Chemical variation in Al2O3-CaO-Na2O-K2O space: Controls on the peraluminosity of the South Mountain Batholith

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 785-798

  Clarke, D Barrie ^a   MacDonald, Michael A ^b   Erdmann, Saskia ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Dept of Natural Rsrc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTIONATION; ROCKS;

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; CHEMICAL VARIATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

BATHOLITH; FRACTIONATION; GRANITE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 4644340695     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E04-029     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. 2O-saturated haplogranitic melts at 800 °C and 200 MPa: constraints on diffusivities and the generation of peraluminous melts. Journal of Petrology, 43: 1885-1908.
2. Acosta-Vigil, A., London, D., Morgan, G.B. VI, and Dewers, T.A. 2003. Solubility of excess alumina in hydrous granitic melts in equilibrium with peraluminous minerals at 700-800 °C and 200 MPa, and applications of the aluminum saturation index. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 146: 100-119.
3. Ayres, M., and Harris, N. 1997. REE fractionation and Nd-isotope disequilibrium during crustal anatexis: Constraints from Himalayan leucogranites. Chemical Geology, 139: 249-269.
4. Carruzzo, S. 2003. Granite-hosted mineral deposits of the New Ross area, South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
5. Carruzzo, S., Kontak, D. J., and Clarke, D. B. 2000. Granite-hosted mineral deposits of the New Ross area, South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada: P, T, and X constraints of fluids using fluid inclusion thermometry and decrepitate analysis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences, 91: 303-319.
6. Cawthorn, R.G., Strong, D.F., and Brown, P.A. 1976. Origin of corundum-normative intrusive and extrusive magmas. Nature, 259: 102-104.
7. Chappell, B.W. 1999. Aluminium saturation in I- and S-type granites and the characterization of fractionated haplogranites. Lithos, 46: 535-551.
8. Clarke, D.B. 1981. The mineralogy of peraluminous granites: a review. Canadian Mineralogist, 19: 3-17.
9. Clarke, D.B., and Bogutyn, P.A. 2003. Oscillatory epitactic-growth zoning in biotite and muscovite from the Lake Lewis leucogranite, South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41: 1027-1047.
10. Clarke, D.B., and Chatterjee, A.K. 1988. Physical and chemical processes in the South Mountain batholith. In Recent advances in the geology of granite-related mineral deposits. Edited by R.P. Taylor and D.F. Strong. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Vol. 39, pp. 223-233.
11. Clarke, D.B., and Halliday, A.N. 1980. Strontium isotope geology of the South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 44: 1045-1058.
12. Clarke, D.B., and Halliday, A.N. 1985. Sm/Nd isotopic investigation of the age and origin of the Meguma Zone metasedimentary rocks. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 22: 102-107.
13. Clarke, D.B., and Muecke, G.K. 1985. Review of the petrochemistry and origin of the South Mountain Batholith and associated plutons, Nova Scotia, Canada. In High heat production (HHP) granites, hydrothermal circulation and ore genesis. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, England, pp. 41-54.
14. Clarke, D.B., Dorais, M., Barbarin, B., Barker, D., Cesare, B., Clarke, G., El Baghdadi, M., Erdmann, S., Förster, H.-J., Gaeta, M., Gottesmann, B., Jamieson, R.A., Kontak, D., Koller, F., Gomes, C.L., London, D., George, B., Morgan, V., Neves, L.J.P.F., Pattison, D.R.M., Pereira, A.J.S.C., Pichavant, M., Rapela, C., Renno, A., Richards, S., Roberts, M., Rottura, A., Saavedra, J., Sial, A.N., Toselli, A.J., Ugidos, J.M., Uher, P., Villaseca, C., Visonà, D., Whitney, D. Williamson, B., and Woodard, H.H. In review. Occurrence and origin of andalusite in felsic igneous rocks. Journal of Petrology.
15. Clarke, D.B., Fallon, R., and Heaman, L.M. 2000. Interaction among upper crustal, lower crustal, and mantle materials in the Port Mouton pluton, Meguma Lithotectonic Zone, southwest Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 37: 579-600.
16. Clarke, D.B., Halliday, A.N., and Hamilton, P.J. 1988. Neodymium and strontium isotopic constraints on the origin of the peraluminous granitoids of the South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia, Chemical Geology, 73: 15-24.
