Geological Laboratory Yale University New Haven, Connecticut 06520 Peter I. Nabelek Dept. of Geological Sciences University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65211 David R. M. Pattison Dept. of Geology & Geophysics University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 Eleanour A. Snow Dept. of Geology University of South Florida Tampa, Florida 33620 Robert J. Tracy Dept. of Geological Sciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 Ron H. Vernon School of Earth Sciences MacQuarie University Sydney, N.S.W. 2109, Australia

Paul H. Ribbe Department of Geological Sciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

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AMPHIBOLES AND OTHER HYDROUS PYRIBOLES— MINERALOGY

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AMPHIBOLES: PETROLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL PHASE RELATIONS

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MATHEMATICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY ( R e v i s e d )

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J. W. Valley H. P. Taylor, Jr. J. R. CWeil

STABLE ISOTOPES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES

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THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING OF GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS: MINERALS, FLUIDS, MELTS

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H. P. Eugster I. S. E. Carmichael F. C. Hawthorne

SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS IN MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY

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HYDROUS PHYLLOSILICATES (EXCLUSIVE OF MICAS)

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MODERN POWDER DIFFRACTION

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B. R. Lipin G. A. McKay

GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS

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D. M. Kerrick

THE Al 2 Si0 5 POLYMORPHS (Monograph)

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M. F. Hochella, Jr. A. F. White

MINERAL-WATER INTERFACE GEOCHEMISTRY

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OXIDE MINERALS: PETROLOGIC AND MAGNETIC SIGNIFICANCE

CONTACT

METAMORPHISM FOREWORD

The Mineralogical Society of America sponsored a short course on Contact Metamorphism, October 17-19, 1991, at the Pala Mesa Resort, Fallbrook, California, prior to its annual meeting with the Geological Society of America. Derrill Kerrick convened the course and edited this volume of Reviews in Mineralogy, the largest ever published in the 18-year history of this series. One might have guessed that petrologists would hold the record. As series editor I am definitely not encouraging a competition! Other volumes in MSA's series are described on the facing page. I thank Derrill Kerrick for a splendid job of editing chapters and harrassing authors to finish them on time—unfortunately he did not succeed on the latter account. Michael Alter and Madelyn Smith did most of the paste-up for the camera-ready copy; Debra Thomson helped with typing. At headquarters, Susan Myers was very helpful, as always. PaulH. Ribbe Blacksburg, VA September 11, 1991 PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS As reviewed in Chapter 1, contact aureoles have unique attributes for elucidating the processes and controls of metamorphism. Within the last two decades there has been considerable evolution in our knowledge of metamorphism. This evolution spans a wide range of scales from submicroscopic analysis of grain boundaries through to regional scale analysis of contact metamorphism associated with batholith terrains. Geological sciences is becoming increasingly multidisciplinary in nature. Traditionally, contact aureoles were primarily studied by metamorphic petrologists. Their mapping of isograds and mineral zones in aureoles, coupled with microscopic analysis of the prograde metamorphic evolution of textures, structures and mineralogy, has provided an excellent framework for our understanding of contact metamorphism. However, complete understanding of the processes and controls of contact metamorphism requires a multidisciplinary analysis from a wide range of geological subdisciplines. This volume provides a multidisciplinary review of our current knowledge of contact metamorphism. As in any field of endeavor, we are provided with new questions, thereby dictating future directions of study. Hopefully, this volume will provide inspiration and direction for future research on contact metamorphism. Following journal-style reviewer guidelines, several individuals served as "formal" reviewers for selected chapters. Accordingly, L.P. Baumgartner, A.R. Cruden, J.J. DeYoreo, J.M. Ferry, R.B. Hanson, T.D. Hoisch, M.J. Holdaway, S.J. Mackwell, and J.M. Rice, kindly provided prompt, thorough reviews. As acknowledged in individual chapters, several other reviewers interacted directly with the authors. I am very grateful to all of the reviewers for their help in improving the quality of this volume. L.M. Miller of The Pennsylvania State University provided invaluable, friendly, efficient help with this volume and with organization of the short course. Susan Myers of the Mineralogical Society of America has been responsible for the budgeting, organization and logistics of this and many previous M.S.A. short courses. The Mineralogical Society of America owes her a large debt of gratitude for the overall success of the M.S.A short course series. For his incredible efforts as editor of the Reviews in Mineralogy series, the Society should consider elevating Paul Ribbe to sainthood. Derrill M. Kerrick University Park, PA September 3,1991 iii

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OF

CONTENTS

Copyright; List of additional volumes of Reviews in Mineralogy Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments Derrill M. Kerrick

Chapter 1

OVERVIEW OF CONTACT METAMORPHISM 1 1 2 4 7

8 8 9 9 10 10 12

INTRODUCTION GEOLOGIC SETTING INTRUSIVES COMPARISON WITH REGIONAL METAMORPHISM METAMORPHIC PROCESSES

Coarsening Neocrystallization Metasomatism Anatexis Deformation

FLUIDS REFERENCES

Chapter 2

George W. Bergantz

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PLUTONS 13

INTRODUCTION

16

INTENSIVE VARIABLES

24

EXTENSIVE VARIABLES

30

DYNAMIC STATE: COMBINATION OF INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE VARIABLES

34 42

REFERENCES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

13 16 18 20 21 24 26 30 31

Contact metamorphism as a conjugate system

Sequence of crystallization Volatiles Estimating temperature and pressure Physical properties

Size and shape of plutons Open-system behavior

Crystallization Conduction and convection models

Chapter 3

Theodore C. Labotka

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS 43 48

49 52 57

62

THE EXISTENCE OF METAMORPHIC FLUIDS THERMOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CONTACT METAMORPHIC FLUIDS

H20 CO2 CO2-H2O mixtures C0 2 -H 2 0-NaCl

iv

67

MINERAL-FLUID EQUILIBRIA

92

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF AQUEOUS FLUIDS

96 97

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

67 69 70 73 79 81 86 88 92 92 94 95 96

Quartz-H20 Calcite-H20 Graphite-H20 Graphitic pelitic homfelses Graphitic limestones Mixed volatile equilibria in CO2-H2O systems Assemblages in NaCl-CC>2-H20 fluids The compositions of metamorphic fluids

Viscosity Thermal conductivity Self-diffusion coefficient Comparison of the transport properties of H2O Summary

D.R.M. Pattison & R.J. Tracy

Chapter 4

PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND THERMOBAROMETRY OF M E T A P E L I T E S 105 105

PROLOGUE INTRODUCTION

110

DESCRIPTIVE ASPECTS OF CONTACT METAMORPHOSED PELITES

115

CHEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF ASSEMBLAGES

120 120

CONTACT AUREOLES IN PELITES CONTACT METAMORPHIC FACIES SERIES

105 107 109 109 110 110 118

124 124 124 124 124 124 125 125 125 125 126 126 129 129 129 129 130 130 130 130 132 132

Historical background Distinction between contact and regional metamorphism of pelites The importance of the petrogenetic grid Approach used in this chapter Facies of contact metamorphism Textures of contact metamorphic pelites Metamorphism vs. metasomatism

Facies series 1 Facies series 1, Type la Diagnostic features The Comrie aureole, Scotland Other aureoles Model reaction sequence Mineral compositions Facies series 1, Type lb Diagnostic features The Ballachulish aureole, Scotland Other aureoles from sub-facies series Type lb Regional metamorphic examples Model reaction sequence Mineral compositions Facies series 1, Type lc Diagnostic features The McGerrigle aureole, Quebec The Tono aureole, Japan Other aureoles from sub-facies series Type lc Regional examples of facies series Type lc Model reaction sequence Mineral compositions v

132 133 133 133 134 135 135 135 138 138 138 140 141 141 141 142 142 143 143 145 146 147 147 147 147 148 148 148 148 148 148 149 150 151 151 154 154 155 156 156 156 156 156 157 157 159 160 160 164 165 165 169 170 170 173 173 173

Facies series 2 Facies series 2, Type 2a

The Cupsuptic aureole, Maine The Kiglapait aureole, Labrador Other aureoles of sub-fades series Type 2a Regional examples Model reaction sequence Mineral compositions

Facies series 2, Type 2b

Diagnostic features The Ardara aureole, Donegal The Ronda aureole, Spain Other aureoles from facies series Type 2b Further subdivision ofsub-facies series Type 2b Regional examples Model reaction sequence Mineral compositions

Facies series 3 Facies series Type 4 Summary of facies series types Northwestern Maine—an example of regional-scale contact metamorphism Notable mineral associations in contact metamorphosed pelites

Cordierite-garnet-muscovite Staurolite-cordierite-muscovite Kyanite Quartz-absent assemblages Corundum Spinel Hypersthene

LOW- AND HIGH-P ULTRAMETAMORPHISM: BUCHITES AND EMERIES Buchites Emeries

Cortlandt Complex emeries

PROPOSED PETROGENETIC GRID

Restrictions

Garnet stability—the effect of Ca and Mn Staurolite-cordierite-muscovite K-feldspar + chlorite K-feldspar + staurolite Hypersthene

Univariant and divariant reactions Orientation of the grid Reactions at the onset of anatexis Facies series and bathozones

