CATION SUBSTITUTIONS GOVERNING THE CHEMISTRY OF AMPHIBOLE IN THE SILGARÁ FORMATION METABASITES AT THE SOUTHWESTERN SANTANDER MASSIF
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Las paragénesis con presencia de anfíbol de las rocas metabásicas de la Formación Silgará en la región suroccidental del Macizo de Santander registran evidencia de metamorfismo prógrado. Análisis ópticos y de microsonda electrónica, junto con cálculos termobarométricos en estas rocas, muestran que la principal variación en anfíboles cálcicos es la sustitución simultánea de Al en el sitio T1 (AlIV) y Na+K en el sitio A de la estructura cristalina del anfíbol. AlIV es fuertemente dependiente de la temperatura, y esta dependencia enmascara cualquier efecto de la presión. Los cambios en la composición química del anfíbol cálcico son interpretados a traves de sustituciones acopladas, y reacciones con los minerales con los cuales coexiste durante un aumento en las condiciones de metamorfismo desde la facies esquisto verde hasta la facies anfibolita inferior, siendo circunstancias favorables que registran no solo las facies metamórficas alcanzadas por las rocas sino tambien las condiciones de P-T por las cuales estas fueron obtenidas.
Palabras claves: anfíbol, Silgará, metabasitas, sustitución, condiciones de metamorfismo
Amphibole-bearing parageneses from the Silgará Formation metabasites at the southwestern Santander Massif record evidence of prograding metamorphism. Optical and microprobe analyses, together with thermobarometric estimates on these rocks, show that the main variation in Ca-amphibole is the simultaneous substitution of Al into the T1 site (AlIV) and Na+K into the A-site of the amphibole’s crystal structure. AlIV is strongly temperature dependant, and this dependancy masks any pressure effect. Changes in the chemical composition of Ca-amphibole grains are interpreted through coupled substitutions, and reactions with co-existing minerals during an increase in metamorphic conditions from greenschist to lower amphibolite facies, being favourable circumstances record not only the metamorphic facies reached by rocks but also the P-T conditions by which these were attained. Keywords: amphibole, Silgará, metabasites, substitution, metamorphic conditions
Amphibole-bearing parageneses from the Silgará Formation metabasites at the southwestern Santander Massif record evidence of prograding metamorphism. Optical and microprobe analyses, together with thermobarometric estimates on these rocks, show that the main variation in Ca-amphibole is the simultaneous substitution of Al into the T1 site (AlIV) and Na+K into the A-site of the amphibole’s crystal structure. AlIV is strongly temperature dependant, and this dependancy masks any pressure effect. Changes in the chemical composition of Ca-amphibole grains are interpreted through coupled substitutions, and reactions with co-existing minerals during an increase in metamorphic conditions from greenschist to lower amphibolite facies, being favourable circumstances record not only the metamorphic facies reached by rocks but also the P-T conditions by which these were attained. Keywords: amphibole, Silgará, metabasites, substitution, metamorphic conditions