The influence of H2O-H2 fluids and redox conditions on melting temperatures in the haplogranite system

Solidus temperatures of quartz–alkali feldspar assemblages in the haplogranite system (Qz-Ab-Or) and subsystems in the presence of H2O-H2 fluids have been determined at 1, 2, 5 and 8 kbar vapour pressure to constrain the effects of redox conditions on phase relations in quartzofeldspathic assemblages. The hydrogen fugacity (fH2) in the fluid phase has been controlled using the Shaw membrane technique for moderately reducing conditions (fH2 fO2 > WM] shows that increasing fH2 produces a slight increase of the solidus temperatures (up to 30 °C) of quartz–alkali feldspar assemblages in the presence of H2O-H2 fluids between 1 and 5 kbar total pressure.