Phase equilibria and mineral parageneses of metabasites in low- grade metamorphism.

J. G. Liou; S. Maruyama; M. Cho

doi:10.1180/minmag.1985.049.352.03

Phase equilibria and mineral parageneses of metabasites in low- grade metamorphism.

J. G. Liou, S. Maruyama, M. Cho

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The system CaO-Al₂O₃-Na₂O-MgO-SiO₂-H₂O is suitable for modelling phase equilibria and mineral parageneses for low-T metamorphism of basaltic rocks; univariant reactions marking the transitions between various sub-greenschist facies are identified and some have been determined experimentally. The introduction of Fe₂O₃ into a model of fixed FeO/MgO ratio creates continuous reactions for facies boundaries and discontinuous reactions for invariant points. The X_Fe3+ isopleths for epidote are plotted to illustrate the transition from the zeolite facies, through prehnite-pumpellyite to the prehnite-actinolite facies, and T-X_Fe3+ relations are established for both continuous and discontinuous reactions relating such facies transitions. An isobaric Al-Ca-Fe³⁺ plot from the chlorite projection can be applied to low-T metamorphic rocks where two or three Ca-Al silicates occur.-R.A.H.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	321-333
Number of pages	13
Journal	Mineralogical Magazine
Volume	49
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1985.049.352.03
Publication status	Published - 1985

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