西大别浒湾变质带洋壳和陆壳耦合俯冲的锆石U-Pb年龄记录及其动力学意义

西大别浒湾高压变质带是研究秦岭-大别-苏鲁造山带演化的关键区域.本文对该变质带熊店和学河两地的两个榴辉岩样品进行了LA-(MC)-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年、微量元素分析及Hf同位素测定.熊店榴辉岩岩浆锆石得到的年龄为406±14Ma,具有高的εHf(t)值(εHf(t)=11.3±1.3),年轻的亏损地幔模式年龄(tDM=578±52Ma),其来源可能为亏损地幔,进而说明它们的原岩可能为古特提斯洋壳物质;学河榴辉岩岩浆锆石的年龄为703±8Ma,具有略低的εHf(t)值(εHf(t)=4.11±0.94),较老的亏损地幔模式年龄(tDM=1105±37Ma),其原岩可能为扬子克拉通新元古代裂谷岩浆作用产生的新生陆壳物质.这些结果表明浒湾地区存在原岩形成于新元古代和志留纪两个时期的榴辉岩.熊店榴辉岩中变质锆石的微量元素特征与岩浆锆石类似,可能为完全重结晶成因锆石,其206Ph/238U加权平均年龄为316±1Ma,代表了洋壳榴辉岩榴辉岩相峰期变质的最早时间.学河榴辉岩变质锆石以低Th/U、Nb/Ta比值为特征,其REE组成模式为不明显的Eu负异常,HREE呈平坦型.这些特征反映了这些锆石形成时出现了较大数量的石榴子石与金红石,而缺乏长石.根据锆石Ti温度计计算学河榴辉岩变质锆石形成的温度范围是704～741℃,与榴辉岩相变质温度一致.它们对应的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为312±3Ma,可作为浒湾变质带榴辉岩相峰期变质年龄,这一结果表明浒湾变质带陆壳成因榴辉岩存在石炭纪榴辉岩相变质事件.空间上相近的古生代洋壳和新元古代陆壳具有相同的榴辉岩相变质年龄表明,浒湾变质带的洋壳和陆壳榴辉岩可能存在石炭纪的耦合俯冲作用.     

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。     

北大别黄土岭长英质麻粒岩的原岩、变质作用及源区热事件年龄的锆石LA-ICPMS U-Pb测年约束

本研究应用激光剥蚀技术测定了北大别黄土岭高温-高压长英质麻粒岩锆石3个结构域的U-Pb年龄.变质锆石成因的碎屑锆石域的207Pb/206Pb年龄范围为(2493±54) Ma~(2500±180) Ma, 岩浆成因的碎屑锆石域的207Pb/206Pb年龄范围为2628~2690Ma, 其最大的206Pb/238U年龄为(2790±150) Ma, 变质增生或变质重结晶锆石域的不一致线上交点年龄为(2044.7±29.3) Ma.长英质麻粒岩的矿物组合成分、主量元素地球化学, 尤其是锆石副矿物内部结构特征显示其原岩为沉积岩.这表明, 麻粒岩原岩物质来自具有复杂热历史的蚀源区, 该蚀源区曾发生过~2.8Ga的岩浆作用和~2.5Ga变质作用, 因此其原岩的沉积年龄不应早于2.5Ga.高温-高压麻粒岩相变质作用的精确年龄为(2.04±0.03) Ga, 表明黄土岭麻粒岩是一个晚古元古代超高温变质岩之残块.      

