俄罗斯白海活动带中的太古宙榴辉岩

在俄罗斯白海活动区发现的迄今为止最古老的太古宙榴辉岩的出露,对整个地质学领域是一次革命性事件。白海活动带位于芬诺斯干地亚地盾东北部太古宙陆核,处于科拉半岛大陆和卡累利阿克拉通之间的太古宙增生碰撞带中,在新太古代和古元古代期间多次受到中高压变质和构造变形作用。榴辉岩出露包括Gridino和Salma两大地区。Gridino榴辉岩区的榴辉岩产状可分为TTG片麻岩围岩中具有复杂成因的太古宙榴辉岩包裹镶体(2.72Ga),组成强烈构造变形的混合混杂岩体(mélange),以及众多古元古代侵入岩墙岩脉状基性榴辉岩。Salma榴辉岩区的榴辉岩年龄应该晚于2.87Ga,其中的Fe-Ti-榴辉岩年龄测定为约2.80Ga。两大榴辉岩区的p-T演化轨迹比较类似,Gridino榴辉岩的峰期变质温压值(T=740～865℃,p=1.4～1.8GPa)比Salma榴辉岩(T≈700℃,p=1.3～1.4GPa)要高。Salma榴辉岩原岩可能与大洋环境有关。     

华中榴辉岩及其成因的若干问题

榴辉岩是华中高压变质带的特征岩类之一。根据其共生的矿物组合可划分出四类榴辉岩:角闪(蓝闪)榴辉岩,蓝晶石榴辉岩、柯石英榴辉岩和石英榴辉岩。其中蓝闪榴辉岩主要分布于团麻断裂以西地区;柯石英榴辉岩均出露于团麻断裂以东地区。根据矿物对地质温压计和变质矿物组合估测,西部地段榴辉岩的形成条件为p=1.1～1.5GPa,t=540～600℃,中东部地段榴辉岩为p≥2.5GPa,t=700～800℃。 根据岩石组合、矿物组合和构造环境分析,绝大多数(如果不是全部的话)榴辉岩与围岩经历了相同的高压—超高压变质作用,是同一构造运动旋回中不同构造部位的变质产物。蓝闪榴辉岩和柯石英榴辉岩的地质环境和退变质作用特征具有重要的大地构造意义。     

俄罗斯白海活动带Uzkaya Salma地区含绿纤石榴辉岩的岩石学特征及其变质演化

俄罗斯白海活动带Uzkaya Salma地区榴辉岩中发现的绿纤石形成于榴辉岩化早期亚绿片岩相阶段。该绿纤石多以包体形式存在于退变榴辉岩的变斑晶石榴石矿物中,并与榍石、金红石、单斜辉石、绿泥石、绿帘石、石英等矿物伴生,极少量单颗粒绿纤石包裹在基质单斜辉石(透辉石)矿物中,呈浑圆状。绿纤石成分上属于铝绿纤石和铁绿纤石,其中以铝绿纤石为主。在详细的岩相学研究基础上,通过相平衡计算,结合矿物温压计计算结果,发现含绿纤石榴辉岩共经历了4阶段的变质演化:Ⅰ早期进变质阶段,以石榴石中的绿纤石+绿泥石+绿帘石+石英等矿物包裹体为特征,依据实验岩石学研究的矿物组合绿纤石+绿泥石+石英和铁绿纤石+绿帘石稳定域,估算该变质阶段温压条件t=160~320℃,p=0.2~0.8 GPa;Ⅱ峰期榴辉岩相阶段,矿物组合为石榴石+Di-Pl后成合晶推测的绿辉石+金红石±角闪石+石英,石榴石核部镁等值线和绿辉石硬玉分子等值线限定其峰期温压条件为t=725~740℃,p=1.4~1.5 GPa;Ⅲ高压麻粒岩相退变质阶段,矿物组合为石榴石+透辉石+角闪石+斜长石+石英,石榴石-单斜辉石温度计和后成合晶中斜长石钙等值线限定该阶段的温压条件t=725~750℃,p=1.1~1.3 GPa;Ⅳ晚期角闪岩相退变质阶段,矿物组合角闪石+斜长石±黑云母+石英,相平衡计算和角闪石-斜长石温度计限定温压条件为t=670~700℃,p=0.7~0.9 GPa。综上,确定了俄罗斯白海活动带Uzkaya Salma地区含绿纤石榴辉岩具有顺时针的p-T演化轨迹,峰期对应的地温梯度为15℃/km,俯冲进变质阶段经历了绿纤石-绿帘石相变质,由峰期榴辉岩相到退变质高压麻粒岩相具近等温降压的特征。研究表明,板块的"冷"俯冲作用在地球演化早期太古宙时期就可能出现了。     

