浙西南遂昌-大柘地区石榴角闪二长片麻岩成因及变质演化

浙西南遂昌-大柘地区八都群中分布一套含石榴石、角闪石的二长片麻岩,发育典型石榴石"白眼圈"反应结构,但其成因及变质演化目前尚不明确.运用矿物X射线电子探针微区分析、LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年并结合全岩主微量元素进行了研究.识别出3个阶段的变质矿物共生组合:进变质阶段（M₁）矿物组合为石榴石变斑晶内部的包裹体矿物石榴石+角闪石+斜长石+石英（Grt₁+Amp₁+Pl₁+Q）,变质峰期矿物组合（M₂）为石榴子石变斑晶幔部和基质矿物钾长石+斜长石+黑云母+石英（Grt₂+Kf₂+Pl₂+Bt₂+Q）,退变质阶段矿物组合（M₃）为"白眼圈"后成合晶角闪石+斜长石+黑云母+钛铁矿（Amp₃+Pl₃+Bt₃+Ilm）.矿物地质温压计和相平衡模拟估算的3阶段P-T条件分别为:进变质阶段为600~700 ℃/0.60~0.65 GPa,变质峰期为800~820 ℃/0.94~0.96 GPa,退变质阶段为550~700 ℃/0.56~0.71 GPa,变质程度达到麻粒岩相,变质作用PTt轨迹显示顺时针型式,具有近等温降压（ITD）特征,暗示其经历了地壳加厚和快速折返过程.岩石地球化学特征显示其原岩为准铝质A型花岗岩,含有少量幔源组分,形成于造山后的陆壳拉张环境;锆石U-Pb定年呈现二阶段年龄特征,成岩年龄为1.83~1.85 Ga,表明石榴角闪二长片麻岩的原岩形成于古元古代,变质年龄为220~230 Ma,显示了印支期变质作用对古元古代花岗岩的改造,是浙西南地区对印支期古太平洋板块向华南板块俯冲过程的响应,也为浙西南地区印支期造山作用提供了新的证据.      

浙西南八都杂岩早中生代泥质麻粒岩变质作用及构造意义

遂昌-大柘泥质麻粒岩出露于华夏地块东北部的浙西南八都杂岩中,该岩石保留了典型的减压反应结构.但其变质演化特点、变质作用时代及构造意义目前尚不明确.通过系统的岩相学、矿物化学和同位素年代学分析,结果表明遂昌-大柘泥质麻粒岩记录了4个阶段的变质矿物组合,其中早期进变质阶段M₁的矿物组合为石榴石+黑云母+石英;压力峰期变质阶段M₂的矿物组合为石榴石+铝绿泥石+金红石+蓝晶石+刚玉+黑云母+石英±十字石,该矿物组合可能预示着岩石曾经历了超高压变质作用过程;峰期变质阶段M₃的矿物组合为石榴石+黑云母+夕线石+石英±钾长石±斜长石±钛铁矿;峰后近等温降压M_4-1阶段的矿物组合为石榴石+黑云母+夕线石+堇青石+石英+钛铁矿±尖晶石±斜长石±钾长石;M_4-2阶段的矿物组合为石榴石+堇青石+夕线石+斜长石+黑云母+石英±钾长石.相平衡模拟结合传统地质温压计限定其峰期变质阶段的温压条件为T=780~810 ℃、P=8.0~9.2 kbar;峰期后近等温降压的M_4-1阶段的温压条件为T=780~860 ℃和P=5.7~6.0 kbar,M_4-2阶段的温压条件为T=~700 ℃和P=~4.4 kbar,具有典型的顺时针近等温减压型P-T轨迹特征.LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年结果表明其麻粒岩相变质作用时代为233.5~238.9 Ma.变质作用历史说明浙西南地体可能卷入了古特提斯洋域内印支-华南-华北板块之间的俯冲-碰撞过程,并经历了早中生代的麻粒岩相变质作用后快速折返至地表.      

