Caracterización química de esfenas ígneas y aplicación del geotermómetro de Zr en esfena a procesos tardimagmáticos
- Rodriguez, J.
- Vegas Tubia, Néstor
- Tubía Martínez, José María
ISSN: 0213-683X
Año de publicación: 2009
Número: 47
Páginas: 121-124
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Geogaceta
Resumen
This preliminary work illustrates the chemical composition of sphene from Variscan tonalites with sphene-centered ocellar texture (Ribadelago pluton, NW Iberian Massif). The ocellar texture is linked with the percolation of a tardimagmatic melt, with trondhjemitic affinities, through an hyperdense crystal mush. Chemical zoning in sphene, revealed by BSE imaging, shows a heterogeneous distribution of heavy trace elements (Nb, Y, Ce and Zr) that depicts concentric, oscillatory, sector and patchy patterns. Application of the Zr-in-sphene thermometer yields a temperature range of 746 to 778 ºC for the crystallization of sphene in the tardimagmatic melt. It also constitutes a minimum temperature estimation for biotite partial destabilization in this lithology.