扬子克拉通古元古代冷俯冲低温-高压榴辉岩相变泥质岩的发现及其大地构造意义

首次报道了扬子克拉通黄陵穹隆北部崆岭杂岩古元古代水月寺混杂岩带中发现特征性石榴石-蓝晶石-硬绿泥石组合低温-高压（LT-HP）榴辉岩相变泥质岩,其变质峰期矿物组合为石榴石+蓝晶石+硬绿泥石+多硅白云母+金红石+石英.相平衡模拟计算得到一条近等温减压的顺时针型变质P-T轨迹,其峰期变质条件为571~576℃,19.2~21.8 kbar.LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学研究获得变泥质岩中碎屑锆石核部年龄集中于2.1~2.2 Ga,变质增生边年龄为1 991±20 Ma.Grt-Ky-Cld组合榴辉岩相变泥质岩原岩形成构造环境和变质峰期条件指示,其形成于较低地温梯度（dT/dP≈300℃/GPa）下的活动大陆边缘冷俯冲构造环境,进一步表明至少从古元古代开始具有“冷俯冲”构造特征的现代板块构造体制已经启动.      

东昆仑东段浪木日上游早古生代榴辉岩的发现及其意义

在东昆仑东段郎木日上游最新识别出榴辉岩,其野外产状为透镜状、块状,与围岩呈断层接触。含榴辉岩的变质带宽1~3km,榴辉岩呈透镜体状分布于古元古界白沙河岩组变质岩及新元古代花岗片麻岩中,榴辉岩相岩石组合为榴辉岩和榴闪岩。榴辉岩相矿物组合为石榴子石+绿辉石+金红石+石英。石榴子石-单斜辉石矿物温压计估算出榴辉岩形成的温压条件为T=650~750℃,p=1.8~2.0GPa,在石榴子石Alm+Spess-Pyr-Gross三角图解中落入C型榴辉岩区。榴辉岩中锆石阴极发光图像显示,大部分具有扇形分带或杉树叶结构,少数具有弱环带结构,31颗锆石Th/U值较低(0.06~0.135),其LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄明显分为2类,一类谐和年龄值为431.9±2.3Ma,代表了榴辉岩相峰期变质年龄;另一类谐和年龄值为487±5.9Ma,可能为原岩在俯冲过程中受构造热事件影响发生变质的结果。参考区域蛇绿岩及构造岩浆事件,确定研究区本次高压变质的峰期时代为早志留世晚期,可能发生于东昆仑俯冲消减-碰撞环境,结合邻区发现的同类型榴辉岩,恢复了一条东昆仑地区早古生代的高压变质带。     

南大别高压-超高压过渡类型榴辉岩的确定及其构造意义

通过对大别山太湖地区榴辉岩的岩石学、矿物成分和峰期变质P-T条件的研究表明,南大别榴辉岩可分为:①高压榴辉岩;②高压/超高压过渡榴辉岩;③超高压榴辉岩。它们的峰期变质P-T条件分别为:T=570℃～680℃,P=2.00 GPa～2.40 GPa;T=650℃～810℃,P=2.70 GPa～3.20 GPa;T=760℃～980℃,P=3.50 GPa～4.00 GPa,表明三类榴辉岩形成于不同的变质环境中。其中高压/超高压过渡榴辉岩是本次研究新近确定的,该类榴辉岩无论是在变质环境,还是在岩石结构、成分特征方面,均显示了高压-超高压过渡变质的特征。这种榴辉岩的存在解释了南大别变质块体俯冲时的连续性和折返后的断块特征。     

