The Low-δ¹â¸O Late-Stage Ferrodiorite Magmas in the Skaergaard Intrusion: Result of Liquid Immiscibility, Thermal Metamorphism, or Meteoric Water Incorporation into Magma?
We report new laser fluorination oxygen isotope analyses of selected samples throughout the Skaergaard intrusion in East Greenland, particularly relying on ∼1-mg separates of the refractory, alteration-resistant minerals zircon, sphene, olivine, and ferroamphibole. We also reexamine published oxyg...
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ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:hg86r-nnj77 2024-06-23T07:52:27+00:00 The Low-δ¹â¸O Late-Stage Ferrodiorite Magmas in the Skaergaard Intrusion: Result of Liquid Immiscibility, Thermal Metamorphism, or Meteoric Water Incorporation into Magma? Bindeman, I.N. Brooks, C. K. McBirney, A. R. Taylor, H. P. 2008-11 https://doi.org/10.1086/591992 unknown University of Chicago Press https://doi.org/10.1086/591992 oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:hg86r-nnj77 eprintid:117851 resolverid:CaltechAUTHORS:20221114-941308700.2 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Other Journal of Geology, 116(6), 571-586, (2008-11) Geology info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2008 ftcaltechauth https://doi.org/10.1086/591992 2024-06-12T05:44:54Z We report new laser fluorination oxygen isotope analyses of selected samples throughout the Skaergaard intrusion in East Greenland, particularly relying on ∼1-mg separates of the refractory, alteration-resistant minerals zircon, sphene, olivine, and ferroamphibole. We also reexamine published oxygen isotope data on bulk mineral separates of plagioclase and clinopyroxene. Our results show that the latest-stage, strongly differentiated magmas represented by ∼3 to 6 km³ of ferrodiorites around the Sandwich Horizon (SH), where the upper and lower solidification fronts met, became depleted in ¹â¸O by about 1.5‰–2‰ relative to the original Skaergaard magma and the normal mantle-derived mid-ocean ridge basalt. Earlier studies did not recognize these low-δ¹â¸O ferrodiorite magmas (δ18O = ∼ 3‰–4‰) because after the intrusion solidified, much of the intrusion and its overlying roof rocks were heavily overprinted by low-δ¹â¸O meteoric-hydrothermal fluids. We consider three possible ways of producing these low-δ¹â¸O ferrodiorite magmas. (1) At isotopic equilibrium, liquid immiscibility may cause separation of a higher-δ¹â¸O, higher-SiOâ‚‚ granophyric melt, thereby depleting the residual Fe-rich ferrodiorite magma in 18O. However, such a model would require removal of many cubic kilometers of coeval granophyre, a greater proportion than is observed anywhere in the intrusion; there is no evidence that any such magmas erupted to the surface and were eroded. (2) While direct migration of low-δ¹â¸O water seems implausible, we consider a model of "self-fertilization," whereby oxygen from meteoric waters entered the SH magma by devolatilization and exchange with hydrated, low-δ¹â¸O stoped blocks of the upper border series. Such reactive exchange between residual melt and adjacent hydrothermally altered, water-saturated rocks contributed low-δ¹â¸O crystalline components and low-δ¹â¸O pore water to the residual melt. The low-δ¹â¸O zircon and sphene may have crystallized directly from this ... Article in Journal/Newspaper East Greenland Greenland Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) Greenland The Journal of Geology 116 6 571 586 |
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We report new laser fluorination oxygen isotope analyses of selected samples throughout the Skaergaard intrusion in East Greenland, particularly relying on ∼1-mg separates of the refractory, alteration-resistant minerals zircon, sphene, olivine, and ferroamphibole. We also reexamine published oxygen isotope data on bulk mineral separates of plagioclase and clinopyroxene. Our results show that the latest-stage, strongly differentiated magmas represented by ∼3 to 6 km³ of ferrodiorites around the Sandwich Horizon (SH), where the upper and lower solidification fronts met, became depleted in ¹â¸O by about 1.5‰–2‰ relative to the original Skaergaard magma and the normal mantle-derived mid-ocean ridge basalt. Earlier studies did not recognize these low-δ¹â¸O ferrodiorite magmas (δ18O = ∼ 3‰–4‰) because after the intrusion solidified, much of the intrusion and its overlying roof rocks were heavily overprinted by low-δ¹â¸O meteoric-hydrothermal fluids. We consider three possible ways of producing these low-δ¹â¸O ferrodiorite magmas. (1) At isotopic equilibrium, liquid immiscibility may cause separation of a higher-δ¹â¸O, higher-SiOâ‚‚ granophyric melt, thereby depleting the residual Fe-rich ferrodiorite magma in 18O. However, such a model would require removal of many cubic kilometers of coeval granophyre, a greater proportion than is observed anywhere in the intrusion; there is no evidence that any such magmas erupted to the surface and were eroded. (2) While direct migration of low-δ¹â¸O water seems implausible, we consider a model of "self-fertilization," whereby oxygen from meteoric waters entered the SH magma by devolatilization and exchange with hydrated, low-δ¹â¸O stoped blocks of the upper border series. Such reactive exchange between residual melt and adjacent hydrothermally altered, water-saturated rocks contributed low-δ¹â¸O crystalline components and low-δ¹â¸O pore water to the residual melt. The low-δ¹â¸O zircon and sphene may have crystallized directly from this ... |
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The Low-δ¹â¸O Late-Stage Ferrodiorite Magmas in the Skaergaard Intrusion: Result of Liquid Immiscibility, Thermal Metamorphism, or Meteoric Water Incorporation into Magma? |
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The Low-δ¹â¸O Late-Stage Ferrodiorite Magmas in the Skaergaard Intrusion: Result of Liquid Immiscibility, Thermal Metamorphism, or Meteoric Water Incorporation into Magma? |
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The Low-δ¹â¸O Late-Stage Ferrodiorite Magmas in the Skaergaard Intrusion: Result of Liquid Immiscibility, Thermal Metamorphism, or Meteoric Water Incorporation into Magma? |
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The Low-δ¹â¸O Late-Stage Ferrodiorite Magmas in the Skaergaard Intrusion: Result of Liquid Immiscibility, Thermal Metamorphism, or Meteoric Water Incorporation into Magma? |
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The Low-δ¹â¸O Late-Stage Ferrodiorite Magmas in the Skaergaard Intrusion: Result of Liquid Immiscibility, Thermal Metamorphism, or Meteoric Water Incorporation into Magma? |
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low-î´â¹â¸o late-stage ferrodiorite magmas in the skaergaard intrusion: result of liquid immiscibility, thermal metamorphism, or meteoric water incorporation into magma? |
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