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    What can we learn from melt inclusions in migmatites and granulites?

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    With less than two decades of activity, research on melt inclusions (MI) in crystals from rocks that have undergone crustal anatexis \u2013 migmatites and granulites \u2013 is a recent addition to crustal petrology and geochemistry. Studies on this subject started with glassy inclusions in anatectic crustal enclaves in lavas, and then progressed to regionally metamorphosed and partially melted crustal rocks, where melt inclusions are normally crystallized into a cryptocrystalline aggregate (nanogranitoid). Since the first paper on melt inclusions in the granulites of the Kerala Khondalite Belt in 2009, reported and studied occurrences are already a few tens. Melt inclusions in migmatites and granulites show many analogieswith theirmore common and long studied counterparts in igneous rocks, but also display very important differences and peculiarities,which are the subject of this review. Microstructurally, melt inclusions in anatectic rocks are small, commonly 10 \u3bcm in diameter, and their main mineral host is peritectic garnet, although several other hosts have been observed. Inclusion contents vary from glass in enclaves that were cooled very rapidly from supersolidus temperatures, to completely crystallized material in slowly cooled regional migmatites. The chemical composition of the inclusions can be analyzed combining several techniques (SEM, EMP, NanoSIMS, LA\u2013ICP\u2013MS), but in the case of crystallized inclusions the experimental remelting under confining pressure in a piston cylinder is a prerequisite. The melt is generally granitic and peraluminous, although granodioritic to trondhjemitic compositions have also been found. Being mostly primary in origin, inclusions attest for the growth of their peritectic host in the presence of melt. As a consequence, the inclusions have the unique ability of preserving information on the composition of primary anatectic crustal melts, before they undergo any of the common following changes in their way to produce crustal magmas. For these peculiar features, melt inclusions in migmatites and granulites, largely overlooked so far, have the potential to become a fundamental tool for the study of crustal melting, crustal differentiation, and even the generation of the continental crust

    Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property for positive operators when the domain is L∞

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    M. D. Acosta was supported by Junta de Andaluc ' ia grant FQM-185 and also by Spanish MINECO/FEDER grant PGC2018-093794-B-I00. M. SoleimaniMourchehkhorti was supported by a grant from IPM.We prove that the class of positive operators from L∞(μ) to Y has the Bishop-Phelps- Bollob´as property for any positive measure μ, whenever Y is a uniformly monotone Banach lattice with a weak unit. The same result also holds for the pair (c0, Y ) for any uniformly monotone Banach lattice Y. Further we show that these results are optimal in case that Y is strictly monotone.Junta de Andalucia FQM-185Spanish MINECO/FEDER grant PGC2018-093794-B-I00IP

    granitoid magmas preserved as melt inclusions in high grade metamorphic rock

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    This review presents a compositional database of primary anatectic granitoid magmas, entirely based on melt inclusions (MI) in high-grade metamorphic rocks. Although MI are well known to igneous petrologists and have been extensively studied in intrusive and extrusive rocks, MI in crustal rocks that have undergone anatexis (migmatites and granulites) are a novel subject of research. They are generally trapped along the heating path by peritectic phases produced by incongruent melting reactions. Primary MI in high-grade metamorphic rocks are small, commonly 5–10 μm in diameter, and their most common mineral host is peritectic garnet. In most cases inclusions have crystallized into a cryptocrystalline aggregate and contain a granitoid phase assemblage (nanogranitoid inclusions) with quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase, and one or two mica depending on the particular circumstances. After their experimental remelting under high-confining pressure, nanogranitoid MI can be analyzed combining several techniques (EMP, LA-ICP-MS, NanoSIMS, Raman). The trapped melt is granitic and metaluminous to peraluminous, and sometimes granodioritic, tonalitic, and trondhjemitic in composition, in agreement with the different ![Formula][1] conditions of melting and protolith composition, and overlap the composition of experimental glasses produced at similar conditions. Being trapped along the up-temperature trajectory—as opposed to classic MI in igneous rocks formed during down-temperature magma crystallization—fundamental information provided by nanogranitoid MI is the pristine composition of the natural primary anatectic melt for the specific rock under investigation. So far ~600 nanogranitoid MI, coming from several occurrences from different geologic and geodynamic settings and ages, have been characterized. Although the compiled MI database should be expanded to other potential sources of crustal magmas, MI data collected so far can be already used as natural "starting-point" compositions to track the processes involved in formation and evolution of granitoid magmas. [1]: /embed/mml-math-1.gi

