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A new barometric technique measuring stored stress in quartz inclusions via laser Raman microspectrometry was employed in an attempt to elucidate the extent of highpressure (HP) metamorphism in the Llano Uplift of central Texas. Rare lithologies within the Llano Uplift contain mineralogical evidence of HP metamorphism (pressures from 1.4 to 2.4 GPa at temperatures from 650 to 775°C), but much of the uplift is composed of felsic gneisses lacking any HP signature; these felsic gneisses may never have transformed to HP assemblages, or they may have been thoroughly overprinted by later low-pressure events. Barometry via laser Raman microspectrometry computes entrapment pressure for a quartz inclusion in garnet from measurement of the displacements of its Raman peak positions from those of a quartz standard at atmospheric pressure. Quartz inclusions in garnets that grew in felsic gneisses under HP conditions should retain HP signatures, despite later overprinting. Application of the Raman microspectrometry technique should therefore allow barometry of previously uncharacterizable rocks. For two localities in the Llano Uplift, entrapment pressures from Raman barometry (0.6-0.7 GPa and 0.2-0.3 GPa) were substantially lower than pressures expected based on conventional barometers (1.4 GPa and 1.6-2.4 GPa). This absence of any HP signatures in the Llano rocks contrasts with more successful applications of the Raman technique by previous workers in high P/T blueschist-facies rocks. A key difference in the Llano rocks is that they reached peak temperatures at which intracrystalline diffusion in garnet, driven by compositional gradients produced during growth, had noticeable effects: complete homogenization of growth zoning had occurred in the locality that produced the greatest discrepancies between Raman and conventional pressures, and modest relaxation of zoning occurred in the locality with the smaller discrepancies. The failure of the Raman technique to recover pressures consistent with conventional barometry in the Llano Uplift is therefore attributed to relaxation of stress on the quartz inclusions as the result of intracrystalline diffusion within the garnet. This conclusion suggests that use of the Raman barometric technique must be restricted to rocks whose time-temperature histories produce only very limited intracrystalline diffusion in garnet, typically those rocks whose peak metamorphic temperatures fall at or below upper amphibolite-facies conditions. / text

In recent decades there has been an increased interest in the carbon content of Earth’s geochemical reservoirs due to the impact of atmospheric carbon on the habitability of our planet. Earth’s interior likely hosts a greater mass of carbon than that of the oceans, atmosphere and crust combined, which has buffered the carbon content of the atmosphere over geological time. Yet only a few direct measurements of carbon from the upper mantle, and none from the lower mantle, have been made. Undegassed basalts erupted at mid-ocean ridges have previously been used to estimate the carbon content of the upper mantle. However, due to the low solubility of carbon within silicate melt, these undegassed basalt suites are rare. The majority of basalts have lost their mantle carbon information en route to eruption through the crust. Various crustal processes act to modify the geochemistry of melts before eruption, therefore it is important to be able to characterise the effect of these processes to better interpret the volatile signals preserved in erupted products. Pressure, and therefore depth, is a key parameter controlling volatile solubility and can be estimated using a variety of igneous barometers. This thesis presents results from crys- tallisation experiments conducted on basaltic glass from the Miðfell eruption, Iceland. The experiments provide new data that has been used to test a variety of barometers and crystalli- sation models used by igneous petrologists, and could aid future barometer recalibration. A key part of this work was the development of an experimental method for stabilising 5 kbar conditions in a piston cylinder apparatus. The experiments have shown that clinopyroxene- liquid barometry is more reliable than multi-reaction barometry. However, knowledge of equilibrium clinopyroxene compositions is crucial for accurately determining pressure using the clinopyroxene-liquid barometer. More experiments conducted at mid-crustal pressures are required for a full recalibration of these barometers. The results of testing igneous barometers and crystallisation models have been applied to two suites of olivine-hosted melt inclusions from the Kistufell and Miðfell eruptions to help determine the melt evolution history of these basalts. These eruptions were targeted due to previously measured noble gas isotopic ratios that suggest a primordial mantle component present in their melting regions, and therefore evoking the possibility that they could hold information about deep mantle carbon. Barometry suggests that Miðfell phases equilibrated, and therefore crystallised, at mid-crustal pressures (5–7 kbar), which could allow for the entrapment of undegassed melt inclusions within olivine. The two melt inclusion suites were found to differ in trace element variability, with the observation that the more trace element enriched eruption, Kistufell, had lower relative trace element variability than the more depleted eruption, Miðfell. Several processes, both in the crust and the mantle, are likely responsible for the level of trace element enrichment and variability, including extent of mantle melting, source heterogeneity, and melt transport. The depleted nature of the Miðfell melt inclusions has allowed them to preserve some of the highest CO$_2$/Ba and CO$_2$/Nb ratios ever recorded in basaltic glass, with ratios over five times greater than undegassed mid-ocean ridge basalt values. This carbon enrichment is not due to any crustal melt modification process, but rather pertaining to lower mantle carbon-rich lithologies that have been tapped by the Icelandic mantle plume. The carbon reservoir beneath Miðfell is estimated to contain 744 $\pm$ 188 ppm carbon, 15 times greater than the depleted upper mantle. This value matches estimates of bulk mantle carbon from planetary mass balance calculations and provides evidence for carbon-rich domains within the Earth.

