NDLI: Low melt fraction connectivity of granitic and tonalitic melts in a mafic crustal rock at 800 °C and 1 GPa

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Author	Lupulescu, Afina Watson, E. Bruce
Copyright Year	1999
Abstract	In the absence of an externally applied stress, the segregation of small amounts of granitic or tonalitic melts from their residual mafic crystals is possible only if the melt forms an interconnected network phase. Accordingly, this research focuses on melt connectivity at low melt fraction (<4 wt% or 5 vol.%). Connectivity of granitic and tonalitic melts in amphibole-rich rock was assessed by performing two types of piston-cylinder experiments at 1 GPa and 800 °C. The first involved annealing samples that consisted of either alternating layers or homogeneous mixtures of calcic amphibole and metaluminous obsidian powder. The second type of experiment involved creating diffusion couples. Here, an upper cylinder of amphibole-saturated granitic or tonalitic melt was placed against a lower cylinder consisting of an amphibole-rich rock containing zero or a small melt (granitic or tonalitic) fraction. The upper part of the diffusion couple was doped with β emitter (151Sm or 14C) and functioned as an infinite melt reservoir. The lower part of the diffusion couple was considered to be the host rock. The experiments approached textural equilibrium which allowed us to characterize the wetting behaviour of the calcic amphibole by the hydrous silicic melt (granitic or tonalitic). These particular experiments also provided information concerning diffusive transport, because the β emitter could diffuse through the connected melt (liquid) in the amphibole-rich rock. The dihedral angle measurements show that melt connectivity was achieved. This conclusion is based on the fact that the dihedral angles, θ, consistently yielded median apparent values of 53°<θ<58° for an amphibole-rich rock/granitic melt system, and 46°<θ<48° for an amphibole-rich rock/tonalitic melt system. However, the frequency distribution of θ angles is found to be relatively broad. The results of the diffusion-couple experiments, assessed using the β radiographic technique, complement the dihedral (wetting) angle measurements by showing that melt connectivity is achieved at a melt fraction less than 4wt% (5 vol.%).
Starting Page	202
Ending Page	216
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00107999
Journal	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
Volume Number	134
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14320967
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	1999-02-01
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Geology Mineral Resources Mineralogy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geochemistry and Petrology Geophysics

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