Lent Reading List - Option 3: G3 Metamorphic Topics
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Journal References
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T J B Holland
Metamorphic topics.
General referencefor metamorphism.
Philpotts & Ague.Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology. Cambridge UniversityPress. 2nd ed 2009
LectureOne
T J B Holland
Thermal models inmetamorphism
- Spear 1993. Metamorphic phase equilibria and pressure-temperature-time paths. Ch. 3
- England PC and Thompson AB (1984) Pressure-temperature-time paths of regional metamorphism I and II J. Petrol 25, 894-955.
- Oxburgh, E.R. & England, P.C. 1980. Heat flow and the metamorphic evolution of the Eastern Alps. Eclogae Geol. Hely., 73, 379-398.
- England, P.C. & Richardson, S.W. 1977. The influence of erosion upon the mineral facies of rocks from different metamorphic environments. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 134, 201-213. The classic reference
- Philpotts & Ague. Chapter 22.
Lecture Two
T J B Holland
Eclogites/Alps
- Holland. 1979. High water activities in the generation of high pressure kyanite eclogites of the Tauern Window, Austria. Journal of Geology 87, 1-27.
- Chopin. 1984. Coesite and pure pyrope in high grade pelitic blueschists of the western Alps. Contrib Min Pet 86, 107-118.
- Schmid, S.M., Pfiffner, 0.A., Froitzheim, N., Schnborn, G., and Kissling, E., 1996. Geophysical-geological transect and tectonic evolution of the Swiss-Italian Alps. Tectonics, 15, 1036-1064.
- von Blanckenburg, F, Davies, J.H. 1995. Slab breakoff: A model for syncollisional magmatism and tectonics in the Alps Tectonics 14, 120-131.
- Dale J. and Holland TJB. 2003. Geothermobarometry, PT paths and metamorphic field gradients of high-pressure rocks from the Adula Nappe, Central Alps. J Met Geol 21, 813-829. doi:10.1046/j.1525-1314.2003.00483.x
- Rebay et al. 2010. Calculated phase equilibria for a MORB composition in a P-T range 450-650C and 18-28 kbar: the stability of eclogite. J Met Geol 28, 635-645
- Smye, Greenwood and Holland. 2010. Garnet-chloritoid-kyanite assemblages: eclogite facies indicators of subduction constraints in orogenic belts. J Met Geol 28, 753-768 - this link sometimes doesn't work,if so try this one
- Smye et al. 2011. Rapid formation and exhumation of the youngest Alpine eclogites: A thermal conundrum to Barrovian metamorphism. Earth & Plan. Sci. Lett. 306, 193-204
- Warren et al. 2008. Modelling tectonic styles and ultra-high pressure (UHP) rock exhumation during the transition from oceanic subduction to continental collision. Earth & Plan. Sci. Lett. 267, 129-145
- Also a useful guide on the web: Regional tectonics: from the Rhine graben to the Po plain, a summary of the tectonic evolution of the Alps and their forelands. SM Schmid. http://pages.unibas.ch/earth/tecto/Members/Schmid/alps/schmid_html/Text_Schmid.html
Lecture Three
T J B Holland
Granulites
- Harley 1989. The origin of granulites. Geol Mag 126, 215-331.
- Waters and Whales. 1984. Dehydration melting and the granulite transition in metapelites from southern Namaqualand, S. Africa. Cont Min Pet 88, 269-75 - this link sometimes doesn't work, if so, try this one
- Hansen, E C, Newton R C and Janardhan A S 1984. Fluid inclusions in rocks from the amphibolite-facies gneiss to charnockite progression in southern Karnataka, India : direct evidence concerning the fluids of granulite facies metamorphism. J. Met Geol., 2, 249-264.
- Bohlen, S.R. (1991): On the formation of granulites. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 9, 223-229.
- Lamb, W.M., Valley, J.W. (1984): Metamorphism of reduced granulites in low-0O2 vapor-free environment. Nature, 312, 56-58.
- Waters, D.J. (1991) Hercynite-quartz granulites: phase relations, and implications for crustal processes. European Journal of Mineralogy, 3, 367-386.
