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FLUID-INDUCED ALTERATION OF METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN THE SCOTTISH
HIGHLANDS
Alexander Lewerentz
Fluid-induced alteration of metasedimentary rocks in
the Scottish Highlands
Alexander Lewerentz
©Alexander Lewerentz, Stockholm University 2017

ISBN print 978-91-7649-885-9

ISBN PDF 978-91-7649-886-6

Printed in Sweden by Universitetsservice US-AB, Stockholm 2017

Distributor: Department of Geological Sciences
Without music or an
intriguing idea,
colour becomes pallor,
man becomes carcass,
home becomes catacomb,
and the dead are but for a
moment motionless.
Edgar Allan Poe
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................ 1
SAMMANFATTNING ........................................................................................................................... 2
LIST OF PAPERS ................................................................................................................................... 3
1. METAMORPHISM AND METAMORPHIC FLUIDS ..................................................................... 4
1.1 Barrovian metamorphism .............................................................................................................. 4
1.2 Metamorphic fluids ....................................................................................................................... 8
1.3 Mechanisms for fluid flow ............................................................................................................ 8
1.4 Veins............................................................................................................................................ 10
1.5 Fluid-rock interaction .................................................................................................................. 11
1.6 Quantification of metamorphic fluid fluxes ................................................................................ 12
2 GEOLOGICAL SETTING................................................................................................................. 15
2.1 The Dalradian of Scotland ........................................................................................................... 15
2.2 Study area 1: Glen Esk ................................................................................................................ 16
2.3 Study area 2: Islay ....................................................................................................................... 16
3. METHODS........................................................................................................................................ 19
3.1 Paper I ......................................................................................................................................... 19
3.2 Paper II ........................................................................................................................................ 19
3.3 Paper III ....................................................................................................................................... 21
3.4 Paper IV....................................................................................................................................... 21
4. SUMMARY OF PAPERS................................................................................................................. 22
4.1 Paper I ......................................................................................................................................... 22
4.2 Paper II ........................................................................................................................................ 25
4.3 Paper III ....................................................................................................................................... 26
4.4 Paper IV....................................................................................................................................... 27
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 30
6. REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 31
ABSTRACT
Fluids, mainly H2O and CO2, are released from H- and C-bearing phases during prograde
metamorphism. Because of the buoyancy of these fluids, they rise within the crust towards the
surface of the Earth. Metamorphic fluids take advantage of permeable horizons, shear zones,
fold hinges, fractures, and are channelled into high-flux zones. Fluid fluxes for channelized
fluid flow may exceed background pervasive fluxes by several orders of magnitude. Meta-
morphic fluids react with the surrounding rock during fluid flow, and altered zones are com-
monly observed adjacent to high-flux conduits. Fluid-altered rock is texturally, mineralogical-
ly, chemically, and isotopically different from rock unaffected by fluid flow. In this thesis,
fluid-rock interaction is studied at two localities in the Scottish Highlands: Glen Esk and the
Isle of Islay.
Glen Esk is one of the type localities used by George Barrow (1853-1932) to propose
the concept of metamorphic zones and metamorphic index minerals as an approximate deter-
mination of metamorphic grade. In several of the metamorphic zones in Glen Esk, index min-
eral distribution is highly dependent on proximity to veins. The occurrence of index minerals
is therefore not only controlled by pressure and temperature, but also by the availability of
metamorphic fluids. Evidence of a retrograde fluid flow event from the North Esk Fault is
observed in Glen Esk, for which a time-averaged fluid flux of 0.0003 – 0.0126 m3∙m-2∙yr-1 is
calculated. The duration of the fluid event is estimated to between 16 and 334 kyr.
On the Isle of Islay, kyanite is observed in rocks of chlorite or lower-biotite metamor-
phic grade, i.e. much lower temperatures than usually associated with kyanite formation. The
favoured explanation for this is retrograde infiltration of extremely high-CO2 fluids, at least
locally XCO2 > 0.7, at ~340°C, which altered these rocks and stabilised kyanite in a carbonate-
bearing assemblage. Oxygen and carbon stable isotope profiles across the Islay Anticline re-
veals highly channelized fluid flow along the axial region of this fold, with fluid:rock ratios at
least four times higher than in rock farther away from the fold. Although carbon and oxygen
isotope ratios of metacarbonate rocks were altered along the Islay Anticline, negative anoma-
lies observed below and above the Port Askaig Tillite Formation cannot solely be attributed to
metamorphic fluid flow, which implies that these rocks to varying degree retain their primary
paleoclimatological isotopic signatures.

Keywords: metamorphic fluids, metamorphic fluid flow, fluid-rock interaction, metamorphic fluid
fluxes.

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SAMMANFATTNING
Stora volymer H2O och CO2 frigörs som fluider under prograd metamorfos. Metamorfa
fluider har lägre densitet än det omgivande berget, varför de stiger genom jordskorpan mot
jordytan. Metamorfa fluider kanaliseras i permabla lager, skjuvzoner, veckaxlar, sprickor och
andra högflödeszoner. Kanaliserade fluidflöden kan vara flera storleksordningar högre än
bakgrundsvärdet för fluidflöde inom en bergart. Metamorfa fluider reagerar under transport
med det omgivande berget och bildar fluidomvandlade zoner i anslutning till
högflödeskanaler. Fluidomvandlat berg uppvisar texturella, mineralogiska, kemiska och
isotopsammansättningsmässiga skillnader i jämförelse med berg som inte utsatts för
fluidomvandling. I denna avhandling behandlas reaktioner mellan fluid och berg som
studerats i två lokaler i de skotska högländerna: Glen Esk och Islay.
Glen Esk är en av de typlokaler som George Barrow (1853-1932) använde för att
lägga fram konceptet om metamorfa zoner och metamorfa indexmineral som används för att
ungefärligt uppskatta metamorf grad. I flera av de metamorfa zonerna är förekomsten av
indexmineral i hög grad beroende av närhet till kvartsådror, vilket visar att bildandet av
indexmineral inte bara styrs av tryck och temperatur, utan också av åtkomst till metamorfa
fluider. I Glen Esk finns också spår av ett fluidflöde från North Esk-förkastningen, under
retrograda metamorfa förhållanden, för vilket mededfluidflödet över tid uppgår till 0.0003 –
0.0126 m3∙m-2∙år-1. Denna fluidflödeshändelse beräknas ha pågått mellan 16 000 och 334 000
år.
På ön Islay i de sydvästra högländerna återfinns bergarter, som trots sin låga
metamorfa grad i klorit- eller biotitzonen innehåller mineralet kyanit, dvs. temperaturer långt
under vad som vanligen associeras med kyanitbildning. Detta förklaras med infiltration av
fluider med extremt hög CO2-halt, åtminstone lokalt så högt som XCO2 > 0.7, vid ca. 340°C.
Fluidomvandling av dessa bergarter stabiliserade kyanit tillsammans med karbonatmineral.
Syre- och kolisotopprofiler över Islayantiklinen påvisar hög kanalisering av fluider längs dess
veckaxeln. Förhållandet mellan fluid och berg var mer än fyra gånger så högt i närheten av
veckaxeln jämfört lokaler längre ifrån densamma. Påverkan av metakarbonatbergarters
isotopförhållanden har skett längs Islayantiklinen, men fluidpåverkan kan inte ensamt förklara
de isotopanomalier som observerats under och ovan Port Askaig-tilliten, varför dessa
bergarter kan ha bibehållit sin primära paleoklimatologiska isotopsignatur.

