georefid:2011-039595SEDIS Publication Catalogueana.macario@awi.dehttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/informationpointOfContact2011-07-06T00:00:00Zhttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/index.php?id=10.1007/s00410-010-0502-6Hydrous partial melting in the sheeted dike complex at fast spreading ridges; experimental and natural observations2010-01-01publicationgeorefid:2011-039595
doi:10.1007/s00410-010-0502-6
France, LydericUniversite Montpellier II, Geosciences Montpellier, Montpellier, FranceauthorKoepke, JuergenLeibniz Universitaet Hannover, GermanyauthorIldefonse, BenoitUniversite Joseph-Fourier, FranceauthorCichy, Sarah B.authorDeschamps, FabienauthorSpringer International, Heidelberg - New York, InternationalpublisherdocumentHardcopyContributions to Mineralogy and Petrology160 (5)683-704In ophiolites and in present-day oceanic crust formed at fast spreading ridges, oceanic plagiogranites are commonly observed at, or close to the base of the sheeted dike complex. They can be produced either by differentiation of mafic melts, or by hydrous partial melting of the hydrothermally altered sheeted dikes. In addition, the hydrothermally altered base of the sheeted dike complex, which is often infiltrated by plagiogranitic veins, is usually recrystallized into granoblastic dikes that are commonly interpreted as a result of prograde granulitic metamorphism. To test the anatectic origin of oceanic plagiogranites, we performed melting experiments on a natural hydrothermally altered dike, under conditions that match those prevailing at the base of the sheeted dike complex. All generated melts are water saturated, transitional between tholeiitic and calc-alkaline, and match the compositions of oceanic plagiogranites observed close to the base of the sheeted dike complex. Newly crystallized clinopyroxene and plagioclase have compositions that are characteristic of the same minerals in granoblastic dikes. Published silicic melt compositions obtained in classical MORB fractionation experiments also broadly match the compositions of oceanic plagiogranites; however, the compositions of the coexisting experimental minerals significantly deviate from those of the granoblastic dikes. Our results demonstrate that hydrous partial melting is a likely common process in the root zone of the sheeted dike complex, starting at temperatures exceeding 850 degrees C. The newly formed melt can either crystallize to form oceanic plagiogranites or may be recycled within the melt lens resulting in hybridized and contaminated MORB melts. It represents the main MORB crustal contamination process. The residue after the partial melting event is represented by the granoblastic dikes. Our results support a model with a dynamic melt lens that has the potential to trigger hydrous partial melting reactions in the previously hydrothermally altered sheeted dikes. A new thermometer using the Al content of clinopyroxene is also elaborated. Copyright 2010 Springer-VerlagcompletedIgneous and metamorphic petrologyGeochemistry of rocks, soils, and sedimentsbasaltschain silicatescrystal fractionationdikesdioritesDSDP Site 504East PacificEquatorial Pacificexperimental studiesgeochemistrygranoblastic texturegranulitesHess Deephigh-grade metamorphismhydrationhydrothermal alterationhydrothermal conditionsigneous rocksintrusionsLeg 206magma chambersmagmasmajor elementsmetamorphic rocksmetamorphismmetasomatismmid-ocean ridge basaltsmid-ocean ridgesmineral compositionNorth PacificNortheast PacificOcean Drilling Programocean floorsODP Site 1256ophioliteophiolite complexesPacific Oceanpartial meltingpetrologyphase equilibriaplagiograniteplate tectonicsplutonic rocksprehnitesea-floor spreadingsheeted dikessilicatesspreading centerstexturesveinsvolcanic rockswhole rockurn:org.iodp:exp:206
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