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ABSTRACT In the central sector of the Sanandaj‐Sirjan zone of Iran, the Triassic‐to‐Jurassic ‘Hamedan Phyllites’ metamorphic complex shows a polymetamorphic evolution characterised by a main Barrovian‐ to Buchan‐type garnet+staurolite+kyanite/andalusite regional sequence, locally overprinted by a low‐pressure thermal event generated by vigorous Jurassic magmatic activity and the emplacement of voluminous composite plutonic complexes (e.g., Alvand). In this work, we explore the Hamedan phyllites enveloping the Jurassic Alvand granite batholith, particularly in the eastern sector at the transition from cordierite‐bearing hornfels to staurolite‐bearing schists. In this study, we present for the first time the textural characterisation and mineral chemistry of a previously undescribed minor population of post‐kinematic Mn‐rich garnet from the staurolite schists. We developed phase equilibria modelling to define the pressure‐temperature condition of its genesis. We then integrated the existing literature on metapelites from the study area to develop new thermobarometric models with those data to propose a revised evolution of the metapelites enveloping the Alvand batholith and the extent of its contact aureole. On a wider scale, this study provides evidence for the relevance of garnet, as chemical‐physical archive, in deciphering complex polymetamorphic histories where thermal events affect previously regional metamorphosed rocks under relatively hot gradients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT Eclogite‐facies rocks provide important constraints on the behaviour of convergent plate boundaries and the geometries of tectonic reconstructions due to the high to ultrahigh pressure conditions at which they form. Many eclogite occurrences are documented near the suture zone of active collisional settings where they are interpreted to mark the approximate location of former ocean basin subduction. Such observations influence tectonic interpretations for older eclogites within more deeply eroded and/or less well‐exposed terranes. The eclogitic Glenelg inlier in northwest Scotland is one such example, with c. 1 Ga eclogites having previously been interpreted as marking the trace of a Grenville‐aged collisional suture zone that defines a third ‘arm’ to the Grenville orogen alongside well‐defined sutures in North America and Scandinavia. Here we use a combination of geochronology, phase equilibrium modelling and accessory‐phase thermometry to show that the eclogite‐facies assemblages were produced at ∼$$ \sim $$18–19 kbar and 700°C–750°C from c. 1.1 to 1.0 Ga. Accounting for the foreland basin setting of equivalent‐aged sedimentary rocks in the region and demonstrating the thermal viability of this setting, we show that eclogite formation occurred in deforming foreland crust adjacent to the Grenville orogen, in a setting broadly analogous to fault‐bounded basement uplifts in the forelands of active deformation belts, such as the Himalayas and Andes. Our results demonstrate that eclogite‐facies rocks can form in a greater range of tectonic settings than are sometimes considered, with implications for tectonic reconstructions of collisional zones. In this instance, our results remove the need for a third ‘arm’ of the Grenville orogen by placing Glenelg in a foreland setting, reconciling the absence of plentiful Grenville‐aged metamorphic rocks in northwest Scotland, the sedimentological record and paleomagnetic data in the wider region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT Re di Castello is the southernmost unit of the composite Adamello batholith (central Alps, Italy). It was emplaced between 43 and 40 Ma, yet its depth of emplacement is not well constrained. We have studied the contact metamorphism of pelitic country rocks in two localities: the upper Caffaro Valley and the Borzago Valley in the southern and the northern sub‐units of the Re di Castello, respectively. In the Caffaro Valley, the country rocks comprise the Triassic sedimentary Lozio Shale, a carbon‐rich slate–siltstone, which was intruded by quartz‐dioritic magma. Near the contact, the hornfelses display the mineralogical assemblage Kfs‐Crd‐Bt‐Ms‐Pl‐Qz‐Gr, with rare fibrolitic sillimanite in a single sample. Andalusite was never observed throughout the aureole at this locality. In the Borzago Valley, contact metamorphism developed on schists of the pre‐Permian basement with a Variscan, regional metamorphic overprint. The sequence of contact metamorphic mineral assemblages progresses from And‐Bt‐bearing parageneses to the Sil‐Crd‐Bt‐Kfs‐Ms‐Pl‐Qz that characterizes peak conditions, at which incipient melting is also observed. K‐feldspar forms slightly upgrade the first appearance of sillimanite. For samples at both localities, thermodynamic modelling in the NCKFMASHT system failed at predicting a stability field for the sequences of mineral assemblages developed during contact metamorphism. Also the Ti‐in biotite thermometer did not constrain temperatures adequately. The P–T conditions at the thermal peak were thus evaluated by an alternative bathograd‐like approach, considering phase relationships in the simplified NKASH‐C system. To form sillimanite only as product of the incomplete Ms‐Qz breakdown—divariant for the presence of Na in Ms and Kfs and shifted to lower temperature due to the presence of graphite (in the Lozio Shale)—an isobaric path typical of contact metamophism must have crossed above the Msss‐Qz‐Kfsss‐Sil‐And‐fluid invariant point. This constrains an emplacement pressure >3.3 kbar in the Caffaro Valley, and >3.2 kbar in the Borzago Valley. Concerning temperature, the same univariant point also constrains the minimum temperature in the Caffaro Valley as >615°C–620°C, consistent with results of RSCM thermometry on graphite from the Lozio Shale. The evidence of incipient melting in some samples from the Borzago Valley indicates higher temperatures, probably approaching 670°C, near the contact to the intrusion. Assuming an average crust density of 2.7 g cm−3, the estimated pressures correspond to a minimum paleo‐depth of emplacement of about 12 km. These depths are somewhat greater than normally considered and should be regarded as revised constraints on models of the emplacement dynamics of the Adamello batholith and on paleogeographic reconstructions of this part of the Southalpine domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alaskan-type ultramafic–mafic intrusions in convergent-margin settings provide valuable information on melt-cumulate petrogenetic processes operating at depth in the sub-arc crust. Here, we report the compositions and textural relationships of cumulus and postcumulus minerals in a suite of clinopyroxenites and hornblendites from the peripheral zone of the Tulameen Alaskan-type intrusion in British Columbia, Canada. Mineral chemistry is used to establish magma storage conditions (P, T, fO2, H2Omelt) and to reconstruct the composition of cryptic residual liquids that equilibrated with the mineral phases and subsequently escaped the local mush system. Residual liquids in equilibrium with clinopyroxene (diopside) are metaluminous calc-alkaline basalt to andesite; melts equilibrated with amphibole (magnesio-hastingsite) are metaluminous to peraluminous calc-alkaline dacite to low-silica rhyolite. Thermobarometry yields a robust estimate of storage pressure of 400 ± 50 MPa (~ 15 km paleodepth) for the Tulameen magma reservoir and equilibration temperatures of 1130–960 °C for clinopyroxene and 950–850 °C for amphibole. The large cooling interval between the early crystallization of clinopyroxene and late appearance and continued crystallization of peritectic amphibole facilitated progressive extraction of residual liquids from clinopyroxene-rich cumulates, consistent with textural relationships, mass balance calculations and experimental petrology. Peritectic dacitic melts are hydrous (~ 6–8.3 wt% H2Omelt), oxidized (fO2 ~ NNO + 1.6 to NNO + 3.6 log units) and buoyantly mobile with low density (~ 2200 kg/m3) and viscosity (~ 103 poise). Lower water contents likely reflect degassing of peritectic melts driven by amphibole crystallization; relatively high redox conditions are attributed to precursor fractionation of olivine and clinopyroxene preserved as cumulates in the core of the Tulameen intrusion. Peritectic amphibole crystallized in response to migration of a thermally buffered reaction front marking the stability limit of amphibole (≤ 950 °C) and driven by near-isobaric cooling. Pervasive infiltration of reactive dacitic liquids through the clinopyroxene mush formed intergranular/poikilitic amphibole and channelized flow was captured in part by cm-scale hornblendite segregations; aggregated melts formed in situ bodies of replacive hornblendite. The absence of orthopyroxene and rarity of plagioclase in the evolved ultramafic cumulates of Alaskan-type intrusions and similar arc-related rocks is attributed primarily to high H2Omelt and oxygen fugacity in differentiated arc magmas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lower Miocene plutons exposed in the Western Cordillera of Colombia record the reinitiation of continental arc magmatism in the Northern Andes after a period of magmatic quiescence between the Late Eocene and Early Miocene. Petrography, U-Pb zircon geochronology, whole-rock geochemistry, mineral chemistry, and zircon Hf isotope data from these plutons are used to reconstruct the Miocene magmatic evolution in the Colombian Andes and understand its relation with the major plate-tectonic reorganization experienced by the NW South American continental margin during the Lower Miocene. We examined a suite of gabbros, granodiorites and tonalites from Danubio, Pance and Tatamá plutons, formed between 21 Ma and 15 Ma. Gabbros present highly positive εHf values (+13.5 and + 11.5) with low Th/La and La/Yb ratios, and granodiorites and tonalites present lower εHf values (+14.3 to + 6.4). The results of this contribution show a major asthenospheric source with absent or minor melting of subducted sediments, and contribution of oxidized aqueous fluids. The compositional diversification of these magmas was controlled by fractional crystallization and, in the Tatamá pluton, also by local assimilation of continental crust at lower crustal levels of the upper plate. Subsequently, these magmas were emplaced in the Cretaceous to Palaeogene volcanic and sedimentary rocks in the uppermost crust. The renewed magmatic activity recorded by the studied plutons suggests a normal to step subduction of the elder Farallon Plate during the Neogene subduction re-organization in the Colombian Andes, as well as the local presence of continental crust fragments in the lower crust of the Western Cordillera of Colombia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The continental lower crust constitutes a key zone for understanding the mantle–crust magmatic and mechanical transfers, but its study is hampered by the paucity of lower crust samples. Here, we characterise the petrological, geochemical and petrophysical processes structuring the lower crust of the North Patagonian Massif (NPM; Argentina) using a suite of representative mafic granulite and websterite xenoliths. These xenoliths were entrained by alkaline lavas from five volcanic centres that erupted between the Oligocene and Pleistocene. Electron microprobe and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (LA-ICPMS) were used to obtain in situ geochemical data on the minerals, while microstructural data were obtained by Electron BackScatter Diffraction (EBSD). Both granulites and websterites display a granoblastic texture and sometimes a weak inherited magmatic layering. Mafic granulite xenoliths show a plagioclase + clinopyroxene ± orthopyroxene assemblage commonly associated with spinel or titanomagnetite. Websterite xenoliths show an association of clinopyroxene + orthopyroxene + spinel, along with accessory plagioclase. Mafic granulites and websterites have SiO2 contents ranging from 44 to 53 wt %, while their Mg# varies from 53 to 79. Clinopyroxenes are characterised by weak convex upward chondrite-normalised Rare Earth Elements - REE patterns (Light-REE  Heavy-REE) which are similar to clinopyroxene phenocrysts and megacrysts from intra-plate basalts. Calculated liquid in equilibrium with clinopyroxene have similar REE patterns to those found in Cenozoic basalts from the NPM, suggesting that the xenolith suite represents evidence for underplating processes, possibly related to one of the magmatic events that have occurred in the NPM since the Permo-Trias. Mafic granulites and websterites show a weak mineral shape preferred orientation and an associated weak Crystal Preferred Orientation (CPO) related to the magmatic layering. Recorded plastic deformation is associated with the activation of both (100)[001] and (001)[100] slip systems in clinopyroxene, (100)[001] in orthopyroxene and (010)[001] in plagioclase. However, the activation of slip systems is generally not correlated with CPO in granulites, suggesting that the lower crust underwent subsolidus equilibration and weak plastic deformation in an inactive tectonic context, thereby preserving an inherited magmatic layering. Two-pyroxene (Fe–Mg) thermometer and pseudosection calculations define P–T conditions of the main paragenesis at 760°C to 1120°C and 7.2 to 10.3 kbar, which allows to define the Cenozoic geotherm of the NPM crust at 30°C/km and to reconsider the petrologic Moho depth at ca. 40 km. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Thermobarometry in the Northern Snake Range metamorphic core complex (Nevada, USA) implies pre‐extensional burial of footwall rocks to 21–30 km depths, while geologic field relationships support 7–13 km pre‐extensional depths. This has fueled a 40‐year‐long debate, which has far‐reaching implications for how pressure data are interpreted in orogenic settings. Here, we test published models for deep burial by integrating regional cross‐section reconstructions with new (n = 95) and published (n = 132) peak temperature measurements, field relationships and published geophysical data. Burial of Neoproterozoic‐Cambrian metasedimentary footwall rocks to 21–30 km depths is incompatible with a regional seismic reflection cross‐section that interprets the top of Precambrian crystalline basement at 17–20 km depths. Two reconstructed cross‐sections define 42 km and 50–65 km of displacement on the master detachment fault and demonstrate that the higher displacement ranges (>66–94 km and >76–102 km, respectively) necessary to exhume rocks from 21 to 30 km depths are not possible without spatially overlapping Cambrian rocks preserved in its footwall and hanging wall. The 22°C/km average Late Cretaceous thermal gradient predicted by thermobarometry is incompatible with the 46 ± 10°C/km Late Cretaceous peak thermal gradient that we calculate down to 15–20 km pre‐extensional depths. Field relationships that rule out large‐magnitude shortening invalidate models for deep footwall burial via thrust or reverse faulting. We conclude that there is no scenario for deep burial that is compatible with structural/geophysical constraints, crustal thermal architecture, and field relationships. This necessitates a non‐lithostatic interpretation for pressures from the Northern Snake Range, similar to recent interpretations for other Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes. Key Points: Strain compatibility demonstrates that the detachment displacement necessary to exhume footwall rocks from 21 to 30 km depths is not possibleThe 22°C/km gradient predicted by thermobarometry is incompatible with the Late Cretaceous thermal gradient of 46 ± 10°C/km that we calculateA non‐lithostatic interpretation for pressure data from the Northern Snake Range is required, similar to other Cordilleran core complexes [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Plutonic xenoliths from volcanic arcs provide unique insights into transcrustal magmatic systems in subduction zone settings. At Santorini volcano in the Central Aegean Volcanic Arc (Greece), plutonic xenoliths occur throughout a sequence of lavas and pyroclastic rocks erupted within the last ~360 ka. They are mineralogically variable, ranging from troctolites to olivine gabbros, gabbros, gabbronorites, and diorites. Thermobarometric calculations based on mineral and melt inclusion compositions indicate equilibration over a range of temperatures (1100 to 750 °C) at shallow to mid-crustal depths (P

