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Noble Gases and Halogens in Fluid Inclusions: A Journey Through the Earth’s Crust

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The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers

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Abstract

Fluid inclusions provide the only means possible for sampling fluids from the Earth's deep-interior and ancient past. Noble gas isotope analysis can provide quantitative information about the sources of volatile components in fluid inclusions (e.g. atmosphere, crust and mantle), whereas halogens provide complementary information about the fluids, acquisition of salinity and/or the presence of (I-rich) organic components. The aims of this chapter are to: (1) review methods for analysis of noble gases in fluid inclusions, and halogen analysis by the ‘noble gas method’ (extended 40Ar–39Ar methodology); and (2) summarise case studies of noble gases and halogens in fluid inclusions. The case studies include hydrothermal fluids involved in ore genesis in a range of geological environments encompassing mid-ocean ridge vents, sedimentary basins, near-pluton magmatic environments and metamorphic settings, as well as fluid inclusions in eclogite facies high-grade terranes relevant to subduction recycling processes. In contrast to modern ground waters, the fluid inclusion data suggest that most crustal fluids source some (additional) atmospheric noble gases within the crust (from sediments and hydrous minerals formed during seawater-alteration), and that low salinity fluids can acquire significant Br, as well as I, from organic-rich (meta-)sediments. Fluid–rock interactions are an important control on the composition of deep-crustal fluids; however, the orders of magnitude variation in noble gas isotope compositions and halogen abundances mean that they can preserve information about fluid sources that is overprinted in other stable and radiogenic isotope systems.

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Kendrick, M.A., Burnard, P. (2013). Noble Gases and Halogens in Fluid Inclusions: A Journey Through the Earth’s Crust. In: Burnard, P. (eds) The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers. Advances in Isotope Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28836-4_11

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