Nyckelord: metamorfa fluider, metamorft fluidflöde, reaktioner mellan fluid och berg, kvantifiering av
metamorft fluidflöde.

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LIST OF PAPERS
This thesis is based on the following papers that are referred to in the text by Roman numeral:

Paper I Lewerentz, A., Skelton, A.D.L., Linde, J.K., Nilsson, J., Möller, C., Crill, P. &
Spicuzza, M.J. (2017). On the association between veining and index mineral
distributions in Barrow’s metamorphic zones, Glen Esk, Scotland. Journal of
Petrology, 1-27. DOI: 10.1093/PETROLOGY/EGX039.

Paper II Lewerentz, A. & Skelton, A.D.L. (submitted to American Journal of Science).

Fluid and carbon flux estimation of regional metamorphic fluid flow in Glen
Esk, SE Scottish Highlands: the role of hydrodynamic dispersion for broaden-
ing of an isotopic front.

Paper III Lewerentz, A., Skelton, A.D.L., Graham, C.M., Broman, C. & Däcker, E.
(manuscript). Post-peak metamorphic kyanite stabilisation in greenschist facies
metasedimentary rocks on the Isle of Islay, SW Scottish Highlands.

Paper IV Skelton, A.D.L., Lewerentz, A., Kleine, B., Webster, D. & Pitcairn, I. (2015).
Structural channelling of metamorphic fluids on Islay, Scotland: implications
for paleoclimatic reconstruction. Journal of Petrology 56, 2145-2172.

Papers I-III: Alexander Lewerentz was the main contributor with assistance from the listed
co-authors in conducting field work, sampling, analyses and writing for these manuscripts.
Paper IV: Alexander Lewerentz mainly contributed with sampling and field observa-
tions/interpretations for a portion of the sample suite used in this study, as well as participated
in the flux analysis of the isotope data.

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1. METAMORPHISM AND METAMORPHIC FLUIDS
1.1 Barrovian metamorphism1
George Barrow (1853 – 1932) was one of the pioneers in the study of metamorphic rocks, and
is famous for introducing the concept of metamorphic zones, presented in Barrow (1893;
1912a). His work is based on observations from large areas of the SE Scottish Highlands,
where Glen Esk, and nearby valleys Glen Lethnot and Glen Clova, served as type localities.
Barrow’s key observation was a systematic change in mineralogy and texture of the metased-
imentary rocks found in the area, which represents a gradual increase in metamorphic grade.
Barrow (1912a) suggested that these (and similar) metasedimentary sequences may be divid-
ed into six metamorphic zones, and that the boundary of each of these zones is marked by the
first occurrence of its index mineral. The six Barrovian: chlorite, biotite, garnet, staurolite,
kyanite and sillimanite; tend to occur as porphyroblasts and are excellent tools for quick in-
field determination of the metamorphic grade.
Eskola (1915; 1920; 1929) later refined Barrow’s work by introducing the ACF and
AKF chemographic diagrams, and thereby linked mineral assemblages to protolith composi-
tion. Both diagrams use systems that are reduced to three components, because this is the
maximum number easily represented in a two-dimensional diagram. The first step in this re-
duction is grouping components together, meaning that they are treated together as one com-
ponent under the assumption of equal partitioning within the group, as shown in Table 1. The
second step is to project the diagram from components or phases that are in excess, in this
case both the ACF and AKF diagrams are projected from quartz and H2O. Additionally, the
ACF diagram is also projected from muscovite and albite, and the AKF diagram from musco-
vite and plagioclase. A problem with both the ACF and AKF systems is that they ignore the
effect of variability in the relative proportions of FeO and MgO, which is not appropriate for
several common metamorphic minerals (e.g. chlorite, biotite, and garnet). As a solution,
Thompson (1957) introduced a chemographic diagram specially constructed for metapelites:
the AFM diagram, which treats FeO and MgO as separate components. This is enabled by
projection from quartz, muscovite, and H2O, in combination with that Na2O, CaO, and MnO
are ignored.

Table 1. Component reduction in the ACF, AKF, and AFM systems

ACF AKF AFM
A = Al2O3 + Fe2O3 – (Na2O + K2O) A = Al2O3 – (CaO + Na2O + K2O) A = Al2O3 - 3K2O
C = CaO K = K 2O F = FeO
F = FeO + MgO + MnO F = FeO + MgO + MnO M = MgO

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This section is modifed from the author’s licentiate thesis (Lewerentz, 2015).

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Fig. 1: Thompson (1957) A(K)FM diagrams for each of the six Barrovian zones, showing how assemblages for
rocks with the composition of common pelites (shaded area) change with increased temperature, and how the six
respective index minerals are introduced to these assemblages (modified after Winter, 2010). Mineral abbrevia-
tions: Chl = chlorite, Cld = chloritoid, Grt = garnet, Ky = kyanite, Prl = pyrophyllite Sill = sillimanite, St = stau-
rolite.

Chemographic diagrams only consider mineral assemblage stability as a function of

bulk rock composition, and give limited information about changes in mineral assemblages
and the reactions driving such changes. Equilibrium thermodynamics are widely used to in-

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vestigate metamorphic reactions, a practice made possible by the compilation of thermody-
namic databases containing mineral stability data (cf. Helgeson et al., 1978; Berman et al.,
1985; Holland & Powell, 1985; Powell & Holland, 1985). Using such databases, it is possible
to construct AFM diagrams for a series of temperatures and thus track the reactions that cause
changes in mineral assemblages. For a rock of the average pelite composition, AFM diagrams
may be constructed for temperatures representative of each of the six Barrovian zones, which
represent the prograde part of the Barrovian metamorphic P-T path (Fig. 1). Such series of
AFM diagrams also give limited information of possible reactions that occur during prograde
metamorphism and introduce the Barrovian index minerals to the assemblages of an average
pelite, and if these reactions are continuous or discontinuous (tie line flips).
Another application is construction of petrogenetic grids, i.e. pressure-temperature (P-
T) diagrams of metamorphic reactions (cf. Albee, 1965; Hess, 1969; Thompson, 1976; Koons
& Thompson, 1985; Spear & Cheney, 1989). In contrast to AFM diagrams, petrogenetic grids
do not differentiate between rocks of different composition, but rather give all thermodynami-
cally possible reactions for a given P-T window. Petrogenetic grids are thus powerful tools for
investigation of possible P-T paths, e.g. by determination of the reactions responsible for the
stabilisation of each of the six Barrovian index minerals along the prograde P-T path (Fig. 2).
Petrogenetic grids may also be used to link retrograde metamorphic textures to possible reac-
tions to investigate the retrograde part of the P-T path.

Fig. 2: Simplified petrogenetic grid in the K2O-FeO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O (KFMASH) system with the biotite-
in (a), garnet-in (b), staurolite-in (c), kyanite-in (d) and sillimanite-in (e) reactions marked on the typical Barro-
vian P/T field gradient (modified from Winter, 2010).