- Newton, R.C., Smith, J.V., Windley, B.F. (1980): Carbonic metamorphism, granulites and crustal growth. Nature, 288, 45-50.
- Kelsey, D.E. 2008. On ultrahigh-temperature crustal metamorphism. Gondwana Research 13, 1-29
- Several papers in Elements, 2011 (vol 7, no 4) make good introductory reading. Also a useful guide on the web from Dave Waters:http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~davewa/research/granmig.html
Lecture Four
T J B Holland
Oxidation/Reduction and Fluids
- Ferry 1981. Petrology of graphitic sulphide-rich schists from south central Maine. An example of desul dation during prograde regional metamorphism. Am. Min. 66, 908-931
- Spear 1993. Metamorphic phase equilibria and pressure-temperature-time paths. Chapter 18.
- Poulson SR & Ohmoto H 1989. Devolatilisation equilibria in graphite-pyrite-pyrrhotite bearing pelites with an application to magma-pelite interaction. Contr Mineral Petrol 101, 418-425.
- Frey M, Bucher K, Frank E & Mullis, J. 1980. Alpine metamorphism along the geotraverse Basel-Chiasso - a review. Eclog. Geol. Helvet. 73, 527-546.
- Philpotts & Ague. Chapter 11.
Lecture Five
T J B Holland
Metasomatism
- Brady 1977. Metasomatic zones in metamorphic rocks. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 41, 113-125. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(77)90191-0
- Glassley W 1983. Deep crustal Carbonates as CO2 Fluid sources: evidence from metasomatic reaction zones. Cont. Min. Pet. 84, 15-24
- Thompson AB 1975. Calc-silicate diffusion zones between marble and pelitic schist. J Petrol 16, 314-346
- Fisher G 1978. Rate laws in metamorphism. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 42, 1035-1050. doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(78)90292-2
- Miller et al. 2009. Metasomatic formation and petrology of blueschist-facies hybrid rocks from Syros (Greece): Implications for reactions at the slabmantle interface. Lithos 107, 53-67.
- Philpotts & Ague. Chapter 21.
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Lectures 6-11: Icelandic Magmatism John Maclennan
Lecture Six
J Maclennan
The geology, petrology and geophysics of Iceland
- Garcia S, Arnaud NO, Angelier J, Bergerat F, Homberg C, Rift jump process in Northern Iceland since 10 Ma from Ar-40/Ar-39 geochronology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 214, 529-544, 2003
- Hardarson, BS, Fitton, JG, Mechanisms of crustal accretion in Iceland, Geology 25, 1043–1046, 1997
- Sigmarsson, O, Steinthorsson, S Origin of Icelandic: A review of their petrology and geochemistry, Journal of Geodynamics, 43, 87-100, (2007)
- Tronnes, RG, Geology and geodynamics of Iceland
- Thordarson, T, Hoskuldsson, A, Classic Geology in Europe 3: Iceland, Terra Publishing, 200 pages
- Allen, RM, Nolet, G, Morgan, WJ, et al. Imaging the mantle beneath Iceland using integrated seismological techniques, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 107, Art. No. 2325, 2002
Practical 6: Estimates of the mantle potential temperature under Iceland
- Putirka, KD, Mantle potential temperatures at Hawaii,Iceland, and the mid-ocean ridge system, as inferred from olivine phenocrysts: Evidence for thermally driven mantle plumes, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 6, Art. No. Q05L08, 2005
- Foulger, G, et al., http://www.mantleplumes.org
- Vinnik LP, Foulger GR, Du Z, Seismic boundaries in the mantle beneath Iceland: a new constraint on temperature, Geophysical Journal International, 160, 533-538, 2005
Lecture Seven
J Maclennan
Melt generation at mid-ocean ridges
- Asimow, PD, Hirschmann, MM, Stolper, EM, Calculation of peridotite partial melting from thermodynamic models of minerals and melts, IV. Adiabatic decompression and the composition and mean properties of mid-ocean ridge basalts, Journal of Petrology, 42, 963-998, 2001
- Langmuir, C.H., E.M. Klein, and T. Plank, Petrological constraints on melt formation and migration beneath mid-ocean ridges, in Mantle Flow and Melt Generation at Mid-Ocean Ridges, edited by J. Phipps Morgan, D. Blackman, and J.L. Sinton, Geophysical Monograph 71, AGU, 1992.
