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Distribution of dissolved water in magmatic glass records growth and resorption of bubbles
I.M. Mcintosh, E.W. Llewellin, M.C.S. Humphreys, A.R.L. Nichols, Alain Burgisser, C. Ian Schipper, J.F. Larsen
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bution of dissolved water in magmatic glass records growth and resorption of bubbles. Earth and
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Distribution of dissolved water in magmatic glass records growth and resorption of bubbles
I.M. McIntosha,c,∗,E.W. Llewellina,M.C.S. Humphreysa,b,A.R.L. Nicholsc, A. Burgisserd,e, C.I. Schipperd,e,f,J.F. Larseng
aDepartmentofEarthSciences,DurhamUniversity,ScienceLabs,Durham,DH13LE,UK1 bDepartmentofEarthSciences,UniversityofOxford,SouthParksRoad,Oxford,OX13AN,UK
cResearchandDevelopmentCenterforOceanDrillingScience,JapanAgencyforMarineEarthScienceandTechnology(JAMSTEC),2-15Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka,Kanagawa237-0061,Japan
dInstitutdesSciencesdelaTerre,CNRS–IRD–UniversitédeSavoie,CampusScientifique,73376LeBourgetduLac,France
eInstitutdesSciencesdelaTerre(ISTO),CentreNationaldelaRechercheScientifique(CNRS),l’Universitéd’Orléans,1aruedelaFérollerie,OrléansCedex2, 45071,France2
fSchoolofGeography,EnvironmentandEarthSciences,VictoriaUniversityofWellington,POBox600,Wellington6140,NewZealand3 gGeophysicalInstitute,UniversityofAlaska,Fairbanks,AK99775,UnitedStates
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t ra c t
Articlehistory:
Received15September2013 Receivedinrevisedform12May2014 Accepted21May2014
Availableonlinexxxx Editor:T.Elliott Keywords:
bubblegrowth bubbleresorption diffusion quencheffect waterspeciation disequilibrium
Volcanic eruptions aredrivenby thegrowthofgas bubblesinmagma. Bubbles growwhendissolved volatilespecies,principallywater, diffusethroughthesilicatemeltand exsolveatthebubblewall. On rapid cooling, the melt quenches to glass, preserving the spatial distribution ofwater concentration aroundthebubbles(nowvesicles),offeringawindowintopre-eruptiveconditions.Wemeasurethewater distributionaroundvesiclesinexperimentally-vesiculatedsamples,withhighspatialresolution.Wefind that, contraryto expectation,water concentration increasestowards vesicles,indicating that water is resorbedfrombubblesduringcooling;texturalevidencesuggeststhatresorptionoccurs largelybefore the melt solidifies. Speciationdata indicatethat the molecularwater distributionrecords resorption, whilstthehydroxyldistributionrecordsearlierdecompressivegrowth.Ourresultschallengetheemerging paradigmthatresorptionindicatesfluctuatingpressureconditions,andlaythefoundationsforanewtool forreconstructingtheeruptivehistoryofnaturalvolcanicproducts.
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1. Introduction
Bubblesnucleatewhenmagmaticvolatiles(speciessuchaswa- ter, CO2 and SO2, that are only weakly soluble in the silicate melt)exsolvefroma supersaturatedmelt. Wateristhemostim- portantvolatile because itis usually the mostabundant and be- causeitstronglyaffectsmelt viscosity(HessandDingwell,1996).
Itisdissolvedinthemeltastwoprincipalspecies:molecularwa- ter,H2Om, andhydroxyl groups, OH. As magmaascends, bubbles growthroughdecompressiveexpansionandcontinuingexsolution
* Correspondingauthorat:ResearchandDevelopmentCenterforOceanDrilling Science,JapanAgencyforMarine EarthScienceandTechnology(JAMSTEC),2-15 Natsushima-cho,Yokosuka,Kanagawa237-0061,Japan.Tel.:+81468679766;fax:
+81468679625.
E-mailaddress:i.m.mcintosh@jamstec.go.jp(I.M. McIntosh).