During the initial stages of Pangea amalgamation in the Carboniferous period, the Rheic Ocean basin experienced subduction prompted by the convergence between Gondwana and Laurasia, culminating in the basin's closure that preceded the paleocontinent collision. This tectonic episode promoted the Carboniferous (Mississippian and Pennsylvanian) tholeiitic to calc-alkaline magmatism, represented in the Colombian Andes through the tonalite and diorite-gabbro facies of the El Carmen Pluton. We investigate the two main facies (felsic and mafic facies) of the plutonic body, which crop out in the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes. U-Pb zircon crystallization ages are 326 ± 1 Ma for the mafic facies and 313 ± 1 Ma for the felsic facies. Positive ɛHf(i) isotopes ranging from +5.4 to +10.9 suggest mantle-derived magma with low crustal assimilation. The progressive increase in Eu anomaly (Eu × 0.64 to 1.15) and high LREE/HREE ratios underscore a continental magmatic arc formation in congruence with a subduction context. Thermobarometric analyses of mineral geochemistry across both facies reveal the magmatic emplacement at temperatures spanning 753–910°C, pressures between 3 and 4.65 kbar, and depths approximating 9–14 km. The simultaneous presence of two magmatic facies bearing tholeiitic and calc-alkaline characteristics, separated by ~13 Ma crystallization gap, infers a magmatic recharge episode. The results highlight a slightly thickened crust due to the arc maturity, or a transition from shallow-dipping to steep-angle subduction, consistent with tectonic slab-rollback mechanisms. The modest crustal thickening, indicative of low arc maturation between 326 and 313 Ma, is concomitant with the closure of the western part of the Rheic Ocean basin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction Mineral chemistry has a significant role in determining the stages of magma evolution. Amphiboles, Biotite, plagioclase, and chlorite are minerals whose chemical composition show the temperature and pressure conditions of magma. These minerals are often used for the petrogenesis of granitoid bodies and record the characteristics and geochemical features as well as tectonic conditions of the producing magma (Abdel-Rahman, 1994; Nachit et al., 2005). The granitoid bodies of west Yazd have wide outcrops with different compositions. These rocks are part of the volcano-plutonic belt of Central Iran (Aftabi and Atapour, 2000) with calc-alkaline nature, meta luminous, and mostly of I-type (Hassanzade et al., 2002). The Hamaneh monzogranite bodies, with light color and dark enclaves, are located in 45 km at E53°48ˊ to E53°58ˊ longitude and N31°50ˊ to N31°56ˊ latitude. This area is part of the Shirkuh Mountain in Yazd with a northeast-southwest trend. Hamaneh monzogranite belongs to the Oligocene magmatic activity. In the present research, the mineral chemistry of amphibole, biotite, plagioclase, and chlorite has been investigated to determine the origin and stages of formation and evolution of the magma. Regional Geology The studied area geologically located in the middle part of the Urmia-Dokhtar magmatic zonewith a wide collection of Cenozoic magmatic rocks and is characterized by a length of about 2000 km, and a width of approximately 50 to 150 km, parallel to the metamorphosed zones of Sanandaj-Sirjan and Zagros, has a wide collection of Cenozoic magmatic rocks. This area has witnessed extensive magmatic activity in the Cenozoic, especially in the Eocene, which during the Oligocene-Miocene hosted numerous intrusive masses with different ages and compositions (Hassanzadeh et al., 2002). The oldest formation in the region is the green siltstone shale and sandstone of the Kahar Formation. The dolomitic rocks of the Soltanieh Formation are unconformably on the Kaher Formation with purple and cream-colored sand shale layers. The Permian sediments (Jamal Formation) composed of limestone and dolomite layers and the Mesozoic sediments started with a dark unit of volcanic laterite rocks with the Lower Triassic followed by dolomitic rocks belonging to the Otri Formation. The shale and sandstone of the Shemshak Formation are upper Triassic sediments. Cretaceous sediments are exposed in the form of destructive rocks. Upper Triassic (Sangestan Formation) has a variety of conglomerate and conglomerate sandstones with round to semi-round pieces of sandstone and Shirkuh granite. The Paleogene begins with the Kerman Formation conglomerate. Then, there are alluvial cones, alluvial plains, and alluviums of young rivers. Analytical methods For the lithology and chemistry of minerals in Hamaneh monzogranite, 20 thin-section samples were selected for chemical analysis of amphibole, plagioclase, biotite, and chlorite minerals and sent to Oklahoma City University laboratory. Microprobe analyses were performed with the Cameca model SX100 device with an accelerating voltage of 15 KV and current intensity of 15 nA. The results of chemical data of amphibole, biotite, feldspar, and chlorite minerals are given in Tables 1 to 4. Petrography and Minerals Chemistry It is often fine to medium grain texture, granophyric and perthitic texture. The main minerals are orthoclase, plagioclase, and quartz. Orthoclase with an abundance of 25 to 32% is amorphous to semi-amorphous, and plagioclase is a frequency of 24 to 44% that was often as shaped to semi-shaped with zoning. The quartzes are often amorphous and intergranular, and some have wave extinction and fractures with a frequency of 19 to 31. The minor minerals were amphibole, biotite, sphene, zircon, and opaque minerals. Amphibole is green with an abundance of 2.5 to 4.5%, shaped to semi-shaped with a simple twinning. Biotite crystals with an abundance of 2 to 4%. Mineral chemistry of amphiboles was shown as calcic magmatic amphiboles, ranging from magneiso-hornblende and actinolite. Which formed at 530-890℃ and up to 4.3 kbars. That was shown depth 3 to 5.40 km and fO2 (0.5).

We investigate ten of the most recent tephra-fall deposits emplaced between ≤21 and 2 ka from the Pacheco stage of Misti volcano, Peru, to elucidate magma dynamics and explosive eruption triggers related to magma storage, recharge, and remobilization. Whole-rock, glass, and mineral textures and compositions indicate the presence of broadly felsic, intermediate, and mafic magmas in a chemically and thermally stratified magma storage system (Zones 1–3) that interact to differing extents prior to eruption. Intermediate magmas are defined by plagioclase + amphibole + two-pyroxenes + Fe-Ti oxides and phase equilibria indicate they formed at ~300 to 600 MPa and ~950°C to 1000°C. Intermediate magmas dominate the Pacheco stage and either erupted alone as hybridized magmas or mingled with minor volumes of cool felsic magmas (~800°C) in which only plagioclase + Fe-Ti oxides are stable. Felsic magmas do not exclusively comprise any tephra-fall deposit emplaced during the Pacheco stage but were remobilized by recharge and mixing with intermediate magmas in order to erupt. Furthermore, felsic-hosted amphibole cognate to the intermediate magmas are reacted despite the felsic magmas being water saturated, which suggests they are staged above the amphibole stability limit (≤200 MPa). The cryptic presence of mafic magmas is indicated by high-An plagioclase cores (An74–88), rare anhedral olivine (Fo77–80), and possibly high Mg# augite and amphibole (up to Mg# 84 and 77, respectively). The dearth of basalt to basaltic andesite melts recorded in erupted glasses and exclusivity of high-An plagioclase to crystal cores signals mafic magmas are staged deeper in the crust than the intermediate magmas. Periodic interactions between these magmas tracked via glass compositions and crystal exchange reveal an alternation between the production of mingled magmas and their eruption shortly after a recharge event, followed by a period of homogenization and eruption of hybridized magmas. As such, we identify magma recharge as a key mechanism by which half of the explosive eruptions were triggered in the Pacheco stage. A >100°C increase in Misti's fumarole temperatures from 1967 to 2018 coincident with changes in fumarolic gas compositions is consistent with degassing of a mafic recharge magma, signaling that Misti could produce similar explosive eruptions in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vesteris is a large (33 × 27 km) and young (summit age: 0.65–0.010 Ma) intraplate seamount in the Greenland Sea, formed from ocean island basalt (OIB) magmatism. The volcano is composed of alkali basalt, basanite/tephrite, phonotephrite, mugearite, and benmoreite. Its phenocryst assemblage includes clinopyroxene, plagioclase, olivine, amphibole, rare haüyne, and oxides (Ti–magnetite and Cr–spinel), with phenocrysts hosting inclusions of apatite, sulfides (pyrrhotite), and melt. Despite its geological significance, the processes governing magma storage, ascent, and eruption dynamics remain poorly understood. To address this, we conducted detailed micro–chemical analyses of phenocrysts, groundmass microcrysts, melt inclusions, and groundmass glass. Using mineral–melt thermobarometry, we characterized the pre– to syn–eruptive crystallization conditions and reconstructed the architecture of the volcanic plumbing system. Our findings indicate that basanite liquids were primarily stored in the upper mantle (∼6.4 kbar; ∼22 km depth) with evidence of multi-level storage extending to ∼9 kbar (∼30 km depth). Textural and compositional zoning in clinopyroxenes suggests rapid magma ascent, while mafic recharge emerged as a key mechanism for remobilizing evolved clinopyroxene mush. Mafic recharge magmas also introduced early olivine crystals, which were later overgrown by high-Mg clinopyroxene upon mixing with more evolved melts. These results demonstrate that major crystal fractionation occurs in the upper mantle beneath Vesteris, resembling processes observed in low-flux ocean island basalt volcanoes. The evidence for rapid magma ascent highlights the dynamic nature of magma movement within the plumbing system, driven by mafic recharge and crystal-melt interactions.