- White, R.S., McKenzie, D. & O’Nions, R.K., 1992. Oceanic crustal thickness from seismic measurements and Rare Earth Element inversions, Journal 0f Geophysical Research, 97, 19683-19715.
- McKenzie, D, Bickle, MJ, The volume and composition of melt generated by extension of the lithosphere, Journal of Petrology, 29, 625-679, 1988
- Salters, VJM, Longhi, JE, Bizimis, M, Near mantle solidus trace element partitioning at pressures up to 3.4 GPa, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 3 Art. No. 1038, 2002
Additional references
- White, R.S., Minshull, T.A., Bickle, M.J. and Robinson, C.J. (2001) Melt generation at very slow-spreading oceanic ridges: constraints from geochemical and geophysical data. Journal of Petrology, 42, (6), 1171-1196.
- Maclennan J, McKenzie D, Gronvold K, Plume-driven upwelling under central Iceland, Earth and planetary science letters 194 (1-2): 67-82 DEC 30 2001
- Katz, RF, (2010) Porosity-driven convection and asymmetry beneath mid-ocean ridges, GEOCHEM GEOPHY GEOSY. pp. doi: 10.1029/2010GC003282
- Ghiorso, M.S., et al., The pMELTS: A revision of MELTS for improved calculation of phase relations and major element partitioning related to partial melting of the mantle to 3 GPa, GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, VOL. 3, 1030, 35 PP., 2002, doi:10.1029/2001GC000217
Practical 7: Volcanism and glaciation in Iceland
- Maclennan, J, Jull, M, McKenzie, D, Slater, L, Gronvold, K, The link between volcanism and deglaciation in Iceland, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 3, Art. No. 1062, 2002
- Jull, M, McKenzie, D, The effect of deglaciation on mantle melting beneath Iceland, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 101, 21815-21828, 1996
Lecture 8
J Maclennan
The mantle source of Icelandic basalts
- Maclennan J, Lead isotope variability in olivine-hosted melt inclusions from Iceland, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 4159-4176, 2008
- Murton BJ, Taylor RN, Thirlwall MF, Plume-ridge interaction: A geochemical perspective from the Reykjanes Ridge, Journal of Petrology 43 (11): 1987-2012, 2002
- Stracke A, Zindler A, Salters VJM, et al. Theistareykir revisited, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 4: Art. No. 8507, 2003
- McKenzie D, Stracke A, Blichert-Toft J, et al., Source enrichment processes responsible for isotopic anomalies in oceanic island basalts, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (12): 2699-2724, 2004
- Sobolev AV, et al., The amount of recycled crust in sources of mantle-derived melts, Science, 316, 412-417, 2007
- Sobolev, AV, et al., A quantitative link between recycling and osmium isotopes, Science, 321, 536, 2008
- Kokfelt TF, et al., Combined trace element and Pb-Nd-Sr-O isotope evidence for recycled oceanic crust (upper and lower) in the Iceland mantle plume, Journal of Petrology, 47, 1705-1749, 2006
- Dickin A, Radiogenic Isotope Geology, Cambridge University Press, Chapter 6
- Starkey, N.A., et al., Helium isotopes in early Iceland plume picrites: Constraints on the composition of high 3He/4He mantle, EPSL, 277, 91-100, 2009.
- Fitton JG, Saunders AD, Norry MJ, et al., Thermal and chemical structure of the Iceland plume, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 153 (3-4): 197-208, 1997
- Thirlwall, MF et al., Mantle components in Iceland and adjacent ridges investigated using double-spike Pb isotope ratios, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68, 361-386, 2004.
