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Sep 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980e%26psl..49..237g&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 49, Issue 2, p. 237-251.
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The hydrogen isotope fractionation factors between epidote and aqueous 1 M and 4 M NaCl, 1 M CaCl2 solutions, and between epidote and seawater, have been measured over the temperature range 250-550°C over which the degree of dissociation of dissolved species varies significantly. Measured fractionations at 350°C are decreased by up to 12‰, 9‰ and 7‰ relative to pure water in seawater, 1 M CaCl2 and 1 M NaCl respectively, while above 500°C fractionations are not measurably dependent on fluid composition. Water-solution fractionation factors are derived which are generally applicable to the correction of mineral-water hydrogen isotope fractionations for the composition of the fluid phase.
The hydrogen isotope compositions of natural epidotes are interpreted in the light of experimental fractionation data for situations where temperature, δD (fluid), and, in some cases, fluid chemistry, are independently known. Epidotes from active geothermal systems have hydrogen isotope quench temperatures consistent with or close to measured well temperatures unless the measured temperature has declined substantially since epidote formation or there is uncertainty in the D/H ratio of the water associated with the epidote because of isotopic heterogeneity in the well waters. Hydrothermal and metamorphic epidotes show closure temperatures of 175-225°C and 200-250°C. There is no evidence that retrograde metamorphic fluids, if present, are isotopically different from prograde fluids.
The water-solution fractionations indicate strong solute-solvent interactions between 250 and 450°C and imply that both dissociated and associated species contribute to the fractionation effects through modification of the orientations and structure of the water molecules. Solute-solvent interactions become negligible at temperatures around 550°C.
Graham Colin M.
Sheppard Simon M. F.
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