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Stable isotope evidence for a complex fluid evolution of the Northwestern British Columbia Coast Mountains related to terrane accretionMoertle, Jasmine A. 19 October 2016 (has links)
<p> Stable isotope analysis of thirty-five samples from the Northwestern Coast Mountains indicates a complex fluid history related to terrane accretion, metamorphism, and magmatism. The greenschist to amphibolite facies metasedimentary rocks from the Western Metamorphic Belt have variable δD and δ<sup> 18</sup>O values that appear to be in isotopic equilibrium with metamorphic fluids at low water-rock ratio conditions. Carbon isotope values indicate organic rich protoliths. Stable isotope values from the Coast Shear Zone indicate the involvement of both magmatic and meteoric-hydrothermal fluids during deformation, in contrast to meteoric-free fluid systems related to Au-mineralization along strike to the north (Goldfarb et al., 1988). The Coast Mountain Batholith and Central Gneiss Complex have homogeneous δD and δ<sup> 18</sup>O values that indicate magmatic fluids at low water-rock ratio (Magaritz and Taylor, 1976). Further to the east, large amounts of meteoric-hydrothermal fluids circulated through a network of ductile-to-brittle normal faults (Andronicos et al., 2003; Heah, 1990).</p>
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