1 CurrentaddressoftheauthorM.C.S.Humphreys.
2 CurrentaddressoftheauthorA.Burgisser.
3 CurrentaddressoftheauthorC.I.Schipper.
ofvolatilesfromthemelt(Sparks,1978).Togethertheseprocesses control the bubble growth ratewhich, in turn,controls orinflu- encesalmostevery aspectofmagmaascentanderuption,includ- ing:magmavesicularity,buoyancy,rheologyandpermeability;the pressuregradientthatdrivestheeruption;andtheonsetofmagma fragmentation. Understanding and quantifying bubble growth is, therefore,oneofthemostfundamentalchallengesinphysicalvol- canology.
Waterexsolvesfromthemelt,intoabubble,whenitssolubility inthemeltdecreases,andresorbs intothemelt whenitssolubil- ity increases.The resulting change inthe water concentration at thebubblewallcreatesachemical potentialgradientinthemelt, whichdrivesdiffusiontowardsagrowingbubbleandawayfroma shrinking bubble(Fig. 1). Thewaterconcentration profilemaybe preservedwhenthe meltquenchesto glass,offeringthe tantalis- ing prospectofreconstructing thebubble’shistoryofgrowthand resorption.Wequantifythespatialdistributionofdissolvedwater anditsspeciesinexperimentally-vesiculatedmagmaticglasses,us- ingsecondaryionmassspectrometry(SIMS)-calibratedbackscatter http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.037
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Fig. 1.Bubblegrowthandresorption.Schematicfiguretoshowthepressureand temperature(P,T)conditionsrequiredforabubbletoremain inequilibrium,to grow,ortoresorb,withexampleH2Otconcentrationprofilesthatresult.Solidblack linesindicatecurrentbubblesize;dashedgreylinesindicatepreviousbubblesize, hencewhetherbubbleisgrowingorresorbing.
scanning electron microscope (BSEM) images (Humphreys et al., 2008) and Fourier-transforminfra-red(FTIR)imaging(e.g.Nichols andWysoczanski,2007),inordertotestthishypothesis.
Two recent studies apply a similar conceptual framework to draw significant conclusions about conduit processes.Watkins et al. (2012)analysevolatiledistributionsaroundvesiclesinobsidian clastsandfindwaterconcentrationprofilesconsistentwithbubble resorption(cf.Fig. 1).Theyinferapressureincreaseinthevolcanic conduitpriortoeruption.Careyetal. (2013)studyvesicledistribu- tionsinbasalticpyroclastsandfindindirectevidenceofresorption ofbubblespriortoeruption,whichtheyalsointerpretasevidence ofapressureincrease intheconduit.Basedon ourdata,we pro- pose that bubble resorption may occur during the quench from melttoglassasH2Osolubilityincreaseswithdecreasingtempera- ture,andpresentanalternativeinterpretationofthesefindingsin Section4.4.
Otherworkershaveusedtexturalevidencefromexperimental- ly-vesiculatedmagmasamplesto investigateinteractions between bubbles (Castro et al., 2012). They observe dimpled and sinuous glassfilmsbetweenvesicles,whichtheyinterpretaspreservedev- idence of incipient coalescence of growing bubbles. We analyse water distribution in the same samples and offer an alternative interpretationfortheirobservations,whichisconsistent withour conceptualmodel(Section4.3).
1.1. Waterinsilicatemelts
Interpretationofwaterdistributionsinglassreliesonquantita- tivemodelsforwatersolubilityanddiffusivity.Experimentalstud- iesofvariousmagmacompositionsshowthat,forcrustalpressures relevanttomagmatic degassing,solubilityincreaseswithincreas- ingpressureanddecreasingtemperature(Baker andAlletti,2012;
Newman and Lowenstern, 2002) while diffusivity (D) increases with increasing temperature, decreasing pressure, and increasing waterconcentration(NiandZhang,2008) (Fig. 2).Temperatureex- ertsadominantcontrolonwaterdiffusivityand,toalesserextent, onsolubility;however,thereremains a gapindatabetweenam- bient and magmatic temperatures, which includes the transition betweenmeltandglass.
