Copyright; Additional Copies ................................... ii
Foreword; Preface ............................................. iii
Chapter 1
PRINCIPLES OF THERMODYNAMIC MODELING OF IGNEOUS PROCESSES
J. Nicholls
INTRODUCTION .................................................... 1
DUEHM'S THEOREM AND THE PHASE RULE .............................. 1
Example of the application of Duhem's theorem ................ 3
CALCULATION OF CRYSTALLIZATION PATHS ............................ 6
Perfect equilibrium paths .................................... 8
Isobaric perfect fractionation paths ........................ 10
Polybaric fractionation curves .............................. 13
Multiphase fractionation paths .............................. 15
TESTING THERMODYNAMIC MODELS ................................... 16
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................ 19
REFERENCES ..................................................... 19
APPENDIX: DERIVATION OF FRACTIONATION EQUATION AT CONSTANT
Hmelt ........................................................... 20
Chapter 2
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SILICATE LIQUIDS WITH
EMPHASIS ON DENSITY, THERMAL EXPANSION AND
COMPRESSIBILITY
R.L. Lange & I.S.E. Carmichael
INTRODUCTION ................................................... 25
THE STANDARD STATE FREE ENERGY OF NATURAL LIQUIDS .............. 27
VOLUMETRIC PROPERTIES OF SILICATE LIQUIDS ...................... 28
The compositional dependence of liquid volumes at 1 bar ..... 29
TiO2-bearing liquids ..................................... 30
Iron-bearing liquids ..................................... 31
Thermal expansion of silicate liquids ....................... 35
Volumes of fusion at 1 bar .................................. 39
Compressibility of silicate liquids ......................... 41
Compositional dependence of (dV|dP)T ..................... 41
Compressibility of the ferric component .................. 44
The pressure dependence of compressibility ............... 45
The effect of volatiles on silicate liquid densities ........ 48
The partial molar volume of H2O .......................... 49
The partial molar volume of CO2 .......................... 54
SUMMARY ........................................................ 56
APPENDIX CALORIMETRIC DATA ..................................... 57
Enthalpies and entropies of fusion .......................... 57
Heat capacities of silicate liquids and glasses ............. 57
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................ 59
REFERENCES ..................................................... 59
Chapter 3
SIMULATION OF IGNEOUS DIFFERENTIATION PROCESSES
R.L. Nielsen
INTRODUCTION ................................................... 65
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND ......................................... 65
Major element phase equilibria .............................. 65
Trace element partitioning .................................. 66
Assumptions and options of the program ...................... 69
MODELING OPEN SYSTEM PROCESSES ................................. 70
Paired recharge and fractionation ........................... 70
Recharge rate and fractionating mineral proportions ......... 71
Phase equilibria constraints on bulk partition
coefficient ................................................. 74
Variable oxygen fugacity .................................... 76
Periodic mixing ............................................. 76
In situ fractionation ....................................... 78
TESTING PETROLOGIC TOOLS WITH MODELED RESULTS .................. 84
Calculation of parental magma compositions .................. 84
Least-squares-mass balance fractionation models ............. 85
Derivation of D from log-log plots .......................... 88
Pearce element ratio analysis ............................... 88
PROBLEM SOLVING IN NATURAL SYSTEMS ............................. 95
Uwekehuna Bluff ............................................. 95
Galapagos spreading center .................................. 99
Kilauea Iki - olivine resorption ........................... 100
CONCLUSIONS ................................................... 102
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 103
REFERENCES .................................................... 103
Chapter 4
THE MATHEMATICS OF FLUID FLOW AND A SIMPLE APPLICATION ТО
PROBLEMS OF MAGMA TRANSPORT
J. Nicholls
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 107
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS ........................................ 107
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF FLUID MECHANICS ..................... 109
The equation of continuity ................................. 109
The Navier-Stokes equations ................................ 110
Conservation of energy ..................................... 110
UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOWS .......................................... 111
Application to a simple problem ............................ 111
Interpretation ............................................. 117
Conclusions ................................................ 122
REFERENCES CITED .............................................. 123
Chapter 5
PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN THE EVOLUTION OF MAGMAS
S. Tait & С. Jaupar
FOREWORD ...................................................... 125
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 125
Physical properties of magmas .............................. 125
Evidence from fossil magma chambers ........................ 127
Chemical aspects ........................................... 128
Thermal Convection ............................................ 130
Temperature of contact between magma and country rock ...... 130
Structure of the thermal boundary layers ................... 131
Structure of the convecting interior ....................... 132
Thermal flux balance at the roof ........................... 135
Further complexities of upper boundary layer structure ..... 137
FREEZING OF A BINARY ALLOY AND COMPOSITIONAL CONVECTION ....... 137
Solidification and constitutional supercooling ............. 137
Structure of a "mushy" crystallization boundary layer ...... 139
Onset of compositional convection .......................... 141
Convective transport of solute ............................. 143
Vertical walls ............................................. 144
Conclusion ................................................. 146
SUMMARY OF OTHER PHENOMENA .................................... 146
Crystal settling ........................................... 147
The kinetics of crystal nucleation and growth .............. 147
Magma chamber replenishment ................................ 148
REFERENCES .................................................... 151
Chapter 6
MAGMA MIXING PROCESSES: INSIGHTS AND CONSTRAINTS FROM
THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS
J.K. Russell
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 153
