Serpentinite crosscut by distinct veins generations (Zermatt-Saas Zone, Western Alps)

Fluid-rock interaction in oceanic and continental lithosphere

INTERAZIONE ROCCIA-FLUIDO IN LITOSFERA CONTINENTALE E OCEANICA

Petrography, Petrology e Metallogenesis

Staff

Ferrando Simona (Manager)
Castelli Daniele (Member)
Groppo Chiara Teresa (Member)
Rolfo Franco (Member)

Contacts

ERC Sectors

PE10_5 - Geology, tectonics, volcanology

PE10_10 - Mineralogy, petrology, igneous petrology, metamorphic petrology

PE10_11 - Geochemistry, cosmochemistry, crystal chemistry, isotope geochemistry, thermodynamics

Activity

This research is focussed on petrology, geochemistry and thermodynamics applied to fluid-rock interactions to constrain fluid release, transport, and sequestration in distinct geodynamic settings. The main cases considered are: fluids released during subduction and their role in orogenic magmatism; fluids present in lithospheric mantle that is source of intraplate magmatism; fluids released from collisional orogens; metasomatic rocks. The studied localities are: the alpine-himalayan orogen, the Dabie-Sulu orogen (China), the ethiophian rift, the Canary islands.

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Fig. 1 Trace element pattern of multiphase-solid inclusions within quartzites subducted at ultrahigh-pressure conditions (Sulu orogen, China)

Main Partnership

Decarlis Alessandro, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
Frezzotti Maria Luce, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
Petrelli Maurizio, University of Perugia, Italy
James Connolly, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Publications

KARASTERGIOS S., FERRANDO S., KUNZ B.E. & FREZZOTTI M.L. (2024), Stealth metasomatism in granulites from Ivrea (NW Italy): hydration of the (Variscan) lower crust by melt flow. Geosciences, 14, 218, doi: 10.3390/geosciences14080218
MAFFEIS A., FREZZOTTI M.L., CONNOLLY J.A.D., CASTELLI D. & FERRANDO S. (2024): Sulfur disproportionation in deep COHS slab fluids drives mantle wedge oxidation. Science Advances, 10, eadj2770, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adj2770
MAFFEIS A., FERRANDO S., CONNOLLY J.A.D., FREZZOTTI M.L. & CASTELLI D. (2023): Fluid redox fingerprint of the CaCO₃+antigorite dehydration reaction in subducted metacarbonate sediments. Geosciences, 13, 130, doi: 10.3390/geosciences13050130
MAFFEIS A., FERRANDO S., CONNOLLY J.A.D., GROPPO C., FREZZOTTI M.L. & CASTELLI D. (2021): Thermodynamic analysis of HP-UHP fluid inclusions: the solute load and chemistry of metamorphic fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 315, 207-229, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.08.044
BARALE L., BERTOK C., D’ATRI A., MANTOVANI A., MARTIRE L., AGOSTINI S., BERNASCONI S.M., GERDES A. & FERRANDO S. (2021): Syn-rift hydrothermal circulation in the Mesozoic carbonates of the western Adriatic continental palaeomargin (Western Southalpine Domain, NW Italy). Basin Research, 33, 3045-3076, doi: 10.1111/bre.12594
FERRANDO S., PETRELLI M., FREZZOTTI M.L. (2019): Gradual and selective trace-element enrichments in slab-released fluids at sub-arc depths. Scientific Reports, 9, 16393, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52755-9.
FREZZOTTI M.L., FERRANDO S. (2018): The role of halogens in the lithospheric mantle. In D.E. Harlow & L. Aranovich (eds) The role of halogens in terrestrial and extraterrestrial geochemical processes, Springer Geochemistry, 805-845. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-61667-4_13
OGLIALORO E., FREZZOTTI M.L., FERRANDO S., TIRABOSCHI C., PRINCIPE C., GROPPELLI G., VILLA I.M. (2017): Lithospheric magma dynamics beneath the El Hierro Volcano, Canary Islands: insights from fluid inclusions. Bull. Volcanol., 79, 70. doi: 10.1007/s00445-017-1152-6
FERRANDO S., GROPPO C., FREZZOTTI M.L., CASTELLI D., PROYER A. (2017): Dissolving dolomite in a stable UHP mineral assemblage: evidence from Cal-Dol marbles of the Dora-Maira Massif (Italian Western Alps). American Mineralogist, 102, 42-60. doi: 10.2138/am-2017-5761
FREZZOTTI M.L., FERRANDO S. (2015): The chemical behavior of fluids released during deep subduction based on fluid inclusions. American Mineralogist, 100, 352-377. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2015-4933CCBYNC.
FERRANDO S. (2012): Mg-metasomatism of metagranitoids from the Alps: genesis and possible tectonic scenarios. Terra Nova, 24, 423-436. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2012.01078.x

Projects related to the Research

PRIN2017 Project - n.2017LMNLAW: "Carbon cycling and Earth control on the livable planet: connecting deep key carbon sources to surface CO2 degassing by transfer processes"

https://prin2017.wixsite.com/connectforcarbon

H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020 - 956127 FluidNET: Fluids driving the evolution of the continental crust: influence of pathway networks, fluxes, and time scales.

https://www.fluidnet.eu/project-design/

Tag: metasomatism, fluid-rock interaction, carbon cycle