大别—苏鲁高压变质带中榴辉岩的多样性及其成因

最近的研究表明,大别—苏鲁高压变质带中的榴辉岩是多种多样的。与蓝片岩共生的C类榴辉岩可能由俯冲洋壳经低温高压变质作用(t=523℃,p=1.2—1.5GPa)形成;与片麻岩共生的B类榴辉岩则可能是在陆-陆碰撞过程中由俯冲陆壳中的基性成分岩石经原地高温(超)高压变质作用(t=651—828℃,p=1.2—3.8GPa)形成;侵入于B类柯石英榴辉岩中的脉状榴辉岩(A类)可能是在相对高温高压条件下(t=769℃,p>1.8GPa)由偏超基性岩浆直接结晶出来的。这些不同类型的榴辉岩不是一次简单高压变质事件的产物,表明华北—扬子板块边界经历了漫长而多期次的演化历史。     

大别山太湖地区榴辉岩岩石学、矿物成分和P-T条件特征及其所揭示的构造含义

根据对大别山太湖地区1：10000地质填图，以及对榴辉岩的精细的岩石学、矿物成分和P—T条件的研究分析表明，该地区的榴辉岩可分为：高压榴辉岩，高压-超高压榴辉岩和超高压榴辉岩。从高压榴辉岩至超高压榴辉岩，石榴石中钙铝榴石、镁铝榴石组分，多硅白云母中的Si^4＋逐渐增加，峰期变质P—T条件则从T=535℃～652℃和P=1．50～2．26GPa，T=625℃～777℃和P=2．41～3．04GPa，逐渐增加到T=767℃-942℃和P=3．49～4．09GPa，显示了区域上的连续变化特征。结合构造几何学的分布特征和榴辉岩的共生围岩，应用石榴石-单斜辉石温度计和石榴石-单斜辉石-多硅白云母压力计，计算建立了一条近于“5℃／km”的地温梯度线和两条T=650℃，P=2．50GPa和T=750℃，P=3．00GPa温度和压力等值线，并将南大别变质块体从南自北分为三个变质单元：高压带，高压一超高压带和超高压带，从而表明该变质块体连续的特征。本次研究建立了三条P—T轨迹，并尝试性地探讨了这些榴辉岩的不同的抬升速率，推测不同类型的榴辉岩在地下40～50km的深度发生了强烈的缩短．“焊接”成一整体缓慢抬升到地袁．从而导致现今榴辉岩的分布状态．     

北祁连香子沟榴辉岩相变沉积岩的锆石U-Pb年代学、Hf同位素特征及其地质意义

榴辉岩相变沉积岩普遍分布在北祁连HP/LT变质带中,在HP/LT变质带的西段香子沟地区,变质沉积岩的矿物组合为石英+多硅白云母+石榴子石+绿帘石±蓝闪石±绿辉石(+金红石+锆石)。利用石榴子石-绿辉石-多硅白云母地质温压计获得变沉积岩的峰期变质温度为448~467℃,压力为2.0~2.2GPa。锆石SHRIMP和LA-ICPMS U-Pb测试结果显示,碎屑锆石核的年龄分布在532~2700Ma之间,大部分集中在中元古代和晚古元古代之间,显示原岩的碎屑物质主要来源于中-古元古代岩石。2个样品的变质锆石边获得的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄分别为495±7Ma(MSWD=0.63)和496±7Ma(MSWD=5.6),代表了榴辉岩相变质年龄。结合前人研究成果和锆石Hf同位素特征,表明榴辉岩相变沉积岩的原岩形成于以陆缘碎屑为主的活动大陆边缘或弧前环境,在早古生代洋壳俯冲过程中,通过俯冲剥蚀作用被卷入到俯冲带深部,与所包裹的基性岩(榴辉岩的原岩)一起发生榴辉岩相变质作用,并快速折返至浅部。     