Les principaux gisements d’uranium connus du Niger (Arlit, Akouta et Imouraren) sont tous localisés dans le bassin de Tim Mersoï, à l’Est de la faille d’Arlit. Les gisements d’Arlit et d’Akouta sont encaissés dans des formations Carbonifères et présentent une minéralisation à uranium essentiellement réduite, alors que le gisement d’Imouraren est contenu dans une formation d’âge Jurassique sous forme de minéralisation uranifère majoritairement oxydée avec quelques poches de minéralisation réduite. La découverte de nouvelles concentrations d’uranium à l’Ouest de la faille d’Arlit et les différences entre les gisements dans le Carbonifère et le Jurassique, ont encouragé une réévaluation des modèles métallogéniques antérieurs. L’objectif est de déterminer si les différentes minéralisations uranifères ont été formées durant un même évènement diagénétique/hydrothermal en lien avec un épisode géotectonique majeur, ou si celles-ci sont polyphasées dans le temps, afin de proposer un modèle métallogénique global. Une approche multi-technique regroupant une étude détaillée de la diagenèse, des fluides, de la minéralisation, de la géochronologie et de la géothermométrie, a été appliquée afin de retracer l’histoire d’enfouissement du bassin et d’appréhender les conditions de dépôt de l’uranium. Deux phases principales de minéralisation uranifère se distinguent: (i) un épisode diagénétique/hydrothermal principal entre 100 et 135 Ma au cours duquel les minéraux primaires d’uranium et de cuivre précipitent en milieu réduit dans des conditions proches de l’enfouissement maximal (P : 80-120 bars, T : 115-150 °C), en relation avec les périodes de rift atlantique au Crétacé. (ii) une série de remaniement des minéraux primaires en milieu oxydant pour former des minéraux secondaires d’uranium, de vanadium et de cuivre en conditions supergènes liée à l’exhumation des séries depuis 50 Ma, lors des grandes phases d’oxydation connues en Afrique de l’Ouest. / The main U-deposits of Niger (Arlit, Akouta, and Imouraren) are all located in the Tim Mersoï Basin, east of the Arlit Fault. The deposits of Arlit and Akouta are hosted in Carboniferous formations and have a substantially reduced uranium mineralization, while the Imouraren deposit is contained in a Jurassic formation in the form of predominantly oxidized uranium mineralization with some pockets of reduced mineralization. New ore bodies discoveries west of the Arlit Fault in the regions of Arlit and Akouta and the differences between the U-deposits in the Carboniferous and Jurassic, have encouraged a reevaluation of the previous metallogenic models. The objective is to determine whether the uranium mineralizations of Tim Mersoï Basin were formed during the same diagenetic/hydrothermal event in relation with a major geotectonic event, or if they are polyphase over time, in order to propose a general metallogenic model. A multi-technique approach involving a detailed study of diagenesis, fluid circulations, mineralization, geochronology and geothermometry was applied to trace the burial history of the basin and constrain the P-T conditions of uranium deposition. Two main phases of uranium mineralization are distinguished: (i) A diagenetic/hydrothermal episode between 100 and 135 Ma in which primary uranium and copper minerals precipitate in reduced environment under conditions close to maximum burial (P : 80-120 bars, T : 115-150 °C), in relation with Atlantic rift periods during Cretaceous. (ii) A serie of remobilizations of primary uranium minerals in oxidizing environment to form secondary uranium, vanadium and copper minerals under supergene conditions related to uplift since 50 Ma, during the major events of oxidation in western Africa.