青海南山地区中压相系递增变质带初步研究

青海南山地区位于东昆仑与西秦岭的重要衔接处,首次发现一套递增变质带,变质带由中心往外,变质强度逐渐递减,依次分别为:矽线石带、蓝晶石带、石榴子石带、黑云母带、绿泥石带。本文以石榴子石黑云母变粒岩为研究对象,通过岩相学研究并结合电子探针成分分析,显示石榴子石变斑晶具有微弱的生长环带,黑云母以高温铁质黑云母为主,利用石榴子石—黑云母温度计、石榴子石—黑云母—斜长石—石英压力计计算,获得石榴子石带的变质P—T条件为564℃,0.56GPa;蓝晶石带的变质P—T条件为667~670℃,0.68~0.71GPa,属于中压相系。应与印支期古特提斯洋闭合导致的地壳碰撞加厚有关。     

陕西汉阴北部梅子垭组变质作用研究

梅子垭组是汉阴北部地区出露面积最大的地层,岩性主要为白云母石英片岩、含碳白云母石英片岩、含石榴子石黑云母变斑晶白云母石英片岩等,石榴子石和黑云母变斑晶在该岩层中普遍发育。该岩组构造变形复杂,经历了多期构造活动和变质变形过程。笔者在野外调查的基础上,通过分析研究区石榴子石、黑云母变斑晶的关系,采用石榴子石-黑云母地质温度计,对该区广泛出露的含石榴子石黑云母变斑晶白云母石英片岩进行研究,得到如下结论:研究区存在3期黑云母和石榴子石,石榴子石变斑晶具有明显的生长环带,而黑云母变斑晶没有环带;研究区变质作用的变质温度范围为介于511~572℃,主要为530~560℃;变质压力范围为0.16~0.84GPa,变质相属高绿片岩相。     

西秦岭北缘秦岭杂岩变质作用:副片麻岩岩石学、相平衡模拟及其地质意义

造山带中的高级变质岩是研究造山带形成和演化历史的重要窗口.西秦岭北缘秦岭杂岩主要由正片麻岩、副片麻岩、少量变基性岩（基性麻粒岩）和大理岩组成.岩相学、矿物化学和相平衡模拟结果表明副片麻岩经历了3个变质演化阶段:（1）进变质阶段,以石榴子石核部包裹细粒片状黑云母和大小不等的石英为代表;（2）峰期变质阶段,矿物组合为石榴子石+斜长石+钾长石+夕线石+黑云母+金红石+石英.石榴子石变斑晶幔部成分在视剖面图上确定出峰期温压条件为T=793~803 ℃,P=8.8~9.5 kbar;（3）降温降压的退变质阶段,主要由石榴子石的最边部及后期斜长石记录.结合已有研究资料,表明西秦岭北缘秦岭杂岩可能经历了早古生代晚期与碰撞造山作用有关的变质作用与深熔作用.      

大陆碰撞过程中的巴罗式变质作用及原地深熔作用:以南阿尔金为例

南阿尔金吐拉地区所出露的变质泥质岩和变质基性岩普遍经历了中压麻粒岩相变质作用,其中变泥质岩以出现石榴子石+夕线石+长石+黑云母+石英为特征,而基性麻粒岩则以石榴子石+单斜辉石+紫苏辉石+斜长石+石英为特征,具有典型中压相系的麻粒岩相变质作用矿物组合,即显示"巴罗式"变质作用特征。野外宏观特征显示这套变泥质岩普遍经历了原地深熔作用,并局部发生混合岩化作用。岩相学观察结果显示泥质片麻岩保留了关键的深熔作用显微结构证据:(1)石榴子石内部发育有钾长石、石英和斜长石组成的矿物集合体,可能代表了早期熔体的假象;(2)黑云母颗粒边界发育尖锐的、不规则的微斜长石,而且黑云母边界溶蚀明显,形成锯齿状不规则的边界,指示深熔作用可能与黑云母的分解密切相关,即黑云母可能为深熔作用的主要反应相;(3)石英、斜长石或石榴子石颗粒边界发育圆珠状不规则的钾长石,而且颗粒边界或三联点中尖锐状钾长石与周围矿物的形成较小的二面角,有些甚至相互连通呈网络状,这也与它们继承了熔体结构特征一致;(4)不规则钾长石(或微斜长石)分布在石榴子石和夕线石附近,指示石榴子石和夕线石可能为深熔作用的残留相。锆石U-Pb定年结果显示麻粒岩相变质作用和相关深熔作用时代基本一致,主要发生在~450Ma。因此,吐拉地区的中压麻粒岩相变质作用和深熔作用明显要晚于南阿尔金地区榴辉岩和高压麻粒岩的峰期变质时代40~50Myr,而是与榴辉岩折返过程中麻粒岩相叠加变质作用的时代较为接近。但南阿尔金~450Ma的变质作用、深熔作用和岩浆作用是否为独立的构造热事件抑或深俯冲板片折返阶段的产物,这还需要今后进一步的工作验证。     

