P-T-D histories from quartz: A case study of the application of the TitaniQ thermobarometer to progressive fabric development in metapelites

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3821-3843

  Ashley, Kyle T ^a,b   Webb, Laura E ^a,b   Spear, Frank S ^c   Thomas, Jay B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

cathodoluminescence; metamorphic tectonites; pseudosection modeling; Strafford Dome; Ti in quartz; TitaniQ thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DOMES;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; FABRIC DEVELOPMENT; IDENTIFICATION AND INTERPRETATION; ISOBARIC HEATING; METAMORPHIC TECTONITES; PSEUDOSECTION; THERMOBAROMETRY; TI-IN-QUARTZ;

QUARTZ;

BAROMETRY; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DEFORMATION; METAPELITE; P-T-T PATH; PROGRADE METAMORPHISM; QUARTZ; ZONING;

STRAFFORD DOME; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 84886649273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20237     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Auzanneau, E., M. W. Schmidt, D. Vielzeuf, and, J. A. D. Connolly, (2010), Titanium in phengite: A geobarometer for high temperature eclogites, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 159, 1-24.
2. Behr, W. M., and, J. P. Platt, (2011), A naturally constrained stress profile through the middle crust in an extensional terrane, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 303, 181-192.
3. Behr, W. M., and, J. P. Platt, (2012), Kinematic and thermal evolution during two-stage exhumation of a Mediterranean subduction complex, Tectonics, 31, TC4025, doi: 10.1029/2012TC003121.
4. Bhattacharya, A., L. Mohanty, A. Maji, S. K. Sen, and, M. Raith, (1992), Non-ideal mixing in the phlogopite-annite binary: Constraints from experimental data on Mg-Fe partitioning and a reformulation of the biotite-garnet geothermometer, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 111, 87-93.
5. Cherniak, D. J., (2010), Diffusion in quartz, melilite, silicate perovskite, and mullite, Rev. Mineral. Geochem., 72, 735-756.
6. Cherniak, D. J., D. A. Wark, and, E. B. Watson, (2004), Ti diffusion in quartz: Preliminary findings, Eos Trans. AGU, 85 (17), Spring Meet., Abstract #V43C-10.
7. Cherniak, D. J., E. B. Watson, and, D. A. Wark, (2007), Ti diffusion in quartz, Chem. Geol., 236, 65-74. (Pubitemid 44742713)
8. Coggon, R., and, T. Holland, (2002), Mixing properties of phengitic micas and revised garnet-phengite thermobarometers, J. Metamorph. Geol., 20 (7), 683-696.
9. Connolly, J. A. D., (2009), The geodynamic equation of state: What and how, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q10014, doi: 10.1029/2009GC002540.
10. Diener, J. F. A., and, R. Powell, (2010), Influence of ferric iron on the stability of mineral assemblages, J. Metamorph. Geol., 28, 599-613.
11. Docka, J. A., (1984), Ilmenite-garnet Mn-Fe exchange: Calibration from naturally occurring pairs, Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Programs, 16, 491.
12. Doll, C. G., (1944), A preliminary report on the geology of the Strafford Quadrangle, Vermont, 24th report of the State Geologist, Vermont Geol. Surv., pp. 14-28.
13. Doll, C. G., W. M. Cady, J. B. Thompson Jr., and, M. P. Billings, (1961), Centennial Geologic Map of Vermont, Vermont Geol. Surv., Montpellier, France.
14. Evans, K. A., M. J. Bickle, A. D. L. Skelton, M. Hall, and, H. Chapman, (2002), Reductive deposition of graphite at lithological margins in East Central Vermont: A Sr, C and O isotope study, J. Metamorph. Geol., 20, 781-798. (Pubitemid 35250267)
15. Feenstra, A., and, M. Engi, (1998), An experimental study of the Fe-Mn exchange between garnet and ilmenite, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol, 131, 379-392. (Pubitemid 128662650)
16. Ferry, J. M., and, F. S. Spear, (1978), Experimental calibration of the partitioning of Fe and Mg between biotite and garnet, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 66, 113-117.
17. Fisher, G. W., and, P. Karabinos, (1980), Stratigraphic sequence of the Gile Mountain and Waits River Formations near Royalton, Vermont, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 91, 282-286.
18. Fuhrman, M. L., and, D. H. Lindsley, (1988), Ternary-feldspar modeling and thermometry, Am. Mineral., 73, 201-215.
19. Ganguly, J., and, S. K. Saxena, (1984), Mixing properties of aluminosilicate garnets: Constraints from natural and experimental data, and application to geothermobarometry, Am. Mineral., 69, 88-97.