西大别西北部浒湾变质带榴辉岩的年龄和性质及其对秦岭-大别-苏鲁造山带多期演化的制约

浒湾高压变质带位于大别造山带的西北部,是研究秦岭-大别-苏鲁造山带演化过程和时间的关键地区。我们对产于该高压变质带的三个榴辉岩样品进行了LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年、微量元素和Hf同位素组成分析,以限定榴辉岩相变质作用及原岩形成的时间和原岩性质。苏家河榴辉岩中的变质锆石颗粒具低Th/U值、弱的Eu负异常、较平坦的重稀土(HREE)配分模式,以及低的176Lu/177Hf值。表明这些锆石形成过程中有石榴子石的存在而缺乏斜长石,因此形成于榴辉岩相变质条件。Ti含量温度计计算表明,这些变质锆石的形成温度约为655°C和638°C,与在榴辉岩相变质作用温度条件下形成一致,206Pb/238U年龄加权平均结果为309±4Ma(2σ),代表了榴辉岩相变质作用时间的最佳估计值。胡家湾变质锆石可能形成于前进变质作用阶段,206Pb/238U年龄加权平均值为312±11Ma(2σ),这一结果在误差范围内与苏家河的年龄结果一致。锆石U-Pb年龄和微量元素分析结果表明,榴辉岩核部的锆石属岩浆型,年龄为406±5～420±7Ma(2σ),表明原岩晚于中古生代华北与秦岭地体的碰撞时间。三个榴辉岩样品的锆石颗粒εHf(t)值的变化范围较大(-4.9～21.3)。变质锆石与岩浆锆石的Hf同位素的变化范围相近,少数变质增生边部锆石与核部残留岩浆锆石给出较一致的Hf同位素组成,表明变质增生锆石可能是原岩岩浆锆石溶解再结晶作用的结果,因此保留了原岩的初始Hf同位素组成。高的εHf(t)值表明它们的原岩来自亏损的地幔源区,可能是古特提斯洋壳;而低εHf(t)值则归因于地壳混染作用。少量继承核锆石的出现表明榴辉岩的原岩形成过程中有古老地壳物质的加入。浒湾地区一些榴辉岩具明显的来自扬子板块大陆地壳的年代学和地球化学特征。该区古生代的洋壳和新元古代的陆壳在石炭纪共同经历了榴辉岩相变质作用,表明古生代古特提斯洋壳形成于扬子板块北缘边缘盆地的环境。高压变质作用的陆壳岩石可能在洋壳岩石的折返和保存过程中起到了浮力牵引的作用。扬子和华北克拉通的聚合可能经历了超过200Ma的多阶段过程。     

大别山下地壳岩石及其深俯冲

本文对大别山下地壳岩石的主要组成及其变质岩石学和年代学特征进行了系统总结,并首次报道了作者等最近在罗田穹隆中发现的镁铁质下地壳岩石俯冲变质成因的榴辉岩及其有关片麻岩的 SHRIMP 锆石 U-Pb 同位素年代学的最新研究成果。大别山这种不寻常的镁铁质下地壳俯冲成因榴辉岩为研究大陆深俯冲和陆壳物质再循环以及对地幔不均一性的影响提供了重要对象和可能性。根据阴极发光图像及矿物包体组合,罗田榴辉岩中继承锆石可分为两种即具有岩浆结晶环带的岩浆锆石和含有石榴子石 紫苏辉石 斜长石等麻粒岩相变质矿物包体的变质锆石,而且这两种继承锆石常具有舍石榴子石 绿辉石等榴辉岩相矿物包体的增生边。SHRIMP U-Pb 定年结果表明,继承岩浆锆石的~(206)Pb/~(238)U 年龄为791±9Ma、含麻粒岩相矿物包体的继承变质锆石的~(206)Pb/~(238)U 年龄为794±10Ma、含榴辉岩相矿物包体的锆石增生边的~(206)Pb/~(238)U 年龄值为212±10Ma。罗田榴辉岩的围岩——含石榴子石英云闪长质片麻岩中锆石的 CL 图像具有特征的核-幔-边结构即表现为继承岩浆锆石核-高压变质幔-退变质增生边,高压变质幔给出罗田片麻岩中印支期高压变质的精确年龄为218±3Ma。因此,罗田榴辉岩的原岩时代与早期麻粒岩相变质时代一致,均为晚元古代,证明华南陆块北缘晚元古代岩浆板底垫托的存在。而且,大别山下地壳岩石参与了印支期大陆深俯冲,但与南大别带具有不同的折返过程即前者经历了麻粒岩相退变质过程。此外,北大别带榴辉岩的印支期峰期变质时代(212±4Ma)比南大别带年轻(226±3Ma),这可用大陆叠瓦式深俯冲模式来解释。     