ANATEXIS

Comparison with the bathozone scheme of Carmichael (1978) High-grade assemblages in the anatectic zone Stability of kyanite + biotite in andalusite-sillimanite sequences

Significance of anatexis to phase equilibria

The muscovite-melt bathograd

CALIBRATION OF THE PETROGENETIC GRID IN P - T SPACE

Accuracy of the calibrated grid C- and S-bearing fluid species and variations in aH20 Pressures of facies series types

THERMOBAROMETRY

Low to intermediate grade metapelites

Thermometry

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175 175 175 111 177 111 178 179 179

Barometry Multi-equilibrium calculations The zoned-garnet Gibbs' method High-grade metapelites Thermometry Barometry Multi-equilibrium calculations Pressure estimates using stratigraphie arguments Comparison of exchange thermobarometry with petrogenetic grid constraints

181 181

EPILOGUE SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

182 182

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES

181 181 181 181 182 182

Use of modal mineralogy and textures to document reaction processes Testing techniques for P-T path determination Detailed investigation of anatexis in contact metamorphism Experimental refinement of key metapelitic equilibria Resetting of geothermobarometers Testing of multi-equilibrium techniques

Chapter 5

R.J. Tracy & B.R. Frost

PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND THERMOBAROMETRY OF CALCAREOUS, ULTRAMAFIC AND MAFIC ROCKS, AND IRON FORMATIONS 207

207 207 208 208

INTRODUCTION

Historical background Bowen's decarbonation series Pressure series of contact metamorphism Purpose of this chapter

208

CONTACT METAMORPHISM OF CALCAREOUS ROCKS

248

CONTACT METAMORPHISM OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS

208 209 212 216 218 223 224 225 226 226 229 229 231 233 237 239 240 241 246 246 249 249

Phase equilibria Fluid composition buffering in mixed-volatile equilibria CMS (H2O-CO2) equilibria CMAS(H20-CC>2) equilibria KCMAS(H20-C02) equilibria Other systems Kinetic control of contact phase equilibria Bulk compositional control ofphase equilibria in calcareous rocks Thermobarometry in contact metamorphosed calcareous rocks Well studied contact metamorphic calcareous rocks Adirondacks Alta aureole Ballachulish aureole Boulder and Marysville aureoles Christmas Mountains and Marble Canyon aureoles Crestmore Elkhorn aureole Notch Peak aureole Beinn an Dubhaich aureole, Skye Carbonate rock xenoliths in magmas

Phase equilibria The system CMS(H20)

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250 252 252 252 255 255 257

The system CFMS(H20) The system CMS(H20-C02) The system FMAS(H20) The system CFMAS(H20) Well studied contact metamorphic ultramafic rocks Ber geli aureole Paddy-Go-Easy Pass

251

CONTACT METAMORPHISM OF MARC ROCKS

269

CONTACT METAMORPHISM OF IRON FORMATIONS

211 279 280 280

SUMMARY DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES

257 259 259 263 264 264 265 267 269 269 269 273 273 275 211

Difficulties in studying contact metamorphosed metabasites Phase equilibria Amphibole reactions Effects of oxygen fugacity Well studied contact metamorphic mafic rocks Skye and Skaergaard The Karmutsen Morton Pass

Phase equilibria The system FS(H20) The system CFMS(H20) The system FMS(H20-C02-02) Well-studied contact metamorphic iron formations Metamorphism of the Gunflint Formation Metamorphism of the Biwabik Formation

Chapter 6

James Brenan

DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF METAMORPHIC PERMEABILITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR FLUID TRANSPORT 291 291

INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW OF LIKELY FLUID TRANSPORT MECHANISMS

293

CRACK PROPAGATION AND THE FATE OF CRACK-INDUCED PERMEABILITY

291 291 292 292 292 293 293 294 294 294 295 297 298 298 298 300 301 302

Hydrofracture Porous flow Crack networks Inter granularfluid Permeability estimation Surface tension-driven infiltration

Basics of fracture mechanics Processes that affect the onset of unstable crack extension Chemical environment Effect ofP, T and microstructure Stress corrosion Hydrofracturing Processes controlling the longevity of crack-induced permeability Crack sealing Crack healing Effects ofP.T and fluid composition on crack healing Other effects on crack healing Effect of deformation

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INTERGRANULAR DISTRIBUTION OF FLUID

315 315 315

FINAL COMMENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

302 302 303 304 304 309 310 311 311 312

Overview Introduction Basic principles of fluid distribution theory Results of dihedral angle measurements Experiments with quartz Experiments with calcite Results with other minerals Absence of grain-boundary films Diffusion in fluid-bearing systems Observations of natural wetting features

Chapter 7

M.D. Barton, R.P. Ilchik & M.A. Marikos METASOMATISM

321 321 321 323 324 325 325 325 329 330 331 331 331 333 333 334 334 335 336 336 336 341 345 345

INTRODUCTION CHARACTERIZATION

Modal changes Chemical changes Reactions

TYPES

Igneous and clastic host rocks Na-Mg-Ca-K types Hydrogen-ion metasomatism Volatile addition and silication Fenitiziation Carbonate and ultramafic host rocks Carbonate rocks Ultramafic rocks

ENVIRONMENTS AND DISTRIBUTION

Mafic intrusive suites Intermediate intrusive suites Felsic intrusive suites Strongly alkaline suites

DLSCUSSSION

Intrusion compositions Distibution and zoning

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

Chapter 8

John M. Ferry

DEHYDRATION AND DECARBONATION REACTIONS AS A RECORD OF FLUID INFILTRATION 351 351 352

352 352 352 352

INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE THE PETROLOGIC RECORD OF FLUID INFILTRATION DURING CONTACT METAMORPHISM: SELECTED EXAMPLES

Five aspects of the petrologic record Sequences of isograds Mineral assemblages Reaction progress

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356 356 356 357 358 360 360 362 363 363 365 367 367 370 370 370 370 371 371 372 373 373 373 374 374 374 377 377 379 380 380 380 382 382 383 384 387 387 388 388 388 390 390 390 390 391 391

Spacing of isograds Direction ofmetamorphic grade Scope of review INFILTRATION THEORY

Box models Models for coupled fluid flow and chemical reaction General theory - systems with local mineral-fluid equilibrium General theory - input of disequilibrium fluid at the inlet of the flow system

APPLICATIONS TO SIMPLE SYSTEMS

Effect of fluid flow along a temperature gradient Model siliceous limestone Model pelite Effect of fluid flow along a pressure gradient Model siliceous limestone Model pelite Summary and generalization of applications to simple systems Infiltration-driven contact metamorphism Time-integrated fluid fluxes of infiltration-driven contact metamorphism Equilibrium vs. disequilibrium fluids Relative importance of increasing temperature vs. decreasing pressure during equilibrium flow Carbonate rocks vs. pelites as petrologic records of fluid-rock infiltration

FLUID FLOW IN CONTACT AUREOLES : IDENTIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT

Model rock compositions Phase equilibria and conditions of contact metamorphism Prograde contact metamorphism—zero vs. infinite time-integrated fluid flux Predicted mineralogy: zero time-integrated flux Predicted mineralogy: infinite time-integrated flux Mineralogical criteria for distinguishing zero from infinite fluid flux Quantitative constraints on time-integrated fluid flux from observed mineral assemblages Lower bounds on qm from divariant assemblages Upper bounds on qmfrom invariant assemblages Bounds on qmfrom selected univariant assemblages and the invariant assemblage dolomite-calcite-tremolite-forsteritediopside Limits on time-integrated fluid fluxes during contact metamorphism Fluid flow or large porosity? Quantitative constraints on time-integrated fluid flux from measured reaction progress Quantitative constraints on time-integated fluid flux from measured spacing of isograds

DISCUSSION AND OVERVIEW

Role of infiltration in the mineralogical evolution of contact aureoles Time-integrated fluid flux Lithology and fluid flow Inner and outer aureoles Late hydration Fluid flow direction and hydrologic models for contact metamoiphic events Petrologic evidence of flow direction Hydrologic models of contact metamorphism ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

x

Chapter 9

Peter I. Nabelek STABLE ISOTOPE MONITORS

395 396 397

INTRODUCTION LIST OF SYMBOLS NOTATION AND FRACTIONATION FACTORS

400

ISOTOPIC CHANGES IN CLOSED SYSTEMS

404

OPEN SYSTEMS: L o s s OF VOLATILES

397 397 401 402

The 3-value and standards The fractionation factor

Temperature effects on stable isotope compositions of minerals Isotopic changes in minerals during net-transfer reactions Combined 3180-3 13 C depletions in calc-silicate metasediments

407 408

OPEN SYSTEMS: FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION

415 418

ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS OF OPEN CONTACT AUREOLES ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS OF LARGELY CLOSED AUREOLES

424 428

STABLE ISOTOPE THERMOMETRY IN CONTACT AUREOLES KINETIC CONSIDERATIONS AND RETROGRADE EXCHANGE

430 430 430

CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

408 410 413 418 421 422 428 428

Zero-dimensional (one-box models) and mixing One-dimensional flow; numerical multibox models One-dimensional flow; chromatographic exchange

The roles of permeability and structure The origin of fluids in largely-closed contact aureoles Skarns