鲁东南岚山头榴辉岩的变质作用演化PTt轨迹及地质意义

岚山头含柯石英榴辉岩呈透镜状块体产于晚元古代含霓石花岗质片麻岩中.榴辉岩的典型矿物平衡共生可划分为四个阶段:(1)前柯石英榴辉岩相阶段(M1);(2)柯石英榴辉岩相阶段(M2);(3)第一退变质阶段(M3);(4)第二退变质阶段(M4).M2阶段典型的矿物共生组合为石榴石+绿辉石+柯石英±蓝晶石.其石榴石中Pyr组分17.9%～31.7%, 绿辉石中Jd组分29.1%～52.8%.各阶段的变质温压条件是:M1阶段P≤1.56GPa,T=700℃;M2阶段P>2.74～2.95GPa,T=722℃～981℃;M3阶段P=1.34～1.54GPa,T=568℃～589℃;M4阶段P=0.61～1.04GPa,T=469℃.M2变质阶段单颗粒锆石207Pb-206Pb年龄为613.3Ma±30.4Ma,M4阶段的多硅白云母的 40Ar-39Ar坪年龄为313.49Ma.据上述资料可重塑一个较完整的顺时针PTt轨迹的变质作用演化.退变质作用的两个阶段反映榴辉岩折返可分为两个阶段.     

Quartz and orthopyroxene exsolution lamellae in clinopyroxene and the metamorphic P–T path of Belomorian eclogites

The Shirokaya Salma eclogite‐bearing complex is located in the Archean–Palaeoproterozoic Belomorian Province (Russia). Its eclogites and eclogitic rocks show multiple clinopyroxene breakdown textures, characterized by quartz–amphibole, orthopyroxene and plagioclase lamellae. Representative samples, a fresh eclogite, two partly retrograded eclogites, and a strongly retrograded eclogitic rock, were collected for this study. Two distinct mineral assemblages—(1) omphacite+garnet+quartz+rutile±amphibole and (2) clinopyroxene+garnet+amphibole+plagioclase+quartz+rutile+ilmenite±orthopyroxene—are described. Based on phase equilibria modelling, these assemblages correspond to the eclogite and granulite facies metamorphism that occurred at 16–18 kbar, 750–800°C and 11–15 kbar, 820–850°C, respectively. The quartz–amphibole lamellae in clinopyroxene formed during retrogression with water ingress, but do not imply UHP metamorphism. The superfine orthopyroxene lamellae developed due to breakdown of an antecedent clinopyroxene (omphacite) during retrogression that was triggered by decompression from the peak of metamorphism, while the coarser orthopyroxene grains and rods formed afterwards. The P–T path reconstructed for the Shirokaya Salma eclogites is comparable to that of the adjacent 1.9 Ga Uzkaya Salma eclogite (Belomorian Province), and those of several other Palaeoproterozoic high‐grade metamorphic terranes worldwide, facts allowing us to debate the exact timing of eclogite facies metamorphism in the Belomorian Province.     

Comments on the paper “The nature of “Svecofennian” zircon in the Belomorian Mobile Belt and some geological implications” by A.A. Shchipanskii and A.I. Slabunov

Eclogites were relatively recently found in the Belomorian Mobile Belt (BMB) (Volodichev et al., 2004; Shchipanskii et al., 2005; Konilov et al., 2004). The very first isotopic dates (Volodichev et al., 2004; Mints et al., 2010) were obtained for these rocks in the northwestern (in the Salma and Kuru-Vaara areas) and central (Gridino area) portions of BMB and corresponded to the Archean: approximately 2.72–2.87 Ga. Because no crustal eclogites older that 2.0 Ga (Möller et al., 1995) had been known before these dates were obtained, these eclogites were regarded as unique. It is commonly believed that no crustal eclogites could be formed in the Archean because the crust was then relatively thin (Kröner, 2010), and hence, the find of crustal eclogites of Archean age in BMB called for a fundamental revision of geodynamic reconstructions of the crustal evolution and was one of the main arguments invoked to support the hypothesis that currently operating geodynamic mechanisms of plate tectonic can be extrapolated to the Early Precambrian (Rozen et al., 2008). However, these finds were practically immediately followed by serious doubts that the primary estimates of the timing of the eclogite metamorphism in the Belomorian Belt may be incorrect (Mitrofanov et al., 2009; and others).     