IntroductionMineral chemistry has a significant role in determining the stages of magma evolution. Amphiboles, Biotite, plagioclase, and chlorite are minerals whose chemical composition show the temperature and pressure conditions of magma. These minerals are often used for the petrogenesis of granitoid bodies and record the characteristics and geochemical features as well as tectonic conditions of the producing magma (Abdel-Rahman, 1994; Nachit et al., 2005). The granitoid bodies of west Yazd have wide outcrops with different compositions. These rocks are part of the volcano-plutonic belt of Central Iran (Aftabi and Atapour, 2000) with calc-alkaline nature, meta luminous, and mostly of I-type (Hassanzade et al., 2002). The Hamaneh monzogranite bodies, with light color and dark enclaves, are located in 45 km at E53°48ˊ to E53°58ˊ longitude and N31°50ˊ to N31°56ˊ latitude. This area is part of the Shirkuh Mountain in Yazd with a northeast-southwest trend. Hamaneh monzogranite belongs to the Oligocene magmatic activity. In the present research, the mineral chemistry of amphibole, biotite, plagioclase, and chlorite has been investigated to determine the origin and stages of formation and evolution of the magma.Regional GeologyThe studied area geologically located in the middle part of the Urmia-Dokhtar magmatic zonewith a wide collection of Cenozoic magmatic rocks and is characterized by a length of about 2000 km, and a width of approximately 50 to 150 km, parallel to the metamorphosed zones of Sanandaj-Sirjan and Zagros, has a wide collection of Cenozoic magmatic rocks. This area has witnessed extensive magmatic activity in the Cenozoic, especially in the Eocene, which during the Oligocene-Miocene hosted numerous intrusive masses with different ages and compositions (Hassanzadeh et al., 2002). The oldest formation in the region is the green siltstone shale and sandstone of the Kahar Formation. The dolomitic rocks of the Soltanieh Formation are unconformably on the Kaher Formation with purple and cream-colored sand shale layers. The Permian sediments (Jamal Formation) composed of limestone and dolomite layers and the Mesozoic sediments started with a dark unit of volcanic laterite rocks with the Lower Triassic followed by dolomitic rocks belonging to the Otri Formation. The shale and sandstone of the Shemshak Formation are upper Triassic sediments. Cretaceous sediments are exposed in the form of destructive rocks. Upper Triassic (Sangestan Formation) has a variety of conglomerate and conglomerate sandstones with round to semi-round pieces of sandstone and Shirkuh granite. The Paleogene begins with the Kerman Formation conglomerate. Then, there are alluvial cones, alluvial plains, and alluviums of young rivers.Analytical methodsFor the lithology and chemistry of minerals in Hamaneh monzogranite, 20 thin-section samples were selected for chemical analysis of amphibole, plagioclase, biotite, and chlorite minerals and sent to Oklahoma City University laboratory. Microprobe analyses were performed with the Cameca model SX100 device with an accelerating voltage of 15 KV and current intensity of 15 nA. The results of chemical data of amphibole, biotite, feldspar, and chlorite minerals are given in Tables 1 to 4.Petrography and Minerals ChemistryIt is often fine to medium grain texture, granophyric and perthitic texture. The main minerals are orthoclase, plagioclase, and quartz. Orthoclase with an abundance of 25 to 32% is amorphous to semi-amorphous, and plagioclase is a frequency of 24 to 44% that was often as shaped to semi-shaped with zoning. The quartzes are often amorphous and intergranular, and some have wave extinction and fractures with a frequency of 19 to 31. The minor minerals were amphibole, biotite, sphene, zircon, and opaque minerals. Amphibole is green with an abundance of 2.5 to 4.5%, shaped to semi-shaped with a simple twinning. Biotite crystals with an abundance of 2 to 4%. Mineral chemistry of amphiboles was shown as calcic magmatic amphiboles, ranging from magneiso-hornblende and actinolite. Which formed at 530-890℃ and up to 4.3 kbars. That was shown depth 3 to 5.40 km and fO2 (0.5).

We present a petrologic study of the post-collapse rhyolites from Valles Caldera (New Mexico, USA) to evaluate changes in magmatic storage conditions following the eruption of the Upper Bandelier Tuff (UBT). We assess likely phenocrysts through textures, comparison with experiments, and rhyolite-MELTS outputs, and apply thermobarometers, oxygen barometers, and hygrometers to these minerals. The post-collapse rhyolites have average pre-eruptive temperatures ranging from 742–824 °C, average pre-eruptive oxygen fugacities ranging from –0.1 to +1.3 ΔNNO, and average pre-eruptive H2O contents ranging from 4.4–6.0 wt% H2O. Average storage pressures range from 130–196 MPa for all rhyolites except the youngest, which has a range of 157–376 MPa. The post-collapse rhyolites are more oxidizing than the UBT and have similar pre-eruptive pressures. The change in oxidation state between the rhyolites and UBT, despite similar storage pressures, can be explained if the UBT is generated from a unique, reduced source but accumulated at depths similar to the post-collapse rhyolites.

Melt-based thermobarometers are essential tools to recover pre-eruptive magma storage conditions through their application to bulk rock and liquid chemistry. In active volcanic systems, thermobarometric results can be combined with independent geophysical data during or after an eruption to validate conceptual models. In this contribution, we revisit the thermobarometer for melts equilibrated with the mineral assemblage of olivine + plagioclase + augitic clinopyroxene (OPAM). We first demonstrate that the most widely applied OPAM thermobarometer suffers from both random and systematic uncertainty, even for anhydrous melts, and that the uncertainty increases proportionally with melt H2O. To address this issue, we use a modern compilation of anhydrous and hydrous OPAM-saturated experiments to regress a new empirical melt-based OPAM thermometer and barometer. Our new equations recover a validation dataset with a standard error estimate of ±1.14 kbar and ± 36 °C for pressure and temperature, respectively, as well as a low systematic uncertainty that does not depend on melt H2O. Additionally, we present a novel statistical approach to determine the probability that a given melt is OPAM-saturated, which can be used alongside rigorous petrographic and geochemical observations. Our thermobarometer and saturation test are presented as a user-friendly R script that reads from an input csv file to be populated with natural data. We benchmark the new calibrations on the products of the 2015 eruption of Wolf Volcano (Isabela Island, Galápagos archipelago) and the 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption (Iceland), both of which have independent geophysical estimates of magma storage that agree well with our thermobarometric results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Comprehending the temperature distribution within Earth's lithospheric mantle is of paramount importance for understanding the dynamics of Earth's interior. Traditional mineral‐based thermobarometers effectively constrain temperature and pressure for particular compositions, but their application is limited at the global scale. Here, we trained machine‐learning (ML) algorithms on 985 published high‐temperature and high‐pressure experiments for use as thermometers and barometers to overcome the limitations of classic methods. We compared our ML models to classic thermobarometers to assess the accuracies of predicted pressures and temperatures. The comparison shows that the ML models outperform classic methods and better fit various mineral pairs. Global application of the ML models unveils mantle conditions beneath cratons. Furthermore, depths to the lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary (LAB) calibrated based on the ML thermobarometry results are generally deeper by ∼40 km than those derived geophysically, implying the existence of melt‐bearing or hydrated mineral zones at the LAB. Plain Language Summary: The temperature of the lithospheric mantle is pivotal to processes such as the production of magmas and the structural stability of cratons. Researchers have traditionally employed mineral‐based thermobarometers to lithospheric mantle temperatures, but those conventional techniques have limited applications and are susceptible to inaccuracies. Here, we explored a new approach using machine learning, a powerful tool for identifying complex patterns in high‐dimensional data space. We trained machine‐learning models using data from high‐pressure and high‐temperature experiments, then compared our machine‐learning models to traditional methods. Our results show that the machine‐learning models better predict pressure and temperature for specific mineral combinations. We also used our optimized model to predict mantle temperatures and pressures based on a global data set of xenolith analyses, revealing insights about the temperature of the lithospheric mantle and the depth to the lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary beneath continents. This research shows that machine learning can greatly improve our understanding of Earth's deep processes, providing more accurate insights into its dynamics and evolution. Key Points: Thermometers and barometers calibrated and validated for xenolithic mantle minerals by machine learningGlobal lithospheric mantle temperatures predicted based on xenolithic mineral compositions calculated by machine‐learning thermobarometryThermal continental lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundarys refined by machine‐learning thermobarometry are consistently ∼40 km deeper than those determined geophysically [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Experimentally calibrated models to recover pressures and temperatures of magmas are widely used in igneous petrology. However, large errors, especially in barometry, limit the capacity of these models to resolve the architecture of crustal igneous systems. Here, we apply machine learning to a large experimental database to calibrate new regression models that recover P–T of magmas based on melt composition plus associated phase assemblage. The method is applicable to compositions from basalt to rhyolite, pressures from 0.2 to 15 kbar, and temperatures of 675°C to 1400°C. Testing and optimisation of the model with a filter that removes estimates with standard deviation above the 50th percentile show that pressures can be recovered with root-mean-square-error (RMSE) of 1.1 to 1.3 kbar and errors on temperature estimates of 21°C. Our findings demonstrate that, given constraints on the coexisting mineral assemblage, melt chemistry is a reliable recorder of magmatic variables. This is a consequence of the relatively low thermodynamic variance of natural magma compositions despite their relatively large number of constituent oxide components. We apply our model to two contrasting cases with well-constrained geophysical information: Mount St. Helens volcano (USA), and Askja caldera in Iceland. Dacite whole-rocks from Mount St Helens erupted 1980 to 1986, inferred to represent liquids extracted from cpx–hbl–opx–plag–mt–ilm mush, yield melt extraction source pressures of 5.1 to 6.7 kbar in excellent agreement with geophysical constraints. Melt inclusions and matrix glasses record lower pressures (0.7–3.8 kbar), consistent with magma crystallisation within the upper reaches of the imaged geophysical anomaly and during ascent. Magma reservoir depth estimates for historical eruptions from Askja match the location of seismic wave speed anomalies. Vp/Vs anomalies at 5 to 10 km depth correspond to hot (~990°C) rhyolite source regions, while basaltic magmas (~1120°C) were stored at 7 to 17 km depth under the caldera. These examples illustrate how our model can link petrology and geophysics to better constrain the architecture of volcanic feeding systems. Our model (MagMaTaB) is accessible through a user-friendly web application (https://igdrasil.shinyapps.io/MagmaTaBv4/). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mineral reactions were studied in metamorphic rocks from the Meyeri tectonic zone, and the P–T path of the development of this structure was calculated. According to the P–T path, the Proterozoic granulite complex of the Svecofennian Belt was thrust onto low-temperature rocks of the Archean Karelian Craton. Relict staurolite and other minerals preserved as inclusions in the garnet porphyroblasts made it possible to identify the pre-peak stage of metamorphism with P–T parameters no higher than the low-temperature amphibolite facies of moderate and low pressure. The peak metamorphic conditions of the tectonic zone are estimated at T > 700°C and P ~ 7 kbar using the composition of relict minerals, while the temperature on the prograde trend of metamorphism was 500–600°C at a pressure of about 5 kbar. The post-peak stage began with a distinct decompressional P–T path at the aforementioned high temperatures, with a change from granulite hypersthene-containing assemblages to lower-temperature hydrous ones. The subsequent metamorphic retrogression was characterized by the development of numerous hydrous minerals as a result of the activation of fluids in the shear zone. The P–T path of the tectonic zone is clockwise and reflects the exhumation of the Svecofennian granulite complex during the orogenic events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Compositions of plagioclase‐melt pairs are commonly used to constrain temperatures (T), dissolved water contents (H2O) and pressures (P) of pre‐eruptive magma storage and transport. However, previous plagioclase‐based thermometers, hygrometers, and barometers can have significant errors, leading to imprecise reconstructions of conditions during plagioclase growth. Here, we explore whether we can refine existing plagioclase‐based hygrothermobarometers with either plagioclase‐melt or melt‐only chemistry (±T/H2O), calibrated using random forest machine learning on experimental petrology data (n = 1,152). We find that both the plagioclase‐melt and melt‐only models return similar cross‐validation root‐mean‐square errors (RMSEs), as the melt holds most of the P‐T‐H2O information rather than the plagioclase. T/H2O‐dependent melt models have test set RMSEs of 25°C, 0.70 wt.% and 76 MPa for temperature, H2O content and pressure, respectively, while T/H2O‐independent models have RMSEs of 38°C, 0.97 wt.% and 91 MPa. The melt thermometer and hygrometer are applicable to a wide range of plagioclase‐bearing melts at temperatures between 664 and 1355°C, and with H2O concentrations up to 11.2 wt.%, while the melt barometer is suitable for pressures of ≤500 MPa. An updated plagioclase‐melt equilibrium model has also been calibrated, allowing the equilibrium anorthite content to be predicted with an error of 5.8 mol%. The new P‐T‐H2O‐An models were applied to matrix glasses and melt inclusions from the 1980 Mount St Helens (USA) and 2014–2015 Holuhraun (Iceland) eruptions, corroborating previous independent estimates and observations. Models are available at https://github.com/kyra‐cutler/Plag‐saturated‐melt‐P‐T‐H2O‐An, enabling assessment of plagioclase‐melt equilibrium and characterization of last‐equilibrated P‐T‐H2O conditions of plagioclase‐saturated magmas. Plain Language Summary: Thermobarometry and hygrometry are common methods for reconstructing magma crystallization conditions (pressure (P), temperature (T) and dissolved water content (H2O)) prior to eruption. Plagioclase is a ubiquitous mineral found in a wide range of volcanic rocks and is often used to estimate P‐T‐H2O conditions. Here, we use machine learning‐based regression to calibrate new models, based on either plagioclase‐melt or melt‐only chemistry, to test whether we can improve the existing range of plagioclase‐based thermobarometers and hygrometers. We also develop an updated model to determine the equilibrium composition of a plagioclase crystal with a given normalized melt composition. We find that the plagioclase‐melt and melt‐only thermobarometers and hygrometers return very similar model errors due to the melt holding nearly all the P‐T‐H2O information. The models can be applied to a wide range of plagioclase‐bearing melts except for the barometer, which is only appropriate for upper crustal pressures of ≤500 MPa (≤13.8 km depth). Models are available at https://github.com/kyra‐cutler/Plag‐saturated‐melt‐P‐T‐H2O‐An, enabling assessment of plagioclase‐melt equilibrium and characterization of last‐equilibrated P‐T‐H2O conditions of plagioclase‐saturated magmas. Key Points: Investigation into whether existing plagioclase‐based hygrothermobarometers can be refined using random forest machine learningThe algorithm highlights that only melt composition is required to estimate intensive variables (P‐T‐H2O) of plagioclase‐saturated magmasNew melt models show improvement in errors compared to thermodynamic‐based plagioclase‐melt hygrothermobarometers and equilibria models [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Minerals from > 200 mantle xenoliths from Komsomolskaya kimberlite pipe were studied by electron microprobe and LA-ICP-MS. They are metasomatised garnet and spinel peridotites containing phlogopite, amphibole and ilmenite with garnets (up to 12.5 wt% Cr2O3) and clinopyroxenes (up to 5 wt% Na2O) or rarer Fe-pyroxenites and A, B, C eclogites.Thermobarometry indicates that the lithospheric mantle beneath the Komsomolskaya pipe is layered. Heated porphyroclastic, deformed peridotites at the lithosphere base (7–6 GPa) are enriched in Fe. The cold group at 6.0–5.5 GPa (34 mW/m2) are depleted peridotites with sub-Ca garnets. Cpx-fertilized varieties belong to the middle part of the mantle section. Amphiboles range from Cr-hornblendes to edenites (2–6 GPa), showing K-Ti enrichment. Picroilmenites yield two pressure intervals from 6.5 to 5.0 GPa and from 5.0 to 4.0 GPa, forming two differentiation branches. Eclogites mainly occur in the lower part of the section with a peak at pressures of 4–6 GPa.Trace elements of melts that formed harzburgitic garnets-pyroxenes refer to oceanic MORB like melt interaction with peridotites. The sub-calcic S-type garnets are similar to subduction-related melts (S-type REE) with troughs in HFSE. Adakite-like hybrid metasomatism formed Na, Al-rich pyroxenes with peaks in Sr and HFSE. K-bearing pyroxenes and amphiboles refer to shoshonitic metasomatism. Trace elements for Cpx of re-fertilized mantle peridotites reveal high LREE, Nb-Ta troughs and peaks in Zr, Th, Sr, U. They are reacted to carbonatite –alkaline melts. Protokimberlite (essentially carbonatitic) interaction produced HFSE-enrichment. Type B eclogites show more subduction-related features with HFSE troughs while type A eclogites are closer to hybrid and peridotitic signatures. We suggest six types of major metasomatic agents. The 40Ar/39Ar ages of phlogopites vary in the 440–690 Ma range, with some at 1.6 Ga, suggesting multistage metasomatism.