Kinetic considerations Retrograde exchange

Chapter 10

K.P. Furlong, R.B. Hanson & J.R. Bowers MODELING THERMAL REGIMES

437 438 439 440 443 444 444 445 447 448 448 448 451 452 452 456 456 458 458 462 463 463

INTRODUCTION LIST OF SYMBOLS MODELING HEAT TRANSFER MODELING COOLING INTRUSIVES

Temperature dependence of thermal diffusivity Conduction as rate controlling process Shortcomings of analytical models

CRUSTAL THERMAL REGIMES

Transient geotherms Crustal heterogeneities

NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS

Finite difference approximation Boundary conditions

CONDUCTION-DOMINATED SYSTEMS

Classifying systems Intrusive geometry One-dimensional models Two-dimensional models Three-dimensional models Latent heat Endothermic reactions Host rock thermal gradients

xi

465 467

Multiple intrusive events Aureole deformation

467 468

LOW-PRESSURE METAMORPHIC BELTS MODELING HYDROTHERMAL EFFECTS

497 497 498

CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES

469 470 470 471 472 472 473 474 475 475 478 481 481 482 484 484 484 487 487 491 492 495 496

General equations and principles Conservation of mass (or continuity) equation Darcy's law Conservation of energy equation Solution methods and basic assumptions Models with A • u = 0 Fluid equation of state Permeability arid porosity First-order controls on fluid flow: effects of geometry and permeability General features Cooling times Bulk fluid! rock ratios Evolution of flow patterns Flow directions and flow paths Two-phase flow Comples geometries and anistropy Topography Pore pressure increases and permeability changes Enhancement of permeability Reduction of permeability Fluid production Overview, summary, and application of models Applications

Chapter 11

Raymond L. Joesten

KINETICS OF COARSENING AND D I F F U S I O N - C O N T R O L L E D MINERAL GROWTH 507 508 509 511

511 512 513 514 515 516 516 517 518 520 521 523 524

WHY STUDY KINETICS IN CONTACT AUREOLES ? INTRODUCTION TO THE KINETICS OF COARSENING EMPIRICAL DESCRIPTION OF COARSENING KINETICS THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION OF COARSENING KINETICS

Surface energy reduction-the driving force for coarsening Surface energy and particle coarsening Surface energy and matrix coarsening Coarsening of dispersed particles - porphyroblast coarsening Particle growth controlled by matrix volume diffusion Particle growth controlled by matrix grain-boundary diffusion Particle growth controlled by dissolution kinetics at the particle/matrix interface Generalfeatures ofparticle coarsening rate Integrated particle coarsening equations Matrix coarsening - coarsening of monomineralic aggregates Grain size distributions for particle and matrix coarsening Effect of volume fraction on particle coarsening Application of theoretical coarsening models to the analysis of coarsening in laboratory and natural systems

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525

EXPERIMENTAL COARSENING OF ROCK-FORMING MINERALS

536

MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF THE KINETICS OF THERMALLY-ACTIVATED PROCESSES IN CONTACT AUREOLES

525 530 533 533 533 534 535 536

536 538 539

539 543 543 546 551 553 554 558 558

558 561 562 562 564

564 566 566 567 569 569 569 569

569 570 571 573 575 578 579

Calcite Quartz Wollastonite Extrapolation of experimental coarsening results to geologic times Calcite Quartz Does grain diameter stabilize at long times? Compensation equation for retrieval of Arrhenius coefficients for normal grain growth from measurements at a single temperature

Kinetic description of non-isothermal coarsening in contact aureoles Crank-Nicolson finite difference model for the crystallization and cooling of a dike using the enthalpy method

RECRYSTALLIZATION AND COARSENING KINETICS IN CONTACT AUREOLES

Calcite coarsening in the contact aureoles of basalt dikes Quartz coarsening Retrieval of coarsening parameters using a thermal history model for the Christmas Mountains contact aureole A field test of coarsening models in the Ballachulish contact aureole Traversella contact aureole Low temperature quartz coarsening in the Ouachita orogen Wollastonite recrystallization and coarsening in the Christmas Mountains contact aureole

DIFFUSION IN CONTACT METAMORPHISM KINETICS OF DIFFUSION IN POLYCRYSTALLINE AGGREGATES

Grain-boundary diffusion kinetics Scale of diffusion penetration in metamorphic rocks Retrieval of oxygen grain-boundary diffusion coefficients from coarsening coefficients Diffusion and the kinetics of heterogeneous mineral reactions

CHERT NODULE REACTION RIMS IN CARBONATE ROCKS IN CONTACT AUREOLES

Chert nodule reaction rims in limestone Chert nodule reaction rims in dolostone Alta contact aureole Beinn an Dubhaich contact aureole Kaizuki-yama granit, Japan Santa Oliala tonalite, Spain Aankit basaltic feeder dike, U.S.S.R.

STEADY STATE MODELING OF THE DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED GROWTH OF CHERT NODULE REACTION RIMS

Constrained mass balance modeling of mineral assemblage zoning Model chert limestone reaction rims Model chert dolostone reaction rims

EXPERIMENTAL MODELING OF CHERT NODULE REACTION RIMS KINETICS OF DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED REACTION RIM GROWTH IN THE CHRISTMAS MOUNTAINS CONTACT AUREOLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT REFERENCES

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D.M. Kerrick, A.C. Lasaga & S.P. Raeburn

Chapter 12

KINETICS OF HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS 583 584 586

INTRODUCTION LIST OF SYMBOLS KINETICS OF OVERALL REACTIONS: THEORY

601 601

KINETICS OF OVERALL REACTIONS: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES Methodology

586 587 587 596 603 603 609 610 610 613 613 613 616 618 619 619 620 621

Elementary versus overall reactions Steady state and metastability Heterogeneous reaction rate laws A simple flow and reaction model

Experimental studies of selected reactions Andalusite osillimanite Calcite + quartz wollastonite + CO2 Tremolite + dolomite =>forsterite + calcite + CO2 + H2O Tremolite + calcite + quartz =>diopside + CO2 + H2O Dolomite + quartz =>diopside + CO2 Muscovite + quartz andalusite + K-feldspar + H2O Brucite periclase + H2O Critique of experimental studies on heterogeneous metamorphic reaction kinetics Application of experimental studies to contact metamorphism Calcite + quartz wollastonite + CO2 Tremolite + dolomite =>forsterite + calcite + CO2 + H2O Tremolite + calcite + quartz =>diopside + CO2 + H2O Critique of the application of experimental kinetic data to contact metamorphism

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Kinetic analysis of selected heterogeneous reactions Andalusite =>sillimanite reaction Reactions in metamorphosed siliceous dolomites Retrograde heterogeneous reaction kinetics in contact metamorphism

Theories of nucleation and growth in metamorphism Nucleation rates Growth rates Overall transformation rates Textural information relevant to crystallization kinetics Spatial distribution of crystals Crystal size distributions Compositional information relevant to crystallization kinetics Theories of compositional zoning in garnet Conversion of compositional data to growth rate information Significance of non-bell-shaped MnO profiles to crystallization kinetics Discussion of published metamorphic crystallization kinetic studies

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Introduction Stoping Cauldron subsidence, ring-dikes and cone sheets Laccoliths Block elevation along faults Diapirs and ballooning plutons Mystery plutons Wall-rock melting Sills/dikes Regional deformation and extension

Foliation patterns Lineation patterns Brittle structures Migmatites in contact aureoles Timing relationships Distinguishing types of structures in granitoids Foliation patterns Additional factors influencing structural patterns and timing Pluton shapes Post-emplacement strain partitioning Poiphyroblast-matrix relations as timing indicators in aureoles PMR s in contact aureoles without regional deformation PMR's in contact auireoles with concurrent regional deformation

Kinematic indicators Strain analyses and mechanical modeling Fractals Rates of processes Crystal size distributions Thermomechanical modeling and field studies

Most ductile processes Brittle/ductile processes Brittle wall rock processes Summary of timing relations Post-cleavage plutons Syn-cleavage plutons Pre-cleavage plutons Concluding remarks

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Principal variables Depth, composition, and size Other variables

Overview Volcanic and hypabyssal Convergent margin-raltated - terrestrial Convergent margin-related - marine Rift- arid hot-spot related Tholeiitic magmatism Spreading centers Upper crust Intrusions Aureoles Fluidflow and metasomatism Multiple intrusive centers Pegmatites Layered intrusions Mafic layered intrusions Anorthosite massifs Middle crust Lower crust and upper mantle Lower crust Upper mantle Non-igneous types of contact metamorphism Tilted and composite sections

Intrusions and host rocks Distribution with depth Aureoles Isochemical systematics Allochemical systematics Time-space relationships Concluding remarks

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Chapter 1

Derrill M. Kerrick

OVERVIEW OF CONTACT METAMORPHISM INTRODUCTION Since V.M. Goldschmidt's (1911) classic study on the Oslo area of Norway, contact aureoles have provided excellent natural "laboratories" for the elucidation of the processes and conditions of metamorphism. Reverdatto (1973) compiled petrologic studies on contact metamorphism. However, considerable research on the processes and controls of contact metamorphism has been carried out in the last two decades. This volume presents a review of contact metamorphism from a variety of geological subdisciplines (igneous and metamorphic petrology, geochemistry, thermal modeling, and structural geology). This chapter presents a brief overview of the controls and processes of contact metamorphism, and is primarily intended for readers who are relatively unfamiliar with this topic. GEOLOGIC SETTING Contact and regional metamorphism have traditionally been separated according to scale and to the spatial relationship to intrusive heat sources. Accordingly, contact metamorphism occurs in aureoles surrounding intrusives. In contrast, regional metamorphism is of regional extent with no apparent relation to intrusives as heat sources. The association with intrusives provides a global-scale distribution between contact aureoles and intrusive belts and batholiths (Fig. 1). Magmatic arcs at zones of continental collision (Fig. 2) are a locus

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Figure 1. Exposed granitic rocks in North America. Note the intrusives along the western margin of the continent that form part of the circum-Pacific magmatic arc. The intrusives in the shield area of Canada are generalized (metamoiphic rocks are included). (Modified from Best, 1982).

