1. Fluid-Fluid Interactions in the Earth's Lithosphere
Axel Liebscher, Christoph A. Heinrich
INTRODUCTION .................................................... 1
GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENTS OF TWO-PHASE FLUIDS ....................... 2
PRINCIPAL PHASE RELATIONS IN TWO-PHASE FLUID SYSTEMS ............ 5
One-component systems ....................................... 5
Binary fluid systems ........................................ 5
TERMINOLOGY OF FLUID PHASES AND PROCESSES ....................... 8
Terms to describe fluid phases .............................. 8
Terms describing fluid processes involving one or two
phases .................................................... 9
A note on the term "supercritical" ......................... 10
COMPOSITION AND PHASE STATE OF COMMON CRUSTAL FLUIDS ........... 10
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................ 12
REFERENCES ..................................................... 12
2. Experimental Studies in Model Fluid Systems
Axel Liebscher
INTRODUCTION ................................................... 15
DATA COMPILATION AND PRESENTATION .............................. 16
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO FLUID-FLUID STUDIES ......... 17
P-V-T-x RELATIONS IN BINARY MODEL FLUID SYSTEMS ................ 19
H2O-non polar gas systems .................................. 19
H2O-salt systems ........................................... 21
Other binary system ........................................ 29
P-V-T-x RELATIONS IN TERNARY MODEL FLUID SYSTEMS ............... 29
H2O-NaCl-CO2 system ........................................ 29
H2O-CaCl2-CO2 system ....................................... 31
H2O-NaCl-CH4 ............................................... 32
Limits of immiscibility in ternary H2O-salt-non polar gas
systems .................................................. 34
Other ternary systems ...................................... 34
TRACE ELEMENT AND STABLE ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION ................. 35
Trace element fractionation ................................ 35
Stable isotope fractionation ............................... 36
FLUID-MINERAL AND FLUID-ROCK INTERACTIONS UNDER TWO-FLUID
PHASE CONDITIONS ............................................. 39
CONCLUDING REMARKS ............................................. 42
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................ 43
REFERENCES ..................................................... 43
3. Equations of State for Complex Fluids
Matthias Gottschalk
INTRODUCTION ................................................... 49
PRINCIPLES ..................................................... 49
TYPES OF EOS ................................................... 53
Ideal gas .................................................. 53
Virial equation ............................................ 53
Cubic EOS .................................................. 54
Hard-sphere extension of the EOS ........................... 56
Integrated EOS ............................................. 57
MIXING AND COMBINING RULES ..................................... 59
SPECIFIC EOS FOR MIXTURES APPLICABLE TO GEOLOGIC SETTINGS ...... 61
Holloway (1976), Holloway (1981) ........................... 62
Bowers and Helgeson (1983) ................................. 62
Kerrick and Jacobs (1981), Jacobs and Kerrick (1981a,b) .... 63
Rimbach and Chatterjee (1987) .............................. 63
Grevel and Chatterjee (1992) ............................... 64
Grevel(1993) ............................................... 64
Spycher and Reed (1988) .................................... 64
Saxena and Fei (1987, 1988) ................................ 65
Shi and Saxena (1992) ...................................... 66
Belonoshko and Saxena (1992c), Belonoshko et al. (1992) .... 66
Duan et al. (1992c, 1996) .................................. 67
Duan et al. (1992a,b) ...................................... 68
Duan and Zhang (2006) ...................................... 69
Anderko and Pitzer (1993a,b), Duan et al. (1995) ........... 69
Duan et al. (2003) ......................................... 72
Jiang and Pitzer (1996), Duan et al. (2006) ................ 72
Churakov and Gottschalk (2003a,b) .......................... 72
CALCULATION OF PHASE EQUILIBRIA ................................ 73
CONCLUSIONS .................................................... 73
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................ 75
REFERENCES ..................................................... 75
APPENDIX A ..................................................... 78
Derivations ................................................ 78
P and T as state variables ................................. 79
V and T as state variables ................................. 82
ν and T as state variables ................................. 85
ρ and T as state variables ................................. 87
U, H, and S as a function of the state variables V, P and
T ........................................................ 88
