Abstract
When fluid infiltrates a rock and they are not in chemical equilibrium, chemical reactions proceed between fluid and minerals in the rock. Once the stoichiometry of the mineral—fluid reaction and the composition of the fluid is taken into account, the progress of the reaction serves as a quantitative measure of how much fluid the rock chemically interacts with. Reaction progress therefore serves as a natural fossil flux meter for fluid—rock interactions during, for example, metamorphism and hydrothermal events. Numerous applications can be made. On an outcrop scale, reaction progress can determine whether fluid flow was pervasive or was channelized along bedding, fractures, or foliation. On a regional scale, reaction progress can identify metamorphic and hydrothermal infiltration fronts and the relationship between fluid—rock interaction and the degree of metamorphism or alteration. On the scale of an entire metamorphic belt, reaction progress may reveal whether fluid released during metamorphism flows to the surface in a single pass or is recirculated in crustal-scale metamorphic hydrothermal cells.
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Ferry, J.M. (1986). Reaction Progress: A Monitor of Fluid—Rock Interaction during Metamorphic and Hydrothermal Events. In: Walther, J.V., Wood, B.J. (eds) Fluid—Rock Interactions during Metamorphism. Advances in Physical Geochemistry, vol 5. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4896-5_3
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