Dans le but de déchiffrer l’évolution tectono-métamorphique des massifs de Belledonne, des Grandes Rousses et du Pelvoux nous avons effectué une étude multidisciplinaire (Structures, pétrologies, géochronologies, géochimies, et isotopes radiogéniques). Les résultats obtenus permettent de reconnaitre six évènements tectono-métamorphiques responsables de la structuration de ce segment de la chaîne varisque. Le premier événement, Dx, correspond à un épisode de collision précoce et se produit vers ca.380 Ma. Il est responsable de l’obduction vers l’E du complexe ophiolitique de Chamrousse, ainsi que d’un métamorphisme de MP-BT. Vers 350 Ma, un évènement magmatique permet la formation de l’unité magmatique bi-modal de Rioupéroux-Livet. Entre 350 et 330 Ma, la mise en place de nappes vers l’E (D₁) se caractérisé par un métamorphisme barrovien. Cet événement est également responsable de la mise en place de nombreux granites liés à la fusion partielle de la croûte. L’évènement transpressif senestre D₂ se produit immédiatement après, vers 320-300 Ma. Il se caractérise par le plissement de la pile de nappes non migmatitiques, et par le développement d’une foliation verticale S₂. Dans la croûte partiellement fondue, il est marqué par une fabrique verticales (S₂), par des zones de cisaillements (C₂ et C’₂), qui s’organisent en structure de type S-C-C’. Synchrone à la déformation tardi-D₂ (305-300 Ma), l’événement D₃ est responsable de la formation d.une foliation plate (S₃) à la transition entre les migmatites et les roches non fondues. Les structures D₂ et D₃ sont interprétées comme étant relatives au fluage latéral de la croûte partiellement fondue. L’événement D₂ s’accompagne également de la mise en place de nombreux granites peralumineux, formés lors de la fusion partielle de la croûte. Enfin, l’intrusion d’un granite à cordiérite au Permien constitue le dernier évènement observé dans cette portion de la chaîne varisque. / In order to decipher the Variscan tectono-thermal evolution of the Belledonne-Pelvoux area we perform a multidisciplinary study (structural, petrology, geochronology, geochemistry and radiogenic isotopes). The results allow us to recognize six tectono-thermal events responsible for the building of the studied portion of the Variscan orogen. The first, Dx corresponds to an earlier collisional event at ca. 380 Ma that was responsible for the obduction of the Chamrousse ophiolitic unit toward the East and MP-BT metamorphism. At ca. 350 Ma, a magmatic event is responsible for the formation of the bi-modal magmatism of the Rioupéroux-Livet unit. Between ca.350-330 Ma an eastward nappe-staking event (D₁) responsible of a barrovian metamorphism occurred. It is coeval with the emplacement of numerous continental crust derived plutons. This event is followed at ca. 320-300 Ma by a D2 NW-SE directed shortening in a sinistral transpressive regime. This event is characterized by folding of the unmolten nappe pile and development of a subvertical S₂ foliation. In the partially molten crust, the D₂ event is characterized by the formation of steeply dipping S₂ and shear zones (C₂ and C’₂) organized as S-C-C’-like pattern. Coeval with the late-D₂ deformation (ca. 305-300Ma) a D₃ event responsible for the development of a flat laying S₃ foliation at the boundary between the molten and unmolten domains is documented. The late-D₂ and D₃ events are interpreted to be relative to the lateral flow of the partially-molten crust. The D₂ event is coeval with the emplacement of the manly Stephanian peraluminous granitoids, formed by melting of the continental crust. Finally, a Cordierite- bearing granite indicate the existence of a Permian magmatism.