APPENDIX В ..................................................... 91
Fugacity coefficients ...................................... 91
Excess Helmholtz free energy aexcess ........................ 91
Compressibility factor z ................................... 94
Derivatives of aexcess with respect to xi .................... 95
Fugacity coefficients ...................................... 97
Other versions and misprints of constants in parameter
functions ................................................ 97
4. Liquid Immiscibility in Silicate Melts and Related Systems
Alan B. Thompson, Maarten Aerts, Alistair С. Hack
INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL IMMISCIBLE SYSTEMS ..................... 99
Immiscible anhydrous silicate melts and magmas ............ 101
LIQUID IMMISCIBILITY IN SILICATE MELTS ........................ 101
Silicate-oxide anhydrous molten binary systems and the
role of network-forming and network-modifying cations ... 101
Factors controlling immiscibility or supercriticality in
anhydrous silicate-oxide binary molten systems .......... 105
Effect of higher pressure on liquid immiscibility in
anhydrous molten silicate binaries ...................... 106
Simplified representations of immiscibility, miscibility
and supercriticality .................................... 107
TERNARY AND HIGHER ANHYDROUS MOLTEN SILICATE SYSTEMS .......... 107
The double role of Al2O3 in silicate melts ................ 111
Immiscibility in mineral ternary alkali-aluminosilicate
melts ................................................... 111
Summary for anhydrous silicate melt systems ............... 114
MOLTEN SILICATE-CARBONATE SYSTEMS ............................. 114
ANHYDROUS MOLTEN SILICATE SYSTEMS WITH PHOSPHOROUS,
FLUORINE, CHLORINE, BORON, SULFUR ........................... 118
SUPERCRITICAL OR SUPERSOLVUS MELTS IN ANHYDROUS SILICATE
ROCK SYSTEMS AT HIGHER PRESSURE? ............................ 119
Simplified peridotite mantle .............................. 119
Simplified basaltic crust ................................. 120
Simplified felsic crust ................................... 121
CONCLUDING REMARKS ............................................ 122
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 122
REFERENCES .................................................... 123
5. Phase Relations Involving Hydrous Silicate Melts,
Aqueous Fluids, and Minerals
Alistair C. Hack, Alan B. Thompson, Maarten Aerts
IMMISCIBILITY IN NATURAL SYSTEMS INVOLVING HYDROUS SILICATE
MELTS ....................................................... 129
Supercritical H2O ......................................... 130
Critical behavior systematics for H2O with added
components .............................................. 130
Phase separation in subsolidus and supersolidus systems ... 131
The general role of H2O and other volatiles in silicate
melt immiscibility ...................................... 131
Brief history of supercritical fluid research ............. 132
INTRODUCTION TO FLUID PHASE RELATIONS:
LIMITATIONS OF SOLID-WATER SYSTEMS AS IDEAL BINARIES ........ 132
Two basic phase relation topologies of A-H2O binary
systems ................................................. 133
Further types of L-V phase relations ...................... 137
MINERAL-H2O SYSTEMS ........................................... 139
SiO2(quartz)-H2O .......................................... 140
NaAlSi3O8(albite)-H2O ..................................... 143
Effect of added volatiles on critical behavior in
SiO2-H2O and NaAlSi3O8-H2O ............................... 146
Effects of non-volatile components on critical behavior
in NaAlSi3O8-H2O and SiO2-H2O ............................ 148
ROCK-H2O SYSTEMS .............................................. 149
General A-B-H2O ternary phase relations involving L-V
supercriticality ........................................ 149
NaAlSiO4-SiO2-H2O(nepheline-quartz-H2O) .................... 151
Haplogranite-water
(quaitz+albite+K-feldspar+H2O±anorthite) ................ 155
Pegmatites ................................................ 157
Peridotite-water: MgO-SiO2-H2O
(forsterite+enstatite+quartz+H2O) ....................... 158
Eclogite-water
(garnet+omphacite+coesite+kyanite+rutile+H2O) ........... 163
FLUID PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, COMPOSITION AND P-T PATHS .......... 166
Clapeyron slope of critical curves and fluid density ...... 166
Cooling or decompression paths crossing critical curves ... 168
Viscosity of silicate-bearing aqueous fluids .............. 168
Precipitation and dissolution on flow paths, L-V
immiscibility, single-phase fluids and metasomatism ..... 170
FLUID EVOLUTION IN LARGE SCALE TECTONIC PROCESSES ............. 172
Oceanic lithosphere subduction environments ............... 173
Supercritical fluids in the earth's mantle? ............... 174
NATURAL SYSTEMS: WHERE ARE IMMISCIBILITY, SUPERCRITICALITY
LIKELY TO OCCUR? ............................................ 175
Natural systems ........................................... 175
Extent of immiscibility and supercriticality in natural