滇西勐库地区退变质榴辉岩锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

滇西双江县勐库地区退变质榴辉岩呈构造透镜体产于湾河蛇绿混杂岩带内,该发现弥补了东特提斯造山带高压-超高压变质岩在云南境内的空缺。在岩石学观察的基础上,借助激光剥蚀等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)技术,对退变质榴辉岩中的锆石开展了精确的U-Pb年龄测定。所测试的3件样品分别采自3个不同的露头:样品PM011-9-1采自勐库控角剖面,样品PM038-15-4采自勐库地界剖面,样品GH1612-1-1采自勐库根恨大寨。测年结果显示,样品PM011-9-1的23个测点中存在2组较集中的~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄,分别为801.0±9.8Ma和227.0±12Ma;样品PM038-15-4的26个测点中存在2组较集中的~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄,分别为447.5±3.6Ma和291.7±6.3Ma;样品GH1612-1-1的30个测点中存在一组较集中的~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄,为229.0±1.3Ma。结合区域资料及锆石阴极发光图像分析,801.0±9.8Ma应属退变质榴辉岩的原岩年龄,可能代表了Rodinia超大陆裂解早期出现的初始洋壳;而447.5±3.6Ma、291.7±6.3Ma和229.0±1.3～227.0±12Ma这3组年龄可能代表了退变质榴辉岩经历的3期变质作用年龄:分别为峰期硬柱石榴辉岩相的变质作用;中期角闪石榴辉岩相-高压麻粒岩相的退变质作用,为一个降压-增温的"热折返"过程;主期角闪岩相的退变质作用,是一个大幅度的降温-减压过程,奠定了勐库地区退变质榴辉岩的主体面貌。     

内蒙古西部狼山地区晚古生代变质事件的厘定及其地质意义——来自乌拉山岩群LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年的新证据

乌拉山岩群是狼山地区最重要的前寒武纪变质基底之一,准确测定其原岩成岩与变质时代,对于进一步探讨狼山地区前寒武纪地质演化具有重要的意义。对狼山地区乌拉山岩群角闪黑云斜长片麻岩及其伴生的花岗质浅色脉体进行了岩石学和锆石U-Pb年代学研究。碎屑锆石U-Pb定年和野外地质调查表明,狼山地区乌拉山岩群角闪黑云斜长片麻岩碎屑锆石年龄介于2591～1800Ma之间,其中最小一组碎屑锆石年龄为1873Ma,结合其约270Ma的变质年龄,初步限定乌拉山岩群角闪黑云斜长片麻岩的原岩沉积年龄为1873～270Ma。综合新的研究资料,认为狼山地区乌拉山岩群除存在新太古代—古元古代变质岩外,可能还存在中元古代—晚古生代变沉积岩。锆石阴极发光图像与U-Pb定年结果综合表明,角闪黑云斜长片麻岩中发育大量变质锆石,获得的206Pb/238U年龄加权平均值为269±4Ma,代表狼山地区乌拉山岩群遭受晚古生代末期角闪岩相变质作用的时代,可能与华北板块与西伯利亚板块晚古生代末期碰撞造山作用有关。此外,采用预剥蚀方法,在乌拉山岩群高硅花岗质浅色脉体高U锆石中,获得的~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄加权平均值为264±3Ma,被解释为乌拉山岩群花岗质浅色脉体的形成时代,代表本区晚古生代造山作用由同碰撞挤压向碰撞后伸展转换的时限。     

