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Mineralogy and Petrology | 1999

Garnet-spinel-pyroxenite xenoliths from Hyblean Plateau (South-eastern Sicily, Italy)

P. Atzori; Paolo Mazzoleni; Rosalda Punturo; Vittorio Scribano

SummaryRare garnet-spinel pyroxenite xenoliths occur in some basaltic tuff-breccia levels of Miocene age from the Valle Guffari (Hyblean Plateau, Sicily), together with a number of spinel-bearing mantle xenoliths. The garnet-bearing pyroxenites may be divided into two groups (“a” and “b”) on textural and mineralogical bases. Garnet-bearing spinel websterites with a fully recrystallized texture represent the first group (a). Here the garnet (Py54.5 A1m32 Gr13.5), with a diffuse kelyphitic alteration, forms a reaction corona between coarse spinel grains and the in contact pyroxenes. The transition from the spinel-pyroxenite to the garnet-pyroxenite field may depend on isobaric cooling from higher (magmatic?) temperatures. Garnet-pyroxene geothermometry indicates that the last equilibration most probably occurred at P = 1.0 GPa (ca.), T = 750 °C (ca).The second lithotype (b) is an orthopyroxene-bearing garnet-spinel clinopyroxenite, exhibiting a complex texture. It consists of zones of coarse clinopyroxene grains enclosing euhedral spinel passing to zones where tiny rounded crystals of the same pyroxene and spinel are enclosed in relatively large patches of extensively kelyphitisized garnet (Py64.8 Alm25.6 Gr9.6). Garnet also occurs as inclusion-free grains up to 4 mm in diameter. P-T calculations give significantly higher values than for the former case (a). The origin of the b-type garnet may also depend on subsolidus reaction of spinel and pyroxenes after an isobaric cooling from still higher temperatures, but a primary magrnatic origin might also be possible, especially for the “granular” garnets.P-T estimates for both the pyroxenite types closely match a steady geotherm for 100 mW/m2 surface heat flow. Such a relatively intense heat flow may suggest the occurrence of huge masses of hot magma intruding the Hyblean lithospheric mantle and lower crust at different levels.ZusammenfassungSeltene Granat-Spinell-Pyroxenit-Xenolithe kommen in einigen basaltischen Tuff-Breckzien Horizonten miozänen Alters aus dem Valle Guffari (lblei-Plateau, Sizilien) zusammen mit einer Anzahl von Spinell-führenden Mantel-Xenolithen vor. Aufgrund textureller und mineralogischer Kriterien können die Granat-führenden Pyroxenite in zwei Gruppen („a” und „b”) unterteilt werden. Granat-führende Spinell-Websterite mit vollkommen rekristallisierter Textur repräsentieren die erste Gruppe („a”). Hier bildet Granat (Py54.5 Alm32 Gr13.5) mit einer diffusen kelyphitischen Umwandlung, einen Reaktionssaum zwischen grobkörnigem Spinell und Pyroxenen, mit denen er in Kontakt ist. Der übergang vom Spinell-Pyroxenit- zum Granat-Pyroxenit-Feld kann auf isobarische Abkühlung von höheren (magmatischen ?) Temperaturen zurückgehen. Granat-Pyroxen-Geothermometrie zeigt, dass die letzte Equilibrierung sehr wahrscheinlich bei P = 1.0 GPa (ca.), T = 750°C (ca.) erfolgte.Der zweite Typ von Granat-führenden Pyroxeniten ist ein („b”) Orthopyroxenführender Granat-Spinell-Klinopyroxenit, der komplexe Texturen zeigt. Er besteht aus Zonen von grobkörnigem Klinopyroxen mit Einschlüssen von idiomorphem Spinell, der in Zonen übergeht, wo kleine gerundete Kristalle des gleichen Pyroxens und Spinells in relativ große Bereiche von extensiv kelyphitisiertem Granat (Py64,8 Alm25,6 Gr9,6) eingeschlossen sind. Granat kommt auch als einschlußfreie Körner mit bis zu 4 mm Durchmesser vor. P-T Berechnungen geben wesentlich höhere Werte als für die Gesteine des Types („a”). Die Entstehung der b-Typ-Granaten kann auch durch Subsolidus-Reaktion von Spinell und Pyroxen nach isobarischer Abkühlung von noch höheren Temperaturen beeinflußt sein; ein primärer magmatischer Ursprung könnte auch möglich sein, besonders für die „körnigen” Granate.P-T Abschätzungen für beide Pyroxenit-Typen sind gut einer Geotherme für 100 mW/m2 Wärmefluß an der Oberfläche zuzuordnen. Ein solcher, relativ intensiver Wärmefluß könnte auf das Vorkommen von großen heißen Magmenkörpern hinweisen, die den lithosphärischen Mantel unter dem Iblei-Plateau und die untere Kruste in verschiedenen Niveaus intrudierten.


