Metasomatised Xenoliths from Foster Crater, Antarctica: Implications for Lithospheric Structure and Processes beneath the Transantarctic Mountain Front
Identifieur interne : 001013 ( Istex/Corpus ); précédent : 001012; suivant : 001014Metasomatised Xenoliths from Foster Crater, Antarctica: Implications for Lithospheric Structure and Processes beneath the Transantarctic Mountain Front
Auteurs : J. A. Gamble ; F. Mcgibbon ; P. R. Kyle ; M. A. Menzies ; I. KirschSource :
- Journal of Petrology [ 0022-3530 ] ; 1988.
Abstract
Xenoliths in basanite from Foster Crater in the foothills of the Transantarctic Mountains have been used to construct a model of the subcontinental lithosphere and lithospheric processes in this segment of Antarctica. The mafic and ultramafic xenoliths define two mineralogically, texturally and chemically distinct populations. One group is identical to Group II xenoliths, as defined by Frey & Prinz (1978). These have igneous cumulate textures and include wehrlites, rare websterites, dunite and amphibolite. In these xenoliths, the amphibole is always kaersutite and the (very rare) mica a Ti-rich phlogopite (TiO2 > 5%). The other xenoliths have complex metamorphic textures ranging from protogranular to porphyroclastic and are dominated by clinopyroxenites (cpx: Mg/(Mg + Fe) = 0·85–0·95; Ca/(Ca + Mg)>0·53) which show varying degrees of replacement by metasomatic phlogopite. Spinel and anorthite are also present. Collectively, these xenoliths are called the High Calcium Pyroxene Suite (HCPS) in deference to their unusual pyroxene compositions. Moreover, their spinel assemblages indicate equilibrium under variable fO2 conditions contrasting with the Group II spinels which equilibrated at relatively constant fO2. The mineralogy and chemistry of the HCPS xenoliths are unlike meta-igneous rocks and more closely resemble calc-silicate granulites. Thermobarometric calculations on Group II websterite assemblages and comparison with experimental equilibria on granulites and phlogopite stability suggest equilibration temperatures between 850 and 950° at 5 kb pressure, consistent with equilibration at mid to lower crustal depths. A number of processes have acted to modify Group II and HCPS xenoliths including K-metasomatism, dynamic recrystallization, melt generation, melt infiltration and oxidation. The first two are restricted to the HCPS xenoliths whereas the latter affect both groups. The interaction of these processes highlights the differences between Group II and HCPS protolith assemblages and is consistent with derivation from a complex section of lithosphere which has experienced major changes in tectonomagmatic activity since late PreCambrian times.
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Moreover, their spinel assemblages indicate equilibrium under variable <italic>f<sub>O2</sub></italic> conditions contrasting with the Group II spinels which equilibrated at relatively constant <italic>f<sub>O2</sub></italic>. The mineralogy and chemistry of the HCPS xenoliths are unlike meta-igneous rocks and more closely resemble calc-silicate granulites.</p><p>Thermobarometric calculations on Group II websterite assemblages and comparison with experimental equilibria on granulites and phlogopite stability suggest equilibration temperatures between 850 and 950° at 5 kb pressure, consistent with equilibration at mid to lower crustal depths.</p><p>A number of processes have acted to modify Group II and HCPS xenoliths including K-metasomatism, dynamic recrystallization, melt generation, melt infiltration and oxidation. The first two are restricted to the HCPS xenoliths whereas the latter affect both groups. 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A.</namePart><namePart type="family">Gamble</namePart><affiliation>Research School of Earth Sciences, Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand</affiliation><role><roleTerm type="text">author</roleTerm></role></name><name type="personal"><namePart type="given">F.</namePart><namePart type="family">McGibbon</namePart><affiliation>Dept of Earth Sciences, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK76AA</affiliation><role><roleTerm type="text">author</roleTerm></role></name><name type="personal"><namePart type="given">P. R.</namePart><namePart type="family">Kyle</namePart><affiliation>Dept of Geosciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, U.S.A.</affiliation><role><roleTerm type="text">author</roleTerm></role></name><name type="personal"><namePart type="given">M. 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The mafic and ultramafic xenoliths define two mineralogically, texturally and chemically distinct populations. One group is identical to Group II xenoliths, as defined by Frey & Prinz (1978). These have igneous cumulate textures and include wehrlites, rare websterites, dunite and amphibolite. In these xenoliths, the amphibole is always kaersutite and the (very rare) mica a Ti-rich phlogopite (TiO2 > 5%). The other xenoliths have complex metamorphic textures ranging from protogranular to porphyroclastic and are dominated by clinopyroxenites (cpx: Mg/(Mg + Fe) = 0·85–0·95; Ca/(Ca + Mg)>0·53) which show varying degrees of replacement by metasomatic phlogopite. Spinel and anorthite are also present. Collectively, these xenoliths are called the High Calcium Pyroxene Suite (HCPS) in deference to their unusual pyroxene compositions. Moreover, their spinel assemblages indicate equilibrium under variable fO2 conditions contrasting with the Group II spinels which equilibrated at relatively constant fO2. The mineralogy and chemistry of the HCPS xenoliths are unlike meta-igneous rocks and more closely resemble calc-silicate granulites. Thermobarometric calculations on Group II websterite assemblages and comparison with experimental equilibria on granulites and phlogopite stability suggest equilibration temperatures between 850 and 950° at 5 kb pressure, consistent with equilibration at mid to lower crustal depths. A number of processes have acted to modify Group II and HCPS xenoliths including K-metasomatism, dynamic recrystallization, melt generation, melt infiltration and oxidation. The first two are restricted to the HCPS xenoliths whereas the latter affect both groups. The interaction of these processes highlights the differences between Group II and HCPS protolith assemblages and is consistent with derivation from a complex section of lithosphere which has experienced major changes in tectonomagmatic activity since late PreCambrian times.</abstract><relatedItem type="host"><titleInfo><title>Journal of Petrology</title></titleInfo><titleInfo type="abbreviated"><title>Journal of Petrology</title></titleInfo><genre type="journal">journal</genre><identifier type="ISSN">0022-3530</identifier><identifier type="eISSN">1460-2415</identifier><identifier type="PublisherID">petroj</identifier><identifier type="PublisherID-hwp">petrology</identifier><part><date>1988</date><detail type="volume"><caption>vol.</caption><number>Special_Volume</number></detail><detail type="issue"><caption>no.</caption><number>1</number></detail><extent unit="pages"><start>109</start><end>138</end></extent></part></relatedItem><identifier type="istex">99070344513DE793640BC8450189DB35DA8388F0</identifier><identifier type="DOI">10.1093/petrology/Special_Volume.1.109</identifier><accessCondition type="use and reproduction" contentType="copyright">© Oxford University Press 1988</accessCondition><recordInfo><recordContentSource>OUP</recordContentSource></recordInfo></mods></metadata><covers><json:item><original>true</original><mimetype>image/tiff</mimetype><extension>tiff</extension><uri>https://api.istex.fr/document/99070344513DE793640BC8450189DB35DA8388F0/covers/tiff</uri></json:item></covers><annexes><json:item><original>true</original><mimetype>application/pdf</mimetype><extension>pdf</extension><uri>https://api.istex.fr/document/99070344513DE793640BC8450189DB35DA8388F0/annexes/pdf</uri></json:item></annexes><serie></serie></istex></record>Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
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