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Petrology of Spinel lherzolite from South Korea: Implication for P/T Estimate

  • Lee, Han-Yeang
    • 한국지구과학회지
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.38-51
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    • 2002
  • Mantle xenoliths in alkali basalt at Boun, the Gansung area and Baegryung Island in South Korea are spinel lherzolites composed of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, and spinel. Minerals show homogeneous compositions. Olivine compositions have Fo$_{89.0}$ to Fo$_{90.2}$, low CaO (0.03 to 0.12 wt%), and NiO of 0.34 to 0.40 wt%; the orthopyroxene is enstatite with En$_{89.0}$ to En$_{90.0}$ and Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$ of 4 to 5 wt%; the clinopyroxene is diopside with En$_{47.2}$ to En$_{49.1}$ and Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$ of 7.42 to 7.64 wt% from Boun and 4.70 to 4.91 wt% from Baegryung. Spinel chemistry shows a distinct negative trend, with increaeing Al corresponding with decreasing Cr, and Mg$^{#}$ (100Mg/Mg+Fe) and Cr$^{#}$ (100Cr/Cr+Al) of 75.1 to 81.9 and 8.5 to 12.6, respectively. The equilibrium temperatures of these xenoliths, taken as the average obtained from those of Mercier (1980) and Sachtleben and Seck (1981), lie between 970 and 1020$^{\circ}$C, and equilibrium pressures derived from Mercier (1980) fall within the range of 12 to 19 kbar (i.e., 42 to 63 km). These temperatures and pressures are reinforced by considerations of the Al-isopleths in the MAS system (Lane and Ganguly, 1980), as adjusted for the Fe effect on Al solubility in orthopyroxene (Lee and Ganguly, 1988). The equilibrium temperatures and pressures of xenoliths, as considered in P/T space, belong to the oceanic geotherm, based upon the various mantle geotherms presented by Mercier (1980). This geotherm is completely different from continental geotherms, e.g., from South Africa (Lesotho) and southern India. Mineral compositions of spinel-lherzolites in South Korea and eastern China are primitive; paleo-geotherms of both are quite similar, but degrees of depletion of the upper mantle could vary locally. This is demonstrated by eastern China, which has various depleted xenoliths caused by different degrees of partial melting.

A geothermal gradient of the upper mantle beneath Jeju-do, Korea: evidence from mantle xenoliths

  • Choi, Seong-Hee;Jwa, Yong-Joo;Lee, Han-Yeang
    • 한국광물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국암석학회.한국광물학회 2000년도 공동학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.19-19
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    • 2000
  • ;Ultramafic xenoliths found in alkali basalts from Jeju-do, Korea are mostly spinel Iherzolites composed of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and spinel. A subordinate amount of spinel harzburgites and pyroxenites are also found. Temperatures for these xenoliths were estimated from the compositions of coexisting pyroxenes (Wood '||'&'||' Banno 1973; Wells 1977; Bertrand '||'&'||' Mercier 1985; Brey '||'&'||' Kohler 1990), the AI-solubility in orthopyroxene coexisting with olivine and spinel (Sachtleben '||'&'||' Seck 1981; Webb '||'&'||' Wood 1986), and from Fe/Mg partitioning between olivine and spinel (Ballhaus et al. 1991). Temperature estimates from the thermometers by Wells (1977) and Brey and Kohler (1990) are compatible. Average equilibrium temperatures by these two methods for spinel peridotites range from 890 to 1030$^{\circ}$C. Pressures for spinel peridotites were estimated from the geobarometer by Kohler and Brey (1991) derived from the equilibrium Ca content of olivine coexisting with clinopyroxene, and fall within the range of 12.9 to 26.3 kbar. The combination of the thermometer by Brey and Kohler (1990) and the geobarometer by Kohler and Brey (1991) yields P- T estimates for Jeju-do spinel peridotites that fall in experimentally determined spinel lherzolite field in CFMASCr system (O'Neill 1981). These P-T data sets have been used to construct the Quaternary Jeju-do geotherm, which is significantly different from the conventional conductive geotherm. The xenolith-derived geotherm has a higher T gradient at low P (13 kbar) than at high P, which may be due to perturbation of the conductive heat flow by magma underplating or overplating at the crust-mantle boundary. Temperature estimates and statistics on the xenoliths indicate that the crust/mantle boundary in Jeju-do lies at about 11 kbar (~39 km). Spinellherzolite is inferred as a main constituent rock of the uppermost lithospheric mantle beneath Jeju-do. Pyroxenites were intercalated in peridotites in similar depth and temperature as re-equilibrated veins or lens.

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울릉도 산출 암석의 열물성 자료를 이용한 울릉도 지열 성인에 대한 열전도 수치모델링 연구 (Numerical Heat-conduction Modeling to Understand the Genesis of the Observed Geothermal Gradient in Ulleung Island using Experimentally Determined Thermal Properties of the Rocks)

  • 이창열;김기석;연관희
    • 터널과지하공간
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    • 제26권4호
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    • pp.266-273
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구는 울릉도 화산체 하부에 있는 마그마 방이 냉각될 때 주변에 발생하는 열전달을 컴퓨터 수치모델링을 이용하여 계산하였다. 마그마 방은 울릉도 화산체 중앙의 정상부에서 2.9 km 깊이에 위치하며, 지름 10 km, 두께 300 m 혹은 600 m의 디스크 형태로 가정되었다. 본 연구의 수치모델링을 이용하여 계산된 화산체의 지온증가율은 시추공 검층으로 관찰된 지온증가율인 $95^{\circ}C/km$와 유사하다. 본 연구에서 사용된 수치모델링에는 많은 가정이 적용되었기 때문에 연구 결과를 울릉도의 지열 해석에 직접 적용하는 데에는 한계가 있다. 그러나, 시추공에서 관찰된 높은 지온증가율은 화산체 하부에 용융 또는 고체 상태로 존재하는 뜨거운 마그마 방에서의 열전달에 의한 것으로 판단된다.