FLUID INCLUSIONS IN QUARTZ FROM DEEP-SEATED GRANITIC INTRUSIONS, SOUTH-NORWAY

H2O, CO2, and H2OCO2 inclusions were observed in quatz from deep-seated granitic intrusions belonging to the Precambrian Farsund plutonic complex, south Norway. These inclusions represent solidus and/or sub-solidus fluids that were present in these rocks at some period between the initial melt and the present. Early CO2 and H2OCO2 inclusions with about 20 mole% CO2 contain up to 10 mole% CH4 in the CO2 phase and have densities from 0.96 to 0.85 g/cc. These inclusions are considered to most nearly approximate solidus vapour phases and suggest conditions of final solidification of the magma at 5 to 6 Kb and 700°C to 800°C. The H2O inclusions have salinities between 2 and 60 wt%; the majority contain 5 to 20 equivalent wt.% NaCl and have densities from 1.05 to 0.85 g/cc. Microthermometry indicates that other cations such as K+, Ca2+ and / or Mg2+ are present in these aqueous fluids. The H2O inclusions primarily represent fluids present at a post-magmatic stage of fracturing and healing of these rocks during uplift. © 1979.