滇东南瑶山群SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年代学及其地质意义

为探讨滇东南瑶山群的原岩年龄以及后期经历的岩浆-变质-构造事件年龄,开展了SHRIMP锆石U-Pb定年研究。结果表明,阴极发光(CL)分析和光学显微分析显示瑶山群的锆石组成比较复杂,可以分为继承锆石、变质锆石、深熔锆石/岩浆锆石等几大类。除少量测点207Pb/206Pb年龄为新元古代外,继承锆石206Pb/238 U表面年龄变化范围集中在235±1.7Ma~261±3.6Ma,加权平均值为250.8±9.8Ma(N=4,MSWD=4.1);深熔/岩浆锆石206Pb/238 U表面年龄显示出~85Ma和~75Ma两个峰值;变质增生锆石206Pb/238 U表面年龄为49~30Ma,且主要集中在32Ma、37Ma和42Ma左右。结合区域地质情况,初步推测:250.8±9.8Ma的继承锆石峰值年龄表明,瑶山群主体的原岩时代可能不早于二叠纪;变质锆石、深熔锆石/岩浆锆石的206Pb/238 U表面年龄可分为~85Ma、~75Ma、~42Ma、~37Ma和~32Ma等5组,可能代表了红河断裂南段自燕山晚期以来5期较强烈构造-岩浆-变质事件的时限。     

内蒙古东部上二叠统林西组砂岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年代学及其构造意义

林西县官地—翟家沟剖面和阿鲁科尔沁旗陶海营子剖面是二叠系上统林西组的典型剖面,岩性为灰、灰黑、黄绿色的砂板岩组合,时代为晚二叠世。砂岩主要由长石岩屑砂岩和粉砂岩组成。长期以来,林西组的沉积时限尚未准确限定,还存在争议;沉积物来源区也较复杂,还需进一步确认。这一问题的解决也将为解决华北与西伯利亚板块拼贴时限和拼贴位置提供年代学数据支撑。本文选取陶海营子地区的长石岩屑砂岩(TH01)和林西县官地—翟家沟地区的粉砂岩(2GD002)作为研究对象,选取锆石进行SHRIMP U-Pb测年。结果显示,碎屑锆石的206Pb/238U年龄分布区间为:256.2±2.5Ma~276.4±2.4Ma(N=20),327.2±2.6Ma~363.7±3.5Ma(N=2),415.0±3.5Ma~481.1±4.4Ma(N=8),531.4±3.8Ma~577.5±5.0Ma(N=2),598.9±6.0Ma~974.6±7.8Ma(N=6),1049±11Ma~2606±7Ma(N=4,207Pb/206Pb年龄);年轻锆石的206Pb/238U年龄加权平均值分别为260.7±1.2Ma(MSWD=1.13,N=13,TH01)和262.6±1.9Ma(MSWD=1.6,N=7,2GD002),最年轻的锆石年龄分别是256.0±2.5Ma(TH01)和257.9±2Ma(2GD002)。综合研究认为林西组的沉积下限为253~257Ma,沉积上限可能延伸至238~242Ma,年轻锆石的峰值年龄(260Ma、262Ma)与华北板块北缘和大兴安岭南部西拉木伦河缝合带附近与板块碰撞、拼合相关的岩浆事件相吻合;林西组物源主要来自西拉木伦河缝合带北部的东北地区,也有可能来自西拉木伦河缝合带南部,华北板块与西伯利亚板块在早三叠世之后拼合,古亚洲洋消失,并尝试对研究区林西组油气资源潜力进行初步评价。     

北桐柏长英质麻粒岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及微量元素研究及其构造意义

桐柏造山带中秦岭群中出露有志留纪麻粒岩,然而其原岩形成时代和变质年龄却没有得到有效的约束。本文对北桐柏秦岭群中长英质麻粒岩中锆石开展了详细的形貌学、阴极发光图像、微量元素以及U-Pb年代学研究。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果表明继承碎屑锆石给出了2.7~0.55 Ga的年龄,岩浆锆石给出了478±7 Ma(MSWD=0.73)的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄,代表了桐柏长英质麻粒岩原岩的形成年龄。变质锆石区域获得了437±7 Ma(MSWD=1.3,n=10)的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄。结合锆石微量元素特征和前人研究结果表明437±7 Ma可能代表了前进变质阶段的年龄。而最外层的增生边给出了406±8 Ma(MSWD=0.72,n=4)的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄,代表了退变质年龄。我们认为在480 Ma时,商丹洋已开始向北俯冲,导致480 Ma左右的岩浆作用,由于持续的俯冲消减,在440~420 Ma时,洋中脊与弧交汇,发生洋脊俯冲导致志留纪麻粒岩相变质作用以及岩浆作用的发生。     