Thetwospeciesofwaterpresentinglass(H2OmandOH)inter- convertviatheequilibriumreaction
H2Om(melt)+Oo(melt)2OH(melt), (1)
Fig. 2.Controlsondiffusivityandsolubilityofwater.Variationinwatersolubility (upper) anddiffusivity (lower)with pressure andtemperature forrhyolitecom- position.A datagapexistsbetweenmagmaticandambienttemperatures.High-T solubilitymodelisfromNewmanandLowenstern (2002) showingproportionof H2Om andOHatequilibriumspeciation;diffusivity dataarefromNiandZhang (2008)assuming4wt%H2Otwithboth H2Ot andH2Om diffusivityshown. Low temperaturesolubility(diamond)istakenfromAnovitzetal. (1999);lowtempera- turediffusivitydata(for0.1 MPa)arefromAnovitzetal. (2006).
inwhichmolecularwaterreactswithbridgingoxygens(O◦)inthe melt to produce hydroxyl groups that are bound to the silicate polymerframework (Stolper,1982a).The‘totalwater’ (H2Ot)con- tentofameltorglassisthesumofthecontributionsfromH2Om andOH.Thepositionoftheequilibrium ofEq.(1)(the‘equilibrium speciation’) changes withpressure, temperature, H2Ot concentra- tion and melt composition (Hui et al., 2008; Silver et al., 1990;
Stolper, 1989, 1982a) (Fig. 2). The bound OH groups are effec- tively immobile andH2Om is the diffusingspecies;consequently, OH concentration gradients formindirectly by diffusion ofH2Om and subsequent readjustment towards equilibrium speciation via Eq. (1) (Zhang et al., 1991). For identical conditions, DH2Om is thereforehigherthanDH2Ot(Fig. 2).Atexperimental(ormagmatic) temperatures the rate of the species interconversion reaction is sufficientlyfastthat,followingaperturbationtothesystem,equi- libriumspeciationisre-establishedovertimescalesofmilliseconds.
As aresultofthe strongtemperature-dependenceofthe reaction ratehowever,thetimetakentoachieveequilibriumspeciationbe- comes much longer astemperature decreases, taking minutes to hoursat∼600◦Canddaysat∼400◦C(Zhangetal.,1995,1991).
2. Materialsandmethods
Samples are obtained from pre-existing experimental suites, and were manufactured under controlled conditions of pres- sure (P) and temperature (T). P and T conditions are given in Table 1,alongwithreferencestotheoriginalstudies;samplecom- positionsare giveninTableS1intheSupplementaryInformation.
Theexperimentswerealldesignedtoproducebubblepopulations witheitherequilibriumprofiles(solubilityexperiments) orbubble growthprofiles(decompressionexperiments)(Fig. 1).
2.1. Sampleproduction
Allsamplesweresynthesisedathighpressure(Psyn) andtem- perature(Texp,constantthroughoutexperiment)withexcesswater to forma startingmelt that waswater-saturatedandfully equili-
Table 1
Sampleproductiondetails.
