Abstract

Trace elements (Al, K, Ti, Fe), growth and deformation pattern in quartz of the multiple deformed Carcoar, Barry and Sunset Hills granites were investi- gated by electron micro probe and cathodolumines- cence. Zoned quartz phenocrysts with high Ti concentrations (>70 ppm) that show blue cathodolu- minescence originated from the early stage of magma crystallisation. Multiple deformation of quartz causes the redistribution of Al and K in the quartz lattice, which results in the accumulation of these elements in submicroscopic inclusions (<0.5 lm) of muscovite-like composition. In contrast, structural Ti in quartz is mostly kept in the lattice. Common halos of defect-poor, secondary quartz around fluid inclusions result from re- equilibration of fluid inclusions because of differences between fluid pressure and lithostatic pressure, e.g. duringuplift (isothermal decompression) and/or a/b- transition of quartz. Duringhealing , defect-poor sec- ondary quartz grows at the cost of the host quartz and releases or replaces defect centres. The results of micro- structural investigations combined with Al-in-horn- blende thermobarometry allow the reconstruction of regional processes. Carcoar and Barry granodiorites and Sunset Hills granite were intruded in the Late Ordovi- cian-Early Silurian at depths of 4-8.6 and 10-12 km, respectively. In contrast to the continuous crystallisation of the granodiorite magmas, the magma of the Sunset Hills granite ascended in a stepwise fashion, causing multiple quartz nucleation. The two granodiorites were multiple, post-magmatically deformed, first, during Early Devonian under more brittle conditions at temperatures of 350-400 � C, whereas the Sunset Hills granite experienced more ductile deformation at tem- peratures of around 550 � C.

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