Titre
Limited channelized fluid infiltration in the Torres del Paine contact aureole
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Siron, Guillaume
Auteure/Auteur
Bodner, Robert
Auteure/Auteur
Baumgartner, Lukas
Auteure/Auteur
Putlitz, Benita
Auteure/Auteur
Vennemann, Torsten
Auteure/Auteur
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ISSN
0003-004X
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2021-09-01
Volume
106
Numéro
9
Première page
1453
Dernière page/numéro d’article
1469
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The metamorphic rocks from the Torres del Paine contact aureole (Patagonia, Chile) show field, petrographic, and geochemical evidence for small amounts of igneous fluid infiltration due to the solidification of the granite complex. Hydrogen isotope ratios (D/H) in the contact aureole first decrease while approaching the intrusion and subsequently increase toward the granite contact. Initial decrease with metamorphic grade is due to preferential loss of the 2H isotopes due to Rayleigh fractionation during prograde dehydration reactions. The infiltration of high-δD fluids from the intrusion increases δD within the last 150 m. In contrast, (18O/16O) ratios show no systematic changes, indicating that neither oxygen loss by Rayleigh fractionation nor oxygen exchange by fluid infiltration was significant enough to dominate original variations seen in the oxygen isotope ratio of the protolith. Calculated volume of fluid using the position of the hydrogen isotope exchange front gives a relatively low time-integrated fluid flux of about 4 m3/m2 at the contact for the igneous fluid. These small amounts of fluid flux are in agreement with whole rock oxygen isotope data that are not affected in the contact aureole. Chlorine content of metamorphic biotite crystals, in contrast to oxygen isotopes, supports infiltration of igneous fluids. Indeed, relatively high-Cl concentrations in biotite were measured in some samples close to the intrusion (up to 0.2 wt%), while chlorine concentrations in biotite are constant everywhere else in the entire contact aureole, having low concentrations (0.01–0.06 wt%). The absence of a well-marked Rayleigh fractionation trend in Cl concentrations with increasing metamorphism is surprising since chlorine strongly fractionates into the fluid. This is best explained by slow diffusive exchange of chlorine in biotite in the cooler outer aureole. Hence recrystallization of biotite would be required to modify its Cl composition. Biotite grains from samples close to the intrusion with high-Cl content also have lower Ti content (0.4 pfu) than biotite (0.5 pfu) from other samples containing biotite with lower Cl content located at the same distance from the contact. Since Ti content in biotite is a function of temperature, this is a good indication that magmatic fluid infiltration started post peak, early during cooling of the metamorphic rocks. Episodes of fluid flow appear to have been nearly continuous during cooling as evidenced by numerous retrogression textures, such as secondary muscovite (above 470 °C) or chlorite + muscovite intergrowth after cordierite or biotite (slightly below 470 °C). This might be related to crystallization of subsequent batches of granites or the onset of minor fluid convection during cooling of the aureole. Nevertheless, only minor secondary muscovite has been found, and fresh cordierite is present throughout the aureole confirming small amounts of fluid infiltration.
The time-integrated fluid flux computed from the hydrogen isotope exchange front is two orders of magnitude lower than values computed for metacarbonate in many other contact aureoles, suggesting low permeabilities of pelitic rocks. In conclusion, Cl contents and hydrogen isotope compositions of hydrous minerals provide a sensitive tool to identify small fluid-rock interaction events, much more sensitive than oxygen isotope compositions of the whole rock or minerals.
The time-integrated fluid flux computed from the hydrogen isotope exchange front is two orders of magnitude lower than values computed for metacarbonate in many other contact aureoles, suggesting low permeabilities of pelitic rocks. In conclusion, Cl contents and hydrogen isotope compositions of hydrous minerals provide a sensitive tool to identify small fluid-rock interaction events, much more sensitive than oxygen isotope compositions of the whole rock or minerals.
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