Sample Texp
(◦C) Psyn (MPa)
Pi (MPa)
Timeheld atPi (hr)
Pf (MPa)
d P/dt (MPa/s)
Typeof experiment
Expectedbubble stateatquench
Experimental apparatus
Rhyolitea Quench: 3–10 s
ABG1 825 150 100 0.17 100 N/A Decompression Equilibrium Externally-heatedpressure
vessel;water-cooledrapid quenchattachment;3mm
ABG2 825 150 100 0.17 60 0.1 Decompression Growth
ABG6 825 150 100 0.17 80 0.1 Decompression Growth
ABG14 825 150 100 0.25 80 0.5 Decompression Growth
ABG15 825 150 100 0.25 60 0.5 Decompression Growth
Phonoliteb Quench: 3–10 s
IS14 1050 200 200 N/A 100 0.024 Decompression Growth Internally-heatedpressure
vessel;Ar-cooledrapid quenchattachment;5mm Rhyolitec
Quench: 30–60 s
MCN13 825 80 80 72 80 N/A Solubility Equilibrium Externally-heatedpressure
vessels,quenchedusing compressedairthen submersioninwater;4mm Rhyolited
Quench: 3–10 s
MCN15 825 80 80 73 56 0.4† Decompression Growth Externally-heatedpressure
vessel;water-cooledrapid quenchattachment;2mm Abbreviations:Texpisexperimentaltemperature,Psynispressureofsamplesynthesis,Pi isintermediatepressure(ifinitialstepdecompressionusedtonucleatebubbles), Pf isfinalpressure(NBquenchisisobaric),d P/dtisdecompressionrate.Experimentalapparatuscolumnsummariseskeydetails,includingsamplecapsulediameter(given inmm).Quenchtimeisestimatedandvarieswithexperimentalquenchapparatusused.Sinceallexperimentswereconductedisothermally,expectedbubblestateatquench isdeterminedbypressurehistoryonly.
Samplesource:
a BurgisserandGardner (2005).
b C.I.Schipper(unpublished),compositionasinIacono Marzianoetal. (2007),experimentalapparatusasinDiCarloetal. (2006).
c J.F.Larsen(unpublished),experimentalapparatusasinLarsen (2008).
d J.F.Larsen(unpublished),experimentalapparatusasinLarsenetal. (2004).
† SamplewasdecompressedtoPf at4MPa/s,thenheldat Pf for60s beforequenching.
brated.Fordecompressionexperiments,somesamplesthenunder- wentasinglestepdecompressiontoalowerintermediatepressure (Pi) to nucleate bubbles and were held at Pi for some time to createa bubblepopulation inequilibriumwiththe melt prior to further controlled decompression to the final pressure (Pf); for sampleswithoutaseparatenucleationstep(e.g.IS14)decompres- sionbegan at Pi=Psyn.For MCN13,an undecompressed sample from a solubility experiment, pressure was constant throughout, i.e.Psyn=Pi=Pf.Allsampleswerequenchedisobaricallyat Pf; sampleswerequenchedimmediatelyuponreaching Pf exceptfor sample MCN15, which was held at Pf for 60 s before quench- ing.Experimentalquenchrateswerenotdirectlymeasuredbutare estimatedtovaryfrom∼3to∼60 stotheglasstransitiontemper- ature(Table 1).FullproductiondetailsforABGsamplesarefound inBurgisserandGardner (2005).IS14wasproducedfollowingthe procedureofDiCarloetal. (2006);MCN13followingtheprocedure ofLarsen (2008)andMCN15followingtheprocedureofLarsenet al. (2004).
2.2.Quantifyingwatercontent
H2Ot data are obtained following Humphreys et al. (2008):
SIMSH2Ot analysesareusedtocalibrategreyscalevaluesinBSEM imagesofthesamearea(Fig. 3a, b).
2.2.1. BSEMimaging
Sampleswerepreparedbyembeddinginepoxyresinandgrind- ingtoexposeaflatsurface.Additionalresinwasthenaddedtothe surface to fillin exposed vesicles and reduce topographic effects during SEM imaging. Re-grinding down to the original exposed surface creates a flat surface of exposed glass and infilled vesi- cles.Surfacetopographyfollowingsamplepreparationwaschecked viaconfocalmicroscopy attheNationalPhysical Laboratoryusing an Olympus LEXT OLS4000 microscope (Wertheim andGillmore, 2014). The join between the glass and infilling resin is smooth withtypically lessthan 1 μmdifference in height betweenglass andresin, withnogradientinthe slopeofthe glassapproaching
Fig. 3. Extractionof H2Ot data usingSIMS-calibratedBSEM. (a)BSEM imageof vesiclesinphonoliteglassshowingdarkwater-richhalos.Notethinbrightwhite edgeeffectat vesiclewalls. (b)CalibrationofSIMSH2Ot datafromprofileA–A withcorrespondingBSEMgreyscaleintensityvalues.Errorsshownresultfromer- rorsonSIMSH2Otanalyses(y-axis,∼±10% relative)anderrorsonmeangreyscale valueoftheprofilesegmentsduetonoiseintheBSEMimage(x-axis,onestandard deviationfrom themean). (c) ProfileA–A showsH2Ot measuredbySIMS(dia- monds)andhighspatialresolutionH2Otconcentrationsextractedfromcalibration ofgreyscalevalues(solidline).Shadingshowserrorresultingfromthecalibration equationshownin(b).ProfileB–BshowsH2Otdataextractedfromgreyscaleval- uesusingthecalibrationequationderivedfromA–A.
