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Permian-aged metagabbros from the eclogite type-locality in the eastern European Alps were partially to completely transformed to eclogite during Eoalpine intracontinental subduction. Microtextures developed along a preserved fluid infiltration and reaction front in the gabbros record the incipient gabbro-to-eclogite transition, allowing the details of the eclogitization process to be investigated. Original, anorthite-rich igneous plagioclase is pervasively replaced by fine-grained intergrowths of clinozoisite, kyanite and Na-rich plagioclase. Where plagioclase was in contact with igneous orthopyroxene, 100-200 m thick bimineralic coronae of symplectic kyanite and diopsidic clinopyroxene form along the edges of the grains. The rims of igneous orthopyroxene develop a complementary bimineralic corona of diopsidic clinopyroxene and garnet. Igneous clinopyroxene does not show any breakdown textures; however, jadeite content gradually increases towards the rims. In addition, exsolution lamellae inherited from the igneous clinopyroxene become progressively more jadeitic as eclogitization proceeds. Given that the igneous plagioclase is pervasively replaced by clinozoisite, kyanite and Na-rich plagioclase, whereas kyanite-diopside symplectites are confined to narrow rim zones, we suggest that the development of these textures was controlled by the (im)mobility of different elements on different length scales. The presence of hydrous minerals in the core of anhydrous plagioclase indicates that H2O diffusivity occurred on a mm-scale. By contrast, the size of the anhydrous diopside-kyanite and diopside-garnet symplectites indicate that Fe-Mg-Ca-Na diffusivity was limited to a 10s of m scale. Chemical potential relations calculated in the idealized NCASH chemical system show that the clinozoisite-kyanite-albite intergrowths formed due to an increase of H2O to plagioclase, whereas all other elements remained effectively immobile on the scale of this texture. Fluid conditions indicated by this texture span from virtually dry conditions (aH2O approximate to 0.15) to H2O-saturation, and therefore does not imply that the rocks were ever fluid-saturated. Calculations in the CMAS and NCFMAS systems show that the gabbro-to-eclogite transition is characterized by the growth of garnet, diopsidic clinopyroxene and kyanite due to diffusion of Ca (+ Na) and Mg (+ Fe) along a CaO (+ Na2O)-MgO (+ FeO) chemical potential gradient developed between orthopyroxene and plagioclase compositional domains. The anhydrous nature of the textures indicate that the gabbro-to-eclogite transition is not driven by hydration; however, increased H2O acts as a catalyst that increases diffusivity of all elements and rates of dissolution-precipitation, allowing the overstepped metamorphic reactions to occur. Our results show that crustal eclogite formation requires low H2O content, confirming that true eclogites are dry rocks.
- 出版日期2017-1