攀枝花大田地区康定群咱里组变质杂岩P—T—t轨迹及其构造意义

扬子板块西缘的康定杂岩为一套由侵入岩和变质岩共同组成的岩浆—变质混合杂岩,是研究罗迪尼亚超大陆裂解的重要窗口。长期以来对康定杂岩中的岩浆杂岩研究较多,但对变质杂岩研究较为薄弱。为全面了解康定杂岩形成的构造背景及成因机制,笔者等对扬子板块西缘的攀枝花大田地区康定群咱里组石榴夕线黑云斜长片麻岩进行了详细的岩相学、矿物地球化学、变质P—T条件估算研究,同时对同一层位的石榴二云片岩进行了锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年代学分析。结果表明：石榴夕线黑云斜长片麻岩可识别出三期变质矿物组合：进变质阶段矿物组合(M1)为石榴子石变斑晶核部及其核部包裹体(石榴子石核部+第一期黑云母+第一期夕线石+钛铁矿+石英),P—T条件为609～690℃—0.2～0.3 GPa;峰期变质阶段矿物组合(M2)为石榴子石变斑晶幔部及变基质矿物(石榴子石幔部+第二期黑云母+第二期夕线石+斜长石+石英),P—T条件为643～732℃—0.20～0.51 GPa;退变质阶段矿物组合(M3)为石榴子石变斑晶边部及变基质矿物(石榴子石边部+第二期黑云母+第二期夕线石+斜长石+石英),P—T条件为602～687℃—0.27～0.3...     

柴北缘欧龙布鲁克地块中元古代晚期麻粒岩相变质作用——来自石榴夕线堇青石片麻岩的岩石学、相平衡模拟和U-Pb年代学的制约

在欧龙布鲁克地块乌兰北部地区察汗河岩群中识别出麻粒岩相石榴夕线堇青石片麻岩,其矿物组合为石榴子石、夕线石、堇青石、黑云母、斜长石、钛铁矿和少量钾长石等。岩相学观察显示,M1阶段矿物组合有斜长石±钾长石+石榴子石+夕线石+石英,M2阶段矿物组合有斜长石±钾长石+石榴子石+夕线石+石英+钛铁矿+黑云母,M3阶段矿物组合有堇青石+黑云母+钛铁矿+石英+石榴子石+斜长石±钾长石。相平衡模拟计算结果显示,该岩石的峰期温压条件为p=0.92～1.08 GPa,峰期温度t>790℃,峰期之后经历升温降压的p-T演化轨迹。锆石和独居石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年代学研究获得的变质年龄分别为1 133±14 Ma和1 125±37 Ma, 1 133～1 125 Ma应代表了该期麻粒岩相变质作用的时代。结合区域地质资料和已有的研究成果,我们认为乌兰北部察汗河岩群的石榴夕线堇青石片麻岩可能形成于大洋俯冲作用下的弧或弧后构造环境,乌兰北部的岩浆-变质杂岩带经历了从中元古代晚期-新元古代早期俯冲增生到碰撞造山的演化过程,是全球Rodinia超大陆汇聚过程的响应。     

柴北缘锡铁山地体花岗质片麻岩退变质作用和40Ar/39Ar年代学研究及其地质意义

本文对柴达木盆地北缘锡铁山地区含榴辉岩透镜体花岗质片麻岩进行了系统的矿物学、相平衡模拟以及黑云母和石英⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar年代学研究,旨在查明花岗质片麻岩在加里东超高压变质之后,折返过程中发生角闪岩-绿片岩相退变质作用的变质条件和变质年代。矿物学和相平衡模拟显示,发育变形石英细脉的黑云母花岗质片麻岩高角闪岩相变质矿物组合(M1)为黑云母+钾长石+斜长石+石英+金红石+矽线石+钛铁矿,对应变质条件为T>620℃,P>0.16GPa;低角闪岩相-绿片岩相变质矿物组合(M2)为黑云母+白云母+斜长石+微斜长石+石英+榍石±绿泥石,变质条件为T=390～420℃和P=0.10～0.19 GPa。花岗质片麻岩中黑云母激光阶段加热⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar定年获得了一个上升的阶梯状表观年龄图谱,在中高温阶段则形成了一个平坦的表观年龄坪,坪年龄为353.9±1.8 Ma,对应的等时线年龄为356.7±5.6 Ma。变形石英脉样品真空击碎提取流体包裹体⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar...     

