Annular fluid inclusions from a quartz vein intercalated with metapelites from the Besshi area of the Sanbagawa belt, SW Japan

Annular fluid inclusions were found in a foliation-parallel quartz vein intercalated with metapelites from the Besshi area of the Sanbagawa belt, SW Japan. The preserved “foam microstructure” of the quartz vein suggests low differential stress at high temperatures for its formation. Three types of f...

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Published in:Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 2012, Vol.107(1), pp.50-55
Main Authors: YOSHIDA, Kenta, HIRAJIMA, Takao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annular
Annular fluid inclusion
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Fluid inclusion chronology
Fluid inclusions
Inclusions
Quartz
Reequilibration texture
Saline
Sanbagawa belt
Veins
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Summary:Annular fluid inclusions were found in a foliation-parallel quartz vein intercalated with metapelites from the Besshi area of the Sanbagawa belt, SW Japan. The preserved “foam microstructure” of the quartz vein suggests low differential stress at high temperatures for its formation. Three types of fluid inclusions have been identified: the earliest one, FIA-I, is characterized by two phase inclusions arranged along intragranular planes and mainly composed of aqueous saline fluid and CH4 gas; FIA-II texturally comparable to FIA-I consists of CH4-N2-CO2-H2 gas phase inclusions with rare two-phase inclusions; the latest type, FIA-III, is characterized by arrangements along transgranular planes consisting of two-phase inclusions mainly composed of CH4-N2 vapor in aqueous saline fluid. Amongst them, FIA-I contains annular fluid inclusions, which are attributed to reequilibration due to a confining pressure increase, suggesting that the host rock underwent the compression after the entrapment of FIA-I. Textural observations and chemical characteristics show that FIA-I and -II were trapped during prograde or near the peak metamorphic stage, and that FIA-III was probably trapped at an early stage of the exhumation.
ISSN:1345-6296
1349-3825
DOI:10.2465/jmps.111020b