K-Ar geochronology for hydrothermal K-feldspar within plagioclase in a granitic pluton: constraints on timing and thermal condition for hydrothermal alteration
This study presents the K-Ar geochronology for hydrothermal K-feldspar in plagioclase alteration, including methodology and application to the Toki granite, in central Japan. Borehole samples from the Toki granite were collected and mechanically and chemically processed to separate plagioclase from...
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| description | This study presents the K-Ar geochronology for hydrothermal K-feldspar in plagioclase alteration, including methodology and application to the Toki granite, in central Japan. Borehole samples from the Toki granite were collected and mechanically and chemically processed to separate plagioclase from the rock and remove bulk impurities. The sample fraction of cleaned plagioclase powder was further processed to a smaller size fraction, allowing separation of the altered K-feldspar from the plagioclase host. The resulting K-feldspar represented the hydrothermal alteration product and was characterized crystallographically as microcline, and its K-Ar ages were measured. The results of the K-Ar dating and petrographic characterization indicated that in this setting, plagioclase alteration occurred through a combination of solid-state replacement and dissolution–precipitation processes. The K-feldspathization age enables constraint of the temporal conditions of the solid-state replacement process to 62.2 ± 1.4 Ma. The time-temperature (t-T) path of the sampling site is an effective tool for determining both the timing and thermal conditions of the hydrothermal microcline formation in plagioclase alteration. The combination of the t-T path and the microcline K-Ar age provides formation temperatures of about 307–325 °C. The timing and thermal conditions of solid-state replacement (62.2 ± 1.4 Ma and 325–307 °C) indicate an older age and a higher temperature than those of dissolution–precipitation (59.2 ± 1.4 Ma and 305–290 °C: Yuguchi et al., 2019A). The plagioclase alteration consists of serial processes from solid-state replacement to dissolution–precipitation. Addition of the thermal conditions and timing into petrography have implications for the sequential phenomenal variation in granite. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d52db8a61ac4087ae39fcb789d477602022-12-21T18:27:20ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402021-04-0174e06750K-Ar geochronology for hydrothermal K-feldspar within plagioclase in a granitic pluton: constraints on timing and thermal condition for hydrothermal alterationTakashi Yuguchi0Koshi Yagi1Eiji Sasao2Tadao Nishiyama3Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa, Yamagata, 990-8560, Japan; Corresponding author.Hiruzen Institute for Geology and Chronology Co., Ltd., 2-5, Nakashima, Naka-ku, Okayama, 703-8252, JapanJapan Atomic Energy Agency, 1-64, Yamanouchi, Akiyo, Mizunami, Gifu, 509-6132, JapanGraduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1, Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8555, JapanThis study presents the K-Ar geochronology for hydrothermal K-feldspar in plagioclase alteration, including methodology and application to the Toki granite, in central Japan. Borehole samples from the Toki granite were collected and mechanically and chemically processed to separate plagioclase from the rock and remove bulk impurities. The sample fraction of cleaned plagioclase powder was further processed to a smaller size fraction, allowing separation of the altered K-feldspar from the plagioclase host. The resulting K-feldspar represented the hydrothermal alteration product and was characterized crystallographically as microcline, and its K-Ar ages were measured. The results of the K-Ar dating and petrographic characterization indicated that in this setting, plagioclase alteration occurred through a combination of solid-state replacement and dissolution–precipitation processes. The K-feldspathization age enables constraint of the temporal conditions of the solid-state replacement process to 62.2 ± 1.4 Ma. The time-temperature (t-T) path of the sampling site is an effective tool for determining both the timing and thermal conditions of the hydrothermal microcline formation in plagioclase alteration. The combination of the t-T path and the microcline K-Ar age provides formation temperatures of about 307–325 °C. The timing and thermal conditions of solid-state replacement (62.2 ± 1.4 Ma and 325–307 °C) indicate an older age and a higher temperature than those of dissolution–precipitation (59.2 ± 1.4 Ma and 305–290 °C: Yuguchi et al., 2019A). The plagioclase alteration consists of serial processes from solid-state replacement to dissolution–precipitation. Addition of the thermal conditions and timing into petrography have implications for the sequential phenomenal variation in granite.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021008537K-feldspar K-Ar agePlagioclase alterationSolid-state replacementDissolution and precipitationK-feldspathization and illitizationToki granitic pluton |
| spellingShingle | Takashi Yuguchi Koshi Yagi Eiji Sasao Tadao Nishiyama K-Ar geochronology for hydrothermal K-feldspar within plagioclase in a granitic pluton: constraints on timing and thermal condition for hydrothermal alteration Heliyon K-feldspar K-Ar age Plagioclase alteration Solid-state replacement Dissolution and precipitation K-feldspathization and illitization Toki granitic pluton |
| title | K-Ar geochronology for hydrothermal K-feldspar within plagioclase in a granitic pluton: constraints on timing and thermal condition for hydrothermal alteration |
| title_full | K-Ar geochronology for hydrothermal K-feldspar within plagioclase in a granitic pluton: constraints on timing and thermal condition for hydrothermal alteration |
| title_fullStr | K-Ar geochronology for hydrothermal K-feldspar within plagioclase in a granitic pluton: constraints on timing and thermal condition for hydrothermal alteration |
| title_full_unstemmed | K-Ar geochronology for hydrothermal K-feldspar within plagioclase in a granitic pluton: constraints on timing and thermal condition for hydrothermal alteration |
| title_short | K-Ar geochronology for hydrothermal K-feldspar within plagioclase in a granitic pluton: constraints on timing and thermal condition for hydrothermal alteration |
| title_sort | k ar geochronology for hydrothermal k feldspar within plagioclase in a granitic pluton constraints on timing and thermal condition for hydrothermal alteration |
| topic | K-feldspar K-Ar age Plagioclase alteration Solid-state replacement Dissolution and precipitation K-feldspathization and illitization Toki granitic pluton |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021008537 |
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