西藏定结高压基性麻粒岩(退变榴辉岩)的变质P-T轨迹及构造意义

定结（Dinggye）位于藏南高喜马拉雅结晶岩系的中部,研究该区域麻粒岩的变质P-T轨迹对于理解青藏高原的碰撞和抬升过程至关重要.通过对该地区的高压基性麻粒岩（退变榴辉岩）的岩相学观察,确定了4期矿物组合:（1）峰期榴辉岩相矿物组合（M₁）由石榴子石（核部）+绿辉石（假象）+石英+金红石组成;（2）高压麻粒岩相矿物组合（M₂）主要由石榴子石（幔部）+单斜辉石+斜长石+钛铁矿+角闪石+黑云母组成;（3）中压麻粒岩相矿物组合（M₃）由石榴子石（边缘）+斜方辉石+斜长石+钛铁矿+黑云母组成;（4）角闪岩相矿物组合（M₄）主要由角闪石+斜长石组成.在NCFMASHTO体系下,用THERMOCALC软件对该高压基性麻粒岩进行了热力学模拟.结合传统温压计和平均温压计计算结果,求得M₂、M₃、M₄阶段的温压条件分别为786~826 ℃、0.78~0.96 GPa;798~850 ℃、0.71~0.75 GPa;610~666 ℃、0.51~0.60 GPa,这指示了一条以峰期后近等温降压（ITD）为特征的顺时针P-T轨迹.结合已有地质资料,表明定结高压基性麻粒岩（退变榴辉岩）是喜马拉雅碰撞造山的产物,峰期后经历了近等温降压的构造抬升过程.      

Petrology of ultrahigh-pressure eclogites from the ZK703 drillhole in the Donghai, eastern China

The 558-m-deep ZK703 drillhole located near Donghai in the southern part of the Sulu ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt, eastern China, penetrates alternating layers of eclogites, gneisses, jadeite quartzites, garnet peridotites, phengite–quartz schists, and kyanite quartzites. The preservation of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic minerals and their relics, together with the contact relationship and protolith types of the various rocks indicates that these are metamorphic supracrustal rocks and mafic-ultramafic rock assemblages that have experienced in-situ ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism. The eclogites can be divided into five types based on accessory minerals: rutile eclogite, phengite eclogite, kyanite–phengite eclogite, quartz eclogite, and common eclogite with rare minor minerals. Rutile eclogite forms a thick layer in the drillhole that contains sufficient rutile for potential mining. Two retrograde assemblages are observed in the eclogites: the first stage is characterized by the formation of sodic plagioclase+amphibole symplectite or symplectitic coronas after omphacite and garnet, plagioclase+biotite after garnet or phengite, and plagioclase coronas after kyanite; the second stage involved total replacement of omphacite and garnet by amphibole+albite+epidote+quartz. Peak metamorphic P–T conditions of the eclogites were around 32 to 40 kbar and 720°C to 880°C. The retrograde P–T path of the eclogites is characterized by rapidly decreasing pressure with slightly decreasing temperature. Micro-textures and compositional variations in symplectitic minerals suggest that the decompression breakdown of ultrahigh-pressure minerals is a domainal equilibrium reaction or disequilibrium reaction. The composition of the original minerals and the diffusion rate of elements involved in these reactions controlled the symplectitic mineral compositions.     

Low-pressure granulite facies metapelitic assemblages and corona textures from MacRobertson Land, east Antarctica: the importance of Fe2O3 and TiO2 in accounting for spinel-bearing assemblages

Low-pressure granulite facies metasedimentary gneisses exposed in MacRobertson Land, east Antarctica, include hercynitic spinel-bearing metapelitic gneisses. Peak metamorphic mineral assemblages include spinel + rutile + ilmenite + sillimanite + garnet, spinel + ilmenite + sillimanite + garnet + cordierite, ortho-pyroxene + magnetite + ilmenite + garnet, spinel + cordierite + biotite + ilmenite and orthopyroxene + cordierite + biotite, each with quartz, K-feldspar and melt. The presence of garnet + biotite- and cordierite + orthopyroxene-bearing assemblages implies crossing tie-lines in AFM projection for the K₂O-FeO-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O (KFMASH) system. This apparent contradiction, and the presence of spinel, rutile and ilmenite in the assemblages, is acounted for by using the KFMASH-TiO₂-O₂ system, i.e. AFM + TiO₂+ Fe₂O₃. We derive a petrogenetic grid for this system, applicable to low-pressure granulite facies metamorphic conditions. Retrograde assemblages are interpreted from corona textures on hercynitic spinel and Fe-Ti oxides. The relative positions of the peak and retrograde metamorphic assemblages on the petrogenetic grid suggest that corona development occurred during essentially isobaric cooling.     