The Asal–Ghoubbet Rift area comprises basaltic rocks with similar compositions that were formed by volcanic eruptions. To gain insight into the magmatic processes of these volcanic formations, we investigated the mineral chemistry of plagioclase macrocrysts and microcrysts found in the basaltic rocks by using an electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA). These basaltic rocks contain olivine, pyroxene, euhedral plagioclase macrocrysts, and euhedral to subhedral plagioclase microcrysts. These plagioclase macrocrysts reach up to 4 cm in length in the form of giant crystals as plagioclase ultraphyric basalts (PUBs). They have a mineral composition varying from bytownite to labradorite with anorthite content ranging from An53 to An86. Also, the microcrysts of all these volcanic rocks are characterized by labradorite and andesine compositions with An22–80. According to the calculated plagioclase thermobarometry, the crystallization temperature of the plagioclase macrocrysts and microcrysts is 1082 to 1216 °C and 1072 to 1203 °C, respectively, and the pressure is 3.92 to 14.51 kbar for the macrocrysts and 2.99 to 14.84 kbar for the microcrysts. Based on these thermobarometry results for the plagioclases, we conclude that the volcanic formations located in the Asal–Ghoubbet area would have come from different eruptions from a single magmatic chamber. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The continental lithospheric mantle (CLM) beneath the southern margin of the Congo craton has remained elusive, mainly because of the thick Phanerozoic sedimentary cover concealing possible kimberlite and lamproite diatremes. In this study, we explore this lithospheric mantle section using major and trace element compositions of mantle-derived clinopyroxene and garnet xenocrysts from kimberlites of the ca. 84 Ma Nxau Nxau cluster in northwest (NW) Botswana, which is part of the poorly known Xaudum kimberlite province extending into northern Namibia. We utilize these data to better understand the thermal and compositional evolution of the lithospheric mantle at the southern margin of the Congo craton. The clinopyroxene population (83 individual grains) comprises Cr-rich and Cr-poor diopsides with variable major (Al2O3, Na2O, Mg#) and incompatible trace element (U, Th, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, REEs) compositions. The large garnet population studied (496 individual grains) is dominated by lherzolitic G9 (38%) and 'megacrystic' G1 (41%) compositions, with minor contributions from Ti-metasomatized G11 (7%) and eclogitic G3 (6%) cratonic mantle sources. Harzburgitic G10 garnet is very rare (two grains only), consistent with a lherzolite-dominated CLM section in a craton margin position. The eclogitic garnet population has compositions similar to garnet from high-Mg cratonic mantle eclogite xenoliths, and such compositions have recently been interpreted as metasomatic in origin within the mantle xenoliths literature. Pressure–temperature calculations using the single-grain clinopyroxene technique reveal a relatively cold cratonic geotherm of 37–38 mW/m2 for the study region during the Late Mesozoic. For peridotitic garnets, projections of calculated Ni-in-garnet temperatures onto the independently constrained regional conductive geotherm suggest that lherzolite dominates at <145 km depth, whereas high-Ti lherzolitic G11 garnets and 'megacrystic' G1 garnets originate mostly from greater depths, reaching down to the lithosphere base at 150 to 210 km depth. The apparent confinement of 'megacrystic' G1 garnet to the bottom of the lithosphere suggests formation from infiltrating asthenosphere-derived proto-kimberlite liquids during melt–rock interactions. In general, the data suggest that the CLM beneath NW Botswana is depleted to about 145 km depth, and between 145 and 210 km depth, a thick metasomatized layer is identified, representing the transition into the underlying asthenosphere. A relatively thin lithosphere beneath NW Botswana is consistent with the proposed craton margin setting, especially when compared with the thicker cratonic roots beneath the central regions of the Congo and Kalahari cratons in Angola and South Africa, respectively, reaching down to 250 km depth and possibly even deeper. The compositional dissimilarity between the deepest-derived garnets from kimberlites in NW Botswana (i.e. from the diamond stability field) and garnets that occur as inclusions in diamond from cratons worldwide suggests extensive overprinting of the lowermost cratonic lithosphere by oxidative melt-related metasomatism. This finding, together with the very low diamond grades of the Xaudum kimberlites, points to a diminished diamond potential of the large and mostly unexposed 'cratonic' region (e.g. covered by thick desert sand) located between the major diamond mining districts of the Congo craton to the north (e.g. Catoca) and the Kalahari craton to the south (e.g. Orapa and Jwaneng). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Remarkably well-preserved crustal sections from the Eastern Hellenides offer the chance to evaluate the regional geodynamic evolution of continental crust. Here, we identify and geodynamically interpret eclogite facies metamorphism in the Triassic–Jurassic volcano-sedimentary series of the West Circum Rhodope zone in the eastern Hellenides. Equilibrium phase diagrams and measured mineral compositions were used to inform reconstructions of geodynamic evolution during the early Alpine period. We newly define the existence of the Eohellenic HP belt, consisting of pre-Alpine basement, continental volcano-sedimentary formations, and a Jurassic magmatic arc. We suggest that the Eohellenic HP-Belt was subducted in the late Jurassic to early Cretaceous beneath the European plate margin. Detailed geodynamic reconstructions such as ours provide a robust anchor for future computational models of long-term crustal evolution in the Eastern Hellenides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Eclogite thermobarometry is crucial for constraining the depths and temperatures to which oceanic and continental crust subduct. However, obtaining the pressure and temperature (P–T) conditions of eclogites is complex as they commonly display high‐variance mineral assemblages, and the mineral compositions only vary slightly with P–T. In this contribution, we present a comparison between two independent and commonly used thermobarometric approaches for eclogites: conventional thermobarometry and forward phase‐equilibrium modelling. We assess how consistent the thermobarometric calculations are using the garnet–clinopyroxene–phengite barometer and garnet–clinopyroxene thermometer with predictions from forward modelling (i.e. comparing the relative differences between approaches). Our results show that the overall mismatch in methods is typically ±0.2–0.3 GPa and ±29–42°C although differences as large as 80°C and 0.7 GPa are possible for a few narrow ranges of P–T conditions in the forward models. Such mismatch is interpreted as the relative differences among methods, and not as absolute uncertainties or accuracies for either method. For most of the investigated P–T conditions, the relatively minor differences between methods means that the choice in thermobarometric method itself is less important for geological interpretation than careful sample characterization and petrographic interpretation for deriving P–T from eclogites. Although thermobarometry is known to be sensitive to the assumed XFe3+ of a rock (or mineral), the relative differences between methods are not particularly sensitive to the choice of bulk‐rock XFe3+, except at high temperatures (>650°C, amphibole absent) and for very large differences in assumed XFe3+ (0–0.5). We find that the most important difference between approaches is the activity–composition (a–x) relations, as opposed to the end‐member thermodynamic data or other aspects of experimental calibration. When equivalent a–x relations are used in the conventional barometer, P calculations are nearly identical to phase‐equilibrium models (ΔP < 0.1). To further assess the implications of these results for real rocks, we also evaluate common mathematical optimizations of reaction constants used for obtaining the maximum P–T with conventional thermobarometric approaches (e.g. using the highest aGrs2 × aPrp in garnet and Si content in phengite, and the lowest aDi in clinopyroxene). These approaches should be used with caution, because they may not represent the compositions of equilibrium mineral assemblages at eclogite facies conditions and therefore systematically bias P–T calculations. Assuming method accuracy, geological meaningful Pmax at a typical eclogite facies temperature of ~660°C will be obtained by using the greatest aDi, aCel, and aPrp and lowest aGrs and aMs; garnet and clinopyroxene with the lowest Fe2+/Mg ratios may yield geological meaningful Tmax at a typical eclogite facies pressure of 2.5 GPa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Comprehending the temperature distribution within Earth's lithospheric mantle is of paramount importance for understanding the dynamics of Earth's interior. Traditional mineral‐based thermobarometers effectively constrain temperature and pressure for particular compositions, but their application is limited at the global scale. Here, we trained machine‐learning (ML) algorithms on 985 published high‐temperature and high‐pressure experiments for use as thermometers and barometers to overcome the limitations of classic methods. We compared our ML models to classic thermobarometers to assess the accuracies of predicted pressures and temperatures. The comparison shows that the ML models outperform classic methods and better fit various mineral pairs. Global application of the ML models unveils mantle conditions beneath cratons. Furthermore, depths to the lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary (LAB) calibrated based on the ML thermobarometry results are generally deeper by ∼40 km than those derived geophysically, implying the existence of melt‐bearing or hydrated mineral zones at the LAB.

Abstract Compositions of plagioclase‐melt pairs are commonly used to constrain temperatures (T), dissolved water contents (H2O) and pressures (P) of pre‐eruptive magma storage and transport. However, previous plagioclase‐based thermometers, hygrometers, and barometers can have significant errors, leading to imprecise reconstructions of conditions during plagioclase growth. Here, we explore whether we can refine existing plagioclase‐based hygrothermobarometers with either plagioclase‐melt or melt‐only chemistry (±T/H2O), calibrated using random forest machine learning on experimental petrology data (n = 1,152). We find that both the plagioclase‐melt and melt‐only models return similar cross‐validation root‐mean‐square errors (RMSEs), as the melt holds most of the P‐T‐H2O information rather than the plagioclase. T/H2O‐dependent melt models have test set RMSEs of 25°C, 0.70 wt.% and 76 MPa for temperature, H2O content and pressure, respectively, while T/H2O‐independent models have RMSEs of 38°C, 0.97 wt.% and 91 MPa. The melt thermometer and hygrometer are applicable to a wide range of plagioclase‐bearing melts at temperatures between 664 and 1355°C, and with H2O concentrations up to 11.2 wt.%, while the melt barometer is suitable for pressures of ≤500 MPa. An updated plagioclase‐melt equilibrium model has also been calibrated, allowing the equilibrium anorthite content to be predicted with an error of 5.8 mol%. The new P‐T‐H2O‐An models were applied to matrix glasses and melt inclusions from the 1980 Mount St Helens (USA) and 2014–2015 Holuhraun (Iceland) eruptions, corroborating previous independent estimates and observations. Models are available at https://github.com/kyra‐cutler/Plag‐saturated‐melt‐P‐T‐H2O‐An, enabling assessment of plagioclase‐melt equilibrium and characterization of last‐equilibrated P‐T‐H2O conditions of plagioclase‐saturated magmas.