HISTORY OF TREATMENT .......................................... 154
TESTABILITY OF THE MAGMA MIXING HYPOTHESIS .................... 155
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF MAGMA MIXING ......................... 157
Melt mixing ................................................ 159
Solid phase saturation ..................................... 164
Oxidation potential and H2O solubility ..................... 166
MODELLING THE MAGMA MIXING PROCESS ............................ 171
Magmatic paths: fractional mixing vs. equilibrium
mixing ..................................................... 171
Thermodynamic paths of magma mixing ........................ 172
COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHM ....................................... 174
Temperature as the independent variable .................... 174
Temperature of as a dependent variable ..................... 176
Adiabatic and non-adiabatic paths .......................... 177
MODEL SIMULATIONS ............................................. 178
CONCLUSIONS ................................................... 186
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 187
REFERENCES .................................................... 187
Chapter 7
THE EFFECT OF OXYGEN FUGACITY ON THE REDOX STATE
OF NATURAL LIQUIDS AND THEIR CRYSTALLIZING PHASES
I.S.E. Carmichael & M.S. Ghiorso
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 191
REDOX STATE AND OXYGEN FUGACITY IN NATURAL SILICATE LIQUIDS ... 192
METALS OF VARIABLE VALENCE AND OXYGEN FUGACITY ................ 197
THE EFFECT OF REDOX STATE ON OLIVINE-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM ....... 200
THE EFFECT OF REDOX STATE OF PYROXENE-LIQUID EQUILIBRIA ....... 205
HYDROUS MINERALS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO LIQUIDS ........... 207
IRON-TITANIUM OXIDES AND SULFIDES AND THE REDOX STATE OF
THE LIQUID .................................................... 208
CONCLUSIONS ................................................... 209
A PETROLOGICAL CONCERN ........................................ 210
REFERENCES .................................................... 210
Chapter 8
DYNAMICS OF ERUPTIVE PHENOMENA
C. Jaupart & S. Tait
FOREWORD ...................................................... 213
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 213
BASIC PRINCIPLES AND OBSERVATIONS ............................. 213
Dimensions of volcanic systems ............................. 213
Velocity and mass flux of eruptions ........................ 214
Eruption triggering ........................................ 215
Effect of eruptions on the magma chamber ................... 216
THE PROPERTIES OF VOLCANIC LIQUIDS ............................ 217
Physical properties of lava ................................ 217
The viscosity of silicate melts ......................... 217
The viscosity of bubbly liquids ......................... 218
The temperature dependence of viscosity ................. 219
The solubility of gas species of silicate melts ............ 219
The density of magmatic gases .............................. 219
The fragmentation process .................................. 220
Conclusions ................................................ 221
FLOW EQUATIONS ................................................ 222
Basic principles and equations ............................. 222
The mass flux of an eruption ............................... 223
Constant conduit radius ................................. 224
Variable conduit radius ................................. 225
Conclusion .............................................. 225
COMPRESSIBLE FLOW ............................................. 227
Laminar regime and variable properties ..................... 227
Choking conditions ......................................... 228
Conduit flow in explosive eruption regimes ................. 231
Generalized momentum balance ............................... 231
Conclusion ................................................. 232
Other effects on Flow Conditions ........................... 232
Separated flow .......................................... 232
The physics of bubble growth ............................ 233
Bubble nucleation ................................. 234
Bubble expansion ..................................... 234
Chemical diffusion ................................... 235
Conclusion ........................................... 235
GENERAL CONCLUSION ............................................ 235
REFERENCES .................................................... 236
Chapter 9
MELT FRACTION DIAGRAMS: THE LINK BETWEEN CHEMICAL
AND TRANSPORT MODELS
G.W. Bergantz
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 239
MELT FRACTION DISTRIBUTIONS ................................... 241
A general energy conservation expression ................... 241
Generic elements of melt fraction curves ................... 245
GEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS ....................................... 248
The MASH hypothesis and a baseline physical state .......... 243
REFERENCES .................................................... 254
Chapter 10
TEXTURAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE KINETICS OF CRYSTALLIZATION
OF IGNEOUS ROCKS
K.V. Cashman
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 259
NUCLEATION .................................................... 260
Theory ..................................................... 260
Homogeneous nucleation ..................................... 260
Heterogeneous nucleation ................................... 263
Experimental constraints ................................... 264
CRYSTAL GROWTH ................................................ 266
Theory ..................................................... 266
Crystallization without a change in composition ......... 266
Crystallization in multicomponent systems ............... 268
Experimental constraints ................................... 268
COUPLED NUCLEATION AND GROWTH (AVRAMI EQUATION) ............... 274
CRYSTALLIZATION IN NATURAL SYSTEMS ............................ 282
Crystallization of dikes ................................... 283
Crystal size distributions ................................. 287
Theory .................................................. 287
Isobaric cooling ........................................ 291
Isothermal depressurization ............................. 295
Crystallization caused by change in supersaturation ..... 297
Residence times ......................................... 297
Effect of physical processes ............................ 299
Further potential applications of CSDs .................. 300
CONCLUSIONS ................................................... 300
APPENDIX: STEREOLOGY AND IMAGE ANALYSIS ....................... 303
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 309
REFERENCES .................................................... 309
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