thevesicleedge.‘Edge effects’(Newbury,1975) arethus confined to thin (<2 μm) bright white rims at vesicle boundaries. As an additional measure to rule out a topographic causefor greyscale
Fig. 4.Resorptionprofilesandtextures.BSEMimageofABGsample.(a)Dark,water- richhalossurroundvesicles.Circulardarkpatchbetweenvesicles(rightarrow)isa
‘ghost’bubble,i.e.thewater-richhaloofabubbleaboveorbelowtheplaneofview.
Marginsofdark,water-richglassalsoseenalongcracksbutwithsmallerwidththan water-richhalos.Cracksextendbetweenvesiclesbutoftenterminateattheedgeof water-richhalos.(b)Meltfilmsbetweenneighbouringvesiclesareoftendeformed (boxisenlargedin(c)).Leftarrowin(a)showsbrokenbuckledfilm.Notethatcon- trasthasnotbeen adjustedtohighlighthalos in(b)and(c).Brightpatchesare gold-coatremnantsorFe–Tioxides.TexturesarediscussedinSection4.3.
variationsapproachingvesicleedgesandcrackmargins,thesample stage was rotated and the same area imaged in a different ori- entationwithrespecttothe incidentelectronbeamanddetector.
Greyscale variations caused by sample topography (analogous to shadowsinaphotograph)wouldbereversedwhenthesamplewas rotated by 180◦; the consistency of the greyscale variations ob- servedhere, irrespective ofsampleorientation, demonstratesthat ourresultsarenotaffectedbysamplesurfacetopography.Insome images taken after SIMS analysis, residual gold coat remains in cracksandvesicleinteriorsandappearsbrightwhiteinBSEM(e.g.
Fig. 3a). Images were acquired at Durham University (GJ Russell MicroscopyFacility) witha HitachiSU-70AnalyticalHighResolu- tionSEMwithattachedGatanMonoCL andassociatedDigitalMi- crograph software using a 15 keV electron beam in backscatter mode witha workingdistance of15 mm. Qualitative H2Ot vari- ationsareseeningreyscalevariations:darkglassisH2Ot-richand lightglassisH2Ot-poor(Fig. 3a,Fig. 4a).
2.2.2. SIMSanalysis
Samples were prepared as for BSEM work. 1H+, 23Na+ and 28Si+ were analysed in radial profiles towards vesicles using a CAMECAims-4fion microprobeattheEdinburgh IonMicroprobe Facility.A 10.7 keV,6 nA,O− primarybeamwasacceleratedonto thesamplewithanetimpactenergyof15keV.Positivesecondary ionswereacceleratedto4.25 keVandcollectedsequentiallyonthe electronmultiplierdetector,usinga75 eVoffsetwitha40 eVen- ergy window. Profiles were run inscan mode witha 5 μmstep size,witheachanalysedspotapproximately5×5 μm and<3 μm deep.H2Ot concentration wascalculatedfromaworkingcurve of 1H+/28Si+whichwascalibratedtwicedailyusingwellconstrained standardsofvaryingSiO2 andH2Otcontent.Errorsare±10%rela- tive.
