Magmatic Layering Granites Crystal Size

This research investigates the origin of biotite modal layering and primary pseudo sedimentary structures in felsic magmas by using a combination of crystal size distribution csd analysis and electron probe microanalysis epma.

Magmatic layering granites crystal size.

The origin of magmatic layering in the high tatra granite central western carpathians implications for the formation of granitoid plutons volume 102 issue 2 aleksandra gawęda krzysztof szopa. A value of c cum melt c o means that the trapped melt fraction in the cumulate is zero while a value of 1 means that the cumulate is represented by 100 melt e g a frozen melt. 2 hydrodynamic processes that redistribute crystals and include but are not restricted to various kinds of density flows erosion and slumping. Csd slope is a measure of the overall spread in crystal size.

Petrogenesis of the nechalacho layered suite canada. The existence of magmatic granites is not doubted because natural environments do produce temperatures above eutectic point s of granites in many places in the earth s crust. The variation in crystal size and modal abundance in these cumulate piles are intimate records of prior crystallization transport and filling. Parsons becker 1987.

Returning to the case of more silicic and alkaline magmatic rocks noteworthy examples of igneous layering are well known in syenite and granite plutons with rhythmic units mineral grading cross stratification and trough layering wager brown 1968. The lower the slope the larger the overall crystal size. Nevertheless the evidence that all granites are magmatic or that plutonic rocks cannot be altered to granites after emplacement and solidification is based on flimsy logic. Diorites granites and associated magmatic enclaves and dykes constitute the bulk of the ladakh batholith which is an integral part of the trans himalayan magmatic arc system.

A standard gauge or standard state of crystal size relative to body size is available in the relation of csd crystal size distribution slope s and intercept i e g marsh 1988. The mechanisms that form the layering in felsic plutons can be divided into five broad categories. Tobisch et al 1997. Modal layering in igneous rocks uniquely record dynamic processes operating in magma chambers and also host a large proportion of earth s strategic mineral deposits.

4 sub magmatic processes as a. Fraction of residual melt f m e that is extracted to form a layer of crystal poor high silica granite plotted versus concentration of an incompatible element in the cumulate c cum melt c o. 3 growth in a boundary layer. 1 processes related to crystallization of the magma such as crystal fractionation.