Constraint on the eclogite age of the Sanbagawa metamorphic rocks in central Shikoku,Japan

ABSTRACT

To constrain the timing from the accretion to the subduction-related metamorphism of the protolith in the Sanbagawa eclogites, we performed zircon U–Pb datings and REE composition analyses on pelitic schist of the Seba eclogite-facies region in the Besshi area in central Shikoku, Japan. The detrital igneous cores of the zircons show ages from ca. 2000 to 100 Ma, and the metamorphic rims show ca. 90 Ma. These results show that the protolith was accreted at ca. 100–90 Ma, which is significantly younger than the previously reported accretion age of ca. 130 Ma of other eclogite-facies regions in this area. And, the metamorphic rim domains show HREE decrease without Eu anomalies, suggesting that they were formed at ca. 90 Ma eclogite-facies metamorphism. Our results combined with previous reports for the tectonics of the Sanbagawa metamorphic rocks suggest that there are at least two eclogite-facies units with different accretion ages in the Besshi area; ca. 130 Ma unit (Besshi unit) and ca. 100–90 Ma unit (Asemi-gawa unit), which structurally contact with each other. It is likely that the older unit was subducted into a depth of over 50 km and stagnated until the younger unit was subducted to the same depth. Probably, both units were juxtaposed at a mantle depth and began to exhume to the surface at the same timing after ca. 90 Ma. The juxtaposition and exhumation process might have relation to multi-factors such as tectonic erosion along the subduction zone, shallowing subduction angle of the hotter slab, backflow in the mantle and fluid infiltration along exhumation route.     

Coesite micro-inclusions and the U/Pb age of zircons from the Hareidland Eclogite in the Western Gneiss Region of Norway

We have identified by laser micro-Raman spectroscopy that inclusions of coesite occur together with other eclogite-facies mineral phases within metamorphic zircons separated from the large eclogite body at Ulsteinvik–Dimnøy on Hareidland. This is the first identification of coesite from this portion of the northwestern Western Gneiss Region (WGR) and supports continuity of ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphism between the documented coesite occurrences on Stadlandet to the south and the microdiamond and coesite pseudomorph localities on Fjørtoft in the Nordøyene to the north. The zircons, first analysed by U–Pb TIMS in 1973, have been re-analysed and have yielded a much more precise age of 401.6±1.6 Ma, that overlaps with the previously determined age. Our discovery of coesite and the indication of a close to 402 Ma formation age add to a growing number of mid–late Early Devonian ages that signal that the UHP metamorphism in this part of west Norway occurred relatively late in the Caledonian orogenic cycle. These observations should be incorporated in geodynamic models for the exhumation of these rocks and for the metastable preservation of eclogite-facies mineralogies.     

大陆造山运动：从大洋俯冲到大陆俯冲、碰撞、折返的时限——以北祁连山、柴北缘为例

北祁连山和柴北缘是典型的早古生代大陆造山带,分别发育有北祁连山大洋型俯冲缝合带和柴北缘大陆型俯冲碰撞带.作为早古生代大洋冷俯冲的典型代表,北祁连山经历了从新元古代-寒武纪大洋扩张、奥陶纪俯冲和闭合及早泥盆世隆升造山的过程.高压变质岩变质年龄为490～440Ma,证明古祁连洋经历了至少50m．y．的俯冲过程.柴北缘超高压变质带是大陆深俯冲的结果,岩石学、地球化学和同位素年代学表明,柴北缘超高压变质带中榴辉岩的原岩分别来自洋壳和陆壳两种环境.高压/超高压变质的蛇绿岩原岩的年龄为517±11Ma,与祁连山蛇绿岩年龄一致.榴辉岩早期的变质年龄为443～473Ma,与祁连山高压变质年龄一致,代表大洋地壳俯冲的时代,而柯石英片麻岩和石榴橄榄岩所限定的超高压变质时代为420～426Ma,代表大陆俯冲的年龄.从大洋俯冲结束到大陆俯冲最大深度的转换时间最少需要20m．y．.自420Ma起,俯冲的大洋岩石圈与跟随俯冲的大陆岩石圈断离,大陆地壳开始折返,发生隆升和造山.北祁连山和柴北缘两个不同类型的高压-超高压变质带反映了早古生代从大洋俯冲到大陆俯冲、隆升折返的造山过程.     