吉南龙岗岩群四道砬子河岩组泥质片麻岩变质作用

吉南新太古代泥质片麻岩出露于龙岗岩群四道砬子河岩组中,本文通过系统的岩相学、矿物化学、激光拉曼和锆石U Pb同位素年代学等分析,研究其变质演化特点、变质作用时代及构造意义.结果表明:龙岗岩群四道砬子河岩组泥质片麻岩记录了３个变质演化阶段,其中峰前期进变质阶段(M１)的矿物组合为石榴石＋黑云母＋斜长石＋石英＋白云母;峰期变质阶段(M２)的矿物组合为石榴石＋矽线石＋钾长石＋黑云母＋斜长石＋石英,达到麻粒岩相;峰后期退变质阶段(M３)以矽线石转变为蓝晶石为特征标 志,矿物组合为蓝晶石＋石榴石＋黑云母＋斜长石＋石英＋白云母.变质矿物地质温压计限定其变质作用,峰前期(M１)T 为４６８~５１５ ℃,p 为(３．８~４．３)×１０５ kPa;峰期(M２)T 为７０３~７６０ ℃,p 为(６．６~７．１)×１０５kPa;峰后期(M３)T 为５５２~５９１℃,p 为(５．５~６．０)×１０５kPa;具有典型的近等压冷却型逆时针变质作用p T 演化轨迹特征,可能是在地幔柱与岩石圈相互作用的环境中变质作用与大量的幔源岩浆底侵作用有关.LA ICP MS锆石U Pb定年结果显示麻粒岩相变质作用时代为２４９５~２４４２Ma,属于新太古代变质热事件产物.     

Granulites and garnet–cordierite gneisses from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Abstract The central sector of Mühlig-Hofmannfjellet (3°E/71°S) in western Dronning Maud Land (East Antarctic shield) is dominated by large intrusive bodies of predominantly orthopyroxene-bearing quartz syenites (charnockites). Metasedimentary rocks are rare; however, two distinct areas with banded gneiss–marble–quartzite sequences of sedimentary origin were found during the Norwegian Antarctic Research Expedition NARE 1989/90. Cordierite-bearing metapelitic gneisses from two different localities contain the characteristic mineral assemblage: cordierite + garnet + biotite + K-feldspar + plagioclase + quartz ± sillimanite ± spinel. Thermobarometry indicates equilibration conditions of about 650°C and 4 kbar. Associated orthopyroxene–garnet granulites, on the other hand, revealed pressures of about 8 kbar and temperatures of 750°C. The earlier granulite facies metamorphism is not well preserved in the cordierite gneisses as a result of excess K-feldspar combined with interaction with an H₂O-rich fluid phase, probably released by the cooling intrusives. These two features allowed the original high-grade K-feldspar + garnet assemblages to recrystallize as cordierite–biotite–sillimanite gneisses, completely re-equilibrating them. Phase relationships indicate that the younger metamorphic event occurred in the presence of a fluid phase that varied in composition between the lithologies.     

Genetic Mechanism of Mineral Inclusions in Zircons from the Khondalite Series, Southeastern Inner Mongolia

The early Precambrian khondalite series is widely distributed in the Jining-Zhuozi-Fengzhen-Liangcheng area, southeastern Inner Mongolia. The khondalite series mainly consists of sillimanite garnet potash feldspar (or two-feldspar) gneiss and garnet biotite plagioclase gneiss. These gneissic rocks have commonly experienced granulite-facies metamorphism. In zircons separated from sillimanite garnet potash feldspar gneisses, many mineral inclusions, including Sil, Grt, Ky, Kfs, Qtz and Ap, have been identified by the Laser Raman spectroscopy. Generally, prograde metamorphic mineral inclusion assemblages such as Ky + Kfs + Qtz + Ap and Ky + Grt + Kfs + Qtz are preserved in the core of zircon, while peak granulite-facies metamorphic minerals including Sil + Grt + Kfs + Qtz and Sil + Grt + Kfs + Qtz + Ap are identified in the mantle and rim of the same zircon. However, in some zircons are only preserved the peak metamorphic minerals such as Sil + Grt + Kfs + Qtz and Sil + Grt + Kfs + Qtz + Ap from core to ri     

