Bruce Yardley & Craig E. Manning 
Frontiers in Geofluids 

Frontiers in Geofluids is a collection of invited papers
chosen to highlight recent developments in our understanding of
geological fluids in different parts of the Earth, and published to
mark the first ten years of publication of the journal
Geofluids. The scope of the volume ranges from the
fundamental properties of fluids and the phase relationships of
fluids encountered in nature, to case studies of the role of fluids
in natural processes. New developments in analytical and
theoretical approaches to understanding fluid compositions, fluid
properties, and geological fluid dynamics across a wide range of
environments are included. A recurrent theme of research published
in Geofluids is the way in which similar approaches can be
applied to geological fluids in very different settings and this is
reflected in the diverse range of applications of fluid studies
that are included here. They include deep groundwater flow,
hydrocarbons in faulted sedimentary basins, hydrothermal ores, and
multiphase flow in mid-ocean ridge systems. Other topics covered
are geothermal waters, crustal metamorphism, and fluids in magmatic
systems.

The book will be of great interest to researchers and students
interested in crustal and mantle fluids of all sorts.

Table of Content

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. Dolej S 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.

About the author

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
Ph D 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 Geo Forschung Zentrum, 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 Ph D 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 Ph D degree at the University of British Columbia.