processes ............................................... 176
What to do next? .......................................... 176
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 177
REFERENCES .................................................... 177
6. Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Fluid Flow in
Hydrothermal Systems
Thomas Driesner, Sebastian Geiger
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 187
METHODS ....................................................... 188
Model discretization ...................................... 188
Mass conservation equations ............................... 189
Momentum conservation ..................................... 189
Energy conservation equation .............................. 190
Computation of pressure changes ........................... 191
Solving the equations ..................................... 191
PERMEABILITY AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS .... 192
Permeability, discharge, recharge and efficiency of heat
transfer ................................................ 193
Thermal evolution patterns above a cooling pluton ......... 195
COMPARING FLUID INCLUSION DATA AND SIMULATION PREDICTIONS ..... 200
FLOW OF SALINE FLUIDS IN MAGMATIC-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS ........ 203
Porphyry case study ....................................... 204
OUTLOOK ....................................................... 207
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 210
REFERENCES .................................................... 210
7. Fluid Phase Separation Processes in
Submarine Hydrothermal Systems
Dionysis I. Foustoukos, William E. Seyfried, Jr.
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 213
PHASE RELATIONS IN THE NaCl-H2O SYSTEM ........................ 215
FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF PHASE SEPARATION IN SUBMARINE
HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS ........................................ 218
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF PHASE SEPARATION IN THE NaCl-H2O
SYSTEM ...................................................... 221
Empirical expressions and theoretical modeling ............ 221
Elemental partitioning between vapor-liquid and
vapor-halite ............................................ 222
Stable isotope fractionation in the two-phase region of
the NaCl-H2O system ..................................... 225
Phase separation and mineral-fluid equilibria ............. 228
FINAL REMARKS - NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS ......................... 232
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 233
REFERENCES .................................................... 233
8. Fluids in Hydrocarbon Basins
Karen S. Pedersen, Peter L. Christensen
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 241
PHASE DIAGRAMS ................................................ 242
Pure components: methane (CH4) and ethane (C2H6) ........... 242
Multicomponent hydrocarbon fluids ......................... 243
PHYSICAL AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF HYDROCARBON FLUIDS ....... 245
PROPERTIES OF HYDROCARBON SYSTEMS EXPRESSED IN BLACK OIL
TERMS ....................................................... 248
COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS WITH DEPTH ........................... 248
HYDROCARBON-WATER PHASE EQUILIBRIA ............................ 252
CO2 SEQUESTRATION ............................................. 253
REFERENCES .................................................... 256
9. Fluid-Fluid Interactions in Geothermal Systems
Stefán Arnórsson, Andri Stefánsson, Jón Örn Bjarnason
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 259
BASIC FEATURES OF GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS .......................... 259
Types of geothermal systems ............................... 260
Geological structure of volcanic geothermal systems ....... 261
Temperature and pressure .................................. 261
TRANSFER OF HEAT .............................................. 262
GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS ............................................. 263
Primary and secondary geothermal fluids ................... 263
Chemical composition of primary fluids .................... 263
Secondary fluids .......................................... 267
BOILING AND PHASE SEGREGATION ................................. 269
The boiling point curve ................................... 270
Effect of dissolved gases ................................. 271
Liquid-vapor separation under natural conditions .......... 272
Vapor-dominated systems ................................... 272
Boiling and fluid phase segregation in wells and
producing aquifers ...................................... 273
INITIAL AND EQUILIBRIUM VAPOR FRACTIONS ....................... 278
GAS CHEMISTRY ................................................. 280
BOILING AND CHANGES IN MINERAL SATURATION ..................... 287
Changes in fluid composition during boiling and
degassing ............................................... 287
