Ce. Manning et Sl. Boettcher, RAPID-QUENCH HYDROTHERMAL EXPERIMENTS AT MANTLE PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES, The American mineralogist, 79(11-12), 1994, pp. 1153-1158
New experimental methods for the encapsulation, extraction, and analys
is of large volumes of aqueous fluids enable studies of mineral solubi
lities and dissolution kinetics with the piston-cylinder apparatus. Qu
ench rates and volumes of experimental fluids with these methods are c
omparable with those used in modern hydrothermal experiments employing
cold-seal vessels. Analyses of fluid compositions are reproducible an
d consistent with independent results. The techniques permit experimen
tal investigations that will better characterize fluid-rock interactio
n in such environments as subducting slabs, the mantle wedge, Barrovia
n metamorphic belts, and middle to lower crustal granulites.