Origin of an A-type granite: Experimental constraints
Origin of an A-type granite: Experimental constraints
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1986
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J. D. Cr-nlrnNs
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J. D. Cr-nlrnNs
Numerous petrogenetic schemes have been proposed for the origin of the chemically distinctive A-type or anorogenic granites. The metaluminous Watergums Granite, from a bimodal association of A-type granite/rhyolite with basalt in southeastern Australia, has been experimentally studied so that constraints can be placed on its origin. The Watergums magma was emplaced at a very high level in the crust, in an almost entirely molten state. The crystalJiquid phase relations at I kbar are therefore compared with the petrographically determined crystallization sequence. The data indicate a minimum magma temperature of 830.C; it may have been > 900'C. The inferred water content of the melt lies between 2.4 and 4.3 wto/o. The high magma temperature implies that this granite had an origin distinct from the slightly older I-type granites in the region. Petrological, geochemical, and experimental data support an origin by direct, high-temperature partial melting of a meltdepleted I-type source rock in the lower crust. Mantle-derived magmas Oasalts) provided the heat source for partial melting. The most likely melting reactions involve fluid-absent breakdown of somewhat halogen-enriched micas and amphiboles that were residual from a previous I-type-producing event. A-types, especially when fractionated, are low viscosity melts owing to their high temperature, moderate HrO contents, and elevated F contents. This is consistent with the common occurrence of A-type rhyolite and obsidian flows. In contrast, both Sand I-type volcanics are generally ash-flow tuffs.