    Primary crustal melt compositions: Insights into the controls, mechanisms and timing of generation from kinetics experiments and melt inclusions

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    We explore the controls, mechanisms and timing of generation of primary melts and their compositions, and show that the novel studies of melt inclusions in migmatites can provide important insights into the processes of crustal anatexis of a particular rock. Partial melting in the source region of granites is dependent on five main processes: (i) supply of heat; (ii) mineral–melt interface reactions associated with the detachment and supply of mineral components to the melt, (iii) diffusion in the melt, (iv) diffusion in minerals, and (v) recrystallization of minerals. As the kinetics of these several processes vary over several orders of magnitude, it is essential to evaluate in Nature which of these processes control the rate of melting, the composition of melts, and the extent to which residue–melt chemical equilibrium is attained under different circumstances. To shed light on these issues, we combine data from experimental and melt inclusion studies. First, data from an extensive experimental program on the kinetics of melting of crustal protoliths and diffusion in granite melt are used to set up the necessary framework that describes how primary melt compositions are established during crustal anatexis. Then, we use this reference frame and compare compositional trends from experiments with the composition of melt inclusions analyzed in particular migmatites. We show that, for the case of El Hoyazo anatectic enclaves in lavas, the composition of glassy melt inclusions provides important information on the nature and mechanisms of anatexis during the prograde suprasolidus history of these rocks, including melting temperatures and reactions, and extent of melt interconnection, melt homogenization and melt–residue equilibrium. Compositional trends in several of the rehomogenized melt inclusions in garnet from migmatites/granulites in anatectic terranes are consistent with diffusion in melt-controlled melting, though trace element compositions of melt inclusions and coexisting minerals are necessary to provide further clues on the nature of anatexis in these particular rocks.This work was supported by the National Science Foundation [grants EAR-9603199, EAR-9618867, EAR-9625517 and EAR-9404658], the Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, the European Commission (grant 01-LECEMA22F through contract No. ERAS-CT-2003-980409; and a H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions under grant agreement No. 654606), the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (grants PRIN 2007278A22, 2010TT22SC and SIR RBSI14Y7PF), the Università degli Studi di Padova [Progetto di Ateneo CPDA107188/10 and a Piscopia—Marie Curie Fellowship under grant agreement No. 600376], the Australian Research Council (Australian Professorial Fellowship and Discovery Grants Nos. DP0342473 and DP0556700), and the National Research Foundation (South Africa; Incentives For Rated Researchers Program)

    The Unconventional Peridotite-Related Mg-Fe-B Skarn of the El Robledal, SE Spain

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    The El Robledal deposit is a Mg-Fe-B skarn hosted in a dismembered block from the footwall contact of the Ronda orogenic peridotites in the westernmost part of the Betic Cordillera. The skarn is subdivided into two different zones according to the dominant ore mineral assemblage: (1) the ludwigite–magnetite zone, hosted in a completely mineralized body along with metasomatic forsterite, and (2) the magnetite–szaibelyite zone hosted in dolomitic marbles. In the ludwigite–magnetite zone, the massive mineralization comprises ludwigite (Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2), Mgrich magnetite, and magnetite, with minor amounts of kotoite (Mg3(BO3)2), szaibelyite (MgBO2(OH)), accessory schoenfliesite (MgSn4+(OH)6), and pentlandite. The ratio of ludwigite–magnetite decreases downwards in the stratigraphy of this zone. In contrast, the mineralization in the magnetite– szaibelyite zone is mainly composed of irregular and folded magnetite pods and bands with pull-apart fractures, locally associated with a brucite-, szaibelyite-, and serpentine-rich groundmass. The set of inclusions identified within these ore minerals, using a combination of a focused ion beam (FIB) and high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), supports the proposed evolution of the system and reactions of the mineral formation of the skarn. The analysis of the microstructures of the ores by means of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) allowed for the determination that the ores experienced ductile deformation followed by variable degrees of recrystallization and annealing. We propose a new classification of the deposit as well as a plausible genetic model in a deposit where the heat source and the ore-fluid source are decoupled.PRE2019-088262 “Ayudas para contratos predoctorales para la formación de doctores”, defrayed by the “Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades”the MECRAS Project A-RNM-356-UGR20 “Proyectos de I+D+i en el marco del Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020” defrayed by the “Junta de Andalucía