Petrogenetic grids offer only limited information of which reactions will take place in a
specific rock with a specific composition. To gain such information, thermodynamic data-
bases may be used to construct pseudosections: these are P-T or temperature-composition (T-
X) diagrams that take rock composition into account and show the stable mineral assemblages

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for a specific rock composition over a range of P-T or T-X conditions (cf. Hensen, 1971;
Powell et al, 1998). P-T pseudosections only show reactions that are thermodynamically sta-
ble for a specified rock composition, and the position of these in P-T space. P-T pseudosec-
tions are especially useful for investigation of metamorphic P-T paths. In the case of a rock
with the composition of a typical pelite, the P-T pseudosection will therefore show: (1) stabil-
ity fields of mineral assemblages, which in this special case equals P-T intervals for the Bar-
rovian zones, and (2) P-T positions of index mineral reactions, which equals positions of the
Barrovian isograds (Fig. 3).
T-X pseudosections are also specific for a given rock composition, and are utilised to
visualise the impact rock or fluid composition has on mineral assemblage stability. These dia-
grams are useful in the study of metamorphic fluids, and may for example be used to investi-
gate how CO2-bearing fluids affect the mineralogy of the rocks they infiltrate.

Fig. 3: Pseudosection in the KFMASH system for a rock with the composition of a typical pelite (redrawn from
Powell et al., 1998). The dashed red curve represents a hypothetical P-T path that would take a rock through
each of the six Barrovian metamorphic zones. Mineral abbreviations: Chl = chlorite, Bt = biotite, Grt = garnet, St
= staurolite, Ky = kyanite, Sil = sillimanite, And = andalusite, Ms = muscovite and Qtz = quartz.

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1.2 Metamorphic fluids
Metamorphic fluids are released from the crust by devolatilisation reactions when temperature
increases as a result of orogenesis. They originate from H- and C-bearing phases that gradual-
ly become unstable due to increased metamorphic grade. The main constituents are H2O and
CO2, but small amounts of methane and dissolved salts (e.g. Na+, K+, and Ca2+) may also be
present (Philpotts & Ague, 2009 and references therein). Metamorphic fluids are widely rec-
ognised as a main driving force for metamorphic reactions. During metamorphic reactions,
the reactants and products of these reactions are transported by diffusion, and diffusion rate is
the chief kinetic limit on these reactions. The rate of diffusion when fully assisted by fluid is
over 14 orders of magnitude faster than diffusion through silicate phases only. Hence, fluids
make metamorphic reactions considerably faster (Ridley & Thompson, 1986).
Metamorphic fluids are a relatively recent discovery, and were proposed in the late
1950s and early 1960s (e.g. Greenwood, 1961; 1962). Metasomatism, the alteration of one
phase into another but retaining the original volume, was one of the first studied fluid driven
metamorphic processes (Korzhinskii, 1957), for which Thompson (1959) concluded that mass
transfer is required and proposed metamorphic fluids as transport medium.

1.3 Mechanisms for fluid flow

Metamorphic fluids are buoyant and therefore rise through the crust (Wood & Walther, 1986).
Metamorphic fluid flow is either pervasive or channelled. Pervasive fluid flow affects the
entire rock volume and is controlled by microstructures created during metamorphism (Ferry,
1994), whereas channelled fluid flow only affects rocks alongside preferred fluid pathways
(Ague, 2003).
Pervasive fluid flow takes place on the scale of mineral grains. Microstrucutral con-
trols on pervasive fluid flow include dihedral angles (the ‘wetting’ angle), mineral anisotropy,
and microfractures. The geometry of fluid-filled pores is controlled by the fluid-solid dihedral
angle (von Bargen & Waff, 1986), which is a function of the grain boundary energy and the
fluid-solid interface energy (Smith, 1948). At dihedral angles >60°, the fluid in an isotropic
mineral aggregate forms isolated pores and the porosity network is no longer connected,
whereas an interconnected porosity network is stable at angles <60° (Bulau et al., 1979). The
dihedral angle is generally smaller at lower temperatures, and reaches 60° at temperatures of
~450°C in a pure H2O fluid system (Holness, 1993). Yet, fluid flow is observed in metamor-
phic rocks of considerably higher grade than this, for which additional controls have been
proposed. Mineral anisotropy, such as flat surfaces and sharp corners on crystals, may in-
crease the permeability of a mineral aggregate (Waff & Faul, 1992), to create an interconnect-
ed porosity networks at higher temperatures. Coupled dissolution-precipitation is a process
that creates porosity in mineral grains as fluid gradually penetrates the grains in a coupled
dissolution-precipitation reaction, which may allow for fluid flow where no interconnected
porosity network is available (Putnis & Putnis, 2007; Putnis & Ruiz-Agudo, 2013). Defor-
mation may produce a network of evenly distributed and tightly spaced microfractures, which
is utilised for pervasive fluid flow where porosity networks are non-existent (Ferry, 1994 and
references therein).

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Fig. 4: A summary of the different processes that transport metamorphic fluids in a channelled fluid flow setting
(from Ague, 2003). Diffusive and mechanical dispersion dominate a minor flux component of cross layering
flow, and is induced either by devolatilisation reactions or selvedge formation. Fluids that originate from these
processes are channelled into high flux zones, either controlled by permeability contrasts as in the case of layer
parallel flow at lithology boundaries or other permeable horizons, or in fractures (veining) which may be either
parallel or crosscutting to layering.

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 Channelled fluid flow takes place in preferred fluid pathways, such as permeable li-
thologies, shear zones, fold hinges and fractures (Fig. 4). Bickle & Baker (1990) used oxygen
isotope profiles from alternating layers of schists and marbles to conclude that fluids were
channelled within the relatively more permeable metapelites, and that fluid flow was thus
controlled by permeability contrasts. Channelization of fluids in shear zones is widely report-
ed, for example from granulite facies rocks in Norway (Austrheim, 1987) and blueschist to
greenschist facies rocks on Syros in the Greek Cyclades (Pogge von Strandmann et al., 2015).
Channelization of fluids in fold hinges is reported from greenschist facies rocks in the SW
Scottish Highlands (Skelton et al., 1995; Pitcairn et al., 2010). Fracture-channelled fluid flow
is for example reported from Barrovian sequences in New England, USA (Ague, 1994b;
Whitney et al., 1996; Ague, 2011), at Stonehaven, SE Scottish Highlands (Ague, 1997; Mas-
ters et al., 2000; Masters & Ague, 2005) and on the Shetland Islands, Scotland (Bucholz &
Ague, 2010), as well as from accretionary prism-related metasedimentary rocks in a subduc-
tion setting on New Zeeland (Breeding & Ague, 2002), eclogite facies rocks in the Swiss Alps
(Widmer & Thompson, 2001), and blueschist facies rocks in the Greek Cyclades (Kleine et
al., 2016b).

1.4 Veins
Metamorphic fluids are somewhat problematic to study, as metamorphic fluid flow cannot be
directly observed. The most direct approach to study metamorphic fluid flow is observation of
fluid inclusions, i.e. μm-sized pockets of fluids and vapour trapped in solid mineral phases,
which to some extent are representative of the original fluid composition. Other approaches
almost entirely use indirect inference from fluid-driven reactions (fluid-rock interaction) or
fluid precipitates.
Veins are relict fluid pathways, which form from fracture-channelled metamorphic
fluid flow commonly. Veins consist of material (mainly quartz and/or calcite) that precipitat-
ed from the fluid in the fracture. The morphology and petrography of veins depends on the
conditions at and timing of vein formation, and can thus be used to assess the mode of fluid
flow as classified by Bons et al. (2012). According to this classification scheme, veins may be
subdivided into three groups based on growth plane localisation and the number of crack-seal
events: antitaxial veins, syntaxial veins, and stretching veins. Antitaxial veins are initiated by
fracturing (no crack-seal is needed) and grow in two directions from the centre of the vein
towards the wall rock, commonly hosting crystals of fibrous habitus. Syntaxial veins grow
inwards from one or both sides of the wall, host crystal of blocky habitus which also may be
elongated, and have endured one or multiple crack-seal events. Stretching veins share most
properties with syntaxial veins. In contrast they form cracks that crosscut previously precipi-
tated material or wall rock and thus require multiple crack-seal events, and host stretched
crystals and wall rock array inclusions. Syntaxial veins and stretching veins are both indica-
tive of advective fluid flow (Bons et al., 2012 and references therein).
Quartz veins form from fluid-dissolved silica that may be derived from both local and
external sources (Rubenach, 2013). Yardley & Bottrell (1992) reported that there was not or
very little difference between vein and host rock oxygen isotope ratios, and interpreted this as
evidence for locally sourced silica, or at least from within the same formation. Skelton et al
(2015) reported similar vein-host rock relationships from the Isle of Islay, Scotland. In con-

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trast, mass balance calculations of vein-host rock relationships in New England (USA) sug-
gest that from 20-60% up to 90% of vein silica is externally derived (Penniston-Dorland &
Ferry, 2008; Ague, 2011).

