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Jan 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992gecoa..56...35v&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 56, Issue 1, pp.35-47
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Fluid inclusions in metagabbro, plagiogranite, and epidosite from the Oceanographer Transform, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, were investigated using microthermometric measurements and laser Raman spectroscopy. Inclusions in quartz reveal the presence of a high-salinity (average 40 wt% NaCl + CaCl 2 ), high-temperature (>340°C), calcium-rich (Na:Ca about 1, by weight) fluid in metagabbro and plagiogranite. At room temperature these fluids bear a halite daughter crystal, and may also contain small crystals of calcite, titanite, and hematite. A low-density, vapor-rich fluid bearing a small amount of CO 2 is closely associated with the briney fluids in one sample. All samples contain a population of high-temperature (150 to 400°C) aqueous liquid-dominated fluid inclusions, commonly of secondary origin, having seawaterlike salinity (3 to 8 wt% NaCl equivalent). We conclude that the calcium-rich brines are produced by a combination of two processes: fluid phase separation and segregation of brines from vapor prior to trapping to generate the high salinities, and extensive fluid-mafic rock interaction at low water:rock ratio to promote the calcium enrichment. Later introduction along microfractures of low-salinity, modified seawater at high water:rock ratio is recorded by the secondary fluid inclusions. The chemical complexity and association with CO 2 may indicate that there is a magmatic component to the brines in addition to a seawater source. Differences between the Oceanographer Transform brines and those reported in previous studies of oceanic and ophiolite samples are attributed to variations in the degree of water:rock interaction, the host rock lithology, and the influence of a magmatic fluid component.
Erickson Cheryl L.
Griffith Jonathan D.
Vanko David A.
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