Melts, fluids, crystals: Equilibrium and disequilibrium processes in magmatic systems and ore deposits

本研究项目研究岩浆系统中挥发物及其与晶体和熔体的相互作用过程。我将与学生和同事一起研究熔体的挥发性析出形成气泡，开发新的方法来估计古岩浆中的挥发性并脱气到大气中，探索少量挥发性在火山喷发中的作用，量化挥发性在岩浆条件下运输Cl， S和矿石金属的能力，并探索它们对岩浆系统中晶体延迟成核的影响。该研究计划以实验测量和计算机模拟为中心，并涉及与在该领域工作的同事合作。******更具体地说，这项研究计划未来五年的目标是：***1。在实验中量化硫和卤素在熔体和水流体之间的分配，以测量微量挥发物的溶解度及其对含水流体运输关键矿石金属（例如Pt、Sc、Li、稀土元素等）能力的影响。* * * 2。测量实验产生的硅酸盐熔体和名义上不含挥发物（如长石、斜辉石、橄榄石）之间的少量挥发物（硫和卤素）的分配，以限制喷发前岩浆挥发物浓度。实验结果将与对天然矿物的测量相结合，以估计古代洪水玄武岩的挥发性释放，并将这些结果提供给大气科学家，以模拟洪水玄武岩对陆地环境的影响。通过实验室实验和x射线显微层析研究，研究少量挥发物在熔体气泡析出（成核和生长）中的作用，以及它们在火山爆发开始中的作用。这些测量结果将与计算机模型相结合，以确定不同气泡尺寸分布对岩浆泡沫渗透率和强度的影响。******通过对结晶成核和生长的实验研究，确定挥发物在岩浆熔体的过饱和过程中对富矿矿物（如硫化物、锂辉石、氧化铁）的结晶和伟晶岩的形成所起的作用。******这个研究项目将为我们提供一幅更好的图像，了解挥发物的行为以及它们在岩浆系统中扮演的角色。在五年内，我们将更好地了解岩浆中的挥发物，并将提高我们模拟岩浆演化、史前火山喷发的岩浆脱气、岩浆矿床的形成和火山喷发的能力

This research programme investigates processes involving volatiles and their interactions with crystals and melts in magmatic systems. I, together with students and colleagues, will investigate volatile exsolution from melts to form bubbles, develop new ways to estimate volatiles in ancient magmas and degassed into the atmosphere, explore the role of minor volatiles in volcanic eruptions, quantify the ability of volatiles to transport Cl, S and ore metals at magmatic conditions and explore their influence on the delayed nucleation of crystals in magmatic systems. This research program is centred around experimental measurements and computer simulations, and involves collaboration with colleagues working in the field. ******More specifically, the goals of this research program for the next five years are to:***1. Quantify the partitioning of sulfur and halogens between melts and aqueous fluids in experiments to measure the solubility of the minor volatiles and their effects on the ability of hydrous fluids to transport critical ore metals (e.g., Pt, Sc, Li, rare earth elements, etc.). ***2. Measure the partitioning of minor volatiles (sulfur and halogens) between experimentally produced silicate melts and nominally volatile-free minerals (e.g., feldspar, clinopyroxene, olivine) in order to constrain pre-eruption magmatic volatile concentrations. The experimental results will be combined with measurements on natural minerals to estimate the volatile release from ancient flood basalts and those results provided to atmospheric scientists for modelling the effects of flood basalts on the terrestrial environment.***3. Investigate the role of minor volatiles on the exsolution (nucleation and growth) of bubbles from melts and their role in the initiation of volcanic eruptions through laboratory experiments and X-ray microtomographic studies. These measurements will be combined with computer models to determine the effects of different bubble size distributions on the permeabilities and strengths of magmatic foams.******4. Determine the role volatiles play in the supersaturation of magmatic melts with respect to crystallization of ore-rich minerals (e.g., sulfide, spodumene, iron oxides) and the formation of pegmatites through experimental studies of crystal nucleation and growth.******This research program will provide us with an improved picture of how volatiles behave and the role they play in magmatic systems. In five years we will better understand volatiles in magmas and will have advanced our abilities to model the evolution of magmas, the magmatic degassing of pre-historic eruptions, the formation of magmatic ore deposits, and the eruption of volcanoes.**