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for contact metamorphism. Indeed, many published studies of contact metamorphism involve aureoles within these magmatic zones. As shown in Figure 2, intrusives are abundant within the low-P/high-T portion of paired metamorphic belts. Thus, contact aureoles are typically hosted in rocks of the greenschist and amphibolite facies of regional metamorphism. Because intrusives are rare in high-P/low-T rocks closer to the trench (Fig. 2), aureoles are rarely hosted in rocks of prehnite-pumpelleyite and blueschist facies. INTRUSIVES The pressures of contact metamorphism are a function of depth of emplacement of intrusives at the present levels of exposure. As depicted in Figure 2, intrusives occur over a wide range of crustal levels. Shallow intrusives typically have well-developed contact aureoles hosted by country rocks that are unmetamorphosed or enjoyed earlier low-grade regional metamorphism (greenschist facies). Consequently, as shown in Figure 3, aureoles adjacent to shallow intrusives are typically well defined. In contrast, deep plutons typically intrude high grade country rocks and the aureoles are not as obvious as those developed adjacent to shallow intrusives. Accordingly, there is literature bias toward investigations of aureoles adjacent to shallow intrusives. As predicted from a conductive cooling model, there is a general correlation between size (width) of aureoles and size of intrusives (Fig. 3). This correlation is explicable in terms of the relative amounts of heat evolved from large versus small intrusions. Aureoles adjacent to felsic intrusions (e.g., granodiorites) are generally larger and have higher grade metamorphic rocks than aureoles next to basic intrusions (e.g., gabbros). This correlation is compatible with geothermometry which suggests that basic magmas (e.g., gabbros) are hotter than felsic magmas (e.g., granodiorites). The systematic correlation between the nature and size of aureoles and the composition of intrusives is reviewed in Chapter 14 of this volume. The shape of an aureole depends upon the form of the intrusive. Based on a conduction cooling model for the intrusive, isograds in an aureole should generally conform to the intrusive contact. Although this conformance is well displayed in some aureoles (Fig. 3),

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Figure 3. Contact aureoles in a portion of the Santa Rosa Range, Nevada. As described by Compton (1960), the pelitic hornfelses of the aureoles are readily distinguished from the phyllite country rocks that were subjected to pre-intrusive greenschist facies regional metamorphism. As predicted from conduction thermal modeling, the aureole around the Santa Rosa stock is larger than that of the smaller Sawtooth stock. (From Nagy and Parmentier, 1982, Fig. 1).

Figure 4. Orthographic projection of the Rattlesnake Mountain pluton, San Bemadino Mountains, southern California. (From MacColl, 1964, Plate 7).

4 there are notable exceptions. The shape of the intrusion at depth may provide an explanation for aureoles where the shapes and forms of metamorphic isograds do not conform to the intrusive contact. For example, due to geometric irregularity of the pluton depicted in Figure 4, the geometry of the isograds would be correspondingly complex. An apparent example of this effect is shown in Figure 5. However, an alternative explanation is provided by heat transport due to fluid flow. As discussed in Chapter 10, the presence of a magmatic heat source will cause convective circulation of fluids in the aureole and adjacent country rocks. As depicted in Figure 6, marked convective fluid flow through permeable rocks can significandy affect the thermal regime in aureoles and, thus, markedly affect the spatial locations of isograds. The thermal effects of focused fluid flow through lithologies of relatively high permeability (Fig. 7) could affect the spatial locations of isograds. COMPARISON WITH REGIONAL METAMORPHISM There are notable advantages of studying contact metamoiphism compared to regional metamorphism. First, significant changes in metamorphic grade occur over small distances. In several aureoles, single lithologic units can be followed from outside the aureole to the intrusive contact. As illustrated in Figure 8, the scale of contact metamorphism facilitates the opportunity to track the prograde metamorphism of specified horizons within formational and lithologic units. Second, computations of conductive and convective cooling of intrusives provide important insight into the thermal histories of contact aureoles. Because temperature during contact metamorphism increases with decreasing distance from an intrusive, sampling aureoles in traverses perpendicular to intrusive contact provides a constraint on the relative maximum temperatures of samples collected along each traverse. This is a significant aid for geothermometry. Thus, for example, the relative temperatures of samples along traverses B, C, D and F in Figure 8 are known. Third, intrusives provide a source of volatiles. In light of the considerable research on the physicochemical properties of magmatic volatiles, we are provided with an independent way to further our understanding of fluid transport and metasomatism in aureoles. Fourth, contact aureoles are advantageous in that metamorphism was essentially isobaric. This conclusion is verified by considering the lithostatic pressure variation using the equation: P = p gh (p = rock density, g = acceleration due to gravity, and h = depth). Even in alpine terranes, maximum relief within a given aureole is typically « 1 km. Taking an average metamorphic rock density of 2.8 g/cm 3 (Daly et al., 1966), the maximum pressure gradient would be 280 bars for 1 km of relief. As reviewed in Chapters 4 and 5 of this volume, pressure differences < 280 bars will have a negligible effect on the temperatures most metamorphic equilibria within the pressure range of most contact aureoles. Exclusion of the pressure variable considerably simplifies geothermometry of contact metamorphism compared to regional metamorphism. Fifth, belts of regional metamorphism typically have evidence of complex tectonothermal histories with several periods of metamorphism and deformation. Current models suggest that tectonic imbrication along thrust faults yields considerable differences in the P-T-t histories of rocks within adjacent fault blocks (an excellent example is provided by Spear et al., 1990). In contrast, within the time period of contact metamorphism, rocks in contact aureoles typically have far simpler thermal and tectonic histories. With single magmatic pulses there is a corresponding single contact metamorphic event. Multiple intrusives yield multiple thermal pulses. However, by radiometric age dating of the various intrusive phases, the thermal history of the associated aureole is tractable. Because of the relative size of contact aureoles compared to belts of regional metamorphism, the spatial relationship of aureoles with intrusives, differences in mineral assemblages because of pressure differences (especially pelitic lithologies), and differences in metasomatism (e.g., the restriction of skarns to contact aureoles), contact metamoiphism has traditionally been considered to be distinct from regional metamorphism. However, this distinction has long been questioned. Belts of regional metamorphism typically contain abundant intrusives. Could intrusives collectively increase the regional thermal gradient and thus be a primary cause of regional metamorphism? Within the last few years there has

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been renewed interest in the role of intrusives for low pressure regional metamorphism ("LPM"), which is characterized by metamorphic minerals (especially andalusite and cordierite in metapelites) that are restricted to relatively low pressures (P < 4 kbar). As illustrated in Figure 9, intrusive heat sources have been proposed for LPM because of the abnormally high geothermal gradients ( d P / c f T > 30°C/km). Some workers have regarded LPM as regional-scale contact metamorphism. The issue of heat sources for LPM is the subject of current controversy (Chapter 10). Nevertheless, LPM epitomizes the potential indistinction between contact and regional metamorphism and may argue for a continuum between these two types of metamorphism. Contact aureoles provide a way to track the tectonothermal evolution of metamorphic belts. As seen in Figure 10b, radiometric age dating, coupled with aureole thermobarometry, yields information on the depth at stage (4) of the orogen depicted in Figure 10a.

magmas are generated by anatexis (hachured area). Stage (4) corresponds to magmatic intrusion and development of an adjacent contact aureole, (b) Schematic illustration of analysis of the barometric development of selected stages of the orogen. In stage (4), pressure is determined by geobarometry of the aureole and the time is determined by radiometric age dating of the intrusive. (From Jamieson and Beaumont, 1989, Figs. 5 and 6a; copyright Geological Society).

METAMORPHIC PROCESSES Metamorphism occurs by a combination of the following processes: coarsening, neocrystallization, metasomatism, anatexis, and deformation. The first two processes are ubiquitous in contact aureoles, whereas the last three processes are important to varying degrees in different aureoles. Complete understanding of the overall process of contact metamorphism demands an understanding of the mechanisms and relative roles of all five processes.

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Figure 11 (above). Average grain size as a function of distance from intrusive contacts. The curve for the Dashkesan aureole represents calcite in marbles whereas the curve for the Morang aureole is quartz in hornfels. (From Spry, 1969, Fig. 39a; copyrighted by Pergamon Piess). Figure 12 (right). P-T grid showing some equilibria relevant to contact metamorphism of pelitic rocks. The heavy arrow represents the hypothesized prograde path in the aureole of the Anvil batholith in the northern Canadian Cordillera. A => E correspond to prograde metamorphic zones; the filled circles correspond to isograds. (From Smith and Erdmer, 1990, Fig. 15).

