The stability of merwinite in the system CaO-MgO-SiO2-H2O-CO2 with CO2-poor fluids

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Jincheng Zhou1, L. C. Hsu2
1Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
2Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

Tóm tắt

The stability of merwinite (Mw) and its equivalent assemblages, akermanite (Ak)+calcite (Cc), diopside (Di)+calcite, and wollastonite (Wo)+monticellite (Mc)+calcite was determined at T=500–900° C and P f=0.5–2.0 kbar under H2O−CO2 fluid conditions with X CO 2=0.5, 0.1, 0.05, and 0.02. Merwinite is stable at P f=0.5 kbar with T>700° C and X CO 2<0.1. At P f=2.0 kbar, the assemblage Di+Cc replaces merwinite at all T and X CO 2 conditions. At intermediate P f=1 kbar, the assemblage Ak+Cc is stable above 707° C and Wo+Mc+Cc is stable below 707° C. The univariant curve for the reaction Di+Cc=Wo+Mc+CO2 is almost parallel to the T axis and shifts to low P f with increasing X CO 2, with the assemblage Di+Cc on the high-P f side. The implications of the experimental results in regard to contact metamorphism of limestone are discussed using the aureole at Crestmore, California as an example.

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