17. Clemens, J.D. 1984. Water contents of silicic to intermediate magmas. Lithos, 17: 272-287.
18. Clemens, J.D. 2003. S-type granitic magmas - petrogenetic issues, models, and evidence. Earth Science Reviews, 61: 1-18.
19. Corey, M.C. 1992. Geological features within the Big Indian Lake pluton, Hants County, Nova Scotia: evidence of igneous layering from recent diamond drilling. Atlantic Geology, 28: 51-62.
20. Ding, Y. 1995. AFM minerals in the Halifax Pluton. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
21. Eberz, G.W., Clarke, D.B., Chatterjee, A.K., and Giles, P.S. 1991. Chemical and isotopic composition of the lower crust beneath the Meguma Lithotectonic Zone, Nova Scotia: Evidence from granulite facies xenoliths. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 109: 69-88.
22. Ham, L.J., Corey, M.C., Horne, R.J., and MacDonald, M.A. 1990. Lithogeochemistry of the western portion of the South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, Open File Report 90-007.
23. Ham, L.J., Marsh, S.W., Corey, M.C., Horne, R.J., and MacDonald, M.A. 1989. Lithogeochemistry of the eastern portion of the South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, Open File Report 89-001.
24. Hoskin, P.W.O., Kinny, P.D., Wyborn, D., and Chappell, B.W. 2000. Identifying accessory mineral saturation during differentiation in granitoid magmas: an integrated approach. Journal of Petrology: 41, 1365-1396.
25. Johnson, M.C., Anderson, A.T., and Rutherford, M.J. 1994. Pre-eruptive volatile contents of magmas. In Volatiles in magmas. Edited by M. R. Carroll and J.R. Holloway. Reviews in Mineralogy, Vol. 30, pp. 281-330.
26. Knesel, K.M., and Davidson, J.P. 1996. Isotopic disequilibrium during melting of granite and implications for crustal contamination of magmas. Geology, 24: 243-246.
27. Kretz, R. 1983. Symbols for rock-forming minerals. American Mineralogist, 68: 277-279.
28. Logothetis, J. 1984. The mineralogy and geochemistry of metasomatized granitoid rocks from occurrences in the South Mountain Batholith: New Ross area, southwestern Nova Scotia. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
29. MacDonald, M. A. 2001. Geology of the South Mountain Batholith, Southwestern Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Open File Report ME 2001-2.
30. MacDonald, M.A., and Clarke, D.B. 1991. Use of non-parametric ranking statistics to characterize magmatic and post-magmatic processes in the eastern South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada. Chemical Geology, 92: 1-20.
31. MacDonald, M.A., and Horne, R.J. 1988. Petrology of the zoned, peraluminous Halifax pluton, south-central Nova Scotia. Maritime Sediments and Atlantic Geology, 24: 33-46.
32. MacDonald, M.A., Corey, M.C., Ham, L.J., and Horne, R.J. 1992. An overview of recent bedrock mapping and follow-up petrological studies of the South Mountain Batholith, southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. Atlantic Geology, 28: 7-28.
33. Maillet, L.A., and Clarke, D.B. 1985. Cordierite in the peraluminous granites of the Meguma Zone, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mineralogical Magazine, 49: 695-702.
34. Maniar, P.D., and Piccoli, P.M. 1989. Tectonic discrimination of granitoids. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 101: 635-643.
35. McKenzie, C.B. 1974. Petrology of the South Mountain Batholith, western Nova Scotia. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
36. McKenzie, C.B., and Clarke, D.B. 1975. Petrology of the South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 12: 1209-1218.
37. Orville, P.M. 1963. Alkali Ion Exchange between Vapour and Feldspar Phases. American Journal of Science, 261: 201-237.
38. Rapela, C.W., Baldo, E.G., Pankhurst, R.J., and Saavedra, J. 2002. Cordieritite and leucogranite formation during emplacement of highly peraluminous magma; the El Pilón granite complex (Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina). Journal of Petrology, 43: 1003-1028.
39. Shand, S.J. 1947. Eruptive Rocks. 3rd ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
40. Stanley, C.R., and Giles, C.H. 2000. Investigations of petrologic controls on trace element concentration in the South Mountain Batholith, southern Nova Scotia. In Mining matters 2000 conference. Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Report ME 2000-2, Program with Abstracts, p. 37.
41. Williams, I.S. 1995. Zircon analysis by ion microprobe: the case of the eastern Australian granites. In Leon T. Silver 70th birthday symposium and celebration. The California Institute of Technology, pp. 27-31.