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Coarsening Coarsening refers to mineral growth due to processes other than heterogeneous reactions. Perhaps the best known petrologic example of coarsening is the transformation of limestones and dolomites into marble. Indeed, marble ornamental stones owe their beauty to the process of coarsening. In contact aureoles, coarsening is revealed by an increase in average grain diameter with decreasing distance from an intrusive (Fig. 11). This correlation points to the thermal activation of the coarsening process. Considerable research on coarsening is summarized in the metallurgical and ceramic literature. Chapter 11 reviews theory and experiments relevant to coarsening in contact aureoles. Because of the time dependence of the coarsening process, particular emphasis is placed on the kinetics of coarsening. Neocrvstallization Much research in metamorphic petrology has focused on reactions responsible for the formation of new minerals that were not present in the protoliths. Afeocrystallization results from heterogeneous reactions driven by the Gibbs free energy changes of reactions. Most isograds are correlative with heterogeneous reactions. The P-T conditions at which metamorphic reactions proceed, and at which metamorphic mineral assemblages are stable, have been the focus of considerable petrologic attention since Bowen (1940) introduced the concept of the petrogenetic grid. As shown in Figure 12, the petrogenetic grid offers a way to determine the P-T conditions of contact metamorphism. However, this analysis is complicated by multivariancy introduced by variation in mineral and fluid composition. Denoting the mineral and/or fluid compositional variable with X,- (following the usual thermodynamic definition of mole fraction of a component i), much of the quantitative analysis of metamorphic petrology has focused on elucidating the P-T-X, conditions of metamorphism with the assumption that mineral assemblages in contact aureoles represent equilibrium. The P-T-X,- relations of metamorphic mineral assemblages and isograd reactions in major "reactive" lithologies in contact metamorphism are reviewed in Chapters 4 and 5. The assumption of equilibrium implies that there are no kinetic barriers for metamorphic reactions. If, however, sluggish reaction kinetics is significant, much of the quantitative foundation of metamorphic petrology (i.e., the petrogenetic grid) is invalid. The theoretical, experimental and field aspects of heterogeneous metamorphic reaction kinetics are reviewed in Chapter 12. Heterogeneous metamorphic reactions can be

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subdivided into two sequential processes: nucleation and growth of product minerals. Accordingly, the kinetics of nucleation and growth are separately considered in Chapter 12. Metasomatism Metasomatism refers to changes in bulk-rock composition of one or more chemical elements during metamorphism. Such allochemical metamorphism contrasts with isochemical metamorphism in which there are no changes in bulk-rock chemistry. Metasomatism is particularly evidenced in carbonate host rocks. In some aureoles, there is compelling evidence for significant major-element metasomatism of carbonate rocks (Fig. 13). The presence of skarns developed near contacts between intrusives and carbonate lithologies are products of wholesale metasomatic transformation. Because skarns are host rocks for ore deposits (tungsten is of particular note), the elucidation of the metasomatic controls and processes in the genesis of skams is of interest to both economic geologists and metamorphic petrologists. Anatexis Anatexis is synonymous with partial melting. Migmatites, which are restricted to the high-grade portions of numerous contact aureoles (Fig. 14), are compatible with the

Figure 14. Migmatitic gneiss in the aureole of the Standard pluton, west central Sierra Nevada, California (described by Kemck, 1970).

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hypothesis of anatexis produced by elevated temperatures. Accordingly, the quartzofeldspathic (leucosome) portions of anatectic migmatites represent crystallized partial melt. Experimental studies of anatexis, coupled with studies of anatectic migmatites in terranes of regional metamorphism, are of considerable aid in elucidating anatexis in contact metamorphism. Anatexis can have a considerable influence on the physical and chemical evolution of contact aureoles. For example, anatectic melts are transient sinks for aqueous volatiles. The consequent reduction in a ^ O in the solid residuum (restite) is of significance in analysis of phase equilibria in migmatites. Anatexis in pelites subjected to contact metamorphism is reviewed in Chapter 4. Anatexis yields an significant change in rock rheology. The presence of envelopes of high-grade anatectic migmatites may have an important effect on intrusive mechanisms (Fig. 15). The structural role of migmatites in contact metamorphism is reviewed in Chapter 13. Deformation Because of the "isotropic" fabric, the abundant hornfelses in aureoles have traditionally been interpreted as products of metamorphism under static conditions. However, strain analysis and the presence of rotated porphyroblasts in aureoles counter this traditional assumption. This alternative view is epitomized by the model of "ballooning" intrusives (Fig. 16) whereby the aureole is considered to be attenuated due to forcible distention of an intrusive because of continued supply of magma from depth (akin to the stretching and attenuation of a balloon during continued inflation). Synmetamorphic strain could have important affects on the development of the contact aureole. For example, permeability and porosity (and, thus, fluid flow) would be affected. Significant attenuation of the aureole would affect the spatial reference frame of the aureole. In particular, the interpretation of distances of samples from intrusive contacts would be complicated by significant thinning of the aureole. The hypothesis of ballooning intrusions, and other questions regarding the structural evolution and controls of contact metamorphism, are reviewed and critiqued in Chapter 13. FLUIDS Fluids play a significant role in contact metamorphism and thus deserve particular attention. Petrologic studies of contact aureoles reveal a significant integrated flux of fluids. Fluid-rock interaction has a significant effect on the chemical and mineralogical evolution of contact aureoles. Accordingly, fluids are the focus of several chapters in this volume. Magmatic volatiles are considered in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 reviews the chemical, physical and thermodynamic properties of fluids in contact metamorphism. Phase equilibria of metamorphic reactions involving "mixed volatiles" are reviewed in Chapters 3, 4 and 5. Porosity and permeability in contact aureoles is reviewed in Chapter 6. Understanding of the mechanisms of bulk-rock fluid transport demands an understanding of the microscopic-scale "plumbing system" reviewed in Chapter 6. The transport of

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chemical species as solutes in flowing fluids is an important mechanism for metasomatism in contact metamorphism. This topic is reviewed in Chapter 7. The influx of fluids into a metamorphic system will drive heterogeneous metamorphic reactions. As reviewed in Chapter 8, analysis of the progress (extent) of metamorphic reactions provides a way to quantify the extent of fluid-rock interaction during metamorphism. Fluid-rock interaction will also affect the isotopic compositions of rocks and minerals. This topic is reviewed in Chapter 9. Fluid flow will also affect the thermal history of contact metamorphism. Of particular importance is the thermal effect resulting from the influx of relatively cool fluids involved in hydrothermal convection within pemieable rocks adjacent to intrusives (Fig. 6). Were there marked differences in the metamorphic thermal regimes of aureoles developed solely by conductive heat transport versus those with significant heat transport by convective fluid circulation? This and other questions regarding heat transport by fluids are reviewed in Chapter 10.

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Chapter 2

George W. Bergantz PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PLUTONS INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this chapter is to inventory and describe some of the generic features of intrusive systems which pertain to the understanding of contact metamorphism. Magmas are the sources of heat, mass and mechanical energy that yield contact metamorphism and associated deformation, and an appreciation for the manner in which the intensive and extensive variables vary during plutonism may aid in understanding the temporal and spatial details of contact metamorphism. A wide variety of thermal histories and corresponding styles of self organization are possible given the variety of initial and boundary conditions attendant with plutonism. This review concentrates on the physical and chemical processes in plutons. The scope of this review is limited largely to granitoids; literature on mafic systems or mid-ocean ridges is not included. The purpose of this review is to provide quick access to the current work and paradigms relating to plutonic systems. The first priority is to direct the student of contact metamorphism to the literature useful in constraining magmatic processes. Given the extremely broad nature of the subject and the space available, it was decided to sacrifice detail for scope; a functional understanding of magmatic processes will require further study of the works cited herein. Petrogenetic schemes or compositional-tectonic associations are not discussed. The importance of pedogenesis in the broad characterization of plutons is recognized, however, a detailed treatment of this topic is outside the scope of this review. Pedogenesis and regional tectonics are treated in a number of timely summaries and the interested reader is encouraged to look there. First among them are the general reviews of plutonism by Pitcher (1978, 1979, 1987), Whitney (1988), Zen (1988), and Chappell and Stephens (1988). A number of excellent compilations of magmatism in a regional context are available: reviews of Andean magmatism (Atherton and Tarney, 1979; Harmon and Barreiro, 1984; Pitcher et al., 1985) also see Hildreth's (1987b) review of Pitcher et al. (1985), studies of magmatism in North America (Anderson, 1990; Ernst, 1988), and compilations of papers discussing magmatism around the Pacific margin (Kay and Rapela, 1990; Roddick, 1983). Anthologies of related interest are those edited by Vielzeuf and Vidal (1990) which addresses granulites and crustal evolution, and Mereu et al. (1989) on the physical properties and processes of the lower crust. Contact metamorphism as a conjugate system The transfer of heat and mass from the magma to the country rock comprises what is known as a conjugate, or coupled, system (Bejan, 1984; Bergantz and Lowell, 1987). The important characteristic of conjugate systems is that the quantitative modeling of the transfer of heat and mass from the magma to the country rock requires explicit consideration of the heat transfer systematics on both sides of the contact zone. A direct physical analogy of this is the window of a house on a cold day. Heat is being brought up to the window by whatever processes may be operating in the room, such as a forced air furnace or perhaps natural convection from a wood stove. The heat is being transferred through the window to the cold thermal reservoir outside, and conditions outside the house will determine how efficient the environment is at removing the heat from the window. Thus, the temperature of the window reflects the balance of the heat transfer processes on each side of this coupled system. If the window feels warm to the touch, the heat transfer in the room is able to keep up with the losses to the environment and so the rate-limiting step is the thermal resistance associated with transfer in the outside environment. If the window feels cold to the touch, which is more often the case, that indicates that the rate-limiting processes are associated with heat transfer in the room bringing heat up to the window. The point is that the temperature of the geological window, which is recorded in the contact