General relations in the trace-element composition of zircons from eclogites with implications for the age of eclogites in the belomorian mobile belt

Analysis of currently available data (877 individual high-precision zircon analyses) on the composition of zircons from eclogite complexes worldwide reveals general relations in the zircon composition: an anomalous decrease in the Th concentration (no higher than 3 ppm on average) and the Th/U ratio (0.33 on average), a significant decrease in the concentrations of all REE (to 22 ppm) and particularly LREE (<2 ppm), and relatively low concentrations of Y (34 ppm), U (100 ppm), and P (41 ppm) at an elevated Hf concentration (11 400 ppm on average). The REE patterns of eclogitic zircons are noted for pronounced flat HREE patterns, poorly pronounced (if any) negative Eu anomalies, strongly reduced positive Ce anomalies (Ce/Ce* = 11 on average), and U-shaped configurations of LREE patterns up to the development of negative Nd anomalies. The relations detected in the distribution of trace elements and REE in eclogitic zircons are of universal nature and occur irrespective of the rock type (metabasites, metaultrabasites, or gneisses) and the metamorphic pressure (eclogites of high and ultrahigh pressure). The application of the aforementioned criteria makes it possible to reliable distinguish eclogitic zircons from those of magmatic or metamorphic genesis (not related to high-pressure metamorphism). Eclogites in the Belomorian Mobile Belt (in the Salma and Gridino areas) were determined to contain zircons in metagabbro eclogites; the cores of these zircons have an age of 2.8?C2.9 Ga and are of magmatic genesis, whereas their outer metamorphic zones have an age of 1.9 Ga and a trace-element composition typical of eclogitic zircons. Hence, the Belomorian Mobile Belt was affected only by single (Svecofennian, at ??1.9 Ga) episode of eclogite metamorphism of Archean rocks.     

榴辉岩的两种变质演化轨迹和俯冲大陆地壳的差异折返-——以柴北缘都兰超高压地体为例

都兰榴辉岩地体位于柴北缘—南阿尔金超高压变质带的东端,是唯一确定含柯石英的超高压变质地体,约700 km,其特点是含有两个特征不同的变质亚带,并经历了不同的折返过程。柯石英假像和温压计算表明两带榴辉岩峰期变质的压力都在柯石英的稳定域（2.8~3.3 GPa）,但它们退化变质的p–T 轨迹具有明显不同的特征。北带榴辉岩经历了两个阶段的折返：早期从地幔深度快速折返到中部地壳层次,伴随岩石的等温降压,并发生角闪岩相退化变质;晚期抬升到地壳浅部。都兰南带榴辉岩折返过程中经历了高压麻粒岩相变质的改造,高压麻粒岩阶段的p–T条件为p＝1.9~2.0 GPa,T＝873~948℃, 并进一步经历了角闪岩相退化变质,说明都兰南带榴辉岩折返速率较慢,发生了壳幔过渡带（或加厚的深部地壳）层次的强烈热松弛。这种热松弛发生在许多大陆俯冲带的超高压岩石的折返过程中,并且是榴辉岩发生深熔作用的主要机制。都兰两个变质带不同的变质演化轨迹反映了俯冲的大陆地壳具有差异折返的特征。     

西藏松多榴辉岩变质作用研究

西藏拉萨地块松多附近新发现一条榴辉岩带,长约100 km,宽约2~3 km。松多榴辉岩主要经历了进变质的绿帘石榴辉岩相-峰期的榴辉岩相-退变质的角闪岩相3个阶段。岩石学研究表明,峰期的特征矿物组合是石榴子石绿辉石多硅白云母金红石,峰期温压条件是760~800 ℃,33~39 GPa。这表明松多地区可能曾经历超高压变质作用,之后快速返回,p T轨迹呈“发卡”状,后期退变质经历了角闪石榴辉岩相阶段。研究松多榴辉岩表明,拉萨地块内部有一条新的缝合带,这对于了解拉萨地块和古特提斯洋的演化有重要意义。     