Granites are one of the most abundant rock groups formed the continental crust, and are considered for investigating the temperature conditions of their formation and metamorphism. Thus, they are a unique window to magmatism and tectonic evolution of the earth. The S-type granites are considered to be the result of crustal shearing in collision zones in the course of orogenic processes and high degrees of metamorphism (von Huene and Scholl, 1991; Brown, 2013; Hu et al., 2018). The granite might be affected and change into metagranite by further metamorphic deformations in the orogenic zones during or following the magma crystallization and emplacement of granitic melts in the continental crust. The mineralogical and textural characteristics of metagranites have a key role in understanding tectonic events and metamorphic temperature conditions and provide valuable information regarding the geological processes and Paleozoic tectonic events in the northern part of the Central-East Iranian microcontinent (CEIM).The main goal of the present paper is to investigate the high temperature-pressure metamorphism and deformation related to the of closure the Proto-Tethys oceanic crust and the opening of Paleo-Tethys oceanic crust in the north of the Central-EastIranian microcontinent, based on the petrography and mineral chemistry of Airakan metagranite. Geological BackgroundIn late Ediacaran, the Proto-Tethys Ocean between Proto-Gandwana and Proto-Laurasia opened (Raumer et al., 2015; Rossetti et al., 2015). Following several metamorphic events, the Proto-Tethys Ocean closure occurred at late Ordovician to early Carboniferous, and led the Precambrian terrains of Iran to collide and re-joint to form the Gondwana supercontinent (Raumer et al., 2015; Rossetti et al., 2015; Moghadam et al., 2017).Iran is a part of the western lands of the Gondwana supercontinent, moved to Eurasia in the early Permian-Triassic and following the Cimmerian orogeny, and then, with the Alpine-Himalayan orogeny event, until now, it has undergone several complex metamorphic, igneous, and tectonic processes, and various structural and geological zones have emerged in the land of Iran.Central-East Iranian microcontinent is composed of four main Pan-African continental plates, including (from east to west) Lut block, Tabas block, Posht-Badam block, and Yazd block. Airakan granite is a deformed and fractured Ordovician granite, exposed among the Miocene Upper Red Formation to the north of the Khor area in Yazd block (Northeastern Isfahan Province, Central Iran) (Shirdashtzadeh et al., 2018). The overall textural and mineralogical characteristics of the study granite point to its deformed/metamorphosed following the post magmatic metamorphic processes at sub-solidus temperatures (Bagheri and Stampfli, 2008; Shirdashtzadeh et al., 2018). U-Pb zircon dating (Shirdashtzadeh et al., 2018), revealed the Ordovician age (487.6 Ma) for the Airakan granite. The occurrence of Ordovician magmatism has also been reported in the other parts of the Gondwanan continental crust of Iran, Pakistan, and Tibet (e.g., Hu et al., 2015; Moghadam and Stern 2015; Naeem et al., 2016; Moghadam et al., 2018; Khodami et al., 2022; Samadi et al., 2022).Analytical MethodsFollowing the microscopic observations, the selected thin sections were used for electron microprobe analysis of minerals using a JEOL JXA8800R device at an accelerating voltage of 15 kV and a current beam of 15 nanoamperes at Kanazawa University, Japan.Discussion A) High P-T Metamorphism related to Proto-Tethys Ocean closure Thermobarometry data based on the mineral chemistry (and the whole rock composition) indicate that the Airakan S-type granite was a result of greywacke anatectic melting, due to an Ordovician HPT metamorphism. This HPT metamorphism has occurred during the closure of Proto-Tethys ocean. Consequently, collision between the Gondwana and Eurasia supercontinents has resulted in the continental crust thickening and anatectic melting. Similarly, several Ordovician anatectic S-type granites are reported from China (Hu et al., 2015), Pakistan (Naeem et al., 2016), and Central Iran (e.g., Moghadam et al., 2018; Khodami et al., 2022; Samadi et al., 2022).B) Metamorphic deformation related to Paleo-Tethys Ocean Opening A metamorphic deformation caused by the opennig of Paleo-Tethys Ocean in late Ordovician to early Devonian-Carboniferous (Bagheri and Stampfli 2008) has recorded in the Airakan metagranite in the north of CEIM. According to mica crystals orientation, metamorphic deformations of quartz (GBM recrystallization, subgrains formation and elongation, as well as preferential orientation or SSPO of quartz), and feldspars (formation of flame perthite parallel to the maximum stress (σ1), myrmekitization, tartan texture and BLG recrystallization around feldspars), in 382 Ma, the Airakan granite has undergone a metamorphic deformation at ~500 to 700 °C in a shear zone.ConclusionsGeothermobarometry results based on the mineral chemistry as well as the whole rock composition of Airakan metagranite indicate that a high temperature-pressure metamorphism has resulted in an anatexis event (dehydration of mica) at temperature of ~817-850℃. This event is consistent with the continental collision and of ancient continental crust thickening in the north of Yazd block during the closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean starting from Greece to Iran and the Himalayas and, the Pan-African orogeny, from the Precambrian to the beginning of Ordovician.In addition, petrographic features (e.g., the flame perthite, myrmekite, and recrystallization of quartz and feldspars) show that Airakan granite has undergone an approximately high-grade metamorphic deformation in a deep shear zone at ~ 500-700 ℃. Based on previous geochronological data (382 Ma), it was a consequence of Paleo-Tethys evolution in the active continental margin of the southern Eurasia in Upper Devonian.