14 metamorphism and is time dependent for any case of geological interest, provides a constraint for the possible processes that can occur in the coupled magma-country rock system. The implication of this is that the temperature and spatial extent of contact metamorphism can possibly provide some insight into the coupled nature of the processes operating on both sides of the contact. This suggests that one might be able to "invert" the geologically determined conditions of metamorphism to choose among the possible processes of heat and mass exchange. It is not difficult to imagine a variety of interactions between the pluton and the country rock: (a) conduction on both sides of the contact with or without phase change being explicitly included (Bowers et al., 1990), (b) conduction in the magma with hydrothermal convection in country rock (Cheng, 1978, 1981; Norton and Taylor, 1979; Parmentier, 1979, 1981); and a study by Johnson and Norton (1985) that deserves more attention, (c) convection on both sides of the contact (Bergantz and Lowell, 1987), (d) cracking of the solidifying magmatic rind which permits hydrothermal fluids to cross the contact (Canigan, 1986; Lister, 1974), or (e) conduction in the country rock with convection in the magma, with the possibility of simultaneous crystallization and melting (Bergantz, 1991). It is likely that more than one of these processes may operate during an episode of contact metamorphism, particularily if the magma is subject to open system behavior, e.g., additional magma enters the system. A knowledge of the contact metamorphism, such as the spatial distribution of maximum temperatures, provides a constraint with which the magmatic history must be consistent. This has some appeal for those working in magma dynamics, as it is very difficult to constrain processes in the magma from the temperatures recorded in the pluton. Undoubtedly, this difficulty is largely due to the fact that plutons represent the end result of what is a complex chemical and mechanical history. This complexity is manifested a number of ways: in the ubiquitous disequilibrium mineral textures formed during both growth and subsolidus conditions, the isotopic evidence for assimilation and other open system behavior, mineral fabrics formed during magmatic flow with superposed near or sub-solidus deformation features, and in the diverse sequence of chemistries and eruptive styles exhibited by extrusive systems. The characterization of plutons must borrow substantially from the study of volcanic systems where magmatic conditions can be reconstructed without the veil of subsolidus transformations. Even some of the simplest magmatic systems appear to have complex histories. For example, scientific drilling at the Inyo Dome, California, thought to be a simple shallow silicic system revealed a complex relationship between high and low Si magmas, mixing and transport (Vogel et al., 1989). Complex patterns of re-intrusion, magma mingling and mixing, and segregation can all occur in what is thought to be a single magma chamber as suggested in a number of studies; examples include Vesuvius (Civetta et al., 1991) and the chamber that existed below Mount Mazama (Bacon and Druitt, 1988). A fascinating degree of complexity in space and time of magma types and eruptive styles has been documented at Katmai, Alaska, where a plexus of small, compositionally distinct magma chambers are postulated (Hildreth, 1987a). A study that attempts to explicitly address the compositional, spatial and temporal relationships between plutonism and volcanism is the study of Lipman (1988). Even though volcanic rocks provide the best circumstances from which magmatic intensive variables can be estimated, it can be difficult to demonstrate equilibrium (Frost and Lindsley, 1991). In addition, the depth at which the pluton forms can radically impact the cooling and crystallization history by controlling the timing and extent of volatile exsolution (Swanson et al., 1989; Westrich et al., 1988). The implication of this is that the magmatic conditions that existed at the time of contact metamorphism may be different from those preserved in the pluton, and establishing the conditions which existed when the pluton was a viable "chamber" is subject to uncertainty. Another complication arises in inteipreting magmatic history in light of the contact metamorphism: more than one magmatic history can yield the same metamorphic history. In fact it appears that thermal contact metamorphism is consistent

15 with the simplest scenario imaginable: instantaneous intrusion followed by conductive cooling. This is discussed in more detail below. The most important aspect to consider when addressing the thermal evolution of plutons is the process of solidification. The enthalpy flux that ultimately yields contact metamorphism is invariably accompanied by an increase in crystallinity in the pluton. This can occur at the margins and the magma chamber may form a rind of crystals that propagates inward as cooling continues, perhaps conductivly in a manner analogous to the Hawaiian lava lakes. Alternatively, the crystallinity may increase in the center or in a distributed fashion in the melt, and the pluton will solidify uniformly, perhaps undergoing sustained and vigorous convection. These two end-members can yield very different calculated thermal histories, depending on the assumptions involved in parameterizing the heat transfer (Bergantz, 1991). The solidification process will also have a dramatic effect on the physical properties of the magma namely, the viscosity and the density of the magma will change as the crystallinity and volatile content increase. This in turn influences the processes driving the heat transfer and a feedback is created that is difficult to generalize. Laboratory and numerical experiments of solidification, as shown in Figure 1, reveal a rich diversity of solidification and cooling histories depending on the composition of the liquid,

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16 and the physical properties of the system (Beckermann and Viskanta, 1988; Bennon and Incropera, 1987; McBirney et al., 1985; Oldenburg and Spera, 1991). These studies provide a look at the current state-of-the-art in the formulation and modeling of solidification processes. Although none of the laboratory and few of the numerical experiments use materials that are directly analogous to magmas, they reveal some of the generic processes that occur in plutons. One of the most important of these is the partitioning of the body into a mushy zone near the contact where crystals and melt form a self supporting framework and an adjacent slurry where crystals reside in an expanse of melt. This partitioning has two important implications for contact metamorphism: (a) the contact between a Theologically viable magma and it's solid container propagates inward with time away from the original intrusive contact, thus the solidifying margins of the magma also undergo contact metamorphism in the sense that cracking and interaction of fluids is possible, (b) the conjugate nature of the heat transfer requires explicit consideration of the phase changes in the magma (Bergantz, 1991), and the rate of propagation of the solidification front and any convection in the magma can only occur at rates consistent with the rate of heat loss through the country rock. Thus, the heat transfer can be conceptualized as a heat transfer "circuit" with thermal resistances in a series arrangement (a common analogy used in engineering textbooks) and the magma cannot pump out heat any faster than the country rock can carry it away. In fact the optimal cooling time for a perfectly mixed (convecting) hot fluid body surrounded by a conducting medium is only twice the cooling time if cooling by conduction alone. This partitioning of the magma chamber into a solidifying margin and an adjacent slurry in the interior, which may be subject to re-intrusion, precludes the use of simple dimensionless heat transfer parameters when describing the progress of solidification or the rate of heat loss from the body; the phase change process must be explicitly considered. This review discusses those elements of plutons that influence the physical processes that yield contact metamorphism. The focus is largely on heat transfer and less on mass transfer. Magmatic fluids (volatiles) clearly play an important role in contact metamorphism, as evidenced by ore deposits (Burnham, 1979b). However, quantitative models of the "second boiling" process coupled with the mechanical processes of country rock fracture, with attendant changes in permeability, have yet to be developed. The emphasis on heat transfer is consistent with the classical treatment of contact metamorphism, reflecting in part the quantitative accessibility of this approach. These and other generic aspects of the physical evolution of magmas are discussed in the reviews of Marsh (1989a) and Morse (1988). Establishing the physical history of a pluton requires a careful consideration of the magmatic intensive and extensive variables as the rate at which the pluton loses heat will depend on these in combination. We consider these below. INTENSIVE VARIABLES Sequence of crystallization Establishing the crystallinity at the time of intrusion and the subsequent sequence of crystallization of the magma is difficult but is often one of the only ways to practically bracket magmatic intensive variables. A knowledge of the sequence of crystallization is used to infer the temperature, pressure, water content and rheological properties of the magma. In practice, the order of crystallization is estimated petrographically from crystal morphologies and other textural criteria and then compared to laboratory and computer experiments of solidification. The uncertainties associated with this approach originate in the difficulty of interpreting plutonic textures and in comparing these with experimental systems whose components only partially match those of the pluton being studied. Since the seminal work of Tuttle and Bowen (1958) a number of experiments have

