Crystal Size Distribution of Periclase in Contact Metamorphic Dolomite Marbles from the Southern Adamello Massif, Italy
Crystal Size Distribution of Periclase in Contact Metamorphic Dolomite Marbles from the Southern Adamello Massif, Italy
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意大利阿达梅洛地块南部接触变质白云石大理石方镁石的晶体尺寸分布
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2009
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J. R. Bowman
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T. Müller;L. Baumgartner;C. Foster;J. R. Bowman
Crystal size distributions (CSD) of periclase in contact metamorphic dolomite marbles are presented for two profiles near the Cima Uzza summit in the southern Adamello Massif (Italy). The database was combined with geochemical and petrological information to deduce the controls on the periclase-forming reaction. The contact metamorphic dolomite marbles are exposed at the contact of mafic intrusive rocks and are partially surrounded by them. Brucite is retrograde and pseudomorphs spherical periclase crystals. Prograde periclase growth is the consequence of limited infiltration of waterrich fluid at T near 6058C. Stable isotope data show depletion in 13 C and 18 O over a narrow region (� 40 cm) near the magmatic contact, whereas the periclase-forming reaction front extends up to 4 m from the contact. CSD analyses along the two profiles show that the median grain size of the periclase crystals does not change, but that there is a progressively greater distribution of grain sizes, including a greater proportion of larger grains, with increasing distance from the contact. A qualitative model, based on the textural and geochemical data, attributes these variations in grain size to changing reaction affinities along a kinetically dispersed infiltration front. This study highlights the need to invoke disequilibrium processes for metamorphic mineral growth and expands the use of CSDs to systems of mineral formation driven by fluid infiltration.