1.5 Fluid-rock interaction

Metamorphic fluid flow cannot be studied directly; however, past fluid events may be inferred
from evidence of fluid-rock interaction, i.e. alteration of rock infiltrated by fluids. Fluid-rock
interaction takes place where fluid flow is pervasive, mostly along preferred pathways for
channelized fluid flow. Fluid-rock interaction affects the texture, mineralogy, chemical com-
position and isotopic composition of the rock. This is mostly seen as altered zones adjacent to
preferred fluid pathways, but fluid-rock interaction may also serve as a buffer to preserve
mineral assemblages outside their thermodynamically favourable P-T conditions. Carbon, and
especially oxygen, stable isotope ratios are useful tools to fingerprint metamorphic fluid flow,
as a binary H2O-CO2 fluid will alter both of these during fluid-rock interaction.
Bickle & Baker (1990) reported fluid-rock interaction along marble-schist contacts on
Naxos, Greece, which altered the isotopic composition of the marble to create isotope fronts
away from such lithological boundaries. Austrheim (1987) showed that fluid-rock interaction
along shear zones in southwestern Norway buffered eclogite facies recrystallisation of granu-
lites. In the SW Scottish Higlands, Pitcairn et al. (2010) showed that fluid-rock interaction
along a region scale anticline caused complete resetting of the isotope signature within the
axial area of this fold. Kleine et al. (2016b) demonstrated that fluid-rock interaction along
fractures served as a buffer to preserve blueschist facies mineral assemblages at greenschist
facies conditions.
Fluid-rock interaction along fractures (veins) are more commonly reported to result in
altered zones (selvedges) whose width depends on the pervasiveness of fluid flow. Selvedge
formation yields textural, mineralogical, chemical and isotopic alteration of vein-adjacent
rock. Vein-adjacent selvedges are reported from Barrovian sequences at several localities
worldwide. In New England, USA, garnet, staurolite and kyanite porphyroblasts are reported
to be larger in size and more abundant in selvedges, whereas quartz, plagioclase and mica are
less abundant than in surrounding wallrock (Fig. 5; Ague, 1994a; 1994b; 2003, 2011). These
mineralogical changes are coupled with alteration of their chemical compositions, seen as
gain of Li, Al, Mn, Fe, Zn, Y, and HREE, as well as loss of Na, Si, K, Sr, Ba, Sn, Eu, Pb and
volatiles. Much like in New England, Bucholz & Ague (2010) reported increased kyanite
crystal size and abundance in selvedges on the Shetland Islands in Scotland, coupled with
mass gain of Al and REE, but loss of Si, Na, K, Ca, Rb, Sr, Cs, Ba and volaties. At
Stonehaven in the SE Scottish Highlands, Ague (1997) and Masters & Ague (2005) observed
increased garnet and staurolite modes and decreased muscovite modes in selvedges, which
was coupled with mass gain of Na, Ca and Sr, but loss of K, Rb and Ba.

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Fig. 5: (a) Example of a selvedge from the Wepawaug schist, New England, USA, where garnet, staurolite and
kyanite porphyroblast are considerably larger in size adjacent to a vein. (b) Two plots of maximum kyanite
length against distance from a vein shows that kyanite crystals gradually decrease in size away from the vein.
Compiled from Ague (2011).

Selvedge formation also alters the oxygen isotope ratios of veins-adjacent rock and its
constituent minerals, as the rock equilibrates with the fluid upon infiltration. If fluid-rock
equilibration is complete, no gradients are observed in the vein-adjacent rock. If fluid-rock
equilibration, on the other hand, is uncomplete, an isotope gradient is observed with the most
fluid-like signatures seen adjacent to the vein, which gradually becomes more rock-like far-
ther from the vein. Young & Rumble (1993) reported vein-adjacent garnet crystals overgrown
by rims 0.8±0.5‰ lower in G18O than their cores, and attributed this to the passage of meta-
morphic fluids. van Haren et al. (1996) found that selvedge-hosted garnet rims were ~1‰
higher in G18O compared to garnet rims outside selvedges.

1.6 Quantification of metamorphic fluid fluxes

Over the years, different methods have been used to quantify the amount of fluid that takes
part in fluid-rock interactions. The zero-dimensional fluid:rock (F:R) ratio is one of the sim-
pler approaches. Taylor (1977) used oxygen isotope ratios to construct a volumetric model,
the water-rock ratio (W:R):

௙ ௜
ߜ௥௢௖௞ െ ߜ௥௢௖௞
ܹǣ ܴ ൌ ௜ ௙ ௙ ௙
ߜ௪௔௧௘௥ െ ߜ௪௔௧௘௥ ൅ ሺߜ௥௢௖௞ െ ߜ௪௔௧௘௥ ሻ

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where δ is the initial and final concentration of the tracer species. The W:R ratio may be used
for evaluation and quantification of fluid driven reactions. The approach yields the relative
proportions of fluid and rock that were needed to change the tracer species concentration of a
rock into that observed in its altered state. This is made possible by that if an external fluid
reacts with the surrounding rock, the isotopic signature of the rock will change and equilibrate
towards that of the fluid. The degree of equilibration is a direct function of the degree of fluid-
rock interaction. Several alternatives for calculation of F:R ratios have been proposed over the
years, e.g. Ferry (1987) who proposed a model based on mass transfer of CO2 by which the
W:R ratio is calculated through the relative proportion of fluid that was needed to carbonate
an originally carbonate-free rock.
One-dimensional fluid fluxes calculate the amount of fluid that flowed along a line
perpendicular away from a structural, lithological or other chosen boundary, either as a value
integrated over the entire duration of fluid flow (time-integrated fluid flux) or averaged over
the duration of fluid flow (time-averaged fluid flux). Bickle & Baker (1990) observed oxygen
isotope displacement fronts away from marble-schist contacts and interpreted this as fluid
flow into the marble. They applied advective-diffusive transport modelling to these displace-
ment fronts to calculate time-integrated fluid fluxes (ZIt):

ߩ௦ ‫ܭ‬஽
߱߮‫ ݐ‬ൌ ‫ݖ‬ଵ
ߩ௙

where Z is the fluid velocity, I is the porosity, t is time, z1 is the distance of the geochemical
front, Us is the density of the solid phase, Uf is the density of the fluid phase, and KD is the sol-
id-fluid partition coefficient. As an alternative approach, Ague (1994; 2003; 2011) used vein-
selvedge-wall rock mass balance calculations to estimate one-dimensional fluid fluxes during
Barrovian-type metamorphism.
Three-dimensional fluid fluxes provide more realistic flux estimates in cases of com-
plex structural controls on fluid flow, such as folds. Such fluxes utilise geometrical solutions
to combine several one-dimensional fluid flux estimates into a single regionally averaged flu-
id flux. As an example, Skelton et al. (1995) used mass-balance calculations to estimate one-
dimensional fluid fluxes for carbonation of a number of differently orientated metabasalt sills,
geographically spread out over the area of a regional fold structure, and treated these as vec-
tors in a geometrical 3D solution in order to calculate the regional upward fluid flux within
the fold structure.
Metamorphic fluid flow is not homogenous, but as described above channelized into
high-flux zones. This is also reflected in the high variable flux rate estimates available in the
existing literature. Time-integrated background values for non-channelized pervasive fluid
flow within permeable lithologies are ~102-103 m3m-2, whereas channelized fluid flow flux
rates may reach above 106 m3m-2 (Fig. 6; Ague, 2014 and references therein). Because of this,
it is important to establish the local and regional contexts for a fluid flux measurement, oth-
erwise it remains unknown on what scale the calculated number is a representative value.