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been done to establish phase relations in the granitic system (Luth, 1976; Wyllie, 1988). Both solidification and melting experiments for common granitoid rock compositions have been done under a variety of pressures and water contents (Huang and Wyllie, 1986; Naney, 1983; Stern and Wyllie, 198 la,b; Whitney, 1975). Of particular interest are the experiments of Naney (1983) and Huang and Wyllie (1986), whose experiments include the ferromagnesian silicates. A revealing and useful format for presenting the experimental data is found in plots of temperature vs. weight percent water for a given composition at a given pressure. Curves are drawn to illustrate saturation of a given phase and thus one can follow the sequence of crystallization for a given water content and even estimate when the system becomes saturated. Whitney (1988) provides crucial additional information: curves of volume percent liquid. An example of this is shown in Figure 2. These are critical to transport modeling of the solidification process (Bergantz, 1990). Melting experiments of broadly granitic materials have been done to simulate the process of granite generation by crustal fusion (Presnall and Bateman, 1973; Wolf and Wyllie, 1989; Wyllie, 1977) which seems to require very high temperatures to generate melt fractions in sufficient quantity to form extractable magmas. This has motivated melting experiments of metaigneous (Beard and Lofgren, 1991; Rushmer, 1991) and metapelitic protoliths (Patino-Douce and Johnston, 1991; Vielzeuf and Holloway, 1988) which generate large amounts of melt at temperatures like those expected in lower crust subject to intrusion by basaltic magma (Bergantz, 1989). Thus, for a given composition and water content, the phase relations for both the crystallization and melting of granitic systems are broadly known, although much work needs to be done with other volatile species and to further refine the thermodynamic database so that the solidification progress can be modeled numerically. Once sufficient experimental data exist to establish the thermodynamic properties of the crystal-melt system, computer algorithms can be developed which allow one to simulate crystallization in some detail (Ghiorso, 1985; Ghiorso and Carmichael, 1985, 1988a; Nekvasil, 1988b; Nielsen, 1990). Each of these authors uses a different approach to the numerical treatment of crystallization, and each algorithm gives good agreement between predicted and naturally occuring assemblages for certain compositional ranges; the formulation of Nekvasil is specifically designed for silicic systems. One element missing from these numerical crystallizers is the ability to model the presence of hydrous phases.

18 This is simply due to the absence of the appropriate thermodynamic data and is not an inherent difficulty in the numerical approach. The numerical approach to crystallization is extremely powerful in that it permits one to couple transport models of time dependent heat and mass transfer to geologically relevant conditions (Bergantz, 1990). One example of this is the work of Bowers et al. (1990) which uses the algorithm of Nekvasil to estimate the temperatures at which the phases appear and their contributions to the time dependent enthalpy changes in the magma. Computer models of phase changes coupled with conjugate heat and mass transport provide an important and exciting direction for the elucidation of the generic features of contact metamorphism. Although laboratory and numerical experiments allow predictions for the appearance of the phases as the pluton cools, it is more difficult to estimate the crystallinity during actual ascent and at the time of intrusion. Extrusive rocks contain up to ~50% crystals (Marsh, 1981). It can be difficult, however, to confidently know when in the magmatic history the crystals grew (compare the phase diagrams in Whitney (1975) for 2 and 8 kbar). Unlike lavas or ash flows which often reveal chilled margins and an estimate of the crystallinity at the time of eruption can be obtained, textures in plutonic rocks invariably represent re-equilibration during prolonged periods near solidus temperatures. Apart from pegmatitic and obviously volatile-rich aplitic apophyses, plutonic rocks most often show a uniformity in grain size, often right up to the contact. There can be little question that nucleation is heterogeneous and there is little evidence for the magma having been in a superheated condition. Crystal growth rates appear constant at 1 0 1 0 - 1 0 1 1 cm/s for a wide range of melt and crystal compositions and cooling conditions as discussed in the comprehensive review by Cashman (1990). These growth rates are consistent with very small amounts of undercooling which indicates that undercoolings are a negligible part of the thermal budget. The heat transfer systematics, whether conductive or convective, will not be influenced by them. Volatiles Volatiles have a substantial influence on magmatic systems: they can substantially lower solidus temperatures and vary the sequence of crystallization, depolymerize the melt structure and hence reduce viscosity and density, influence the ascent history by the onset of saturation, and induce complex patterns of repeated fracturing and partial quenching of the solidifying pluton. Despite the importance of volatiles in understanding magmatic history, it has been very difficult to rigorously quantify the thermodynamic state (speciation) of volatiles in a silicate melt and also very difficult to model the multiphase behavior of a crystal-melt-volatile system from a continuum mechanical approach. These problems are exacerbated when considering actual plutons as one can often only crudely guess the original volatile content, however fluid inclusions may permit estimates of magmatic volatile composition. There are four ways to estimate volatile content (Clemens, 1984): (1) by direct measurement, (2) geological inference, (3) thermodynamic calculation, and (4) experimentally. Of necessity, much of our understanding of magmatic volatiles comes from the study of volcanic systems and extrusive rocks, although it is difficult to confidently extrapolate from eruptive conditions in volatile stratified magma chambers to plutonic conditions. Summary discussions of the role of volatiles in granitoid magmatism can be found in Burnham (1979a,b) and Whitney (1988). Melt inclusions in phenocrysts and the dissolved water in volcanic glass provide a means of determining the water, carbon dioxide, fluorine, sulfur and chlorine contents of magmas at the time of eruption. Water is the most abundant volatile component: measuring 5 wt % in the Fish Canyon Tuff (Johnson and Rutherford, 1989b), 4.3 wt % in the Taupo volcanic center (Dunbar et al., 1989; Hervig et al., 1989), 4-6 wt % in the Bishop Tuff (Anderson et al., 1989), 2-4 wt % in the Bandelier Tuff (Sommer and Schramm, 1983), and 4.1 wt % from Obsidian Dome (Hervig et al., 1989). Many of these volcanic systems appear to have a gradient in water content suggesting that a vertical gradient in volatile content existed in the magma chamber. Understanding the manner in which water is

19 speciated in the melt has been more difficult. The influential works of Burnham (1979a,b) proposed using a solution model based on the simple system albite-water. This model has appeal in that it provides a useful and straightforward means of quantifying the thermodynamic state of water, although there are complexities and questions regarding speciation that remained to be addressed. In their summary article, McMillan and Holloway (1987) demonstrate that molar water solubility increases with decreasing silica in binary and pseudobinary silicates. Silver et al. (1990) note that hydroxyl groups are the dominant hydrous species at low water contents, and that increasing silica content and K over Na leads to an increase in the molecular water relative to hydroxyl. The Henry's law behavior of water provides a means of putting the thermodynamic modeling of water in silicate melts on a firmer basis. Given the chemically complex nature of granitic melts, estimating water content in practice is often done by comparing the petrogenetic sequence as determined petrographically with phase equilibria as determined by laboratory experiments or computer models (Maaloe and Wyllie, 1975); see discussion on the sequence of crystallization given above. Another way to bracket water content is to evaluate the role of water in melt-forming reactions as done by Wyllie et al. (1976), and Clemens (1984). None of these methods yield a precise estimate of volatile content and the presence of hydrous phases can only give minimum values. Carbon dioxide and fluorine are also important volatiles in magmas. The solubility of CO2 in silicate melts appears to be low (Holloway, 1976), hence many magmas may be saturated in CO2 for much of their history which will influence the activity of water. This in turn could have a profound effect on the crystallization and ascent history. Experiments by Peterson and Newton (1990) demonstrates that CO2 in silicate liquids can delay the crystallization of biotite, mafic material is retained in the melt. Stolper et al. (1987) discuss the mechanisms of CO2 dissolution. Anderson et al. (1989) note that there is an inverse correlation between water and CO2 concentration in the Bishop Tuff; the CO2 concentration varying from 0.005 to 0.035 wt %. Assessing the role of CO2 in the thermomechanical history of any particular granitoid pluton is difficult, few experiments with CO2 saturated and water bearing multi-component silicate melts have been done. Fluorine contents can range from tens of ppm to several percent (Bailey, 1977) and is usually held in biotite and hornblende; the F/OH ratio in biotite was used by Ague and Brimhall (1988b) to infer contamination of granitoids in the Sierra Nevada. Dunbar et al. (1989) report fluorine contents of about 450 ppm in rocks from the Taupo volcanic center. Manning (1981) considered the liquidus phase relationships in the water saturated Qz-Ab-Or system and found that the minimum liquidus temperature fell 100°C from that of the fluorine free system. Manning posits that there may be a continuum between magmatic and hydrothermal conditions in mineralized granitoids. Pichavant and Manning (1984) report occurances of up to 3.2 wt % fluorine in tourmaline granites and topaz granites. TTiey provide evidence that these granites formed from highly differentiated residual melts. Pichavant (1987) considered the influence of boron on the phase relations. The boron concentration does not significantly influence the phase relations in the haplogranite system; the boron content of magmas does not exceed about 1 wt %. Based on thermodynamic calculations (as opposed to thermomechanical), it is possible to evaluate the balance between the composition of the magmatic source material and initial depth, the ascent distance, and initial volatile content. Sykes and Holloway (1987), Hyndman (1981) and Marsh (1984) examine the energetics during ascent and demonstrate that water must be considered to yield realistic estimates of magmatic conditions. This limits the range of initial conditions and source compositions of those magmas which can ultimately reach the surface and become erupted: relatively hydrous melts are prohibited from travelling far from their source as the solidus is encountered at depth (Fig. 3). As crystallization proceeds in a magma, volatile elements can be preferentially partitioned into the melt phase until saturation occurs. The pressure increase accompanying boiling can induce fracturing of the crystallizing margins of the pluton,