The geology, petrology and geochemistry of Catface porphyry Cu (Mo-Au) deposit, located on the west coast of Vancouver Island are examined in detail. Detailed core logging and sampling was carried out to characterize the geometry and identity of different intrusive phases and alteration styles prevalent during the emplacement and formation of the deposit, as well as their geochemical affinity. Early- and late-stage potassic alteration is identified, as well as main-stage sodic-calcic and calcic-sodic alteration. Four distinct Paleogene intrusive phases vary from quartz diorite to granodiorite in composition. The rocks are broadly calc-alkaline, weakly peraluminous to moderately metaluminous, and have typical arc geochemical affinity. The timing of emplacement and mineralization is constrained by U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology at 40.4-41.4 Ma and 40.9 ±0.2 Ma, respectively. All four Paleogene Catface intrusive phases were emplaced close in time with a direct temporal correlation to mineralization. The chalcopyrite- and pyrite-bearing miarolitic cavities in the Halo Porphyry intrusive, combined with U-Pb and Re-Os dates suggest this intrusive phase is the most likely source of mineralizing fluids. The intrusions were emplaced at depths of less four kilometers in the crust, as evidenced by the presence of miarolitic cavities and confirmed through amphibole-plagioclase thermobarometry, which record conditions of 615–700 °C and <200 MPa. The lack of primary anhydrite and hematite, and the presence of pyrrhotite in the ore system indicate a reduced magmatic-hydrothermal event. The SO3 contents in apatites are <450 ppm, indicative of a degassed and/or sulphate-free (reduced) magma. The assemblage K-feldspar-quartz-biotite-ilmenite yields oxygen fugacities (fO2) which are 0.5 to 3.0 log units below the quartz-fayalite-magnetite (QFM) buffer at an assumed pressure of 300 MPa; orders of magnitude more reduced than typical porphyry deposits. Parental magmas to the Catface deposit were either derived from intrinsically-reduced mantle, or more typical oxidized arc magma that was subsequently reduced during ascent and emplacement. Further isotopic work is required to determine which process contributed to the reduction of these magmas in an arc setting. Nevertheless, recognition of reduced porphyry-related magmatism on west-central Vancouver Island is of similar age to that of North Fork (~36.8-38.9 Ma) deposit in Washington suggesting a consanguinity of reduced magmatism with the Paleogene Cascade arc. / Graduate

The Scandinavian Caledonides are defined by long transported thrust sheets emplaced in a nappe stratigraphic succession onto the Paleozoic Baltica platform, as a result of the collision between the paleo-continents Baltica and Laurentia. This Palaeozoic collisional orogen is nowadays exposed at mid-crustal levels, thus provides an excellent ground for in situ studies of mountain building processes. The complex nappe stack is subdivided into the Lower, Middle, Upper and Uppermost allochthons. The tectonostratigraphic highest unit in the Middle Allochthon is the Seve Nappe Complex (SNC), itself segmented into Lower, Middle and Upper Seve nappes, which all experienced different metamorphic evolution. The SNC is known for high pressure (HP) and ultrahigh pressure (UHP) subduction related rocks and the target for the Collisional Orogeny in the Scandinavian Caledonides (COSC-1) scientific drilling programme. The drilling resulted in a continuous c. 2.4 km long drill core through the Lower Seve Nappe, drilled in the eastern slope of Åreskutan Mt in west-central Jämtland. Above the COSC-1 profile lies the high grade Middle Seve Nappe (i.e. Åreskutan Nappe), which experienced UHP verified by the presence of microdiamonds in kyanite bearing gneisses. Recently, microdiamonds have also been discovered in gneisses (described here) further north close to Saxnäs in southern Västerbotten.     The metamorphic history of the Lower Seve Nappe is reconstructed based on material from the COSC-1 drill core, which also enables evaluation of the tectonometamorphic relationship to the overlying high grade Middle Seve Nappe. The Lower Seve Nappe comprise calc-silicates, calcareous gneisses and mylonitic micaschists and two tectonometamorphic events are recognized, prograde metamorphism (M1-D1) and retrograde thrust related metamorphism (M2-D2). Pressure and temperature (PT) conditions of the Lower Seve Nappe is constrained by state-of-the-art Quartz-in-Garnet (QuiG) barometry based on the shift in Raman band position of quartz inclusions in garnet, and Titanium-in-Quartz (TitaniQ) thermometry (satellite masters project). Supplementary conventional barometry based on phengite composition is applied where the use of