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Fig. 6: Time-integrated fluid flux rates for a number of structural, geological and geographical contexts (from
Ague, 2014). For the purpose of this thesis, the comparison between (p) the regional average for metamorphism
and (l) individual veins in Scotland, is especially interesting.

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2 GEOLOGICAL SETTING
2.1 The Dalradian of Scotland
The Dalradian Supergroup comprise mid-Neoproterozoic to Early Palaeozoic rocks of sedi-
mentary origin, and is situated between the Highland Boundary and Great Glen Faults (Fig. 7;
Stephenson et al., 2012). The Dalradian Supergroup is divided into four subgroups, in chrono-
logical order: the Grampian, Appin, Argyll and Souther Highland Groups. The areas studied
in this thesis expose rocks from the Appin and Argyll Groups (Islay), as well as the Southern
Highland Group (Glen Esk), see below for further descriptions of these areas. Sedimentation
occurred between ca. 730 Ma and 515 Ma (Tanner & Pringle, 1999; Tanner & Sutherland,
2007). The Appin Group rocks originate from shelf sediments and main lithologies include
metapelites, -semipelites, and -psammites, as well as quartzites, calcsilicate rocks, metalime-
stones and metadolostones (Anderton, 1985; Wright, 1988). The base of the Argyll Group is
marked by diamictites that are most prominently exposed in the SW Highlands on Islay and
the Garvellachs (Thomson, 1871; Spencer, 1971), but also found throughout the Grampian
Highlands (Stephenson et al., 2012). These diamictites are overlain by metadolostones,
quartzites, as well as basin- or basin margin-derived clastic metasedimentary rocks. The
Southern Highland Group mainly comprises turbidite-related metasedimentary rocks that vary
from pelitic to psammitic in composition (Stephenson et al., 2012).

Fig. 7: Geographical extent of the Dalradian Supergroup and its subunits

(from Carty et al., 2012; 2014).

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2.2 Study area 1: Glen Esk2
Glen Esk is one of Barrow’s type localities, and comprises all six metamorphic zones (Bar-
row, 1893; 1912a; 1912b; Harker, 1912). Glen Esk hosts rocks of four distinct origins (Fig.
8), from south to north: (1) unmetamorphosed Siluro-Devonian sedimentary (mainly sand-
stone) and volcanic rocks of the Old Red Sandstone Supergroup, (2) Ordovician metasedi-
mentary rocks of the Margie and North Esk Formations within the Highland Border Complex,
(3) Neoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Glen Lethnot Grit and Glen Effock Schist
Formations within the Dalradian Supergroup, as well as (4) the post-metamorphic Kincar-
dine/Mount Battock granite (406 ±18 Ma, Oliver et al., 2008). Metamorphism in Glen Esk
took place during the Grampian phase of the Caledonian orogeny, ca. 475-465 Ma (Chew &
Strachan, 2014).
The Barrovian sequence of Glen Esk is studied in Papers I and II. This sequence com-
prises rocks of the Dalradian Supergroups, and begins with the chlorite zone at the North Esk
Fault, the boundary towards the Highland Border Complex, and ends where the sillimanite
zone is cut by post-metamorphic granites some 8 km to the north. Typical mineral assemblag-
es, all of which include muscovite and quartz, are chlorite, chlorite+biotite, chlorite+
+biotite+garnet, biotite+garnet+staurolite±chlorite, biotite+staurolite+kyanite±garnet, and
biotite+sillimanite±K-feldspar±garnet±staurolite±kyanite (Barrow, 1893; Barrow, 1912a;
Harte & Hudson, 1979; Harte, 1987; 2016). More detailed descriptions of the geology of Glen
Esk are given in Papers I and II.

2.3 Study area 2: Islay

In the eastern half of the Isle of Islay in the SW Scottish Highlands (Fig. 9), rocks of the
Dalradian Supergroup of Neoproterozoic age (Halliday et al., 1989) are exposed. These are
metamorphosed sandstones, mudstones and carbonate rocks of the Appin and Argyll Groups
(Wilkinson, 1907; Bailey, 1917; Allison, 1933). Appin Group rocks are mainly phyllitic, and
in places graphitic, metamudstones and carbonate rocks of the Kintra Dolostone, Ballygrant
and Lossit Limestone Formations. These are overlain by the Argyll Group, initially by dia-
mictites of the Port Askaig Tillite Formation (Thomson, 1871), and further up in the strata by
metacarbonates of the Bonahaven Dolomite formation, metasandstones of the Jura Quartzite
Formation, and phyllites of the Port Ellen Phyllite Formation within the Easdale Subgroup.
These rocks underwent prograde greenschist to epidote-amphibolite facies metamor-
phism during the Grampian orogeny, at ca. 475-465 Ma (Chew & Strachan, 2014). Primary
(D1/D2) deformation included regional-scale recumbent folding, which lead to the formation
of the Islay Anticline (Roberts & Treagus, 1979). Secondary crenulations of D1/D2 fabrics
are associated with later (D4), which occurred during uplift of the metamorphic complex.
Peak metamorphism occurred between the D1/D2 and D4 phases (Graham et al., 1983). Fluid
infiltration has occurred during two main events: (1) pre-D4 in a post-peak metamorphic set-
ting at ~340°C (Kleine et al., 2015), and (2) post-D4 in a retrograde metamorphic setting at
considerably lower temperatures (Fein et al., 1994). Both of these events lead to carbonation
of the infiltrated rocks.

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This section is modified from the author’s licentiate thesis (Lewerentz, 2015).

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Fig. 8: Map of the field area in Glen Esk, SE Scottish Highlands. The main rock groups and formations, struc-
tural boundaries, isograds are indicated (modified from Paper I; Harte, 1987; Tanner et al. 2013). Syn-
metamorphic intrusions include the Morven-Cabrach (MCG), Boganclogh (BCG), Insch (IG), and Belhelvie
(BG) gabbros, as well as the Aberdeen granite (AG).

The rocks around Kilnaughton Bay are studied in Paper III (Fig. 9), which include
quartzites of the Jura Quartzite Formation and thin slivers of highly aluminous whiteschists
and graphitic schists within this Formation, as well as calcareous schists of the Port Ellen
Phyllite Formation. In Paper IV, metalimestones and metadolostones of the Kintra Dolostone,
Ballygrant, Lossit Limestone and Bonahaven Dolomite Formatinos were studied along the
full stretch of the Islay Anticline (Fig. 9). More detailed descriptions of the studied lithologies
are given in the respective Papers III and IV.

