Crustal Permeability
Crustal Permeability
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地壳渗透率
DOI:
10.1002/9781119166573.ch17
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2012
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Cann J
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Cann J
The deep levels of former black smoker hydrothermal systems are widespread in the Troodos ophiolite in Cyprus. This chapter presents an overview of field relationships in the epidosite zones of Troodos. It discusses new petrographic studies of Troodos epidosites, using scanning electron microscopy and cathodoluminescence. Both epidosites and less altered dikes in the Troodos ophiolite are strongly depleted in the metals that are enriched in massive sulfide deposits. If permeability is restricted to cracks as is widely assumed, it is extremely difficult for components in primary minerals to be released into the fluid at temperatures <400° C where volume diffusion is extremely sluggish. Reaction permeability provides a mechanism for rapid complete recrystallization, with access of fluid to all parts of the rock. In this respect, it may be a key part of the exchange of components between the lithosphere and the ocean‐atmosphere system and the recycling of components back into the mantle at subduction zones.