Zircon formation during fluid circulation in eclogites (Monviso, Western Alps): implications for Zr and Hf budget in subduction zones

The zircons from an eclogite and an enclosed eclogite-facies vein from the Monviso ophiolite (Western Alps) display contrasting chemical and morphologic features and document different stages of the evolution of the ophiolite. The zircons from the eclogite show a typical magmatic zoning and are enriched in heavy rare earth elements (HREEs) over middle rare earth elements (MREEs) and have an accentuated negative Eu anomaly, which indicates that the grains co-crystallised with plagioclase. These magmatic zircons document the formation of oceanic crust at 163 ± 2 Ma. In contrast, zircons from the vein contain inclusions of garnet, omphacite, and rutile, which indicate that they crystallised under eclogite-facies conditions. The vein zircons have Th/U ratios < 0.09, lack Eu anomalies, and are only weakly enriched in HREE with respect to MREE. These features are consistent with a garnet-bearing, plagioclase-free, i.e., eclogite-facies paragenesis. Vein zircons yield an age of 45 ± 1 Ma, which is evidence for Eocene subduction-zone metamorphism of the Monviso ophiolite.In the vein, the apparent coexistence of zircon, omphacite, and garnet permits the determination of a set of trace element distribution coefficients among these minerals at high pressure. This set of partitioning can demonstrate chemical equilibrium among these phases in rocks that show less clear evidence of textural equilibrium. In addition, zircon age can now be linked to sensors of metamorphic pressure-temperature conditions. The presence of zircon and rutile in the vein is another example of high field strength element (HFSE) mobility over short distances in aqueous fluids at eclogite-facies conditions. However, the concentrations of Zr and Hf in the aqueous fluid are estimated to be at least a factor of 10 less than primitive mantle values.Mass balance calculations demonstrate that zircon hosts > 95% of the bulk Zr, 90% of Hf, and ∼25% of U in the vein. Zircon is a residual phase in subducted basalts and sediments up to temperatures of at least 800 to 900 °C. Therefore, residual zircon in subducted crust, together with rutile, control the HFSE in liberated subduction zone fluids/melts and might be partly responsible for negative Zr and Hf anomalies in subduction zone magmas.     

U-Pb, Hf and O isotope evidence for two episodes of fluid-assisted zircon growth in marble-hosted eclogites from the Dabie orogen

A combined study of internal structure, U-Pb age, and Hf and O isotopes was carried out for metamorphic zircons from ultrahigh-pressure eclogite boudins enclosed in marbles from the Dabie orogen in China. CL imaging identifies two types of zircon that are metamorphically new growth and recrystallized domain, respectively. The metamorphic zircons have low Th and U contents with low Th/U ratios, yielding two groups of ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U age at 245 ± 3 to 240 ± 2 Ma and 226 ± 4 to 223 ± 2 Ma, respectively. Anomalously high δ¹⁸O values were obtained for refractory minerals, with 9.9 to 21.4‰ for garnet and 16.9‰ for zircon. This indicates that eclogite protolith is sedimentary rocks capable of liberating aqueous fluid for zircon growth during continental subduction-zone metamorphism. Most of the zircons are characterized by very low ¹⁷⁶Lu/¹⁷⁷Hf ratios of 0.000001-0.000028, indicating their growth in association with garnet recrystallization. A few of them falling within the older age group have comparatively high ¹⁷⁶Lu/¹⁷⁷Hf ratios of 0.000192-0.000383, suggesting their growth prior to the formation of garnet in the late stage of subduction. The variations in the Lu/Hf ratios for zircons can thus be used to correlate with garnet growth during eclogite-facies metamorphism. In either case, the zircons have variable ε_Hf (t) values for individual samples, suggesting that their protolith is heterogeneous in Hf isotope composition with localized fluid availability in the bulk processes of orogenic cycle. Nevertheless, a positive correlation exists between ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages and Lu-Hf isotope ratios for the metamorphically recrystallized zircons, suggesting that eclogite-facies metamorphism in the presence of fluid has the identical effect on zircon Lu-Hf and U-Th-Pb isotopic systems. We conclude that the zircons of the older group grew in the presence of fluid during the subduction prior to the onset of peak ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism, whereas the younger zircons grew in the presence of fluid released during the initial exhumation toward high-pressure eclogite-facies regime.     

