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High-level Silicic Magmatism and Related Hydrothermal Systems: Editorial

GUEST EDITORS: REIMAR SELTMANN1, BERND LEHMANN2, JACOB B. LOWENSTERN3 AND PHIL A. CANDELA4
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GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM POTSDAM, TELEGRAFENBERG, D-14473 POTSDAM, GERMANY TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT CLAUSTHAL, INSTITUT FUR MINERALOGIE UND MINERALISCHE ROHSTOFFE,

ADOLPH-ROEMER-STRASSE 2A, D-38678 CLAUSTHALZELLERFELD, GERMANY

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US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MAIL STOP 910, 345 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MENLO PARK, CA 94025, USA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK, COLLEGE PARK, MD 207424211, USA

The International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earths Interior (IAVCEI) held its General Assembly at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on 1924 January 1997. The IAVCEI Commission on Granites (leaders B. Bonin, Orsay, and P. A. Candela, College Park) held on this occasion, within the framework of IAVCEI Symposium 9 (Granites), a special session dedicated to Highlevel silicic magmatism and related hydrothermal systems, convened by Reimar Seltmann, Bernd Lehmann, Jacob B. Lowenstern and Phil A. Candela. This session was jointly organized with the newly approved International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 373 on Correlation, anatomy and magmatic hydrothermal evolution of ore-bearing felsic igneous systems (leader R. Seltmann, Potsdam). This publication of selected papers from the symposium takes place under the auspices of IGCP-373, reecting the major goals of this international collaboration project and presenting its rst research results. The papers selected for publication in this special issue reect a wide range of current research in the above eld. High-level granitic systems and their volcanic counterparts are characterized by extreme fractionation processes and intensive uidrock reactions. Volatile components such as H2O, CO2, F, Cl, B, P and Li have a fundamental inuence on melt structure and viscosity, with implications for magma ascent and intrusion. Their eects on the melt phase and their presence in exsolved

uids result in a wide spectrum of features, including the following: textural: rhythmic mineral zonation, magmatic foliation, quenching fabrics, subsolidus recrystallization, brecciation, etc.; physical: phase separation, hydraulic fracturing, explosive degassing, etc.; chemical: unusually trace-element-enriched melt compositions, formation of brines, rare-element mineralization, etc. Furthermore, volcano-plutonic systems strongly aect the atmosphere and hydrosphere through their release of a variety of gases. Studies of the mechanics of degassing and magma dynamics provide the means to interpret gas compositions and the periodicity of gas release from volcanoes and high-level intrusions. Papers were invited to address the above issues in the context of eld, experimental or theoretical approaches. Emphasis is on new ndings from textural, physical and chemical studies of high-level silicic magmatism, associated hydrothermal systems, and their environmental impact. In addition, a few papers of a review nature have also been included (Candela, London, Webster). Areas of current research reected in the 13 papers selected for publication in this issue include:

Publication 1 in the frame of the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 373

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anatomy and textural development of high-level granitic systems (Breiter et al., Candela, Lowenstern et al., Vigneresse & Bouchez); physical and chemical properties of volatile-rich silicic melts and magmas (Dingwell, London, Thomas & Klemm, Webster); degassing of high-level magma chambers and evolution of magmahydrothermal systems (Heumann & Davies, Shinohara & Hedenquist); pegmatiteaplite systems (Webber et al.); granite-related hydrothermal mineralization (Haapala, Keith et al.). The guest editors express their sincere thanks to the Executive Editor, Marjorie Wilson, her Editorial Assistant Pam Stuart, and to Oxford University Press for the chance to publish these contributions, for all their eorts in guaranteeing the highest publication standards, and for their patience and tolerance when deadlines had been reached. To achieve publication only ten months after the original meeting has to be something of a record!

The co-operation of authors and reviewers with our very tight publication schedule is gratefully acknowledged. We extend our sincere thanks to the following people who participated in the laborious reviewing process: Jay Ague, Charles R. Bacon, Don R. Baker, Peter Bankwitz, Bernard Bonin, Peter Bowden, Eric H. Christiansen, Alexander R. Cruden, John Dilles, Charles rster, Carl A. Francis, Thor rgen Fo Dunlap, Hans-Ju H. Hansteen, Jan Heinhorst, Jerey D. Keith, Andrzej Kozlowski, Victor Kress, Becky Lange, David R. Lentz, ller, Josef Mullis, Peter I. Nabelek, Scott PatPeter Mo erson, Phil Piccoli, Alexander Proussevitch, Louis Raimbault, Felix Reyf, Hiroshi Shinohara, Richard H. Sillitoe, Miroslav Stemprok, Rainer Thomas, Gerhard Tischendorf, Robert Trumbull, Paul van den Bogaard, Thomas A. Vogel, Paul Wallace, Jim Webster, Michael A. Wise, rner and Karel Zak. Gerhard Wo We express our hope that this volume will further stimulate the scientic discussion on high-level igneous and hydrothermal systems. The Guest Editors August 1997

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