青藏高原羌塘中部不同时代榴辉岩的识别及其意义——来自榴辉岩及其围岩~（40）Ar-~（39）Ar年代学的证据

羌塘中部高压变质带由榴辉岩、石榴子石白云母片岩、蓝片岩等组成,与蛇绿混杂岩、晚古生代浅变质地层岩片等共同构成了龙木错-双湖板块缝合带这一构造混杂岩带。目前已先后在片石山地区、果干加年山地区和冈玛错地区发现典型的榴辉岩,以片石山和果干加年山地区的榴辉岩为研究对象。片石山地区的榴辉岩为低温型榴辉岩,围岩为石榴子石白云母片岩,变质作用峰期温压条件为T=500℃,p=2.3GPa。已获得230～244Ma锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄和石榴子石Lu-Hf等时线年龄,代表榴辉岩相变质作用的时代。榴辉岩及其围岩在误差范围内具有相同的Ar-Ar年龄,为210～220Ma,代表了榴辉岩及其围岩冷却抬升至近地表的时代。果干加年山地区的榴辉岩具有和片山地区榴辉岩相似的野外产状、矿物组合、温压条件和围岩。Ar-Ar年代学研究显示,果干加年山地区的榴辉岩在240Ma左右即已折返并抬升至近地表,其变质作用峰期时代明显要早于片石山地区。     

Paleoproterozoic eclogites in the salma area,Northwestern Belomorian Mobile Belt: Composition and isotopic geochronologic characteristics of minerals and metamorphic age

The paper represents results of a comprehensive geochemical and isotopic-geochemical (SIMS) study of eclogites from the northwestern part of the Belomorian Belt (Salma eclogites). A detailed fieldwork was carried out at the quarry of the Kuru-Vaara deposit of ceramic pegmatite in the northwestern part of the study area, in which tonalite-trondhjemite gneisses include bodies and blocks of eclogite and Grt-Aug eclogite-like clinopyroxenite and are cut across by numerous pegmatite veins. The least altered types of the Grt-Cpx rocks selected for our further research included: (1) widespread massive homogeneous fine-grained Grt-Omp eclogite that replaced gabbro and contained symplectites of Pl + low-Na-Cpx around omphacite and Pl-Hbl kelyphite rims around Grt; and (2) coarse-grained eclogite-like Grt-Hbl-Aug clinopyroxenite beds up to 20 cm thick in the central parts of high-Mg metaultrabasites, which are mostly tremolite-actinolite schists. The REE patterns of garnet, clinopyroxene, and amphibole from the eclogites confirm that they crystallized simultaneously, under a high pressure, and in the absence of plagioclase. Local U-Pb dates of the zircons and their geochemistry are at variance with the earlier hypothesis that the eclogite metamorphism occurred in the Archean. The eclogites and Grt-Hbl-Aug clinopyroxenite were determined to contain zircons of Svecofennian age (approximately 1900 Ma), which show all geochemical characteristics of classic eclogitic zircons and occur either as individual crystals or as rims around Archean magmatic zircons from the primary gabbroids.     

The geochemistry and isotopic age of eclogites from the Belomorian Belt (Kola Peninsula): evidence for subducted Archean oceanic crust

We present results of geochemical studies and isotope dating of eclogites and associated rocks from the Kuru-Vaara quarry, Belomorian Belt, Northeastern Baltic Shield. The southern and northern eclogites are similar in geochemical features. Their protoliths were primitive, mainly high-Mg basalts of oceanic affinity derived from a primitive mantle source rather than from a depleted mantle source characteristic of modern MORB. The post-eclogitic intrusive rocks show obvious evidence for crustal contamination. The eclogite-hosting tonalitetrondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) gneisses form a coherent series including high-Al and low-Al varieties. The trace element data show that the TTG series formed through the hydrous partial melting of the southern eclogites in the presence of garnet and amphibole in the field of the rutile stability (>15 kbar). Zircons from the southern eclogites exhibit features of their strong re-equilibration by coupled dissolution–repre-cipitation processes but have locally preserved patches with a primary magmatic zoning. The geochemistry of the patches points to the oceanic provenance of protolithic zircons; their isotope dating (SHRIMP-II) yielded a concordant age of 2821 ± 21 Ma. Zircons from the trondhjemite gneiss with geochemical features of Archean adakite were dated at 2805 ± 11 Ma, which suggests the syneclogitic facies origin of the TTG melts. The concordant age of high-pressure zircons from the northern eclogites is 2722 ± 21 Ma, close to the age of the earlier described Gridino eclogites. The overview of the isotopically dated eclogite bodies show the presence of at least three temporally distinct groups of eclogites in the Belomorian Belt, ～2.86–2.87, ～2.82–2.80, and ～2.72 Ga, which is in a good accordance with the known isotopic ages for major crust-forming events in the belt. This, in turn, implies a close genetic relationship between the eclogites and the TTG origin, which might be consistent with the model of the short intermitted events of subduction of the thickened Archean oceanic crust. The presence of HP/UHP eclogites of different ages and the structural style of the Belomorian Belt permit it to be assigned to megamélange belts.     