High pressure garnet amphibolites in ophiolitic mélange from the Changning-Menglian suture zone,southeast Tibetan Plateau: P-T-t path and tectonic implication

The garnet amphibolites from the newly identified Wanhe ophiolitic mélange in the Changning-Menglian suture zone (CMSZ) provide a probe to elucidate the evolution of the Triassic Palaeo-Tethys. An integrated petrologic, phase equilibria modeling and geochronological study of the garnet amphibolites, southeast Tibetan Plateau, shows that the garnet amphibolites have a peak mineral assemblage of garnet, glaucophane, lawsonite, chlorite, rutile, phengite and quartz, and a clockwise P-T path with a prograde segment from blueschist-facies to eclogite-facies with a peak-metamorphic P-T conditions of 2000–2100 MPa and 495 –515°C, indicating a cold geothermal gradient of about 240 –260°C/GPa. Theretrograde metamorphic P-T path is characterized by nearly isothermal decompression to lower amphibolite-facies and subsequent cooling to greenschist-facies. The metamorphic zircons have fractionated HREE patterns and significant negative Eu anomalies, and therefore the obtained zircon U-Pb age of 231 ± 1.5 Ma is interpreted to be the timing of the amphibolite facies metamorphism occurrence. The present study probably indicates that the garnet amphibolites in the Wanhe ophiolitic mélange was the retrograded high-pressure eclogite-facies blueschist, instead of the previously proposed eclogites, and the garnet amphibolites recorded the subduction and exhumation process of the Palaeo-Tethys Oceanic crust in the Triassic.©2021 China Geology Editorial Office.     

Comment on “Paleozoic ages and excess Ar in garnets from the Bixiling eclogite in Dabieshan, China: New insights from Ar/Ar dating by stepwise crushing” by Qiu and Wijbrans (2006)

Qiu and Wijbrans [Qiu H.-N. and Wijbrans J. R. (2006) Paleozoic ages and excess ⁴⁰Ar in garnets from the Bixiling eclogite in Dabieshan, China: new insights from ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating by stepwise crushing. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta70, 2354-2370] present three Ar-Ar age spectra for fluid inclusions in garnet from eclogite at Bixiling in the Dabie orogen, east-central China. These Paleozoic ages of 427 ± 20 to 444 ± 10 Ma are interpreted to represent the first formation of Dabie ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) eclogite and thus require subduction of Yangtze crust to have started much earlier than previously accepted. However, no petrographic evidence, such as mineral inclusions in the garnet relating to the particular metamorphic conditions, is presented to substantiate the proposed UHP metamorphic event. Because garnet growth is not uniquely responsible for UHP eclogite-facies metamorphism, a distinction between UHP and high-pressure (HP) metamorphic events must be made in the interpretation of geochronological results. Available data from mineral Sm-Nd and zircon U-Pb dating of eclogites from the same area have firmly established that the UHP eclogite-facies metamorphism took place at Triassic. Neither the age of UHP metamorphism nor the timing of continental collision is reliably constrained by their presented data; the fluid inclusions in garnet must contain inherited ⁴⁰Ar from UHP eclogite precursor, without considerable resetting of the Ar-Ar isotopic system during Triassic UHP metamorphism. Therefore, their data are either meaningless, or at best viewed as the age of garnet growth by low-T/HP blueschist/eclogite-facies metamorphism of the UHP eclogite precursor during arc-continent collision in the early Paleozoic. Furthermore, it is critical for metamorphic geochronology to substantiate the timing of UHP metamorphic event by means of zircon U-Pb in situ dating on coesite-bearing domains of metamorphically grown zircon.     