The Los Cabos Block, at the southern end of Baja California, exposes part of the Late Cretaceous Peninsular Ranges Batholith over 2700 km2. In the Los Cabos block, the Los Cabos Batholitic Complex is exposed in two massifs, Sierra La Laguna to the west and Sierra La Trinidad to the east. The two sierras are separated by the ~75 km long, N-S striking, San José del Cabo extensional fault system, and the homonymous basin. Here, we present field observations, new U–Pb and Ar–Ar ages, and thermobarometric determinations to constrain the magmatic history of this composite batholith and the structural relations between Sierra La Laguna and Sierra La Trinidad. Field observations show that the batholith at Sierra La Laguna comprises several granodiorite bodies, felsic sills, and dikes with complex magma mingling and mixing features typical of an upper-middle crustal system within a mush zone of intermediate to silicic composition. U–Pb zircon crystallization ages for La Laguna massif define the main period of plutonism between ~89.9 and 73.9 Ma, with progressively younger ages from west to east. Zircon chemistry and published whole-rock isotopic data point to mantle contributions to arc magmatism with significant crustal thickening with time. Hornblende thermobarometry suggests a wide range interval of crystallization (depth: 12–18 km; temperature: 670–740°C). Sierra La Trinidad has a more felsic and narrow compositional range, with crystallization ages like those from the eastern, younger part of Sierra La Laguna and lower crystallization depth, indicating that it represents the shallower portion of the Los Cabos Batholitic Complex magmatic system. The integration of our study with previous research indicates that Sierra La Trinidad is the hanging wall block of the San José del Cabo fault system, which implies a low angle geometry (<30°) and older age of activation than previously considered (>18 Ma). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A centimeter-sized fragment of dunite, the first recognized fragment of Moon mantle material, has been discovered in the lunar highlands breccia meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11421. The dunite consists of 95% olivine (Fo83), with low-Ca and high-Ca pyroxenes, plagioclase, and chrome spinel. Mineral compositions vary little across the clast and are consistent with chemical equilibration. Mineral thermobarometry implies that the dunite equilibrated at 980 ± 20 °C and 0.4 ± 0.1 gigapascal (GPa) pressure. The pressure at the base of the Moon's crust (density 2550 kg/m3) is 0.14–0.18 GPa, so the dunite equilibrated well into the Moon's upper mantle. Assuming a mantle density of 3400 kg/m3, the dunite equilibrated at a depth of 88 ± 22 km. Its temperature and depth of equilibration are consistent with the calculated present-day selenotherm (i.e., lunar geotherm). The dunite's composition, calculated from mineral analyses and proportions, contains less Al, Ti, etc., than chondritic material, implying that it is of a differentiated mantle (including cumulates from a lunar magma ocean). The absence of phases containing P, Zr, etc., suggests minimal involvement of a KREEP component, and the low proportion of Ti suggests minimal interaction with late melt fractionates from a lunar magma ocean. The Mg/Fe ratio of the dunite (Fo83) is significantly lower than models of an overturned unmixed mantle would suggest, but is consistent with estimates of the bulk composition of the Moon's mantle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We report new experimental data from ultrabasic basanite and ultrabasic tephrite as starting material compositions in the 1350°C to 1000°C temperature range. Crystallization experiments under low- to high-pressure (0.5–2.0 GPa) were carried out under reduced conditions (≈CCO buffer), while one-atmosphere, anhydrous, experiments were performed ranging from reduced to oxidized conditions (−2 ≤ ∆QFM ≤ +2). The results highlight the ƒO2 role on the silica saturation of the alkali liquids differentiated from these primary ultrabasic magmas, on the mineral assemblage, and its composition. The liquid lines of descent (LLDs) from basanite are sodic and strongly SiO2 undersaturated, whereas from tephrite, the LLDs are sodic-potassic/potassic for both weakly SiO2-undersaturated and SiO2-saturated compositions, being more silica saturated under oxidized conditions. At the lowest temperature experiments, the percentage of liquid remaining is significantly higher in the basanite-derived products (ca. 35 wt.%) than in tephrite, indicating that the equivalent magmas are more prone to produce larger quantities of evolved melts. The best obtained Fe–Mg olivine/melt and clinopyroxene/melt exchange coefficients for these alkali compositions considering the new and available data are |${K_D}_{Fe^{2+}- Mg}^{Ol- Alkali\ melt}=0.285\pm 0.014$| and |${K_D}_{Fe^{2+}- Mg}^{Cpx- Alkali\ melt}=0.245\pm 0.008$|⁠ , slightly lower than those observed in tholeiitic melts. Clinopyroxene compositions are Ti–Al-rich and Si-poor as compared with common clinopyroxenes in subalkali systems. We suggest that Ti should be allocated in the tetrahedral sites substituting for Si and that its contents are inversely correlated with pressure. Our results allow a simple new barometer based on clinopyroxene-only compositions, as follows: $$ P\left(\pm 0.16\ GPa,1\sigma \right)=16.028\left(\pm 1.042\right) Na-6.715\left(\pm 0.727\right)\frac{Ti}{Ti+ Al(t)}+0.494\left(\pm 0.441\right) Si+0.144\left(\pm 0.079\right) $$ where Na, Ti, Al(t), and Si are molar proportions relative to 6O. This formulation accounts for the jadeite (NaAlSi2O6) component, herein computed from the Na contents, corrected for the Ti-diopside (CaMgTi2O6) component in clinopyroxene and also considers the evolutionary trend from Mg-augite to ferroan diopside. It applies to alkali ultrabasic to intermediate compositions in the examined P–T–ƒO2 range, resulting in more accurate estimates than the available calibrations. The MgO-in-melt thermometer was optimized for the studied compositions at one-atmosphere pressure and anhydrous conditions, as follows: $$ T\ \left(\pm 5{}^{\circ}C,1\sigma \right)=27.35\left(\pm 0.65\right)\ \big({MgO}^{liq}\big)+984\left(\pm 4\right) $$ which provides much more reliable liquidus temperatures for these alkali systems. Given data restriction, this formulation may be expanded to include the pressure effects for relatively low-H2O (< 3 wt.%) systems as: $$ T\ \left(\pm 20{}^{\circ}C,1\sigma \right)=27.35\left(\pm 0.65\right)\big({MgO}^{liq}\big)+80.20\left(\pm 5.50\right)P(GPa)+981\left(\pm 4\right) $$ [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reports a protocol on the application of Amp-TB2 (single-amphibole thermobarometry) based on detailed electron-microprobe analyses performed on homogeneous natural standards and synthetic glasses, and amphibole crystals (mostly phenocrysts) of volcanic products erupted by the Bezymianny volcano during its activity through time. The application of this protocol is facilitated by a new version of the model (Amp-TB2.1.xlsx) including an equation to identify heterogeneous domains (disequilibrium; not suitable for thermobarometric constraints) and homogenous (equilibrium) zones within amphibole crystals, which can be used to quantify the physicochemical parameters (i.e., pressure, P; temperature, T; volatile content in the melt, H2Omelt; oxygen fugacity, fO2) of "steady-state" magmatic crystallization. Application examples of the protocol, showing detailed core–rim microprobe data and physicochemical parameter variations in representative amphibole phenocrysts of the Bezymianny are also reported. The depth (and P) estimated by Amp-TB2.1 for this volcano are compared to seismic tomography results. Amp-TB2.1 results mainly show (1) that the Bezymianny is characterized by a very dynamic feeding system where the magma is stored at shallow crustal levels before recent activity periods characterized by climatic events and (2) that the pre-eruptive depth of magma storage generally increases with the age of the investigated products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Olivine and orthopyroxene (Opx) are the most abundant minerals in lherzolitic to harzburgitic peridotites, and their compositions represent an important—and sometimes only—source of information for the origin and physicochemical evolution of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM). We report a high‐quality in situ trace element data set for Opx and olivine of well‐characterized spinel‐peridotite xenoliths, including eight lherzolites and four harzburgites, which were entrained in the Cenozoic basalts from Jiaohe, NE China. While the lherzolites and harzburgites show contrasting evolution involving various metasomatic agents, reflected in different trace element relationships, both experienced early cooling followed by recent (pre‐entrainment) heating, as unraveled by a combination of mineral thermometers with inherently different diffusion rates. The sampling depth of spinel‐facies peridotites is obtained by olivine‐spinel thermobarometry, taking into account post‐melting subsolidus processes and pre‐emplacement thermal disturbance, using an empirical correction for the Ca content in olivine, which yields a pressure range of 1.1–2.0 GPa. The V contents (92–116 μg/g) and V/Sc ratios (5.7–6.4) in lherzolitic Opx are higher than those in harzburgitic Opx (V: 56–76 μg/g; V/Sc: 3.4–5.9), qualitatively reflecting the reducing and oxidizing effect, respectively of refertilization versus metasomatic interaction with a small‐volume melt. Thus, comparative thermobarometry, together with trace element systematics of Opx and olivine can be effective tools to reveal the architecture, chemical, thermal, and redox evolution of the shallow SCLM, as sampled by spinel peridotite xenoliths. Plain Language Summary: Peridotite xenoliths entrained in basalts are direct samples of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle, archiving a wealth of information on the genesis, structure, and evolution of this long‐lived terrestrial reservoir. Orthopyroxene and olivine constitute the only rock‐forming minerals in some mantle rocks, such as harzburgites and dunites from which petrogenetic information may be gained. However, until relatively recently, trace element abundances in these minerals have been under‐utilized due to their low abundances and analytical challenges. Moreover, pressure (i.e., depth) estimates for spinel‐facies peridotites have been hampered by the lack of accurate and precise geobarometers. In this study, we determined trace element abundances in orthopyroxene and olivine of well‐characterized spinel lherzolite and harzburgite xenoliths from Jiaohe, NE China by in situ high‐precision analyses. We demonstrate their utility to obtain the xenoliths' depth of origin, and to illuminate the chemical, thermal, and redox evolution of the shallow continental lithosphere, providing a new approach, perspective and impetus to comprehensively study this reservoir. Key Points: Trace element compositions of all minerals are used to unravel the petrogenesis of peridotitesEmpirical correction for Ca in olivine applied for quantitative olivine‐spinel thermobarometryUse of multiple thermometers reveals short‐term perturbations superposed on long‐term continental thermal trends globally [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents a reconstruction of metamorphic stages in the Moren and Erzin metamorphic complexes in the Khan-Khuhay block of northern Mongolia. This reconstruction is used as a basis for discussing the general geodynamic history of the Sangilen terrain of the Tuva–Mongolia Massif. The calculated clockwise P–T path shows two stages of metamorphism: (1) collisional metamorphism at 9 kbar, 740°C; and (2) metamorphism related to a regional magmatic episode, at 6–7 kbar, 860–880°C. Geochemical and petrological features of rocks in the Khan-Khuhay block demonstrate that these rocks are similar to those of the metamorphic block of Western Sangilen in southeastern Tuva. Quartz monzodiorite intrusive bodies first found in the Khan-Khuhay block show geochemical features similar to those of Ordovician gabbro–monzodiorite intrusions in the western Sangilen. The Khan-Khuhay quartz monzodiorite intrusions may be small apophyses of an intermediate deep crustal magma chamber and could be a probable thermal source of metamorphic stage M2 in the Khan-Khuhay block. The numerical thermo-mechanical model of metamorphism in the Khan-Khuhay block explains the heating in the thickened crust during collision by a higher (relative to the average crustal) radiogenic heat production of 1.52 μW/m3. Computer modeling indicates that the P–T parameters of the second metamorphic stage could be reached only with the involvement of magmatic heat from the monzodiorite intrusion. The P–T metamorphic parameters calculated using mineral thermobarometry, similarity of geochemical characteristics, and results of the thermomechanical modeling allow us to conclude that the Erzin and Moren complexes have undergone a joint tectono-metamorphic evolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hercynite-rich spinel is a typical mineral of both quartz-bearing and quartz-free metapelitic rocks that form under low-pressure high-temperature conditions in the granulite facies (Sengupta et al., 1991) or upper-amphibolite facies of regional and contact metamorphism (Pattison and Tracy, 1991). Temperature-pressure estimation of metamorphic terrains is necessary to understand how large-scale crust evolution has occurred. High-temperature phase equilibrium cannot be properly evaluated solely based on normal cationic couple geothermobarometers, as ferromagnesian cationic exchange undergoes processes related to retrogression during cooling after peak metamorphism. Instead, key mineral parageneses are preserved and standard petrogenetic grids study based on reaction textures and mineral chemistry can be very helpful in better estimating temperature pressure.Regional GeologyDorbeh's contact aureole is formed in West Azerbaijan province, south of Urmia, north of Oshnavieh, and the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone around Dorbeh diorite. The intrusion is one of the components of the Urmia Plutonic Complex (UPC) which is spread along with granites and alkali syenites/granites at the northwest end of the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone in the south of Urmia. This diorite intruded sedimentary units of shale and carbonate belonging to Permian to Triassic-Jurassic including the Doroud and Ruteh Formations and have metamorphosed them in contact aureole, causing hornfels and calc-silicate to sometimes scarn deposits in the area (Modjarrad and Mohamed, 2015). This intrusion is covered by Miocene units (Ghalamghash, 2009). The observed parageneses in Dorbeh aureole including Cld + Chl, Ctd + And, Alm + Cld, And+Alm, Hc+Alm, Chl + Hc + And + Sil, Alm + And + Sil, Alm + And + Sil + Hc. The peak metamorphism assemblage is Alm + And + Sil + Hc. The reactions responsible for the parageneses productions were introduced in the previous studies (Modjarrad and Mohamed, 2015).Materials and Methods 50 microscopic thin sections were prepared and petrographically examined. A reagent sample with the highest number of parageneses and experienced peak metamorphism was analyzed by JEOL JXA-8200 microprobes electron device for garnet, chlorite, chloritoid, spinel, iron oxide, aluminosilicate, and apatite at the University of Potsdam, Germany. For whole rock chemistry, several metapelite samples were analyzed by XRF at the ALS-Chemex Laboratory of Canada.Discussion and ConclusionsThe main purpose of the present paper is to investigate the parageneses, the mineral chemistry, and the temperature-pressure estimation in the metamorphic contact aureole around Dorbeh intrusive. This intrusion consists of amphibole, plagioclase, and clinopyroxene, is a part of the Urmia Intrusive Complex (UPC), and with dioritic composition was intruded the Upper Cretaceous into the Paleozoic pelitic and limestone sedimentary rocks and metamorphosed them. The metapelite section of the aureole has exhibited interesting parageneses due to the exceptional iron-rich composition of the protolith. The hornfels part of the Dorbeh aureole is dominated by chlorite + chloritoid + garnet + aluminosilicates + spinel + opaque minerals and less quartz in the matrix. Mineral chemistry studies showed that Fe-chlorite between Repidolite to Bronswigite, Fe-chloritoid, Almandine garnet, Hercynitic spinel, and ilmenite are the minerals composition which is in agreement with the Fe-rich content of the parent rock. There was no specific zoning pattern in the metapelites garnet grains. It was also found that there is a reverse relationship between Si content and iron, magnesium, titanium, and chromium in chlorite and aluminosilicate structures. The metamorphic conditions for Dorbeh aureole by the multi-equilibria method by THERMOCALC software have been estimated at 570±7°C, at a pressure of 2.8±0.2 kbar.Detailed investigation of phase relationships of metamorphic rocks can be considered a desirable method along with quantitative data-based methods to evaluate the occurrence of progressive metamorphism. This method is based on direct observation of reaction textures and is more objective in estimating metamorphic conditions by the method of the intersection of equilibrium reactions. Most of the time, secondary cationic exchanges penetrate from the mineral boundary to a considerable stratum and question the accuracy of the temperature and pressure calculated on the cationic couple's geothermometers to a large extent. The contact aureole with higher than normal temperatures specific to the margins of dry mafic intrusives is sometimes associated with the formation of special parageneses such as Grt+Sil+And+Hc. This paragenesis has also been reported from high-temperature (granolithic) regional metamorphic terrains, but its production conditions are more limited in contact aureoles and require a high molar fraction of iron/aluminum or mass dryness and/or aureole. Therefore, the composition of all ferromagnesian minerals is very close to the final iron end member and no specific temperature fluctuation in the aureole is understood from the garnet zoning pattern. Although staurolite has not been seen in the studied sections, the evidence suggests that hercynite in the area was caused by staurolite breakdown. With precision in the composition of analyzed chlorites, it was found that there is a direct relationship between Si and alkaline content in chlorite structure, but titano-ferromagnesian content is in contrast with Si content. An almost similar relationship was observed in the aluminosilicate crystals. The inverse relationship between silica and Fe, Ti, and Cr oxides prevails.

