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- Title
Squeezing Water From a Stone: H<sub>2</sub>O In Nominally Anhydrous Minerals From Granulite Xenoliths and Deep, Hydrous Fractional Crystallization.
- Authors
Chin, Emily J.; Curran, Sean T.; Farmer, G. Lang
- Abstract
Water is key to plate tectonics on Earth, which, in turn, is vital to the production of continental crust. Although arc lavas erupt in a volatile‐rich state and calc‐alkaline arc plutons are distinguished by the presence of hydrous minerals such as hornblende and biotite, the water content of arc magmas earlier in their evolution—in the deep crust—remains poorly constrained. Here, we report H2O contents in nominally anhydrous minerals measured in situ on petrographic thin sections by secondary ion mass spectrometry of Proterozoic deep crustal xenoliths from Colorado, USA. Clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, and garnet contain average H2O contents ranging from 75–760, 233–410, and 42–139 ppm, respectively. Reconstructed bulk rock H2O contents range from ~60 to ~650 ppm. Intermineral H2O ratios overlap experimental mineral/melt D values and are used to calculate H2O of melts last in equilibrium with the xenoliths. We propose that these xenoliths represent cumulates fractionated from a primitive, hydrous (≥1 wt.% H2O) melt at high (~1 GPa) pressures, similar to conditions in modern subduction zones and potentially associated with widespread arc accretion that formed the core of North America in the Precambrian. Key Points: We analyzed H2O contents in cpx, opx, and garnet in Proterozoic lower crustal xenoliths from ColoradoMineral H2O content was used to reconstruct bulk rock and calculate melt H2OXenoliths represent metamorphosed igneous cumulates from high‐P, hydrous magmas
- Subjects
GRANULITE; INCLUSIONS in igneous rocks; HORNBLENDE; BIOTITE; ORTHOPYROXENE
- Publication
Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 2020, Vol 125, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
2169-9313
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1029/2020JB020416