Magma And Intrusive Structures Flashcards
Melting of source rocks
Anatexis
requires that the melt remains in contact with the residual rock throughout the melting process. As a result, the overall composition of the system remains the same
Equilibrium melting
Implies that solids and melt separate into isolated fractions that do not continue to react together during the melting process.
Fractional melting
Earth ’ s average geothermal gradient is?
∼ 25 ° C/km for the upper 10km
geothermal gradient variation for old rocks
5-10C/km
Geo gradiemd for hotspots
30 to 50C/km
Decompression melting, also known as , results from a decrease in pressure.
adiabatic melting?
CO, CO2 , OH, SO2 , H2S, NH3 , K2O, Na2O, HCl and HF, as well as the elements H, F, Cl, S, He and Ar
Volatiles
A is an agent that reduces the melting temperature
flux
H2O, CO2 , K2O and Na2O is the major cause for partial melting in subduction zones. T or f
T
original melt evolves into one or more melts with a different composition, without material being exchanged with an external source
Differentiation
processes whereby early formed crystals are segregated from the remaining melt
Fractional crystallization
father of modern petrology
Bowen
Sill studied by bowen
Palisades sill
Coarse grained basalt
Diabase
indicate incomplete discontinuous chemical reactions between crystals and melts
Rxn rims
Bc they do not react with the magma, continuously or discontinuously
muscovite, potassium feldspar and quartz
Models for fractional crystallization
marginal accretion, gravitational separation, convective fl ow and filter pressing.
Crystallization along the walls of the magma chamber
marginal accretion
includes crystal settling and crystal flotation processes
Gravitational separation
one parent magma fractionates to produce two or more distinctly different daughter magmas with different compositions
Liquid fractionation
Liquid fractionation processes include (2)
differential diffusion and liquid immiscibility
involves the preferential diffusion of select ions within the magma in response to compositional, thermal or density gradients as well as water content. Differential diffusion may play a key role in the transport and concentration of metallic ore deposits in plutonic systems
Differential diffusion
, also called liquid – liquid fractionation , occurs when magma separates into two or more distinct immiscible liquid phases
Liquid immiscibility