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Graphite geothermometry in low and high temperature regimes: two case studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

F. J. Luque ,
J. F. Barrenechea  and
M. Rodas
F. J. Luque
Affiliation:
Departamento de Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Geología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
J. F. Barrenechea
Affiliation:
Departamento de Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Geología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
M. Rodas
Affiliation:
Departamento de Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Geología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Abstract

This paper examines the potential use of the variation of the co parameter of graphite with temperature for geothermometric estimations. Two examples are presented in which graphite geothermometry, at low-and high-temperature conditions, is tested against other widely used geothermometers. The results obtained indicate that, at low-grade metamorphic conditions, the co parameter of graphite is affected by other factors besides the temperature, so graphite geothermometry (based on co) can only be used in such rocks for qualitative estimations. For temperatures above 500 °C, when the fully ordered graphite appears, there is a close correlation between the temperature estimations based on the structural ordering of graphite and from mineral-exchange geothermometry. The temperature calculations based on the co parameter of graphite are not influenced by factors (such as pressure or retrometamorphism) that clearly affect the exchange equilibria. Thus, graphite thermometry is a useful tool, for temperatures above 500 °C.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 130 , Issue 4 , July 1993 , pp. 501 - 511
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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