Fluid Flow, Mass Transfer and their Relation to Cooling History of the Cuillin Complex, Isle of Skye, NW Scotland

会产生一组新的详细的稳定同位素，结构， 石油化学和岩相学数据，以表征为 尽可能定量地， 转移/变更，以及与冷却相关的时间安排 关于Cuillin Complex 现在越来越多的人接受 在Cuillin复杂的由多个同心侵入体 被显著的时间间隔隔开。 所产生的复合物 热历史和最近的同位素研究（Farver和Giletti， 1989; Ito等人，1986年）表明发生两个（或更多） 流体流动的阶段。 其他地方的大型侵入体研究 (e.g., Bird等人，1986年，1988年），记录了 通过裂缝的流体流动导致热液蚀变 的Plutons。 Forester和Taylor（1977）建议， 广泛的，渗透式的流体流动在Cuillin 复杂，但Ito等人（1986）的结果表明， 裂缝在引导流体流动方面可能是重要的 在复杂的。 Cuillin综合体，以其独特的 曝光率和大量积累的高质量数据， 是一个理想的环境，在其中澄清之间的关系， 热液蚀变、流体流动、质量传递 以及它们相对于冷却历史的定时。

Will generate a new set of detailed stable isotopic, structural, petrochemical, and petrographic data in order to characterize as quantitatively as possible, the fluid flow and mass transfer/alteration, and their timing in relation to the cooling history of the Cuillin Complex. It is now increasingly accepted in the Cuillin Complex consists of multiple concentric intrusions separated by significant time gaps. The resulting complex thermal history and recent isotopic studies (Farver and Giletti, 1989; Ito et al., 1986) suggest the occurrence of two (or more) phases of fluid flow. Studies of large intrusions elsewhere (e.g., Bird et al., 1986, 1988) have documented the importance of fluid flow through fractures leading to hydrothermal alteration of the plutons. Forester and Taylor (1977) suggested an extensive, penetrative style of fluid flow in the Cuillin Complex, but the results of Ito et al. (1986) suggest that fractures may have been important in channeling the fluid flow within the complex. The Cuillin Complex, with its exceptional exposure and a significant body of accumulated high quality data, is an ideal setting in which to clarify the relationships among the nature of hydrothermal alteration, fluid flow, mass transfer, and their timing in relation to the cooling history.