20. Ghent, E. D., and, M. Z. Stout, (1984), TiO2 activity in metamorphosed pelitic and basic rocks: Principles and applications to metamorphism in southeastern Canadian Cordillera, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 86, 248-255.
21. Green, E., T. Holland, and, R. Powell, (2007), An order-disorder model for omphacitic pyroxenes in the system jadeite-diopside-henenbergite-acmite, with applications to eclogitic rocks, Am. Mineral., 92, 1181-1189. (Pubitemid 47162967)
22. Grujic, D., M. Stipp, and, J. L. Wooden, (2011), Thermometry of quartz mylonites: Importance of dynamic recrystallization of Ti-in-quartz reequilibration, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Q06012, doi: 10.1029/2010GC003368.
23. Hackler, R. T., and, B. J. Wood, (1989), Experimental determination of Fe and Mg exchange between garnet and olivine and estimation of Fe-Mg garnet mixing properties, Am. Mineral., 74, 994-999.
24. Hatch, N. L., (1988), New evidence for faulting along the "Monroe Line," Eastern Vermont and westernmost New Hampshire, Am. J. Sci., 288, 1-18.
25. Holland, T., (2008), AX (v. 2): A program to calculate activities of mineral endmembers from chemical analyses, Dep. of Earth Sci., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, U. K.
26. Holland, T. J. B., and, R. Powell, (2011), An improved and extended internally consistent thermodynamic dataset for phases of petrological interest, involving a new equation of state for solids, J. Metamorph. Geol., 29, 333-383.
27. Holness, M. B., and, E. W. Sawyer, (2008), On the pseudomorphing of melt-filled pores during the crystallization of migmatites, J. Petrol., 49 (7), 1,343-341,363.
28. Howard, P. F., (1969), The geology of the Elizabeth Mine, Vermont. Department of Water Resource, Econ. Geol. Rep. #5.
29. Huang, R., and, A. Audétat, (2012), The titanium-in-quartz (TitaniQ) thermobarometer: A critical examination and re-calibration, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 84, 75-89, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.009.
30. Kidder, S., J.-P. Avouac, and, Y.-C. Chan, (2013), Application of titanium-in-quartz thermobarometry to greenschist facies veins and recrystallized quartzites in the Hsüehshan range, Taiwan, Solid Earth, 4, 1-21.
31. Kohn, M. J., and, C. J. Northrup, (2009), Taking mylonites' temperatures, Geology, 37 (1), 47-50.
32. Kohn, M. J., and, F. S. Spear, (2000), Retrograde net transfer reaction (ReNTR) insurance for P-T estimates, Geology, 28, 1127-1130. (Pubitemid 32876393)
33. Korchinski, M. S., T. Little, E. G. C. Smith, and, M.-A. Millet, (2012), Variation of Ti-in-quartz in gneiss domes exposing the world's youngest ultrahigh-pressure rocks, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q0AL01, doi: 10.1029/2012GC004230.
34. Kruhl, J. H., (1996), Prism- and basal-plane parallel subgrain boundaries in quartz: A microstructural geothermobarometer, J. Metamorph. Geol., 14, 581-589.
35. Kruhl, J. H., (1998), Reply: Prism- and basal-plane parallel subgrain boundaries in quartz: A microstructural geothermobarometer, J. Metamorph. Geol., 16, 142-146.
36. Lang, H. M., and, J. A. Gilotti, (2007), Partial melting of metamelites at ultrahigh-pressure conditions, Greenland Caledonides, J. Metamorph. Geol., 25, 129-147.
37. Martin, A. J., J. Ganguly, and, P. G. DeCelles, (2010), Metamorphism of Greater and Lesser Himalayan rocks exposed in the Modi Khola valley, central Nepal, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 159, 203-223.
38. Menard, T., and, F. S. Spear, (1994), Metamorphic P-T paths from calcic pelitic schists from the Strafford Dome, Vermont, USA, J. Metamorph. Geol., 12, 811-826.
39. Pownceby, M. I., V. J. Wall, and, H. O'Neill, (1987), Fe-Mn partitioning between garnet and ilmenite: Experimental calibration and applications, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 97, 116-126.
40. Pownceby, M. I., V. J. Wall, and, H. O'Neill, (1991), An experimental study of the effect of Ca upon garnet-ilmenite Fe-Mn exchange equilibria, Am. Mineral., 76, 1,580-581,588.
41. Rusk, B. G., M. H. Reed, J. H. Dilles, and, A. J. R. Kent, (2006), Intensity of quartz cathodoluminescence and trace-element content in quartz from the porphyry copper deposit at Butte, Montana, Am. Mineral., 91, 1,300-301,312.
42. Rusk, B. G., H. A. Lowers, and, M. H. Reed, (2008), Trace elements in hydrothermal quartz: Relationships to cathodoluminescent textures and insights into vein formation, Geology, 36 (7), 547-550.