Precise eclogitization ages deduced from Rb/Sr mineral systematics: The Maksyutov complex, Southern Urals, Russia

The Maksyutov complex (Southern Urals, Russia) is a well-preserved example of subduction-related high-pressure metamorphism. One of its two litho-tectonic units consists of rocks that experienced eclogite-facies conditions. Published ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar data on phengite, U/Pb data on rutile, and Sm/Nd mineral data define a cluster of ages around 370 to 380 Ma. Nevertheless, no consensus exists as to the detailed interpretation of data and the exact age of eclogitization. We present new, high-precision internal mineral Rb/Sr isochrons for eclogite-facies metabasites, felsic eclogites, and eclogite-facies quartz veins. Nine isochrons, mainly controlled by omphacite and white mica phases, give concordant ages with an average value of 375 ± 2 Ma (2σ). Microtextural features, such as prograde growth zoning in eclogite-facies phases, suggest that the assemblages dated formed at a stage of prograde metamorphism. Sr-isotopic equilibria among eclogite-facies phases, and among eclogite-facies fluid veins and the host rocks, indicate that our ages reflect crystallization ages, related to the prograde-metamorphic, probably fluid-mediated eclogitization reactions. This interpretation is reinforced by data from fluid-precipitated quartzitic eclogites, whose modal composition, together with intergrowth relationships, conclusively imply closed-system behavior after crystallization. The possible occurrence of a pre-375 Ma event of ultra-high-pressure metamorphism (UHPM) in the Maksyutov complex is disproved by isotope systematics, microtextures, and mineral zoning patterns.     

华北克拉通胶北地体多期高级变质事件:来自石榴斜长角闪岩与花岗质浅色体锆石U-Pb定年与稀土元素的新证据

胶北是华北克拉通一个记录了多期高级变质事件的前寒武纪变质地体,确定其每期变质-深熔事件时代与性质对进一步认识胶北乃至华北克拉通早前寒武纪地质演化具有十分重要的科学意义.本文以栖霞石榴斜长角闪岩及其伴生的花岗质浅色体为研究对象,通过锆石内部矿物包体、CL图像、LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年与稀土元素组成的综合研究,发现石榴斜长角闪岩（19LR53-1）中锆石可进一步划分为两类:第一类（新太古代晚期）锆石通常具有浑圆状晶形且相对弱的（灰黑色）的阴极发光效应,18个该类锆石微区记录了十分一致的207Pb/206Pb年龄,变化于2 540±58 Ma至2 439±54 Ma之间,相应的加权平均年龄为2 498±25 Ma,应代表石榴斜长角闪岩遭受新太古代晚期变质作用的时代;第二类锆石通常具有柱状晶形且相对强的（灰色-灰白色）的阴极发光效应,14个该类锆石微区记录了十分一致的207Pb/206Pb年龄,变化于1 906±54 Ma至1 821±60 Ma之间,相应的加权平均年龄为1 865±30 Ma,被解释为石榴斜长角闪岩遭受古元古代晚期退变质作用的时代.花岗质浅色脉体（19LR53-2）中绝大多数锆石具有不规则状晶形且相对弱的（灰黑色）阴极发光效应,有的含有少量长英质矿物包体,如钾长石+斜长石+石英+磷灰石,18个该类锆石微区记录的207Pb/206Pb年龄变化于2 521±48 Ma至2 453±42 Ma之间,相应的加权平均年龄为2 480±22 Ma,应代表胶北地体新太古代晚期地壳深熔作用的时代.综合本文与前人发表的同位素年代学资料可知,胶北地体太古宙变质基底岩石不仅经历了新太古代晚期~2 500 Ma高级变质作用与地壳深熔作用,而且还叠加了古元古代晚期~1 850 Ma的高级变质作用与地壳深熔作用,它们可能是华北克拉通两次克拉通化过程中的地质响应.