2.2.3. SIMS-BSEMcalibrationanddataprocessing
FollowingthetechniqueofHumphreysetal. (2008),SIMSH2Ot datawereusedtocalibrateBSEMimagesinordertoextractquan- titative H2Ot data at high spatial resolution (<1 μm). Greyscale valueswere extractedalonga 5 μm-wideprofileimmediatelyad- jacent to the visible SIMS track, using Gatan DigitalMicrograph software. Mean greyscale values of5 μm segments were plotted againstthecorrespondingSIMSmeasurements(Fig. 3).A linearre- gressionfitwasappliedandtheresultingcalibrationequationused to extract quantitative data in the same image, each newimage requiring aseparate calibration. ‘Edgeeffects’ atvesiclewallsare narrowandanomalouslybrightandthuseasilyremovedfromex- tracted profiles;presentedprofiles thereforebegina fewmicrons from the vesicle wall. Presented images are enhanced to make greyscalevariationsmoreapparentbyvaryingbrightness,contrast andgammasettings;thesesettingsdonotaltertherawgreyscale valuesusedforcalibrationanddataextraction.
Foreachsample,multipleradialprofileswereextractedaround multiplevesicles.Onceallextractedgreyscaledatawereconverted to H2Ot data using the relevant image calibration equation they werecompiledtocreateacompositedatasetofH2Otasafunction of distance from vesicle wall for the sample. An example figure which shows this profile-averaging methodology is presented in Supplementary Information.The meanH2Ot value was calculated for all data within 2 μm segments; these meanvalues form the H2Ot profileforeachsample.Errorsshownaretwicethestandard errorofthismean.Averagingallextractedprofilesforonesample thusaccountsforthevariationresultingfromvesiclesthataresec- tionedatdifferentdistancesfromtheirequator (whichaffectsthe profilegradient,withsteepest profilesforthosesectioneddirectly atthe equator,see SupplementaryInformation), andforvariation inH2Ot resultingfromtheuseofmultipleSIMStrackspersample (whichaffectsthepositiononthe y-axisbutnottheshapeofthe profile).
2.2.4. FTIRanalysis
Samples were prepared as free-standing wafers polished on bothsides.TheirhighH2Otcontentsrequiredthinwafers(<20 μm) toavoidsaturatingthedetector.Samplesweremountedonaglass slidewithCrystalbond509andgroundwithsilicacarbidegritbe- fore polishingwith3 μm and1 μmdiamond pasteto produce a flat, polished surface. Samples were then flipped and remounted polishedside downandgroundandpolishedfromtheother side.
Thickness was monitored during polishing using a micrometer on the glass surface. As target thickness was approached, micro- metermeasurementswereconductedontheadjacentcrystalbond to avoid damaging the delicate sample. Final thickness was de- termined using interference fringes on reflectance FTIR spectra.
Samples were finally removed from the slide by dissolving the crystalbond withacetone, then a paintbrush (rather than tweez- ers)wasusedtoremovethefragilewafersfromtheacetonebath.
FTIR analyses were acquired at the Institute for Research on EarthEvolution(IFREE),JapanAgencyforMarine-EarthScienceand Technology (JAMSTEC), using theVarian FTS Stingray 7000Micro Imager Analyzer spectrometer withan attached UMA600micro- scope. Mid-IR (6000–700 cm−1) transmittance spectroscopic im- ageswerecollectedover512scansataresolutionof8 cm−1using aheatedceramic(globar)infra-redsource,a Ge-coatedKBrbeam- splitter, andthe Varian Inc. Lancer Focal Plane Array (FPA) cam- era housedinthemicroscope,whichconsistsofaliquid-nitrogen cooledinfraredphotovoltaicHgCdTe2(MCT)arraydetector.Thear- ray detector is comprised of 4096 channels (arranged 64×64) acrossa350×350 μm areagivingachannel,orspectral,resolution of5.5×5.5 μm.TheFPAcamerawascalibratedregularly.Samples wereplacedonaKBrwindowunderN2 purgeandareaswerese- lectedforanalysisusingthemicroscope.Initiallyabackgroundim-