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Fig. 9: (a) General geology of the Isle of Islay, with the study area around Kilnaughton Bay for Paper III marked
out in the southern-most part of the island. Samples for Paper IV were collected along the full stretch of the Islay
Anticline. (b) Generalised stratigraphic column for Islay, in which the rocks studied in this thesis belong to the
Appin and Argyll groups (modified after Skelton et al., 2015).

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3. METHODS
The different employed methods are briefly summarised below. For further details, see the
respective Papers I-IV.

3.1 Paper I
Paper I is based on studies of the metasedimentary rocks in Barrow’s type locality; Glen Esk.
Outcrops in each of the six metamorphic zones were studied in field and sampled. Petrograph-
ic descriptions and point counting was conducted using thin sections for polarisation micros-
copy.
Whole rock compositions were determined by analysis of rock powder lithium-
metaborate-tetraborate fused glass discs, using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry for
major elements, and by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-
ICP-MS) for trace elements. Volatile component content was estimated as loss on ignition
(LOI). Chemical compositions of individual mineral phases were determined by spot analysis
(1-5 μm), using an electron microprobe analyser (EMPA). Stable oxygen isotope ratios were
determined for hand-picked quartz and kyanite grains, using laser fluorination isotope ratio
mass spectrometry (IRMS).
Equilibrium thermodynamic calculations were employed to construct pressure-
temperature pseudosections, which were used to illustrate the how mineral stabilities differ
between vein-adjacent selvedges and vein-distal rock.

3.2 Paper II
Samples of syn-metamorphic veins and their host rocks were collected along a profile away
from the Highland Boundary and North Esk Faults.
Whole rock total carbon content was determined for a suite of samples, using catalyti-
cally aided combustion oxidation at 900°C and a Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analyser.
Chemical compositions of individual mineral phases were determined by EMPA analysis.
Stable isotope oxygen analyses were conducted using the same method as for Paper I.
One-dimensional fluid fluxes were calculated using (1) advection-dispersion model-
ling of vein oxygen isotope data, and (2) advection-diffusion of the wallrock oxygen isotope
and total carbon content data. Advection-dispersion modelling (1) is achieved analytically by
the assumption that advection displaces and hydrodynamic dispersion broadens isotopic
transport along fractures. Hydrodynamic dispersion is a combination of chemical diffusion
(Dc) and mechanical dispersion (Dm), and results in variability of how fast isotopic transport is
in different fractures (Fig. 10). Advection-diffusion modelling (2) is achieved analytically by
the assumption of pure advective isotopic transport along parallel and evenly spaced fractures,
which yields transverse diffusion in a pore fluid away from these fractures (Fig. 11).

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Fig. 10: Schematic illustration of the advection-dispersion model employed in this study. A tracer (in this case
oxygen isotopes) is transported by fluids in randomly spaced fractures of varying lengths and widths. Mechani-
cal dispersion (Dm; i.e. variation in path-width, tortuosity and other factors) results in isotopic transport that is
faster in some vein-pathways than others, which is illustrated by the difference between the shortest and the
furthest travelled pathway. Chemical diffusion (Dc) and Dm combined equals the hydrodynamic dispersive com-
ponent of isotopic front movement (figure and caption from Paper II).

Fig. 11: Schematic illustration of the model used for flux estimations based on the wall rock oxygen isotope and
carbon content data (modified from Skelton et al., 2000). (a) Fluids infiltrate from the North Esk Fault and are
transported purely by advection in equally wide and evenly spaced fractures, from which transverse diffusion
changes the tracer ratio/concentration (δ18O/wt.% C) of the wall rock. (b) At the end of fluid flow, these altera-
tions are locked into the wall rock, and the degree of tracer alteration generally decreases with distance from the
fluid source (figure and caption from Paper II).

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3.3 Paper III
For Paper III, field relations were studied and samples collected of whiteschists and co-
occurring lithologies, which are situated around Kilnaughton Bay, southern Islay. Additional
samples of graphitic phyllites were collected along the Islay Anticline. Mineral assemblages
were determined in thin section using petrographic microscopy.
Whole rock compositions and LOI were determined from whole rock powders, using
the same methods as for Paper I. Chemical compositions of individual mineral phases were
determined by EMPA analysis. Carbon and oxygen stable isotope ratios of carbonate phases
were determined using IRMS. Raman spectrometry was used to determine the crystallinity of
graphite, which is used as a geothermometer.
Temperature-XCO2 pseudosections were constructed to illustrate how increased CO2-
content in the fluid component may change the stability fields of mineral phases and assem-
blages.

3.4 Paper IV
Metacarbonate rocks were sampled along the Islay Anticline and adjacent areas for petro-
graphic analysis of veins and for stable isotopic analysis of veins and wallrock. Petrography
was studied in the field, in polished hand specimen and in thin section, and veins classified
according to Bons et al. (2012). Samples for C and O stable isotope analysis were collected in
cm, m and km scale profiles to assess the scale of isotopic homogenisation.
Whole rock carbon and oxygen stable isotope ratios of metacarbonates were deter-
mined using IRMS.
Fluid:rock mixing lines were calculated to estimate the amount of metamorphic fluids
that interacted with the rocks along the Islay Anticline. This was achieved for both the carbon
and the oxygen data, following the approach of Taylor (1977):

௙ ௜
‫ܭ‬ ߜ െ ߜ஼ǡ௥௢௖௞
௜
ߜைǡ௙௟௨௜ௗ ൅ οை ቀ‫ܭ‬஼ ቁ ൭ ௜ ஼ǡ௥௢௖௞ ௙ ௜
൱ ൅ ߜைǡ௥௢௖௞
௙
ை ߜ െߜ
஼ǡ௙௟௨௜ௗ ൅ ο஼
஼ǡ௙௟௨௜ௗ
ߜைǡ௥௢௖௞ ൌ ௙ ௜
‫ܭ‬஼ ߜ஼ǡ௥௢௖௞ െ ߜ஼ǡ௥௢௖௞
ͳ൅ ቀ‫ ܭ‬ቁ ൭ ௜ ௙ ൱
ை ߜ஼ǡ௙௟௨௜ௗ െ ߜ஼ǡ௙௟௨௜ௗ ൅ ο஼

where K is the rock:fluid partition coefficient.

