Frontiers in Geofluids (eBook)

Bruce Yardley is Professor in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds, UK, and was a founding editor of the journal Geofluids. His research concerns the nature and role of fluids in the crust, including metamorphic processes, hydrothermal ore systems and sedimentary basins. He obtained his PhD at the University of Bristol in 1975, and has been at the University of Leeds since 1985. He held a Harkness Fellowship at the University of Washington, Seattle, and has recently been a Humboldt Awardee at the Deutsches GeoForschungZentrum, Potsdam. Craig Manning is a Professor of Geology and Geochemistry in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles. He received BA degrees in Geology and in Geography from the University of Vermont, and MS and PhD degrees in Geology from Stanford University. His research focuses on experimental and theoretical study of geologic fluids at high pressure and temperature. Grant Garven is a Professor in the Department of Geology and in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Tufts University, near Boston. Originally trained as a field geologist in the Canadian Shield, his career has mostly focused on mega-scale groundwater flow in sedimentary basins and related geologic processes. He received his BSc in Geology at the University of Regina, MS in Hydrology at the University of Arizona, and PhD degree at the University of British Columbia.

List of Contributors.

Frontiers in geofluids: introduction (G. Garven, C. E.
Manning and B. W. D. Yardley).

Aqueous fluids at elevated pressure and temperature (A.
Liebscher).

Thermodynamic model for mineral solubility in aqueous fluids:
theory, calibration and application to model fluid-flow systems
(D. DolejS and C. E. Manning).

Metal complexation and ion association in hydrothermal fluids:
insights from quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics (D. M.
Sherman).

Role of saline fluids in deep-crustal and upper-mantle
metasomatism: insights from experimental studies (R. C. Newton
and C. E. Manning).

Potential of palaeofluid analysis for understanding oil charge
history (J. Parnell).

Spatial variations in the salinity of pore waters in northern
deep water Gulf of Mexico sediments: implications for pathways and
mechanisms of solute transport (J. S. Hanor and J. A.
Mercer).

Faults and fault properties in hydrocarbon flow models (T.
Manzocchi, C. Childs and J. J. Walsh).

Hydrostratigraphy as a control on subduction zone mechanics
through its effects on drainage: an example from the Nankai Margin,
SW Japan (D. M. Saffer).

The interplay of permeability and fluid properties as a first
order control of heat transport, venting temperatures and venting
salinities at mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems (T.
Driesner).

Using seafloor heat flow as a tracer to map subseafloor fluid
flow in the ocean crust (A. T. Fisher and R. N. Harris).

The potential for abiotic organic synthesis and biosynthesis at
seafloor hydrothermal systems (E. Shock and P. Canovas).

Permeability of the continental crust: dynamic variations
inferred from seismicity and metamorphism (S. E. Ingebritsen and
C. E. Manning).

Hydrologic responses to earthquakes and a general metric
(Chi-Yuen Wang and Michael Manga).

The application of failure mode diagrams for exploring the roles
of fluid pressure and stress states in controlling styles of
fracture-controlled permeability enhancement in faults and shear
zones (S. F. Cox).

Rates of retrograde metamorphism and their implications for
crustal rheology (B. W. D. Yardley, D. E. Harlov and W.
Heinrich).

Fluids in the upper continental crust (Kurt Bucher and Ingrid
Stober).

Fluid-induced processes: metasomatism and metamorphism (A.
Putnis and H. Austrheim).

Fluid flows and metal deposition near basement /cover
unconformity: lessons and analogies from
Pb-Zn-F-Ba systems for the understanding of
Proterozoic U deposits (M.-C. Boiron, M. Cathelineau and A.
Richard).

Magmatic fluids immiscible with silicate melts: examples from
inclusions in phenocrysts and glasses, and implications for magma
evolution and metal transport (Vadim S. Kamenetsky and Maya B.
Kamenetsky).

Index.

"I advise anyone interested in gaining (or even refining)
an incredible understanding of fluids in geologic systems to read
this series of papers. Each is well written, they are logically
assembled, and as a whole they do an excellent job of balancing
material that is justifiably review with cutting-edge
science. Using this book to complement a course is a no
brainer." (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1
October 2013)

"I have already referred to this book several times in my
graduate student seminar, and predict that it will be a valuable
reference for many years to come." (American
Mineralogist, 1 October 2013)

"However, for the researcher who is looking to keep
abreast of recent developments in physical and chemical
hydrogeology, particularly one who does not already subscribe to
the journal Geofluids, and as a companion text for a graduate level
hydrogeology course, Frontiers in Geofluids would make a valuable
and convenient reference." (Hydrogeology
Journal, 1 August 2013)