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Figure 3. Ascent trajectories calculated by Sykes and Holloway (1987) for model system albite-H 2 0. Dashed lines represent a constant crystalAnelt ratio and dotted lines represent a melting rate of 3%/kbar.

providing a means for the volatiles to escape. Further solidification permits this process to continue yielding a second and subsequent boilings (Burnham, 1979b). There is no doubt that such processes are important in the thermal history of shallow plutons; a complete quantitative description of this process awaits development. Estimating temperature and pressure There are a variety of methods to estimate pluton temperature and pressure; Zen (1989) discusses the generic features of the two approaches that are commonly used to estimate conditions in plutons. One approach is extrinsic, where pluton temperatures and pressures are determined from the character of the country rock. There can be large uncertainties in this method, as discussed by Hodges and McKenna (1987). The second is intrinsic, which relies on the specific features of the pluton itself. With both methods it is difficult to confidently determine when in the history of the magmatic system the temperature and pressure were set. The temperatures and pressures recorded by magmatic mineral assemblages are usually those of consolidation of the magma and may not represent the same point in time at which contact metamorphism was achieved (Zen, 1989); see discussion on open systems below. In addition, confidently estimating magma temperature and pressure in plutons is difficult due to the re-equilibration of the relevant phases, and the inevitable loss of volatiles. Temperatures thus usually represent minimums and may actually be related to secondary, subsolidus processes. There is a growing appreciation that estimating conditions in volcanic rocks, which ostensibly represent the best sample of a thermodynamically contiguous system, requires a careful assessment of the equilibrium assumption (Frost and Lindsley, 1991). Nonetheless, a number of intrinsic geothermobarometers have been applied to plutonic rocks and we will discuss the systematics of a few of them below. For a general review of the principals behind their application see Bohlen and Lindsley (1987). There are two methods generally used to determine temperature in plutons. One approach is to compare the paragenetic sequence of precipitation of minerals with the phase experiments discussed above, e.g., Naney (1983), and as done by Hill (1988). This is obviously a rather crude way to estimate temperature, however it has the advantages of being inexpensive and usually straightforward. The other approach is to evaluate the

21 compositions of coexisting phases that are thought to represent equilibrium conditions such as coexisting plagioclase and potassium feldspars (Whitney and Stormer, 1977), amphibole and plagioclase (Blundy and Holland, 1990) and/or coexisting oxides (Frost and Lindsley, 1991; Whitney and Stormer, 1976). The experiments of Elkins and Grove (1990) provide the latest attempts at calibration of a two feldspar thermometer following the approach of Fuhrman and Lindsley (1988) and others (Ghiorso, 1984; Green and Udansky, 1986). The experiments of Elkins and Grove (1990) were done at 700°-900°C and 1-3 kbar under water saturated conditions. In most cases their measurements agreed with their thermodynamic model to within 20°C and agree well with Fe-Ti oxide temperatures obtained from volcanic rocks where the temperature could be independently constrained. The oxides are particularily difficult to work with as they commonly have exsolved and the assumptions involved in recreating the equilibrium assemblage often are untenable. Magmatic hornblende has been proposed as a geobarometer. Hammarstrom and Zen (1986) noted that the total A1 content of hornblende from calc-alkalic plutons increases linearly with increasing pressure of crystallization. This led to the development of an empirical barometer based on the assemblage plagioclase + quartz + potassium-feldspar + biotite + amphibole + titanite + Fe-Ti oxides (magnetite or ilmenite). There are two groups of calibrations: those of Hammarstrom and Zen (1986) and Hollister et al. (1987) which are empirical and rely on corroborating pressures as determined by the country rocks or the presence of magmatic epidote, and those of Johnson and Rutherford (1989a) which were derived from reversed experiments with / 02 buffered and vapor present. At present it would appear that the Johnson and Rutherford (1989) calibration would be preferred as the laboratory conditions provide a more confident estimate of total pressure. TTie experiments of Rutter et al. (1989) on partially melted tonalite demonstrate that the total Al content is very sensitive to the specific mineral assemblage and hence caution must be used when garnet or other phases are present. Blundy and Holland (1990) propose a different substitution and argue that the Al substitution is temperature dependent and that amphibole equilibria are not appropriate for geobarometry. They propose an amphibole-plagioclase geothermometer instead. In a regional study of granitoids, Vyhnal et al. (1991) explore both the temperature and pressure dependence of Al in hornblende and conclude that it may be difficult to discriminate both temperature and pressure effects because they are both linked to the solidus. They propose that this might occur due to the occurrence of more than one substitution reaction. It thus seems that the hornblende geobarometer should be used with caution, and that much work remains to be done before the hornblende geobarometer has a more complete thermodynamic basis. The presence of magmatic epidote has been used as a geobarometer by Zen and Hammarstrom (1984) who argue that magmatic epidote is a high pressure, near solidus phase that appears as a reaction product involving hornblende and the melt. TTie laboratory experiments of Naney (1983) produced epidote at a pressure of 8 kbar and epidote has been observed in the chilled margins of dike rocks and rhyolitic lava flows (Dawes and Evans, 1991; Evans and Vance, 1987) establishing that it can occur as a near-liquidus mineral. The difficulty in using the presence of epidote as a geobarometer is in establishing whether the plutonic epidote is indeed magmatic and under what water and total pressures the epidote grew and last equilibrated. Oxygen fugacity also exerts a strong control on epidote stability. Dawes and Evans (1991) note that there are three types of magmatic epidote in the dacitic dikes of the Front Range, which were emplaced at 2 kbar (or less) and provide evidence that epidote formed at pressures of about 8 kbar. As with magmatic hornblende, a complete thermodynamic characterization of epidote awaits development and hence its use as a geobarometer is subject to some uncertainty. Physical properties The ability of magmas to transmit heat to the solidification front will depend on the thermophysical and transport properties of the magma. The two properties that vary the most, and also influence the heat and mass transfer the most, are the viscosity and the

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Figure 4. Viscosities of some common igneous rocks. From McBimey and Murase (1984).

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Temperature, °C density. Both will vary strongly as crystallization proceeds and they generally vary in an opposing manner: as the density of the liquid goes down, the viscosity of the melt goes up, although the presence of volatiles complicates this simple picture. Volatiles can depolymerize the melt structure and induce non-monotonic changes in melt density as cooling and crystallization proceeds. Before we begin a discussion on physical properties, the reader should be mindful of what the viscosity and density in the cited works refers to: the property of the melt, or the ensemble melt plus crystals. General reviews of the viscosity of magmas can be found in McBirney and Murase (1984), Ryan and Blevins (1987), and Ryerson et al. (1988). The work of Lange and Carmichael (1990) gives the most recent formulations for computing melt densities. One useful summary of the thermophysical properties, conductivity, specific heat, etc., is the compilation in Touloukian et al. (1981). Viscosity in silicate melts is a strong function of crystallinity, temperature and composition (Fig. 4). For example, the viscosity for basaltic compositions may vary three orders of magnitude over three hundred degrees, for rhyolites (dry) it may be nine orders of magnitude over six hundred degrees. It has been observed that the strong dependence of viscosity on temperature, for a fixed composition, can be given by an Arrhenius type of relation:

where r\ is the shear viscosity (the Greek letter ¡j. is also commonly used), T]0 is a constant, E the activation energy, R the gas constant and T the absolute temperature. In practice, the values of i)0 and E are not known for many compositions and alternative computational methods have been developed. The viscosity of a crystal-free melt (and hence compositionally invariant) liquid can be calculated from the algorithm of Bottinga and Weill (1972) at any temperature. This algorithm is based on summing the contributions to viscosity from the proportions of the partial molar oxides in the melt. We note in passing that the dynamic, or shear, viscosity is often reported in units of poise (gm cm-1 s-1) or Pascal seconds (kg m-1 s-1); the conversion is 10 poise to every 1 Pascal second (Pa s). Current

23 custom discourages the use of cgs units and the reader is encouraged to use Pa s as the proper unit of dynamic viscosity. As cooling of a magma proceeds crystals grow and their presence will influences viscosity. To evaluate the viscosity of a crystal-melt mix, a suspension, requires that the aspect ratio, volumetric concentration and relative particle size distribution of the crystals be known. Metzner (1985) reviews a number of aspects related to the viscosity of suspensions and concludes that for melts with a liquid viscosity of greater than 102 Pa s, the presence of particles does not induce an order of magnitude change in viscosity (at a fixed composition and temperature) until the volume fraction exceeds about 0.5. TTiese results are for a suspension of uniform spheres. Experiments on picritic compositions by Ryerson et al. (1988) reveal that the viscosity of the suspension was independent of the crystallinity up to about 0.25 volume fraction. Marsh (1981) argues that a volume solid fraction of about 0.5 represents a Theological locking up point or critical melt fraction, an idea we develop in more detail below. Metzner (1985) reviews a number of functional forms for suspension viscosity and proposes the following expression: (2) where rjp is the relative viscosity which is the ratio of the crystal-free viscosity at a given temperature and composition, to the actual suspension viscosity,