- Balta, J.B. et al., Manganese partitioning during hydrous melting of peridotite, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 5819-5833 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.05.026, 2011
- Le Roux V., et al., Mineralogical heterogeneities in the Earth's mantle: Constraints from Mn, Co, Ni and Zn partitioning during mantle melting, EPSL, 307, 395-408, 2011
- Jackson, M.G. & Dasgupta, R., Compositions of HIMU, EM1 and EM2 from global trends between radiogenic isotopes and major elements in ocean island basalts, EPSL, 276, 175-186, 2008
- Shorttle, O. & Maclennan, J., Compositional trends of Icelandic basalts: Implications for short-length scale lithological heterogeneity in mantle plumes , G-cubed, OL. 12, Q11008, 32 PP., 2011 doi:10.1029/2011GC003748
Practical 8: Constraints on mantle upwelling rates
- Maclennan J, McKenzie D, Gronvold K, Plume-driven upwelling under central Iceland, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 194 (1-2): 67-82 DEC 30 2001
- Kokfelt TF, Hoernle K, Hauff F, Upwelling and melting of the Iceland plume from radial variation of U-238-Th-230 disequilibria in postglacial volcanic rocks, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 214 (1-2): 167-186 SEP 10 2003
- Ito G, Shen Y, Hirth G, Wolfe CJ Mantle flow, melting, and dehydration of the, Iceland mantle plume, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 165 (1): 81-96 JAN 15 1999
Lecture Ten
J Maclennan
Melt transport under ridges
- Kelemen, PB, Hirth, G, Shimizu, N, Spiegelman, M, Dick, HJB, A review of melt migration processes in the adiabatically upwelling mantle beneath oceanic spreading ridges, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 355, 283-318, 1997
- Katz, RF et al., The dynamics of melt and shear localisation in partially molten aggregates, Nature, 442, 676-679, 2006
- McKenzie, D, Constraints on melt generation and transport from U-series activity ratios, Chemical Geology, 162, 81-94, 2000
- Maclennan, J, Jull, M, McKenzie, D, Slater, L, Gronvold, K, The link between volcanism and deglaciation in Iceland, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 3, Art. No. 1062, 2002
- Connolly, JAD, Podladchikov, YY, Decompaction weakening and channelling instability in ductile porous media: Implications for asthenospheric melt segregation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B10205, doi:10.1029/2005JB004213, 2007
- Holtzman, BK, Kohlstedt, DL, Stress-driven melt segregation and strain partitioning in partially molten rocks: Effects of stress and strain, Journal of Petrology, 10 2007
- Spiegelman, M, Kelemen, PB, Extreme chemical variability as a consequence of channelized melt transport, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4, Art. No. 1055, 2003
Practical 10: Crystallisation in the Icelandic crust
- Putirka KD, et al., New clinopyroxene-liquid thermobarometers for maric, evolved, and volatile-bearing lava compositions, with applications to lavas from Tibet and the Snake River Plain, Idaho, American Mineralogist, 88, 1542-1554, 2003
- Yang, HJ, Kinzler, RJ, Grove, TL, Experiments and models of anhydrous, basaltic olivine-plagioclase-augite saturated melts from 0.001 to 10 kbar, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 124, 1-18, 1996
- Maclennan, J, et al., Crustal accretion under northern Iceland, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 191, 295-310, 2001
Lecture Eleven
J Maclennan
Magma chamber processes in the Icelandic crust
- Maclennan J, McKenzie D, Gronvold K, et al. Crustal accretion under northern Iceland Earth and Planetary Science Letters 191 (3-4): 295-310 SEP 15 2001
- Maclennan J, McKenzie D, Gronvold K, et al. Melt mixing and crystallization under Theistareykir, northeast Iceland Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 4: Art. No. 8624 NOV 15 2003
- Gee MAM, Taylor RN, Thiriwall MF, et al. Axial magma reservoirs located by variation in lava chemistry along Iceland's mid-ocean ridge, Geology 28 (8): 699-702 AUG 2000
- Nicholson, H, Condomines, M, Fitton, JG, et al., Geochemical and isotopic evidence for crustal assimilation beneath Krafla, Iceland, Journal of Petrology 32 (5), 1005-1020, 1991
Practical 11: The petrologic method
- Thordarson T, Self S, Oskarsson N, et al. Sulfur, chlorine, and fluorine degassing and atmospheric loading by the 1783-1784 AD Laki (Skaftar fires) eruption in Iceland Bulletin of Volcanology 58 (2-3): 205-225 OCT 1996
- Thordarson T, Miller DJ, Larsen G, et al.New estimates of sulfur degassing and atmospheric mass-loading by the 934 AD Eldgja eruption, Iceland Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 108 (1-4): 33-54 AUG 15 2001
- Thordarson T, Self S Atmospheric and environmental effects of the 1783-1784 Laki eruption: A review and reassessment Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 108 (D1): Art. No. 4011 JAN 8 2003
Lectures 12-16 Volcanology, Marie Edmonds
General Reading
Textbooks
- *Fundamentals of Physical Volcanology, written by: Liz Parfitt, Lionel Wilson. Wiley. Available as e-Book
- *Encyclopaedia of Volcanoes, edited by: Sigurdsson, H., B. Houghton, H. Rhymer, J. Stix, S McNutt, 2000, Academic Press. Available in several libraries
- Volcanoes, Second Edition, written by: (The Late) Peter Francis and Clive Oppenheimer, Oxford University Press. Available in several libraries
And some reviews/special volumes of journals:
- Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Sulfur in Magmas and Melts, v. 73, 2011.- Cam Domain access only
- Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Minerals, Inclusions and Volcanic Processes v. 69, 2008.
- Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Volatiles in Magmas, v. 30, 1994.
Specific Reading
Lecture 12: Physical properties of magma
- Giordano, D, JK Russell, DB Dingwell, 2008. Viscosity of magmatic liquids: A model. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 271, 123-134.
- Gonnermann, HM and M Manga, 2007.The Fluid Mechanics Inside a Volcano. Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech 39:321-56, doi 10.1146/annurev.fluid.39.050905.110207.
- Manga, M and M Lowenberg, 2001. Viscosity of magmas containing highly deformable bubbles. J. Volcanology and Geothermal Research 105, 19-24.
- Cashman, K and J Blundy, 2000. Degassing and crystallization of ascending andesite and dacite. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A 358, 1487-1513.
- Melnik and Sparks, 1999. Nonlinear dynamics of lava dome extrusion. Nature 402, 37-41.
- Sparks, R. S. J., 1997. Causes and consequences of pressurisation in lava dome eruptions, Earth Plan Sci Lett. Volume 150, Issues 3-4, Pages 177-189
- Dingwell, D., 1996. Volcanic Dilemma--Flow or Blow? Science 273, 1054.
- Papale, P., 1999. Strain-induced fragmentation in volcanic eruptions. Nature 397, 425-428.
- Rust, AC and KV Cashman, 2011. Permeability controls on expansion and size distributions of pyroclasts. J Geophys Res, 116, B11202, 17 PP., 2011
- doi:10.1029/2011JB008494.
- Kaminsky et al., 2011. Estimation of ash injection in the atmosphere by basaltic volcanic plumes: The case of the Eyjafjallajökull 2010 eruption. Journal Geophys Res,116, B00C02, doi:10.1029/2011JB008297.
Lecture 14: Basaltic eruptions
- Houghton, B. F. and H. M. Gonnerman, 2008. Basaltic explosive volcanism: Constraints from deposits and models. Chemie der Erde 68, 117-140.
- Kazahaya, K. et al., 2004. Gigantic SO2 emission from Miyakejima volcano, Japan, caused by caldera collapse. Geology 32, 5; 425-428; doi: 10.1130/G20399.1.
- Namiki, A and M Manga, 2008. Transition between fragmentation and permeable outgassing of low viscosity magmas. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 169, 48-60.
- Sable, JE, B. F. Houghton, C. J. N. Wilson & R. J. Carey, 2009. Eruption mechanisms during the climax of the Tarawera 1886 basaltic Plinian eruption inferred from microtextural characteristics of the deposits. From: Thodarson, T., Self, S., Larsen, G., Rowland, S. K. & Hoskuldsson, A. (eds) Studies in Volcanology: The Legacy of George Walker. Special Publications of IAVCEI, 2, 129-154. Geological Society, London. 1750-8207/09/$15.00 # IAVCEI 2009. Classmark B.33.164
- Shinohara H, 2008. Excessive degassing from volcanoes and its role on eruptive and intrusive activity. Reviews of Geophysics, 46, RG4005, 2007RG000244.
Lecture 15: Volatile budgets of volcanic eruptions
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