    Mechanisms of Crustal Anatexis: a Geochemical Study of Partially Melted Metapelitic Enclaves and Host Dacite, SE Spain

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    To shed light on the mechanisms of crustal anatexis, a detailed geochemical study has been conducted on minerals and glasses of quenched anatectic metapelitic enclaves and their host peraluminous dacites at El Hoyazo, SE Spain. Anatectic enclaves, composed of plagioclase þ biotite þ sillimanite þ garnet þ glass K-feldspar cordierite þ graphite, formed during the rapid heating and overstepped melting of a greenschist-facies metapelite, and finally equilibrated at 850 508C and 5^7 kbar. Glass appears as melt inclusions within all mineral phases and in the matrix of the enclaves, and has a major element composition similar to that of peraluminous leucogranites. Melt inclusions and matrix glasses have normative quartz^orthoclase^albite compositions that plot in the vicinity of H2O-undersaturated haplogranite eutectics. Melt inclusions show some compositional variability, with high Li, Cs and B, low Y, first row transition elements (FRTE) and rare earth elements (REE), and zircon and monazite saturation temperatures of 665^7508C.They are interpreted as melts produced by muscovitebreakdown melting reactions at the onset of the process of rapid melting and mostly under H2O-undersaturated conditions. Compared with melt inclusions, matrix glasses show less compositional variability, lower large ion lithophile element contents, higher Y, FRTE and REE, and higher zircon and monazite saturation temperatures ( 695^8158C).They are interpreted as former melts recording the onset of biotite dehydration-melting. Matrix glasses in the dacite are compositionally different from glasses in the enclaves, hence the genetic connection between metasedimentary enclaves and dacite is not as straightforward as previous petrographic and bulk major element data suggest; this opens the possibility for some alternative interpretation. This study shows the following: (1) melt inclusions provide a window of information into the prograde evolution of anatexis in the enclaves; (2) melting occurred for the most part under H2O-undersaturated conditions even if, because of the rapid heating, the protolith preserved most of the structurally bound H2O contained at greenschist facies up to the beginning of anatexis, such that the excess H2O maximized the amount of H2O-undersaturated melt generated during anatexis; (3) although a large proportion of accessory minerals are currently shielded within major mineral phases, they have progressively dissolved to a considerable extent into the melt phase along the prograde anatectic path, as indicated by the relative clustering of accessory mineral saturation temperatures and closeness of these temperatures to those of potential melting reactions; (4) the dacite magma was probably produced by coalescence of melt