The Meso-Neoarchaean Belomorian eclogite province: Tectonic position and geodynamic evolution

The aim of this paper is to review the main features of the Meso-Neoarchaean Belomorian eclogite province (BEP) in the northeastern Fennoscandian Shield, including regional and local geology, geochemistry, petrology and geochronology and to compare the Belomorian eclogites with Precambrian eclogites elsewhere. Two eclogite associations have been recognized within Belomorian TTG gneisses: (1) the subduction-type Salma association and (2) Gridino eclogitized mafic dykes. Protoliths of the Salma eclogites represent a sequence comprising gabbro, Fe–Ti gabbro and troctolites, formed at ~ 2.9 Ga in a slow-spreading ridge setting (like the Southwest Indian Ridge). The main subduction and eclogite-facies events occurred between ~ 2.87 and ~ 2.82 Ga. Injection of mafic magma into an active continental margin setting, recorded by the Gridino dyke swarm, is attributed to subduction of a mid-ocean ridge, commencing at 2.87 Ga. Crustal delamination of the active margin and subsequent involvement of the lower crust in subduction between 2.87 and 2.82 Ga ago caused high-pressure metamorphism of the Gridino dykes, culminating in eclogite-facies conditions between 2.82 and 2.78 Ga and accompanying amalgamation of the Karelia, Kola and Khetolamba blocks and formation of the Mesoarchaean Belomorian accretionary–collisional orogen. The clockwise P–T paths of the Salma and Gridino associations cross the granulite-facies P–T field. Detailed metamorphic studies indicate a complicated post-eclogite history with thermal events and fluid infiltration, related to plume activity at 2.72–2.70, ~ 2.4 and ~ 1.9 Ga. The eclogite assemblages were exhumed to mid-to-lower crustal depths at ~ 1.7 Ga, while erosion or younger tectonic events were responsible for final exhumation to the surface. Comparison of P–T–t paths and data for peak metamorphic parameters demonstrates the general similarity of the Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic eclogites worldwide and their association with anomalously “hot” environments. The occurrence of high-T conditions during eclogite-facies metamorphism can be attributed to either subduction of a mid-ocean ridge (Archaean, BEP) or to interaction with mantle plumes (Proterozoic).     

Age and P–T conditions of the Gridino‐type eclogite in the Belomorian Province,Russia

Although eclogites in the Belomorian Province have been regarded as Archean in age and among the oldest in the world, there are also multiple studies that have proposed a Paleoproterozoic age. Here, we present new data for the Gridino‐type eclogites, which occur as boudins and metamorphosed dykes within tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite gneisses. Zircon from these eclogites has core and rim structures. The cores display high Th/U ratios (0.18–0.45), negative Eu anomalies and strong enrichment in HREE, and have Neoarchean U–Pb ages of c. 2.70 Ga; they are interpreted to be magmatic in origin. Zircon cores have δ¹⁸O of 5.64–6.07‰ suggesting the possibility of crystallization from evolved mantle‐derived magmas. In contrast, the rims, which include the eclogite facies minerals omphacite and garnet, are characterized by low Th/U ratios (<0.035) and flat HREE patterns, and yield U–Pb ages of c. 1.90 Ga; they are interpreted to be metamorphic in origin. Zircon rims have elevated δ¹⁸O of 6.23–6.80‰, which was acquired during eclogite facies metamorphism. Based on petrography and phase equilibria modelling, we recognize a prograde epidote amphibolite facies mineral assemblage, the peak eclogite facies mineral assemblage and a retrograde high‐P amphibolite facies mineral assemblage. The peak metamorphic conditions of 695–755°C at >18 kbar for the Gridino‐type eclogites suggest an apparent thermal gradient of <39–42°C/kbar for the Lapland–Kola collisional orogeny.