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The Limits of MetamorphismThe Limits of Metamorphism• Low-temperature limit grades into
diagenesis– The boundary is somewhat arbitrary
• Diagenetic/weathering processes are indistinguishable from metamorphic
• Metamorphism begins in the range of 100-150oC for the more unstable types of protolith
• Some zeolites are considered diagenetic and others metamorphic – pretty arbitrary
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The Limits of MetamorphismThe Limits of Metamorphism• High-temperature limit grades into melting • Over the melting range solids and liquids
coexist• If we heat a metamorphic rock until it melts, at
what point in the melting process does it become “igneous”?
• Xenoliths, restites, and other enclaves are considered part of the igneous realm because melt is dominant, but the distinction is certainly vague and disputable
• Migmatites (“mixed rocks”) are gradational
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Metamorphic Agents and Changes• Temperature: typically the most
important factor in metamorphism
Figure 1-9. Estimated ranges of oceanic and continental steady-state geotherms to a depth of 100 km using upper and lower limits based on heat flows measured near the surface. After Sclater et al. (1980), Earth. Rev. Geophys. Space Sci., 18, 269-311.
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Metamorphic Agents and ChangesIncreasing temperature has several effects
1) Promotes recrystallization increased grain size• Larger surface/volume ratio of a mineral
lower stability• Increasing temperature eventually
overcomes kinetic barriers to recrystallization, and fine aggregates coalesce to larger grains
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Metamorphic Agents and Changes
Increasing temperature has several effects2) Drive reactions that consume unstable
mineral(s) and produces new minerals that are stable under the new conditions
3) Overcomes kinetic barriers that might otherwise preclude the attainment of equilibrium
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Metamorphic Agents and Changes• Pressure
– “Normal” gradients may be perturbed in several ways, typically:
• High T/P geotherms in areas of plutonic activity or rifting
• Low T/P geotherms in subduction zones
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Metamorphic Agents and Changes
• Stress is an applied force acting on a rock (over a particular cross-sectional area)
• Strain is the response of the rock to an applied stress (= yielding or deformation)
• Deviatoric stress affects the textures and structures, but not the equilibrium mineral assemblage
• Strain energy may overcome kinetic barriers to reactions
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Metamorphic Agents and Changes
FluidsEvidence for the existence of a metamorphic
fluid:– Fluid inclusions– Fluids are required for hydrous or
carbonate phases– Volatile-involving reactions occur at
temperatures and pressures that require finite fluid pressures
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The Types of MetamorphismDifferent approaches to classification2. Based on setting
– Contact Metamorphism• Pyrometamorphism
– Regional Metamorphism• Orogenic Metamorphism• Burial Metamorphism• Ocean Floor Metamorphism
– Hydrothermal Metamorphism– Fault-Zone Metamorphism – Impact or Shock Metamorphism
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The Progressive Nature of Metamorphism
• Prograde: increase in metamorphic grade with time as a rock is subjected to gradually more severe conditions– Prograde metamorphism: changes in a rock
that accompany increasing metamorphic grade
• Retrograde: decreasing grade as rock cools and recovers from a metamorphic or igneous event– Retrograde metamorphism: any
accompanying changes
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What happens to our PROTOLITH when acted on by AGENTS OF CHANGE??
• Agents of Change T, P, fluids, stress, strain
• Metamorphic Reactions!!!!– Solid-solid phase transformation– Solid-solid net-transfer– Dehydration– Hydration– Decarbonation– Carbonation
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Solid-solid phase transformation
• Polymorphic reaction a mineral reacts to form a polymorph of that mineral
• No transfer of matter, only a rearrangment of the mineral structure
• Example:– Andalusite Sillimanite
Al2SiO5 Al2SiO5
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Solid-solid net-transfer• Involve solids only• Differ from polymorphic transformations: involve
solids of differing composition, and thus material must diffuse from one site to another for the reaction to proceed
• Examples:
• NaAlSi2O6 + SiO2 = NaAlSi3O8 Jd Qtz Ab
• MgSiO3 + CaAl2Si2O8 = CaMgSi2O6 + Al2SiO5 En An Di And
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Solid-Solid Net-Transfer II• If minerals contain volatiles, the volatiles must
be conserved in the reaction so that no fluid phase is generated or consumed
• For example, the reaction:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 + 4 MgSiO3 = Mg7Si8O22(OH)2
Talc Enstatite Anthophyllite
involves hydrous phases, but conserves H2O
It may therefore be treated as a solid-solid net-transfer reaction
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Hydration/ Dehydration Reactions• Metamorphic reactions involving the
expulsion or incorporation of water (H2O)• Example:
– Al2Si4O10(OH)2 <=> Al2SiO5 + 3SiO2 + H2O Pyrophyllite And/Ky Quartz water
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Carbonation / Decarbonation Reactions
• Reactions that involve the evolution or consumption of CO2
• CaCO3 + SiO2 = CaSiO3 + CO2 calcite quartz wollastonite
Reactions involving gas phases are also known as volatilization or devoltilization reactions
These reactions can also occur with other gases such as CH4 (methane), H2, H2S, O2, NH4
+ (ammonia) – but they are not as common
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Metamorphic facies• P-T conditions, presence of fluids induces
different metamorphic mineral assemblages (governed by thermodynamics/ kinetics)
• These assemblages are lumped into metamorphic facies (or grades)
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The Phase Rule in Metamorphic SystemsConsider the following three scenarios:
C = 1 (Al2SiO5) F = 1 common F = 2 rare F = 3 only at the
specific P-T conditions of the invariant point(~ 0.37 GPa and
500oC)Figure 21-9. The P-T phase diagram for the system Al2SiO5 calculated using the program TWQ (Berman, 1988, 1990, 1991). Winter (2001) An Introduction to Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. Prentice Hall.
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Let’s put it all together…
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• What if we had staurolite and andalusite together? What conditions would that indicate?
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From Hacker, B.R.,