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4. SUMMARY OF PAPERS
4.1 Paper I3
As mentioned in the introduction of this thesis, the occurrence of Barrovian index minerals
are largely controlled by pressure, temperature and bulk rock composition. However, in addi-
tion to metamorphic grade, the occurrence and size of metamorphic minerals are controlled
also by metamorphic fluids. In Paper I, the hypothesis is tested that channelled fluid flow in
fractures has systematically changed the distribution of index minerals in the Barrovian se-
quence of Glen Esk.
In the chlorite zone, chlorite is present in all collected samples in abundances varying
from 23 to 36 vol%, and homogeneously distributed within the rocks (Fig. 12a). Vein density
is <1% and the distance between veins is generally several meters or more, which results in
only a small proportion of the rock mass being affected by fluid-rock interaction. In addition
to this, oxygen isotope data show no signs of equilibration between fluid and country rock
(Fig. 13a; see manuscript for details). It is interpreted that the distribution of chlorite as an
index mineral is controlled by pressure, temperature, and protolith composition (P-T-x).
Most of the biotite zone is similar to the chlorite zone in terms of index mineral distri-
bution, i.e. biotite size distribution is overall homogenous (Fig. 12a; Fig. 13b). However, one
of the sampled localities is distinctively different than the rest of the biotite zone (Fig. 12b).
This locality comprises a fold hinge which is intensely veined, with vein densities that reaches
above 50% if only accounting for the area closest to the hinge. An estimation of biotite crystal
size distribution that was conducted in the field shows the biotite crystals are largest at the
fold hinge and gradual decrease away from the hinge on both limbs. This indicates a locally
high degree of fluid-rock interaction. In all, the distribution of biotite as an index mineral is
interpreted to be P-T-x controlled in most cases. For the fold hinge locality, crystal size is
however fluid controlled by selvedge formation.
In the garnet zone the actual index mineral, garnet, is extremely scarce and most rocks
in the garnet zone do not host any garnet. Where found, garnet is restricted to thin metapelite
layers or rock adjacent to veins (Fig. 12c). Adjacent to veins, porphyroblast size is also larger.
Mineral point counting shows that garnet abundance increases towards the vein, while quartz
mode decreases. These trends are also coincident with a decrease in the oxygen isotope signa-
ture of quartz, which is indicative of fluid-rock interaction (Fig. 13c). The concentration of
Mn is an order of magnitude higher in the selvedge compared to the unaltered country rock,
which is interesting as Mn shifts the garnet stability field towards lowers temperatures. In all,
and including trace element data that are available in the attached manuscript, this is interpret-
ed as selvedge formation, and thus distribution of garnet as an index mineral is mainly fluid
controlled as opposed to the general view of a P-T-x control.
The staurolite zone is very similar to the garnet zone, and staurolite is restricted to a few
intensely veined localities (Fig. 12d). At these localities, staurolite mainly occurs within cm
wide zones adjacent to veins. Point counting shows that staurolite mode decreases away from

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these veins, coincident with an increase in quartz mode. Selvedge formation, analogous to the
garnet zone, is interpreted as the main control on distribution of staurolite as an index mineral.

Fig. 12: (a) Index mineral distribution in the chlorite and most of the biotite zone, (b) at Locality 05 in the biotite
zone, (c) in the garnet zone, (e) in the staurolite zone, and (f) porphyroblast distribution in the sillimanite zone
(figure from Paper I).

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Fig. 13: Quartz oxygen isotope data from the chlorite (a) and biotite (b) zones, showing a random relationship
between veins and vein-adjacent host rock. (c) Quartz oxygen isotope data from locality 09 in the garnet zone,
showing a decrease in δ18O and quartz mode towards the vein. The p-value with which the null hypothesis (ran-
dom variation about a constant value) can be rejected as well as the goodness-of-fit (expressed by the parameter
R2) are shown. (d) Oxygen isotope profile for vein quartz and kyanite in the country rock from the kyanite zone,
showing no variation after correction for Qtz-Ky fractionation (figure and caption from Paper I).

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 Kyanite distribution in the kyanite zone is in contrast to the garnet and staurolite zones
rather homogenous (Fig. 12e). Vein density is around 13%, in comparison to 4% and 7% in
the garnet and staurolite zones, respectively. This is indicative of even higher fluid-rock inter-
action than in the two latter zones. Oxygen isotope data show that the country rock is com-
pletely equilibrated with the fluid (Fig. 13d). Altogether, selvedge formation is again attribut-
ed as the main control on index mineral distribution, albeit in the case of the kyanite zone,
selvedges are wider and more narrowly spaced and thus overlapping.
In the sillimanite zone, distribution seems controlled more in the manner of the garnet
and staurolite zones, and sillimanite is preferentially found in proximity to veins. Other por-
phyroblasts, however, are more homogeneously distributed (Fig. 12f), which indicates that
wide selvedges were formed. All vein-proximal samples from the sillimanite zone show mass
loss of Si, which is consistent with the interpretation of selvedge formation. As an implica-
tion, sillimanite distribution cannot be controlled by the same mechanism as all other porphy-
roblasts. A possible explanation for this is that sillimanite formed during a later heating event
that only affected the sillimanite zone, which previously has been argued by Chinner (1961;
1966) and Vorhies & Ague (2011).
Selvedge formation, i.e. removal of Si by fluids and relative enrichment of AFM com-
ponents, is interpreted as the major control on index mineral distributions in the garnet, stau-
rolite and kyanite zones in Glen Esk. The implication of this that the occurrence, distribution
and size of Barrovian index mineral porphyroblasts, are not only controlled by metamorphic
grade and rock composition, but also by access to metamorphic fluids.

4.2 Paper II
In Paper II, advective-dispersive and advective-diffusive modelling is used to estimate fluid
fluxes from regional oxygen isotope and carbonation fronts in Glen Esk. These also evaluate
the importance of hydrodynamic dispersion along fractures and wall-rock diffusion for broad-
ening of isotopic fronts.
Oxygen isotope and total carbon analyses of samples of Glen Esk yield three datasets:
(1) G O of veins, (2) G18O of wallrock, and (3) wt.% carbon of the wallrock. These are inde-
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pendently used to estimate three fluid fluxes: (1) ZIt = 300 m3∙m-2, ZIt = 2500 r 1500 m3∙m-
2
, and (3) ZIt = 135 r 22 – 172 r 29 m3∙m-2. Flux (1) and (3) are within the same order of
magnitude, whereas flux (2) is one order of magnitude higher. The model used for flux (1)
takes hydrodynamic dispersion into account, whereas the model used for (2) and (3) does not.
The carbonation front used to calculate flux (3) has such short a length scale that hydrody-
namic dispersion is assumed to be very marginal. Fluxes (1) and (2) show similar numbers
which demonstrate that hydrodynamic dispersion played an important role in broadening of
the isotopic front. It also shows that hydrodynamic dispersion may not be ignored when mod-
elling isotopic fronts, at least not on the length scales of isotopic displacement in Glen Esk.
Furthermore, the duration of the fluid event was estimated to t = 16 – 334 kyr. Using
this timescale, and ZIt = 135 r 22 – 172 r 29 m, a time-averaged fluid flux of 0.0003 –
0.0126 m3∙m-2∙yr-1 is estimated.

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4.3 Paper III
Kyanite is generally an indicator of higher-grade Barrovian metamorphism, and typically oc-
curs in metasedimentary rocks that have reached conditions of roughly ~6 kbar and ~600°C
and above (Barrow, 1893; 1912; Baker, 1985; Dempster, 1985). On the Isle of Islay, kyanite
is present in chlorite-free calcareous whiteschists of chlorite or lower biotite metamorphic
grade. To investigate the mechanism behind kyanite stabilisation at such low temperatures,
two possible hypotheses were explored: (1) bulk rock compositionally controlled stabilisation
at peak metamorphic conditions, and (2) CO2-buffered stabilisation by fluids in a post-peak
metamorphic setting.
In southern Islay, kyanite occurs within calc-phyllitic slivers of whiteschists within the
psammites of the Jura Quartzite Formation. Some samples also contain chloritoid instead of
kyanite. Most samples lack both kyanite and chloritoid, and contain the general assemblage of
quartz + muscovite ± paragonite ± siderite ± dolomite-ankerite + rutile. Graphite is also ob-
served within a few samples.
The whiteschists are very aluminous rocks. A temperature-XCO2 pseudosection, cal-
culated for a compositions representative of the whiteschists, show that kyanite is a stable
phase at CO2-free conditions above ~420°C (at 10 kbar; Skelton et al., 1995). Kyanite would
in this case be accompanied by chlorite, chloritoid and epidote (Fig. 14). Increased XCO2
increases kyanite stability towards lower temperatures in assemblages with carbonate miner-
als.
Two mechanisms for the stabilisation of kyanite may be hypothesised: (1) pressure,
temperature and composition controlled stabilisation at peak-metamorphic temperatures, and
(2) XCO2-buffered stabilisation during the main fluid event, which occurred at ~340°C in a
post-peak metamorphic setting (Kleine et al., 2015).
(1) Kyanite and chloritoid are reported from similar low-temperature metamorphic
rocks; however, always in assemblages with chlorite (Cruickshank & Ghent, 1978; Ashworth
& Evirgen, 1984; Manby, 1983; Paradis et al., 1983; Ghent et al., 1989), which is also indi-
cated by Fig. 14 for the whiteschists of Islay. Neither chlorite nor the other phases in this as-
semblage is observed in these rocks, a pure composition controlled stabilisation of kyanite is
therefore deemed unlikely.
(2) The observed kyanite-bearing assemblage is stable at higher XCO2 (Fig. 14), which
points towards CO2-buffered stabilisation of kyanite. Kleine et al. (2015) showed that the
main fluid infiltration event in the area occurred in a post-peak metamorphic setting at ca.
340°C. Imposing this temperature on the calculated XCO2-realtionships (Fig. 14), the fluid
composition was highly carbonic with XCO2 above ~0.7, at least on a local scale. This is the
favoured mechanism for kyanite stabilisation.