    The unconventional peridotite-related Mg-Fe-B skarn of the el robledal, SE Spain

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    The El Robledal deposit is a Mg-Fe-B skarn hosted in a dismembered block from the footwall contact of the Ronda orogenic peridotites in the westernmost part of the Betic Cordillera. The skarn is subdivided into two different zones according to the dominant ore mineral assemblage: (1) the ludwigite–magnetite zone, hosted in a completely mineralized body along with metasomatic forsterite, and (2) the magnetite–szaibelyite zone hosted in dolomitic marbles. In the ludwigite–magnetite zone, the massive mineralization comprises ludwigite (Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2), Mg-rich magnetite, and magnetite, with minor amounts of kotoite (Mg3(BO3)2), szaibelyite (MgBO2(OH)), accessory schoenfliesite (MgSn4+(OH)6), and pentlandite. The ratio of ludwigite–magnetite decreases downwards in the stratigraphy of this zone. In contrast, the mineralization in the magnetite–szaibelyite zone is mainly composed of irregular and folded magnetite pods and bands with pull-apart fractures, locally associated with a brucite-, szaibelyite-, and serpentine-rich groundmass. The set of inclusions identified within these ore minerals, using a combination of a focused ion beam (FIB) and high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), supports the proposed evolution of the system and reactions of the mineral formation of the skarn. The analysis of the microstructures of the ores by means of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) allowed for the determination that the ores experienced ductile deformation followed by variable degrees of recrystallization and annealing. We propose a new classification of the deposit as well as a plausible genetic model in a deposit where the heat source and the ore-fluid source are decoupled

    La calidad en las empresas del sector de agentes de aduana en el Perú 2014

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    La presente investigación analizó la gestión de la calidad de los Agentes de Aduana en el Perú en el periodo Abril – Diciembre 2014, tomando como base el estudio de la Calidad en las Empresas Latinoamericanas: El Caso Peruano, Benzaquen (2013). El presente estudio se realizó siguiendo un diseño transeccional, cuantitativo y descriptivo, para el cual se recopiló información a través de encuestas que fueron dirigidas a los principales gerentes y directores de las empresas del sector. La muestra permitió obtener información de 73 empresas a nivel nacional de una población de 330 empresas. A esta muestra se le aplicó la prueba de U de Mann Whitney la cual, nos permitió comprobar que las empresas del sector Agentes de Aduana en el Perú con un Sistema de Gestión de Calidad (SGC) tienen diferencias significativas en los factores de Calidad de aquellas empresas que no tienen un SGC de acuerdo al modelo propuesto.This research analyzed the quality management of Customs Agents in Peru in the period April - December 2014, based on the study of Quality in Latin American Companies: The Peruvian Case, Benzaquen (2013). The present study was conducted following a transectional, quantitative and descriptive design for which information was collected through surveys that were aimed at senior managers and directors of companies from the sector. The sample yielded information from 73 companies nationwide from a population of 330 companies. To this sample was applied test U Mann-Whitney which allowed us to verify that the companies of Customs Agents sector in Peru with a Management System Quality (QMS) have significant differences in factors Quality those companies that do not have a QMS according to the proposed model.Tesi

    Echocardiographic findings in haemodialysis patients according to their state of hydration

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    AbstractBackgroundChronic fluid overload is frequent in hemodialysis patients (P) and it associates with hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and higher mortality. Moreover, echocardiographic data assessing fluid overload is limited. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between fluid overload measured by bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) and different echocardiographic parameters.MethodsCross-sectional observational study including 76 stable patients. Dry weight was clinically assessed. BIS and echocardiography were performed. Weekly time-averaged fluid overload (TAFO) and relative fluid overload (FO/ECW) were calculated using BIS measurements.ResultsBased on TAFO three groups were defined: A- dehydrated, TAFO <-0.25 L 32 P (42%); B- normohydrated, TAFO between -0.25 and 1.5 l: 26 (34%); C- overhydrated, TAFO>1.5 l: 18 (24%). We found significant correlation between TAFO and left atrial volume index (LAVI) (r: 0.29; p=0.013) but not with FO/ECW (r 0.06; p=0.61). TAFO, but not FO/ECW kept a significant relationship with LAVI (p=0.03) using One-Way ANOVA test and linear regression methods. LVH was present in 73.7% (concentric 63.2%, eccentric in 10.5%). No differences between groups in the presence of LVH or left ventricular mass index were found.ConclusionsWe found that left atrial volume index determined by echocardiographic Area-length method, but not left ventricle hypertrophy or dimensions of cavities, are related on hydration status based on bioimpedance measured time-averaged fluid overload (TAFO), and not with FO/ECW
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