QuiG is limited. The PT conditions of the M1-D1 is constrained to ~ 8-13 kbar, 525-695 o C and the M2-D2 event ~7-10 kbar, 450-550 o C. Conclusively, the Lower Seve Nappe was metamorphosed in upper greenschist-amphibolite to lower eclogite facies conditions at depths around 40-60 km and later suffered from greenschist overprint during thrusting. Lu-Hf garnet geochronology confirm that the overlying high-grade Åreskutan Nappe experienced UHP conditions around 450 Ma at depths around 120 km. Likewise, Ar-Ar dating implies peak conditions of the Lower Seve around 460-450 Ma. Moreover, their respective lower shear zones were active at the same time, c. 424 Ma. Conclusively, they were juxtaposed in their current tectonostratigraphic positions in a subduction channel in the early Silurian as a result of exhumation. Additionally, the microdiamond bearing kyanite-garnet gneisses from Saxnäs indeed show similarities to the Åreskutan gneisses, which strongly implies that the UHPM in this unit of the Scandinavian Caledonides is of regional character. / De Skandinaviska Kaledoniderna har bildats genom en kollision mellan de två kontinentalplattorna Baltika och Laurentia då Japetushavet stängdes omkring 400 miljoner år sedan. Till följd av de starkt komprimerande krafterna transporterades stora flak (skollor) av havsbottenberggrund och kontinentalskorpa hundratals kilometer upp på Baltikakontinenten. Skollorna är överskjutna på varandra omlott och benämns som undre, mellersta, övre och översta skollberggrunderna och återfinns idag i vår fjällkedja. Innan kollisionen med Laurentia krockade Baltika med en vulkanisk öbåge, vilket resulterade i att delar av Baltika pressades ner så pass djupt att bland annat diamanter bildades till följd av det ultrahöga trycket. Bevis för omvandling under extremt tryck finns i den så kallade Seveskollan som utgör en del av den mellersta skollberggrunden. Seveskollan är ett komplex av tre olika enheter, som utsatts för olika grad av metamorfos till följd av tryck och temperatur. Till följd av väder och vind under miljontals år så är fjällkedjan idag nederoderad och därav väl exponerad. Det gör att de Skandinaviska Kaledoniderna är en av världens bästa platser att studera och förstå bergskedjebildade processer. Av den anledningen borrade djupborrningsprojektet COSC-1 en cirka 2.4 km långt kärnborrhål genom den lägst belägna enheten i Seve komplexet (lägre Seveskollan) strax nedanför Åreskutan i Jämtlandsfjällen. Över COSC-1 profilen ligger den berggrund som tillhör den mellersta Seveskollan, även kallad Åreskutanskollan. Åreskutanskollan är en del av Baltika som utsattes för ultrahöga tryck, och i kyanitförande gnejser har diamanter inneslutna i det motståndskraftiga mineralet granat påträffats. Nyligen, längre norrut i Saxnäs (södra Västerbotten) har ytterligare diamantförande gnejser påträffats i den mellersta Seveskollan, som karaktäriseras i den här studien.      Material från COSC-1 borrkärnan har använts för att bestämma under vilka tryck och temperatur bergarterna i den lägre Seveskollan har metmorfoserats, för att förstå den tektoniska och metamorfa utvecklingen och även relationen till den överliggande högmetamorfa Åreskutanskollan. Trycket har bestämts genom den relativt oprövade metoden QuiG -barometri. Små kristaller av kvarts inneslutna i granat har analyserats med Raman spektroskopi och de fysikaliska parametrarna av kvarts och granat kan direkt översättas till tryck. Temperatur har erhållits genom det temperaturkänsliga ämnet titan i kvartsinneslutningarna. Resultatet visar att den lägre Seveskollan har genomgått minst två metamorfa faser genom tektonisk påverkan. Den första fasen varierar från övre grönskiffer-amfibolit till lägre eklogitfacies under tryck och temperatur av ca 8-13 kbar, 525-695 o C. Den andra fasen är associerad med överskjutning och skjuvning, vilket orsakade retrograd metamorfos i grönskifferfacies under lägre tryck och temperatur (ca 7-10 kbar, 450-550 o C). Datering baserat på radioaktivt sönderfall av lutetium till hafnium i granat fastställer att Åreskutanskollan utsattes för ultrahögt tryck för omkring 450 miljoner år sedan, samtidigt som lägre Seveskollan nådde metamorft klimax. Resultaten visar även att lägre och mellersta Seveskollorna skjuvades samtidigt, omkring 424 miljoner år sedan. Det betyder att de erhöll sina nuvarande tektonostratigrafiska positioner på stort djup innan överskjutningen på Baltika. Detaljerad petrografi påvisar att de diamantförande kyanit-och granatförande gnejserna från Saxnäs visar påtagliga likheter med Åreskutanskollans högtrycksgnejser. Det tyder på att berggrunden i Saxnäs kan kopplas samman med Åreskutanskollan och att ultrahögtrycksmetamorfos av den mellersta Seveskollan omfattar ett större område än vad som tidigare antagits.