In the present study, the Ti-in-biotite geother- mometer was revised using more than 300 natural rutile- or ilmenite-bearing metapelites collected worldwide. The formulation was empirically calibrated as ln[T（℃）]= ...In the present study, the Ti-in-biotite geother- mometer was revised using more than 300 natural rutile- or ilmenite-bearing metapelites collected worldwide. The formulation was empirically calibrated as ln[T（℃）]= 6.313 ＋0.22 41n（XTi ） -0.2881n（XFe ） -0. 4491n（XMg） ＋ 0.15P （GPa）, with Xj=j/（Fe＋Mg＋Al^Ⅵ＋Ti） in biotite, assuming ferric iron content of 11.6 mol% of the total iron in biotite. This thermometer is consistent with the well-calibrated garnet-biotite thermometer within error of i50 ℃ for most of the calibrant samples and can successfully distin- guish systematic temperature changes of different meta- morphic zones in both prograde and inverted metamorphic terranes as well as thermal contact aureoles. Thus, the thermometer truthfully reflects real geologic conditions and can be applied to TiO2-saturated metapelites metamor- phosed at the crustal level within the calibration ranges （450-840 ℃, 0.1-1.9 GPa, XTi = 0.02-0.14 in biotite）.展开更多
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文摘In the present study, the Ti-in-biotite geother- mometer was revised using more than 300 natural rutile- or ilmenite-bearing metapelites collected worldwide. The formulation was empirically calibrated as ln[T（℃）]= 6.313 ＋0.22 41n（XTi ） -0.2881n（XFe ） -0. 4491n（XMg） ＋ 0.15P （GPa）, with Xj=j/（Fe＋Mg＋Al^Ⅵ＋Ti） in biotite, assuming ferric iron content of 11.6 mol% of the total iron in biotite. This thermometer is consistent with the well-calibrated garnet-biotite thermometer within error of i50 ℃ for most of the calibrant samples and can successfully distin- guish systematic temperature changes of different meta- morphic zones in both prograde and inverted metamorphic terranes as well as thermal contact aureoles. Thus, the thermometer truthfully reflects real geologic conditions and can be applied to TiO2-saturated metapelites metamor- phosed at the crustal level within the calibration ranges （450-840 ℃, 0.1-1.9 GPa, XTi = 0.02-0.14 in biotite）.