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Fig. 14: T-XCO2 pseudosection for sample AL15CF-XRF13, a kyanite-bearing whiteschist from Carraig Fhada
(figure and caption from Paper III). At CO2-free conditions, kyanite is stable above ~420°C. Kyanite stability
increases with increased T-XCO2 and the observed kyanite-bearing assemblage (in bold) is stable at XCO2 > 0.7 at
340°C, the main fluid infiltration event in the area (Kleine et al., 2015).

4.4 Paper IV
Water is the main constituent of metamorphic fluids (Ferry & Baumgartner, 1987) and δ18O is
therefore the most readily altered isotope ratio (of the two), whereas δ13C values only are sig-
nificantly altered if fluid quantatites are large (Bickle & Baker, 1990). Because of this, δ13C
signatures are often inferred to have withstood later metamorphic fluid alteration, i.e. that
primary sedimentary values are preserved, and thereby usable for palaeoclimatologocial re-
constructions. Paper IV aims to investigate evidence for structurally channelled metamorphic
fluid flow along the Islay Anticline, and to evaluate how such fluid flow may have modified
carbon and oxygen stable isotope ratios of metacarbonate rocks alongside this anticline. The
study also aims to analytically lift off any metamorphic overprint from the δ13C ratios of these
rocks, in order to see if these ratios hold any primary palaeoclimatologically significant signa-

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tures. This is achieved by sampling and stable isotope analysis of metacarbonate rocks along
cm, m, and km scale profiles across the Islay Anticline.
Stable isotope analyses show that δ18O values are typically 2-3‰ lower in the axial
region of the Islay Anticline. In central Islay, δ13C values are 4-8‰ lower within the axial
region. However, this km-scale trend is not seen in the northern parts of the island, where
δ13C values vary extremely little over distance from the fold axis. This points towards struc-
tural channelling of metamorphic fluids through the axial region, which gradually altered and
lowered the isotopic signature of the surrounding lithologies, which is also supported by that
higher vein densities (up to 50%) are observed within the axial region.
Metre-scaled isotope profiles across carbonate layers show little variation within the
axial area, whereas profiles farther away show ~10‰ variation within the layer. Similarly, no
difference is seen between veins and country rock within the axial region, whereas a differ-
ence is observed farther away. This indicates that fluid (veins) and country rock fully equili-
brated within the axial area, whereas fluid and country rock was out of equilibrium farther
away from the Islay Anticline.
Calculation of fluid:rock ratios (see above; Taylor, 1977) yield > 30:1 within this axial
region, which is at least four times greater than the regional mean ratio of 7.6 ± 1.5:1 for car-
bonate rocks on Islay. This supports the interpretation that metamorphic fluids were chan-
nelled through the axial region of the Islay Anticline. Using fluid-rock mixing lines, the met-
amorphic fluid was calculated to have δ18O = 15.3‰ and δ13C = –6.1‰, as well as XCO2 =
0.2.
Removal of the effects of metamorphic fluid flow on δ13C values recorded by meta-
carbonate rocks shows that metamorphism contributed to but cannot have created the large
negative δ13C anomalies seen within the Lossit Limestone and Bonnahaven Dolomite For-
mations. As an implication, palaeoclimatological interpretations drawn from these isotope
signatures cannot be refuted as an effect of later metamorphic fluid alteration.
Based on the observations and analytical data, as well as interpretations of these, it is
concluded that:
x Channelling of isotopically light metamorphic fluids produced vein networks within en
echelon axial regions of the Islay Anticline fold system.
x These metamorphic fluids caused extensive modification (lowering) of δ18O and more
locally δ13C values within the axial regions of this fold system.
x Fluid:rock ratios within the axial regions of the fold system exceeded 30:1. This is at least
four times larger than the regional mean of 7.6 ± 1.5:1. Inferred axial-planar channelling
of metamorphic fluids along the Islay Anticline corroborates the previous finding by
Skelton et al. (1995) of axial channelling of metamorphic fluids along the nearby Ar-
drishaig Anticline.
x ‘Removal’ of the effects of metamorphic fluid flow reveals that a negative δ13C excursion
(the ‘Islay anomaly’) recorded in carbonate rocks from the Lossit Limestone Formation
can at least in part be attributed to metamorphic fluid flow. On the other hand, we cannot
explain negative δ13C values in the Bonahaven Dolomite Formation by metamorphic flu-
id flow.

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x Mixing lines on δ13C – δ18O plots can be used to extrapolate from δ13C values that have
been modified by metamorphic fluid flow to protolith δ13C values that can be more relia-
bly used in paleoclimatic studies.

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5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I thank my supervisor, Alasdair Skelton, for feedback and comments during the time of my
PhD studies. Co-supervisors Charlotte Möller and Patrick Crill are also equally thanked for
their feedback. Josefin Linde and Jonas Nilsson are acknowledged for their work on the stau-
rolite zone in Glen Esk, a project they undertook as their respective MSc theses. Dan Zetter-
berg is greatly thanked for assistance in field, as well as with sample preparations and other
practical issues. I thank Krister Junghahn for assistance with various practical issues at the
department.
Runa Jacobsson and Cora Wohlgemuth-Überwasser are recognised for whole rock
composition analyses. John Valley and Mike Spicuzza are grateful thanked for making the
oxygen isotope analyses possible, and for a warm welcoming in Madison, Wisconsin. For
their assistance with the electron microprobe in Uppsala, Jaroslaw Majka and Abigail Barker
are also thanked. Curt Broman is thanked for fluid inclusion and Raman on graphite analyses.
I thank Graham and Isabelle Alison for their hospitality and the numerous enjoyable
bar meals and lock-ins at the Port Charlotte Hotel on Islay. Davy, Donny and Ciara are warm-
ly thanked for brightening up dark and cold March evenings with live music in the Port Char-
lotte Hotel bar. These evenings have left a permanent imprint on my memory. Likewise, Da-
vid Blacklaws is thanked for the hospitality given at the Panmure Arms in Edzell. Last but not
least, I also thank all other friends and colleges I have forgotten to mention, but nevertheless
directly or indirectly contributed to my progress.

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