Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019

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S (Solid Earth Sciences ) » S-CG Complex & General

[S-CG49] Hard-Rock Drilling Science: From Continental to Deep Sea Drilling, and Oman Project

Tue. May 28, 2019 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall8, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Katsuyoshi Michibayashi(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University), Eiichi TAKAZAWA(Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University), Norikatsu Akizawa(Department of Ocean Floor Geoscience, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo)

[SCG49-P11] Structural petrology of peridotites from the Kalaymyo ophiolite

*Kouhei Asano1,2, Katsuyoshi Michibayashi1, Jung-Woo Park3 (1.Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, 2.Shizuoka University, 3.Seoul National University)

Keywords:Kalaymyo ophiolite, peridotite, melt-rock interaction, J-index

The Kalaymyo ophiolite is located at Myanmar. The Kalaymyo ophiolite includes large peridotite massifs, where peridotites are commonly well preserved. In recent years, petrologic and geochemical studies have been carried out on the Kalaymyo peridotites. These results suggest that the Kalaymyo peridotites have been undergone melt-rock interactions. In this study, we used fourteen samples from outcrops and drill cores, and carried out analyses of crystal preferred orientations (CPOs) of olivine and of major elements of olivine and spinel. The samples show coarse-grained equigranular textures. The mineral compositions in spinel Cr# and olivine Mg# plot in the field of OSMA (olivine-spinel mantle array) indicate that these samples represent residual upper mantle rocks after partial melting. Spinel grains with Cr# higher than 0.3 have relatively high TiO2 contents (0.10-0.20 wt.%). Because Ti is incompatible element, high spinel TiO2 content suggests that these peridotites have experienced melt-rock interaction. There is a positive correlation between J-index and spinel Cr# in the samples. The correlation also has two trends: high and low positive relationships between J-index and spinel Cr#, respectively. Samples experienced melt-rock interaction belong to the low positive trend. It suggests that melt percolation by melt-rock interaction could have an impact on deformation, in particular on CPO development. We propose that melt-rock interaction was synchronous with deformation. It is noted that peridotites experienced melt-rock interaction are intensely located on a narrow range with respect to the elevation, indicating that the occurrence of melt-rock interaction was localized within the Kalaymyo ophiolite.