Mineral deposition with special reference to calcite ...... 289
MODELING OF AQUIFER FLUID COMPOSITIONS ........................ 290
Boiling hot springs ....................................... 291
Wet-steam well discharges ................................. 293
FUTURE DIRECTIONS ............................................. 297
LIST OF SYMBOLS ............................................... 298
REFERENCES .................................................... 300
APPENDIX 1 - DERIVATION OF EQUATIONS TO CALCULATE AQUIFER
STEAM FRACTIONS AND FLUID COMPOSITIONS FOR WET-STEAM
WELLS ....................................................... 306
Model 1: Isolated system .................................. 307
Model 2: Closed system; conductive heat flow to fluid ..... 308
Model 3: Open system; liquid retained in formation ........ 309
Model 4: Open system; liquid retained in formation;
steam inflow ............................................ 310
Model 5: Open system; liquid retained in formation;
conductive heat flow to fluid ........................... 311
10. Fluid Immiscibility in Volcanic Environments
James D. Webster, Charles W. Mandeville
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 313
BACKGROUND .................................................... 313
OBSERVATIONAL, ANALYTICAL, AND THEORETICAL EVIDENCE FOR
MULTIPLE FLUIDS IN VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENTS .................... 315
Fluid immiscibility in model systems ...................... 315
Intensive properties of fluids in volcanic environments ... 317
Volcanic crater lakes ..................................... 327
Submarine volcanic environments ........................... 329
Magma conduits and shallow plutonic magmas that underlie
volcanoes ............................................... 331
Alkaline and carbonate-rich magmas ........................ 332
Experimental petrology: evidence of multiple fluids
coexisting with aluminosilicate melts ................... 333
Constraints from stable isotope geochemistry .............. 338
SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION TO VOLCANIC PROCESSES ............... 343
Review of two fluids in volcanic environments ............. 343
Fractionation of volatile components between fluids ....... 344
Consequences of two fluids in volcanic environments ....... 345
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 348
REFERENCES .................................................... 349
11. Fluid-Fluid Interactions in Magmatic-Hydrothermal Ore
Formation
Christoph A. Heinrich
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 363
CHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES OF FLUID PHASE SEPARATION ............... 365
Principles of hydrothermal ore formation .................. 365
Mineral precipitation by low-pressure boiling ............. 366
Ore-metal fractionation between vapor and hypersaline
liquids ................................................. 366
OROGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS: CRUSTAL-SCALE ORE SYSTEMS ............. 370
FLUID MIXING AND ORE DEPOSITION: GRANITE-RELATED Sn-W VEINS ... 371
LIQUID - VAPOR EVOLUTION IN PORPHYRY - EPITHERMAL SYSTEMS ..... 375
Geological observations ................................... 375
Fluid evolution paths in Cu-Au mineralizing systems ....... 376
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ....................................... 381
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 382
REFERENCES .................................................... 382
12. Fluid Immiscibility in Metamorphic Rocks
Wilhelm Heinrich
INTRODUCTION .................................................. 389
FLUID PHASE RELATIONS ......................................... 390
Binary fluid systems ...................................... 390
Phase relations in the system H2O-CO2-NaCl ................ 391
H2O-CO2-CaCl2 ............................................. 393
H2O-CH4-NaCl .............................................. 394
PHASE RELATIONS AND FLUID EVOLUTION IN THE
CaO-MgO-SiO2-H2O-CO2-NaCl MODEL SYSTEM ...................... 394
PHYSICAL BEHAVIOR OF IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS ........................ 403
The record of fluid inclusions in metamorphic rocks:
problems with selective entrapment and post-entrapment
modifications ........................................... 403
Fluid phase separation and two fluid flow in metamorphic
rocks ................................................... 406
Geophysical consequences of fluid unmixing ................ 407
FIELD STUDIES ................................................. 407
The seminal studies: marbles from Campolungo, Lepontine
Alps .................................................... 408
Contact metamorphism ...................................... 409
Regional and subduction-related metamorphism .............. 419
CONCLUDING REMARKS ............................................ 423
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 424
REFERENCES .................................................... 424
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