The Patagonian batholith was formed through continuous subduction in the southwestern Gondwana margin, from the Early–Middle Jurassic to present times. This study presents a petrological analysis of the La Hoya pluton, an intrusive body located in the North Patagonian Andes near Esquel that is part of the Patagonian batholith. The La Hoya pluton consists of porphyritic biotite–amphibole granodiorites that grade into porphyritic biotite monzogranites, and both facies are associated with minor occurrences of gabbroic-to-tonalitic stocks and doleritic dikes. Amphibole dating yielded a new 40Ar–39Ar stepwise age of 161.5 ± 0.5 Ma for this shallow emplaced pluton. Field, petrographic, whole rock, and mineral geochemical data suggest and indicate that the petrogenetic evolution of the La Hoya pluton involved fractional crystallization, mafic and felsic magma interaction, and possibly mixing of multiple magma sources. Early formed brown resorbed amphibole and labradoritic plagioclase antecrysts crystallized in alkaline-to-transitional (alkaline-to-subalkaline) magmas with temperatures of 834–962 °C and pressures of ~ 2 kbar (up to ~ 7 km depth). Green amphiboles, plagioclases of andesine–oligoclase composition, and biotites crystallized in equilibrium with subalkaline magmas at lower temperatures and pressures (750–806 °C and of ~ 1 kbar; ~ 3.5 km depth). Actinolitic amphibole and albitic plagioclase formed during the hydrothermal alteration associated with the overprinting of post-emplacement solid-state deformation. The La Hoya pluton involved early formed alkaline-to-transitional magmas that progressively became more calc-alkaline with ongoing differentiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The chemistry of erupted clinopyroxene crystals (±equilibrium liquids) have been widely used to deduce the pressures and temperatures of magma storage in volcanic arcs. However, the large number of different equations parameterizing the relationship between mineral and melt compositions and intensive variables such as pressure and temperature yield vastly different results, with implications for our interpretation of magma storage conditions. We use a new test dataset composed of the average Clinopyroxene-Liquid (Cpx-Liq) compositions from N = 543 variably hydrous experiments at crustal conditions (1 bar to 17 kbar) to assess the performance of different thermobarometers and identify the most accurate and precise expressions for application to subduction zone magmas. First, we assess different equilibrium tests, finding that comparing the measured and predicted Enstatite-Ferrosillite and KD (using Fet in both phases) are the most useful tests in arc magmas, whereas CaTs, CaTi and Jd tests have limited utility. We then apply further quality filters based on cation sums (3.95–4.05), number of analyses (N > 5) and the presence of reported H2O data in the quenched experimental glass (hereafter 'liquid') to obtain a filtered dataset (N = 214). We use this filtered dataset to compare calculated versus experimental pressures and temperatures for different combinations of thermobarometers. A number of Cpx-Liq thermometers perform very well when liquid H2O contents are known, although the Cpx composition contributes little to the calculated temperature relative to the liquid composition. Most Cpx-only thermometers perform very badly, greatly overestimating temperatures for hydrous experiments. These two findings demonstrate that the Cpx chemistry alone holds very little temperature information in hydrous systems. Most Cpx-Liq and Cpx-only barometers show similar performance to one another (mostly yielding root mean square errors [RMSEs] of 2–3.5 kbar), although the best Cpx-only barometers currently outperform the best Cpx-Liq barometers. We also assess the sensitivity of different equations to melt H2O contents, which are poorly constrained in many natural systems. Overall, this work demonstrates that Cpx-based barometry on individual Cpx only provides sufficient resolution to distinguish broad storage regions in continental arcs (e.g. upper, mid, lower crust). Significant averaging of Cpx compositions from experiments reported at similar pressures can reduce RMSEs to ~1.3–1.9 kbar. We hope our findings motivate the substantial amount of experimental and analytical work that is required to obtain precise and accurate estimates of magma storage depths from Cpx ± Liq equilibrium in volcanic arcs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although the evolution of residual melts in magmatic systems controls their eruptability and ore-forming potential, their compositions are obscured in plutonic rocks by a protracted near-solidus evolution and the absence of interstitial glass. Here, we trace the evolution of residual melt compositions in rocks from the Strontian Intrusive Complex, Scotland, using the trace element chemistry of amphiboles, and titanites which are intergrown with amphibole rims. Laser ablation mapping reveals an abrupt change in certain trace elements in the amphibole rims, with sharp increases in Eu/Eu* and Sr/Y, and decreases in rare earth elements, Ta, Nb, and Ta/Nb ratios. Core-rim variations in these elements in titanite show the same variations as in amphibole, but are more gradual. By reconstructing the crystallisation sequence of the Strontian magmas using textural observations and thermobarometric estimates, we determine that amphibole cores crystallised prior to titanite saturation, but amphibole rims crystallised simultaneously with titanite. Using the trace element composition of the mineral phases and their modal abundance in the rock, with comparison to the whole-rock chemistry, we determine that titanite hosts the majority of the rare earth and high field strength element budget of the rocks. We therefore propose that the onset of titanite crystallisation had a profound effect on the trace element composition of late-stage residual melts at Strontian, which were inherited by the amphibole rims and subsequent titanites. This is supported by Rayleigh fractional crystallisation modelling, which demonstrates that the composition of amphibole rims cannot be explained without the influence of titanite. We therefore show that the saturation of trace element-rich phases in magmas represents a significant geochemical event in the petrogenesis of intermediate to silicic magmas. This has implications for provenance studies that attempt to reconstruct bulk rock compositions from mineral compositions, as the residual melts from which those minerals crystallise can be driven to significantly different compositions from the host magma by late-stage accessory phase crystallisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Quantifying the depths and temperatures from which igneous rocks are derived is an important step in understanding volcanic, magmatic and mantle processes. We present meltPT, a Python package that allows users to apply twelve published whole-rock thermobarometers within a consistent framework, as well as combine thermobarometric results and geothermal models to estimate mantle potential temperatures. We apply meltPT to basaltic rocks from mid-ocean ridges and the Hawaiian Islands. We find mid-ocean ridge basalts equilibrate between 1–2 GPa and 1275–1475 ℃, corresponding to an ambient mantle potential temperature of ~1400 ℃. We estimate that the Hawaiian plume has an excess temperature of ~150 ℃. Hawaiian melt-equilibration depths increase from 1–3 GPa to 2.5–5 GPa through each island's life cycle. Our results indicate that multiple lithologies are present within the plume, and that transient plume reconfiguration in response to changing plate velocity is a viable mechanism for generating Hawaiʻi's two geochemically distinct plume tracks.

In the Shourestan area, 14 kilometers west of Sarbisheh city, in South Khorasan province, volcanic rocks with pyroxene-andesite composition belonging to Eocene-Oligocene are exposed. The constituent minerals of these rocks include plagioclase and pyroxene. The composition of plagioclases have range from Ab32, An68 to Ab58, An42 and are andesine-labradorite type. Clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene have diopside-like augite and enstatite composition, respectively. The crystallization temperature for clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene were about 1175 and 1200 °C respectively and the pressure (for both types) was 2 to 5 kb. The geochemical data of whole rocks show that the andesitic lavas of Shourestan have high potassium calc-alkaline nature and the amount of Mg# in them varies from 40.97 to 60.97, which indicates the role of mantle components in their formation. These rocks show signs of differentiation including LREE/HREE ((La/Yb)N) between 9.95 to 12.42, LREE/MREE ((La/Sm)N) between 3.53 to 6.55, MREE/HREE ((Sm/Yb)N) between 1.89 to 2.99. High ratios of Zr/Nb (9.81-22.10), Th/Nb (0.68-1.79), Th/Ta (7.29-24), and Nb/Ta (9.69-15.66) along with the pattern of LIL elements, support the possibility of different degrees of crustal contamination-assimilation of magma during its ascent to the earth's surface. The studied rocks have low ratios of Ce/Y (2.44-3.48), (Tb/Yb)N (1.17-1.39), Sm/Yb (1.92-2.78), and relatively flat MREE-HREE pattern that confirms the melting of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle in the field of spinel stability and at a depth of fewer than 75 kilometers. Introduction Calc-alkaline magmas are commonly active in convergent plate margins and their petrogenesis is crucial for understanding the origin and evolution of the andesitic continental crust. The generation of calc-alkaline magmatic series in oceanic subduction zones has been primarily attributed to the partial melting of enriched mantle sources with the involvement of fluids and/or melts from the subducted oceanic lithosphere or the partial melting of metasomatized sub-continental lithospheric mantle that had been modified by previous plate subduction (Cheng et al., 2020). Andesite is the second most common volcanic rock type on earth and provides abundant information about the interaction between the mantle and crust in the subduction zones. However, the petrogenesis of subduction-related andesite is being debated, since andesite can form via different processes, such as (1) magma mixing between felsic and mafic/ultramafic melt; (2) fractional melting or assimilation fractional crystallization from basaltic composition; (3) partial melting of the hydrated mantle wedge peridotite (Li et al., 2013). Experimental investigation demonstrates that plagioclase and clinopyroxene composition can be used to estimate the P-T condition of volcanic rock crystallization. The chemical composition of pyroxene in volcanic rocks shows the nature of the host lava and is used to determine the magmatic series, tectonic environment, and origin of the igneous rock (Putirka, 2008). In the Shourestan area, 14 kilometers west of Sarbisheh city in South Khorasan province, Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks with pyroxene-andesite composition are exposed. Based on the results of previous studies, the Tertiary lavas in the Sarbisheh area have calc-alkaline nature and are related to active continental margins (Mohammadi and Nakhaei, 2022). In this research, the chemical composition of minerals has been used to determine the nature of magma, tectonic setting and evaluation of the temperature and pressure conditions for the crystallization of andesitic lavas. Also, by using the geochemical data of the whole rock, the geochemical characteristics, tectonic setting, and origin of these rocks have been investigated. Materials and Methods Microprobe analysis of pyroxene and plagioclase minerals was done at the institute of Earth sciences in Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. A scanning electron microscope (JEOL SEM JSM-6360LV) was used to observe micro-scale texture. Identification of mineral phases was done by an energy dispersive spectrometer equipped with SEM, under the beam conditions of 15 kV, and 0.2 nA for the acceleration voltage, and beam current, respectively. Mineralogical investigation was carried out by an electron probe micro analyzer (JEOL EPMA JXA-8900R) equipped with four wave-length dispersive spectrometers. For geochemical investigations, 8 samples were analyzed in Acme laboratory in Canada by ICP method (for major elements) and ICP-MS (for trace and rare earth elements) and 3 samples in ZarAzma Company (Tehran, Iran) by alkaline melting method (for major elements) and ICP-MS (for trace and rare earth elements). Results The constituent minerals of these rocks include plagioclase and pyroxene. The composition of plagioclases changes from Ab32 An68 to Ab58 An42 and are andesine-labradorite type. Clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene have diopside-like augite and enstatite composition, respectively. The crystallization temperature for clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene were about 1175 and 1200 °C respectively and the pressure was 2 to 5 kb. The geochemical data of whole rocks show that the andesitic lavas of Shourestan have high potassium calc-alkaline nature and the amount of Mg# in them varies from 40.97 to 60.97, which indicates the role of mantle components in their formation. These rocks show signs of differentiation including LREE/HREE ((La/Yb)N) from 9.95 to 12.42, LREE/MREE ((La/Sm)N) from 3.53 to 6.55, MREE/HREE ((Sm/Yb)N) from 1.89 to 2.99. High ratios of Zr/Nb (9.81-22.10), Th/Nb (0.68-1.79), Th/Ta (7.29-24), and Nb/Ta (9.69-15.66) along with the pattern of LIL elements, support the possibility of different degrees of crustal contamination-assimilation of magma during its ascent to the earth's surface. The studied rocks have low ratios of Ce/Y (2.44-3.48), (Tb/Yb)N (1.17-1.39), Sm/Yb (1.92-2.78), and relatively flat MREE-HREE pattern that confirms the melting of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle in the field of spinel stability and at a depth of fewer than 75 kilometers. Discussion Petrographic studies show that the volcanic rocks of the Shourestan area have pyroxene-andesite composition. After plagioclase, pyroxene is the most abundant mineral in Shourestan andesitic lavas. The values of Mg# in clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene are 72-78 and 71-77, respectively. High values of Mg# in pyroxenes indicate the role of mantle components in the magma source. Based on the chemistry of clinopyroxene, andesitic lavas of the Shourestan area have sub-alkaline nature and are located in the field of volcanic arc basalts. The anorthite content of plagioclases in andesitic lavas of Shourestan (52-66%) and Mg# of clinopyroxenes (72-78) indicate the low amount of water during the formation of these minerals from primary magma. The formation temperature of investigated clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene was about 1200 °C and the calculated pressure at the time of their crystallization was determined 2 to 5 kb. The volcanic rocks of Shourestan were located in the range of andesite with high potassium calc-alkaline nature. The amount of Mg# in these rocks varies from 40.97 to 60.97, which indicates the role of mantle components in their formation. The presence of negative Ti, Nb, and P anomalies in trace element diagrams of the studied samples, confirms the formation of these rocks in subduction zones. Relatively low values of YbN in the samples (8.42 to 10.05 ppm) indicate low amounts of garnet in the source. Geochemical characteristics of the Shourestan andesitic rocks such as K2O/P2O5 ratio >2 along with high Al2O3 and Th enrichment can be related to crustal contamination or magma formation from a heterogeneous metasomatized mantle source. In addition, Th/Ta (7.29-24), Nb/Ta (9.69-15.66) and Ta/La (0.02-0.05) ratios also indicate different degrees of the crustal contamination-assimilation of magma during the ascent to the surface of the earth. Based on various element ratios, the Shourestan andesitic lavas originated from a subcontinental lithospheric mantle that evolved during subduction. The geochemical characteristics of the investigated rocks, such as the high ratio of LILE/HFSE and LREE/HREE, as well as the different tectonic discriminant diagrams, confirm active continental margin tectonic setting.

We present Thermobar, a new open-source Python3 package for calculating pressures, temperatures, and melt compositions from mineral and mineral-melt equilibrium. Thermobar allows users to perform calculations with >100 popular parametrizations involving liquid, olivine-liquid, olivine-spinel, pyroxene only, pyroxene-liquid, two pyroxene, feldspar-liquid, two feldspar, amphibole only, amphibole-liquid, and garnet equilibria. Thermobar is the first open-source tool which can match up all possible pairs of phases from a given region, and apply various equilibrium tests to identify pairs from which to calculate pressures and temperatures (e.g. pyroxene-liquid, two pyroxene, feldspar-liquid, two feldspar, amphibole-liquid). Thermobar also contains functions allowing users to propagate analytical errors using Monte-Carlo methods, convert pressures to depths using different crustal density profiles, plot mineral classification and mineral-melt equilibrium diagrams, calculate liquid viscosities, and convert between oxygen fugacity values, buffer positions and Fe speciation in a silicate melt. Thermobar can be downloaded using pip and extensive documentation is available at https://thermobar.readthedocs.io/.

