The study of volatile elements in crustal anatectic terranes may provide in
formation about the role of fluid flow and fluid pathways during high tempe
rature metamorphism. We have studied the distribution of Li and B in two mi
gmatitic areas: the Pena Negra Anatectic Complex (central Spain) and the mi
gmatites and leucogranites associated with the Ronda peridotites (southern
Spain). They represent two contrasting cases in the behaviour of volatiles,
particularly B, during anatexis. The Pena Negra migmatites are dominated b
y diatexites where it is possible to distinguish granitic leucosomes, melan
osomes, metric to decimetric leucogranitic segregates, and decimetric to me
tric sillimanite-rich restitic enclaves. All lithologies are characterized
by low B concentrations (mean values < 30 ppm), and B is enriched in melano
somes/restites with respect to leucosomes/leucogranites. This may be due to
the fact that a notable proportion of B can reside in restitic sillimanite
. B concentrations in leucosomes and leucogranites can be explained by clos
ed system anatexis.
At Ronda, metatexitic and diatexitic migmatites underlie the Ronda peridoti
tes, and diatexites and leucogranite dikes intrude the peridotites. Diatexi
tes underlying the peridotites are characterized by cordierite + biotite +/
- garnet as ferromagnesian phases, with rare or absent tourmaline, low B co
ntents(< 10 ppm), and cordierite +/- garnet leucosomes. Leucogranite dikes
have high B concentrations (mean value approximate to 400 ppm), with tourma
line being a common and, sometimes, the most abundant ferromagnesian phase.
A generic relationship between diatexites and leucogranites is strongly su
ggested by the presence of dikes of diatexites intruding the bottom of the
peridotites. We conclude that B in the leucogranites may stem from the diss
olution of tourmaline originally present in the metasediments, or infiltrat
ion of B-rich aqueous fluids into the anatectic zone.
According to recent experimental work, textures in some tourmaline-rich Ron
da leucogranites suggest initial B2O3 contents in the melt higher than the
present measured concentrations. Preliminary experimental results presented
in this paper propose that this difference is not due to water activities
in the melt. Rapid crystallization of the melts following undercooling may
explain the existence of abundant euhedral tourmaline in leucogranites with
low aluminium saturation index (ASI = molar Al2O3/(CaO + Na2O + K2O)) and
relatively low B contents. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserv
ed.