Constraints on the depth of generation and emplacement of a magmatic epidote-bearing quartz diorite pluton in the Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia
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Abstract
Petrology and P–T estimates indicate that a magmatic epidote-bearing quartz diorite pluton from Mt. Gamsby, Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia, was sourced at pressures below ∼1.4 GPa and cooled nearly isobarically at ∼0.9 GPa. The P–T path indicates that the magma was within the stability field of magmatic epidote early and remained there upon final crystallization. The pluton formed and crystallized at depths greater than ∼30 km. REE data indicate that garnet was absent in the melting region and did not fractionate during crystallization. This suggests that the crust was less than or equal to ∼55 km thick at 188 Ma during the early phases of magmatism in the Coast Plutonic Complex. Late Cretaceous contractional deformation and early Tertiary extension exhumed the rocks to upper crustal levels. Textures of magmatic epidote and other magmatic phases, combined with REE data, can be important for constraining the P–T path followed by magmas.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Constraints on the depth of generation and emplacement of a magmatic epidote-bearing quartz diorite pluton in the Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia |
| Series title | Terra Nova |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00905.x |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 480 |
| Last page | 488 |
| Country | Canada |
| Other Geospatial | British Columbia |
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