The Pacific Rim Terrane is of forearc affinity and one of the most recent crustal elements accreted to the North American Cordillera in western Canada. Two units, the Leech River Complex and Pandora Peak Unit, within the terrane were subject to high‐temperature, medium‐pressure metamorphism. Biotite, garnet and staurolite isograds occur concentrically in the Leech River Complex, centred on the Leech River shear zone at its southern boundary. A local thermal overprint in the Pandora Peak Unit is characterized by replacement of prehnite‐pumpellyite and lawsonite‐bearing assemblages with muscovite + chlorite. Pseudosection models (Perple_X), and thermometry using garnet‐biotite Fe‐Mg exchange and Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material (RSCM) show a thermal gradient at ~3.8 kbar from ~230°C in the north to ~600°C in the south. Isotherms are continuous across the Leech River–Pandora Peak boundary. The small‐volume, interfoliated intrusions of Eocene age occurring throughout the terrane show no spatial relation to the isotherms. Elevated forearc metamorphism is due to the subcretion at ~51 Ma of nascent oceanic crust (and related spreading ridge or hotspot) of the underlying Siletz‐Crescent terrane along the south‐bounding Leech River shear zone. Our re‐evaluation of the metamorphic history requires revision of the role of magmatism as a source of heat transport in forearc metamorphism and the tectonic assembly in this setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The South-East Crater (SEC) at Mt. Etna started a period of lava fountaining in December 2020, producing over 60 paroxysms until February 2022. The activity had an intense sequence from February 16 to April 1, 2021, totaling 17 paroxysmal events separated by repose times varying from 1 to 7 days. The eruptive sequence was extensively monitored, providing a unique opportunity to relate the chemistry and texture of the erupted products to eruption dynamics. We investigate the temporal evolution of the magmatic system through this eruptive sequence by quantifying variations in the composition and texture of clinopyroxene. Clinopyroxene major element transects across crystals from five representative lava fountains allow us to determine the relative proportions of deep versus shallow-stored magmas that fed these events. We use hierarchical clustering (HC), an unsupervised machine learning technique, to objectively identify clinopyroxene compositional clusters and their variations during this intense eruptive phase. Our results show that variations of monitoring parameters and eruption intensity are expressed in the mineral record both as changes in cluster proportions and the chemical complexity of single crystals. We also apply random forest thermobarometry to relate each cluster to P-T conditions of formation. We suggest that the February–April 2021 eruptive sequence was sustained by the injection of a hotter and deeper magma into a storage area at 1–3 kbar, where it mixed with a slightly more evolved magma. The February 28 episode emitted the most mafic magma, in association with the highest mean lava fountain height and highest time–averaged discharge rate, which make it the peak of the analyzed eruptive interval. Our results show that after this episode, the deep magma supply decreased and the erupted magma become gradually more chemically evolved, with a lower time–average discharge rate and fountain height. We propose this approach as a means to rapidly, objectively, and effectively link petrological and geophysical/geochemical monitoring during ongoing eruptions. We anticipate that the systematic application of this approach will serve to shed light on the magmatic processes controlling the evolution of ongoing eruptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

According to the core data from two deep holes, the following mineral assemblages were identified in metapelitic rocks of the Uni Suite in the central part of the Vyatka Belt, sandwiched between Archean blocks in the northeastern part of the Volgo–Uralian Segment of the East European Craton: (1) Pl + Ms + Bt + Qz + Kfs + And ± Chl and (2) Pl + Bt + Qz + Kfs + Grt + Sil ± Ms ± Chl. A set of methods including classical (Grt–Bt, GASP, Ti-in-Bt, and Ms–Bt) and multi-equilibrium thermobarometry (winTWQ 2.34), as well as the isopleth intersection method on pseudosection diagrams (GeoPS 3.2.2.128), was applied to estimate the P–T conditions for these assemblages. The calculated P–T parameters of metamorphism are 520–650°C (or up to 690°C, according to the isopleth method) and 2–5.4 kbar. Metamorphism of paragneiss containing assemblage (2) was accompanied by anatexis in the water-saturated system. Metamorphism of rocks of the Uni Suite belongs to the relatively shallow type of the andalusite–sillimanite facies series and amphibolite facies and relates to deformations during orogenes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Petrological modeling and geochronology (Lu–Hf garnet, U–Pb monazite, zircon, and titanite) for seven mid-amphibolite to granulite-facies metamorphic rocks in the Thelon tectonic zone (Ttz) provide new insights into the evolution of this orogen. A Grt-Sp-Sil diatexite records 2.01–2.00 Ga garnet and monazite growth during >830 °C contact metamorphism associated with voluminous convergent margin plutonism. The most widespread, 1.96–1.90 Ga metamorphism is associated with clockwise pressure (P)–temperature (T) paths, indicating it was driven by crustal thickening. Earlier (1.96–1.92 Ga) and lower temperature (630 °C–730 °C; 6–8 kbar) metamorphism in the eastern Slave craton contrast with ∼860 °C (7.5 kbar), 1.91–1.90 Ga diatexites in the central, Paleoproterozoic plutonic rock-dominated, core of the Ttz. These differences are interpreted to reflect lower vs. upper plate settings, respectively. A contribution of mantle heat is suggested by the counter-clockwise P–T path and 885 °C (5.7 kbar) conditions recorded by diatexite associated with c. 1.9 Ga peraluminous leucogranite that dominates a corridor along the Ttz–Rae craton boundary. A tectonic model is proposed wherein the Ttz evolved at an accretionary margin after rifting of Ttz microcontinent (mTtz) off the Rae craton at c. 2.2–2.1 Ga. Voluminous plutonism at 2.01–1.98 Ga formed via east-dipping subduction under mTtz. Following 1.97 Ga collision of the Slave craton and mTtz, west-dipping subduction generated 1.96–1.95 Ga plutonism in the composite mTtz-Slave upper plate. Collision of Rae craton at 1.95–1.94 Ga led to crustal thickening, widespread 1.91–1.90 Ga high-grade metamorphism and extensive crustal melting in the central Ttz. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The discrepancy of geothermal gradients predicted by numerical modeling and recorded by peak metamorphic conditions of exhumed high/ultrahigh pressure (HP/UHP) metamorphic rocks triggers many uncertainties on the thermal structure of subduction zones, which is especially significant for continental subduction zones. Well‐constrained prograde P‒temperature (T) paths of HP/UHP rocks reflect the change in P–T conditions during continental subduction and are insusceptible to later processes, making them robust recorders of the thermal structure of subduction zones. To make a reliable estimation of the thermal structure of a continental subduction zone, the prograde P–T paths of three low (L)T‒UHP eclogites in the Dabie orogen were robustly constrained using a multiple thermobarometry method. The results demonstrate that these eclogites underwent three stages of metamorphic evolution during continental subduction from epidote amphibolite‐facies at ∼450°C–470°C/11–13 kbar, through amphibole eclogite‐facies at 585°C–600°C/17–19 kbar, to peak UHP eclogite‐facies at 600°C–630°C/27–29 kbar, indicating a low and continuously changing geothermal gradient from ∼12°C/km at lower crust depth (40 km) to 10°C/km at depth of 60 km and to ∼6°C/km at sub‐arc depth (100 km). The consistency of this result and the average thermal gradient recovered by peak metamorphic conditions of exhumed HP/UHP metamorphic rocks of continental origin suggests that the continental subduction zones may have a common thermal structure characterized by strongly concave upward geothermal gradient. A comparison of the results of this study and analytical models shows that shear heating may play a crucial role in the thermal evolution of continental subduction zones. Plain Language Summary: Subduction zones are important sites for material cycles, volcanic and seismic activity, and metallogenesis. The thermal structure (change of temperature with depth) is considered to place a first‐order control on these processes. By measurement of surface heat flow on the active subduction zones combined with formal modeling the thermal structure, thermal structure of oceanic subduction zones has been well constrained. In contrast, the thermal structure of continental subduction zones is far from clear as its geophysical information is usually modified by later continental collision. Metamorphic evolution paths of exposed rocks preserve complete information on the change of temperature and pressure with time, making it a reliable recorder of the thermal structure of a paleo‐continental subduction zone. In this contribution, we carried out a detailed petrological study to trace the metamorphic paths of ultrahigh pressure eclogites in the Dabie orogen, China and then recover the thermal structure of the continental subduction zone. The results demonstrate that the target rocks record a continuously decreasing thermal gradient with depth. Combining the results of this and previous studies, we suggested that the continental subduction zones have a common thermal structure characterized by varied thermal gradients from 10 to 12°C/km at crustal depth to 6–7°C/km at sub‐arc depth. Key Points: Prograde P–T paths of the ultrahigh pressure eclogites in the Dabie orogen are robustly constrained by a multi‐thermobarometry methodThe target eclogites record a decreasing thermal gradient with depth from ∼12°C/km at 40 km to 10°C/km at 60 km to ∼6°C/km at 100 kmContinental subduction zones may share a common thermal structure with strongly concave upward geothermal gradient [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Thermobarometric calculations for mineral inclusions in diamonds provide a systematic comparison of P-T-fO2 conditions for different cratons and mobile belts worldwide, using a database of 4440 mineral EPMA analyses. Beneath all cratons, the cold branch of the mantle geotherm (35–32 mWm−2) relates to PT estimates for sub-calcic garnets and rare omphacitic diamond inclusions, referring to major continental growth events in Archean. High-temperature plume-related geotherms are common in Proterozoic kimberlites such as Premier, Mesozoic-Roberts Victor etc. and are common in Slave and Siberian cratons. Eclogitic and pyroxenitic pyroxenes and garnets and Fe- and Ca-enriched pyrope diamond inclusions prevail in mobile belts like Limpopo, Magondi, Ural, Khapchan and in the marginal parts of cratons (Kimberly in Australia) They refer to diamondiferous eclogite-pyroxenite lens in the mididdle parts of lithospheric mantle. Eclogitic garnets and clinopyroxenes show trends of joint decreasing Mg# and pressures due to differentiation of rising melts. Dunitic Ca pyropes giving high-pressure estimates prevail in the central parts of cratons. The PT for the chromites reflect conditions just above the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary formed due to interaction with the hydrous plume protokimberlite melts.Archean diamond Ca-enrich pyropes inclusions from Wawa province Canada give low-temperature conditions. Inclusions from younger kimberlites in Superior and Slave, Siberian and East European cratons show complex high-temperature geotherms due to plumes influence. Peridotite garnets beneath the Amazonian craton indicate complex layering in the lithosphere base and a pyroxene layer in the middle part of mantle lithosphere. Diamond inclusions from the Kimberley Craton of Australia show the greatest variations in the temperatures and composition.The mobile belts and marginal parts of cratons are favorable for the finding of the abundant colored diamonds. The huge plume influence for hydrated and eclogite-rich mantle like in Premier, Venetia and other kimberlites brings to the formation of giant diamonds.Diamond inclusion reveal the huge variations of PT conditions formed by different agents due to long complex stories of craton deciphered using thermobarometry and trace element and isotopic geochemistry.

The Late Aptian Rajmahal Traps originated through Kerguelen-Plume-related volcanism at the eastern margin of the Indian Shield. Clinopyroxene and whole-rock thermobarometry reveals that the Rajmahal magmas crystallized at P-T conditions of ≤~5 kbar/~1100–1200 °C. These pressures correspond to upper crustal depths (≤~19 km). Modeling shows that the Rajmahal primary magmas were last in equilibrium with mantle at P-T conditions of ~9 kbar/~1280 °C. The corresponding depths (~33 km) are consistent with gravity data that indicate a high-density layer at lower crustal depths below an upwarped Moho. Thus, the high-density layer probably represents anomalous mantle. It is likely that the mantle-derived magmas accumulated below the upwarped Moho and were subsequently transported via trans-crustal faults/fractures to the upper crust where they evolved by fractional crystallization in small staging chambers before eruption. In the lower part of the Rajmahal plumbing system, buoyant melts from the Kerguelen Plume may have moved laterally and upward along the base of the lithosphere to accumulate and erode the eastern Indian lithospheric root. The Rajmahal plumbing system was probably shaped by tectonic forces related to the breakup of Gondwana. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]