Pressure-temperature Evolution of the Metapelites in the Motuo Area,the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis

The Motuo area is located in the east of the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis. There outcrops a sequence of high-grade metamorphic rocks, such as metapelites. Petrology and mineralogy data suggest that these rocks have experienced three stages of metamorphism. The prograde metamorphic mineral assemblages(M1) are mineral inclusions(biotite + plagioclase + quartz ± sillimanite ± Fe-Ti oxides) preserved in garnet porphyroblasts, and the peak metamorphic assemblages(M2) are represented by garnet with the lowest XSps values and the lowest XFe# ratios and the matrix minerals(plagioclase + quartz ± Kfeldspar + biotite + muscovite + kyanite ± sillimanite), whereas the retrograde assemblages(M3) are composed of biotite + plagioclase + quartz symplectites rimming the garnet porphyroblasts. Thermobarometric computation shows that the metamorphic conditions are 562–714°C at 7.3–7.4 kbar for the M1 stage, 661–800°C at 9.4–11.6 kbar for the M2 stage, and 579–713°C at 5.5–6.6 kbar for the M3 stage. These rocks are deciphered to have undergone metamorphism characterized by clockwise P-T paths involving nearly isothermal decompression(ITD) segments, which is inferred to be related to the collision of the India and Eurasia plates.     

Petrology of pelitic schists in the oligoclase-biotite zone of the Sanbagawa metamorphic terrain, Japan: phase equilibria in the highest grade zone of a high-pressure intermediate type of metamorphic belt

The oligoclase-biotite zone of the Bessi area, central Shikoku is characterized by sodic plagioclase (X_Ca= 0.10–0.28)-bearing assemblages in pelitic schists, and represents the highest-grade zone of the Sanbagawa metamorphic terrain. Mineral assemblages in pelitic schists of this zone, all with quartz, sodic plagioclase, muscovite and clinozoisite (or zoisite), are garnet + biotite + chlorite + paragonite, garnet + biotite + hornblende + chlorite, and partial assemblages of these two types. Correlations between mineral compositions, mineral assemblages and mineral stability data assuming PH₂O = P_solid suggests that metamorphic conditions of this zone are about 610 ± 25°C and 10 ± 1 kbar.
Based upon a comparative study of mineralogy and chemistry of pelitic schists in the oligoclase-biotite zone of the Sanbagawa terrain with those in the New Caledonia omphacite zone as an example of a typical high-pressure type of metamorphic belt and with those in a generalized'upper staurolite zone'as an example of a medium-pressure type of metamorphic belt, progressive assemblages within these three zones can be related by reactions such as:     

Thermodynamic analysis of garnet growth zoning in eclogite facies granodiorite from M. Mucrone, Sesia Zone, Western Italian Alps

Samples of the metagranodiorite from M.  Mucrone (Sesia zone, Western Alps) show pseudomorphic and coronitic textures where the igneous minerals were partially replaced by high-pressure metamorphic assemblages. The original magmatic paragenesis consisted of quartz, plagioclase, K-feldspar, biotite and minor phases. During the eclogitic event the original plagioclase was fully replaced by zoisite, jadeite and quartz ± K-feldspar pseudomorphic symplectites and the biotite was in part replaced by phengitic mica. Moreover, a composite corona often developed around the biotite. This corona consists of a layer of phengite I and garnet and, where the igneous biotite and feldspars were in contact, of an outer layer of phengite II intergrown with quartz. Biotite, phengite and K-feldspar are homogeneous while garnet shows a strong composition zoning recording the kinetics of the metamorphic reactions. A numerical simulation of the observed garnet zoning is performed assuming that intercrystalline diffusion and plagioclase resorption were the slowest rate-determining processes during the prograde P-T path. The metamorphic paragenesis constrains the P-T path chosen in the simulation. The comparison between measured and calculated garnet zoning permits evaluation of the relative weights of interface kinetics, grain-boundary and lattice diffusion. Received: 26 November 1997 / Accepted: 6 August 1999