International Journal of Earth Sciences | 2015

Reply to “Comment on Manuella et al. ‘The Hyblean xenolith suite (Sicily): an unexpected legacy of the Ionian–Tethys realm’ by Beccaluva et al. (2015)”

Fabio Carmelo Manuella; Vittorio Scribano; Serafina Carbone; Alfonso Brancato

One of the most important pieces of background information left in our pen (Manuella et al. 2015) regards the circumstance that, during the last 25 years, international marine geology expeditions brought crucial advances in understanding the composition and tectonic evolution of present and fossil oceanic lithosphere (e.g., Pearce 2002; Dick et al. 2003; Boschi et al. 2006; Snow and Edmond 2007; Ildefonse et al. 2007; Miranda and Dilek 2010; Silantyev et al. 2011). In particular, we would draw attention to some fault-bounded abyssal highs, called oceanic core complexes (OCCs), located in the crest zone of (ultra) slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges. OCCs mostly consist of serpentinized mantle peridotites and gabbroic rocks exhumed to the ocean floor along systems of detachment faults, related to serpentinite diapirism. Most elevated blocks even reach the ocean surface to form non-volcanic ocean islands, as well as the St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks located near the axial zone of MAR in the equatorial region (e.g., Campos et al. 2010; Sharkov 2012). More in general, magmatic layers of the normal oceanic crust are very thin or even absent at OCCs sites, seismic profiles being compatible with a serpentinite layer overlying almost unaltered mantle ultramafics (e.g., Blackman et al. 2004a, b). In this respect, the concept of a “crust” had to be called into question, and hence, the Moho can be regarded as a serpentinization front (e.g., Minshull et al. 1998). Oxide-rich gabbros with sheared texture are considered obliged components of the gabbroic suite of present and fossil OCCs (e.g., Sharkov 2012). Veins of plagiogranites are also relatively common in these oceanic structures, intruding both gabbros and peridotite bodies. Oxide gabbros and plagiogranites from OCCs typically bear zircon as accessory phase (e.g., Aranovich et al. 2013). OCC basalts, Introduction


Mineralogy and Petrology | 2006

Gabbroic xenoliths in tuff-breccia pipes from the Hyblean Plateau: insights into the nature and composition of the lower crust underneath South-eastern Sicily, Italy

Vittorio Scribano; Giovanna Tiziana Sapienza; Roberto Braga; Lauro Morten


Mineralogy and Petrology | 2009

Metasomatic events recorded in ultramafic xenoliths from the Hyblean area (Southeastern Sicily, Italy)

Vittorio Scribano; Marco Viccaro; Renato Cristofolini; Luisa Ottolini


Chemical Geology | 2009

Aliphatic hydrocarbons in metasomatized gabbroic xenoliths from Hyblean diatremes (Sicily): Genesis in a serpentinite hydrothermal system

Enrico Ciliberto; C. Crisafulli; Fabio Carmelo Manuella; Filippo Samperi; Salvatore Scirè; Vittorio Scribano; Marco Viccaro; Ezio Viscuso


Ofioliti | 2006

CHLORITE/SMECTITE - ALKALI FELDSPAR METASOMATIC XENOLITHS FROM HYBLEAN MIOCENIC DIATREMES (SICILY, ITALY): EVIDENCE FOR EARLY INTERACTION BETWEEN HYDROTHERMAL BRINES AND ULTRAMAFIC/MAFIC ROCKS AT CRUSTAL LEVELS

Vittorio Scribano; Salvatore Ioppolo; Paolo Censi


Lithos | 2011

Asphaltene-bearing mantle xenoliths from Hyblean diatremes, Sicily

Salvatore Scirè; Enrico Ciliberto; C. Crisafulli; Vittorio Scribano; Fabio Bellatreccia; Giancarlo Della Ventura


International Journal of Earth Sciences | 2015

The Hyblean xenolith suite (Sicily): an unexpected legacy of the Ionian–Tethys realm

Fabio Carmelo Manuella; Vittorio Scribano; Serafina Carbone; Alfonso Brancato


International Journal of Earth Sciences | 2017

Origin of salt giants in abyssal serpentinite systems

Vittorio Scribano; Serafina Carbone; Fabio Carmelo Manuella; Martin Hovland; Håkon Rueslåtten; Hans-K. Johnsen


Lithos | 2009

Primary origin of some trachytoid magmas: Inferences from naturally quenched glasses in hydrothermally metasomatized gabbroic xenoliths (Hyblean area, Sicily)

Marco Viccaro; Vittorio Scribano; Renato Cristofolini; Luisa Ottolini; Fabio Carmelo Manuella

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International Centre for Theoretical Physics

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