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There is a debate on the behavior of Re and Os during mantle metasomatism. Some argue that the mantle can acquire high 187Os/188Os (0.15 to s 1.0) either directly from metasomatic events or by the growth of 187Os from 187Re over time. However, any suggestions of subduction-related Os metasomatism producing whole-scale elevation of the mantle to 187Os/188Os values greater than 0.15 need to be su...

A sequence of sixteen photomicrographs of thin sections of unaltered quartz diorite through a zone of deformation to myrmekite-bearing granite near Temecula, California, shows the textural and mineralogical changes that occurred in a quartz diorite as (1) K-metasomatism altered the primary plagioclase crystals to form microcline, myrmekite, quartz-bleb clusters, and recrystallized sodic plagioc...

During Kand Si-metasomatism of deformed, relatively-mafic parent rocks to form more felsic, granitic rocks containing myrmekite, Ca, Mg, and Fe must leave the system as the modified rock is enriched in K, Na, and/or Si. When this kind of metasomatism occurs, the subtraction of Ca, Mg, and Fe would also be accompanied by losses of other metals present in the ferromagnesian silicates that were re...

The AOC Granite 7-32-89-10 hole, drilled to search for oil in the Precambrian basement below the Alberta bituminous (tar) sands near Fort McMurray, Canada, penetrates layered biotite-hypersthene quartz diorite-gabbro sills that occur between 543 and 2363.3 meters depth. Three episodes of fracturing and cataclasis affected these sills. The first allowed Kand Si-metasomatism to change many parts ...

The development of the multi-collector ICP-MS has provided a wider range of isotopic systems (e.g. Li, Mg, Fe, Cu, Hf, Tl) that can used to place constraints on the timing of mantle metasomatism and better characterize metasomatic processes. Associated with the application of these isotopic systems has been the parallel development of in-situ isotope analysis using a laser ablation microprobe a...

The Sargaz granitic intrusion has been emplaced in Sargaz ophiolitic suite, south-east of Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic zone, south of Kerman province. The central part of the intrusive body contains pinkish coarse-grained granite, but the fractured northern part, neighboring Chah-Mazraeh fault, has been subjected to pervasive Na-metasomatism and related subsolidus reactions. In the northern alte...

the sargaz granitic intrusion has been emplaced in sargaz ophiolitic suite, south-east of sanandaj-sirjan metamorphic zone, south of kerman province. the central part of the intrusive body contains pinkish coarse-grained granite, but the fractured northern part, neighboring chah-mazraeh fault, has been subjected to pervasive na-metasomatism and related subsolidus reactions. in the northern alte...

Geophysical imaging provides a unique perspective on metasomatism, because it allows the present day fluid distribution in the Earth’s crust and upper mantle to be mapped. This is in contrast to geological studies that investigate midcrustal rocks have been exhumed and fluids associated with metasomatism are absent. The primary geophysical methods that can be used are (a) electromagnetic method...