43. Sato, K., and, M. Santosh, (2007), Titanium in quartz as a record of ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism: The granulites of Karur, Southern India, Mineral. Mag., 71 (2), 143-154. (Pubitemid 47554760)
44. Spear, F. S., and, T. M. Harrison, (1989), Geochronologic studies in central New England I: Evidence for pre-Acadian metamorphism in eastern Vermont, Geology, 17, 181-184.
45. Spear, F. S., and, D. A. Wark, (2009), Cathodoluminescence imaging and titanium thermometry in metamorphic quartz, J. Metamorph. Geol., 27, 187-205.
46. Spear, F. S., M. J. Kohn, J. T. Cheney, and, F. Florence, (2002), Metamorphic, thermal, and tectonic evolution of Central New England, J. Petrol., 43 (11), 2,097-092,120.
47. Spear, F. S., K. T. Ashley, L. E. Webb, and, J. B. Thomas, (2012), Ti diffusion in quartz inclusions: Implications for metamorphic time scales, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol.
48. Stipp, M., H. Stünitz, R. Heilbronner, and, S. M. Schmid, (2002), The eastern Tonale fault zone: a "natural laboratory" for crystal plastic deformation of quartz over a temperature range from 250 to 700°C, J. Struct. Geol., 24, 1,861-861,884.
49. Tajčmanová, L., J. A. D. Connolly, and, B. Cesare, (2009), A thermodynamic model for titanium and ferric iron solution in biotite, J. Metamorph. Geol., 27, 153-165.
50. Thomas, J. B., E. B. Watson, F. S. Spear, P. T. Shemella, S. K. Nayak, and, A. Lanzirotti, (2010), TitaniQ under pressure: The effect of pressure and temperature on the solubility of Ti in quartz, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 160 (5), 743-759.
51. Thompson, A. B., (1976), Mineral reactions in pelitic rocks. I. Prediction of P-T-X(Fe-Mg) phase relations. II. Calculations of some P-T-X(Fe-Mg) phase relations, Am. J. Sci., 276, 401-454.
52. Tinkham, D. K., C. A. Zuluaga, and, H. H. Stowell, (2001), Metapelite phase equilibria modeling in MnNCKFMASH: The effect of variable Al2O3 and MgO/(MgO+FeO) on mineral stability, Mineral. Soc. Am.: Geol. Mater. Res., 3 (1), 1-43.
53. Tracy, R. J., (1982), Compositional zoning and inclusions in metamorphic minerals, in Characterization of Metamorphism Through Mineral Equilibria, edited by, P. H. Ribbe, pp. 355-397, Mineral. Soc. of Am., Washington, D. C.
54. Tracy, R. J., P. Robinson, and, A. B. Thompson, (1976), Garnet composition and zoning in the determination of temperature and pressure of metamorphism, central Massachusetts, Am. Mineral., 61, 762-775.
55. Vazquez, J. A., S. F. Kyriazis, M. R. Reid, R. C. Sehler, and, F. C. Ramos, (2009), Thermochemical evolution of young rhyolites at Yellowstone: Evidence for a cooling but periodically replenished postcaldera magma reservoir, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 188, 186-196.
56. Wark, D. A., and, F. S. Spear, (2005), Titanium in quartz: Cathodoluminescence and thermometry, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, Suppl., 69, A592.
57. Wark, D. A., and, E. B. Watson, (2006), TitaniQ: A titanium-in-quartz geothermometer, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 152, 743-754. (Pubitemid 44741391)
58. Wark, D. A., W. Hildreth, F. S. Spear, D. J. Cherniak, and, E. B. Watson, (2007), Pre-eruption recharge of the Bishop magma system, Geology, 35 (3), 235-238. (Pubitemid 46437829)
59. White, W. S., and, J. H. Eric, (1944), Preliminary report on the geology of the Orange County copper district, Vermont, U.S. Geol. Surv. Open File Rep.
60. White, W. S., and, R. H. Jahns, (1950), Structure of central and east-central Vermont, J. Geol., 58, 179-220.
61. Wiebe, R. A., D. A. Wark, and, D. P. Hawkins, (2007), Insights from quartz cathodoluminescence zoning into crystallization of the Vinalhaven granite, coastal Maine, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 154, 439-453. (Pubitemid 47316966)
62. Williams, M. L., K. E. Scheltema, and, M. J. Jercinovic, (2001), High-resolution compositional mapping of matrix phases: Implications of mass transfer during crenulation cleavage development in the Moretown Formation, western Massachusetts, J. Struct. Geol., 23, 923-939. (Pubitemid 32818568)
63. Woodland, B. G., (1977), Structural analysis of the Sillurian-Devonian rocks of the Royalton area, Vermont, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 88, 1111-1123.
64. Woodsworth, G. J., (1977), Homogenization of zoned garnets from pelitic schists, Can. Mineral., 15, 230-242.