Timing of metamorphism,melting and exhumation of the Leo Pargil dome,northwest India

The Leo Pargil dome, northwest India, is a 30 km‐wide, northeast‐trending structure that is cored by gneiss and mantled by amphibolite facies metamorphic rocks that are intruded by a leucogranite injection complex. Oppositely dipping, normal‐sense shear zones that accommodated orogen‐parallel extension within a convergent orogen bound the dome. The broadly distributed Leo Pargil shear zone defines the southwest flank of the dome and separates the dome from the metasedimentary and sedimentary rocks in the hanging wall to the west and south. Thermobarometry and in‐situ U–Th–Pb monazite geochronology were conducted on metamorphic rocks from within the dome and in the hanging wall. These data were combined with U–Th–Pb monazite geochronology of leucogranites from the injection complex to evaluate the relationship between metamorphism, crustal melting, and the onset of exhumation. Rocks within the dome and in the hanging wall contain garnet, kyanite, and staurolite porphyroblasts that record prograde Barrovian metamorphism during crustal thickening that reached ～530–630 °C and ～7–8 kbar, ending by c. 30 Ma. Cordierite and sillimanite overgrowths on Barrovian assemblages within the dome record dominantly top‐down‐to‐the‐west shearing during near‐isothermal decompression of the footwall rocks to ～4 kbar by 23 Ma during an exhumation rate of 1.3 mm year^?1. Monazite growth accompanied Barrovian metamorphism and decompression. The leucogranite injection complex within the dome initiated at 23 Ma and continued to 18 Ma. These data show that orogen‐parallel extension in this part of the Himalaya occurred earlier than previously documented (>16 Ma). Contemporaneous onset of near‐isothermal decompression, top‐down‐to‐the‐west shearing, and injection of the decompression‐driven leucogranite complex suggests that early crustal melting may have created a weakened crust that was proceeded by localization of strain and shear zone development. Exhumation along the shear zone accommodated decompression by 23 Ma in a kinematic setting that favoured orogen‐parallel extension.     

滇西腾冲地块东南缘高黎贡山群片麻岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

分布于腾冲地块东南缘的高黎贡山群片麻岩经历了多期变质作用,深熔和糜棱岩化作用表现得十分明显,片麻岩中的锆石具有深熔锆石的特征。在取得的15个锆石年龄数据中,14个数据的206Pb/238U年龄为454.4~546.7Ma,平均年龄为489Ma±16Ma,仅1个数据为261.9Ma。测试结果表明,腾冲地块东南缘的高黎贡山群岩石在早古生代遭受强烈的区域变质作用（包括混合岩化）,而这正是泛非事件在腾冲地块上的反映。     

辽西台里地区新太古代片麻岩杂岩的形成时代、岩石成因和地质意义

辽西台里地区片麻岩杂岩主要由片麻状花岗岩、黑云斜长片麻岩、角闪斜长片麻岩组成。锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,该套杂岩形成于2 510~2 559 Ma,与"绥中花岗岩"时代相同,同属华北克拉通新太古代结晶岩石。野外产状和岩石组构特征显示,本区片麻岩杂岩为一套同变形的深熔型混合岩。其中,角闪斜长片麻岩代表低度熔融的"古成体",其间分布少量具"浅色体"特征的长英质岩脉;黑云斜长片麻岩为熔融程度较低的"残留体";片麻状花岗岩为部分熔融程度最高的"新成体"。它们在矿物组成和地球化学上呈现良好的递变关系。结合前人Hf同位素研究资料,本文认为台里地区片麻岩杂岩可能记录了一期重要的陆壳再造事件。     

金佛寺岩体地球化学特征及成因

金佛寺岩体是一个晚志留世侵入于北祁连造山带中的花岗质岩体,主要由黑云母二长花岗岩,黑云母钾长花岗岩和黑云母石英二长岩组成。岩体中岩石w(SiO2)为67.09%~74.97%,w(K2O)/w(Na2O)为1.18~1.83,w(MgO),w(TFeO),w(CaO)和w(Al2O3)随w(SiO2)增大而减小,而w(K2O)增大。ANCK为1.06~1.24,均属铝过饱和,σ为1.25~2.48,属钙碱性系列。ΣREE为(21.36~254.9)×10-6,与w(SiO2)呈负相关关系,多数稀土配分曲线相似:轻稀土分异明显大于重稀土。δ(Eu)为0.64~0.19,铕的亏损随w(SiO2)增大而增大。Ni,Cr,Co,Sc,V和Sr随w(SiO2)增大而变小,Rb增大,Th和Th/U比值呈正相关,Ta与Nb/Ta呈负相关。岩体的主量元素、稀土和微量元素的变异主要由深熔过程引起,而不是结晶分异作用引起的。主要源岩是富长英质的,而不是富泥质的,其矿物组合可能是普通角闪石 黑云母 斜长石 钾长石 石英,与北大河岩群很相似。     

Equilibrium vs. disequilibrium melting relations in theHigher Himalayan Crystalline (HHC) pelitic migmatites,Sikkim Himalaya

Higher Himalayan Crystalline (HHC) complex of the Sikkim Himalaya predominantly consists of high-grade pelitic migmatites. In this study, reaction textures, mineral/bulk rare earth elements (REE), trace element partition coefficients and trace element zoning profiles in garnet are used to demonstrate a complex petrogenetic process during crustal anatexis. With the help of equilibrium REE and trace element partitioning model, it is shown that strong enrichment of Effective Bulk Composition (EBC) is responsible for the zoning in garnet in these rocks. The data strongly support disequilibrium element partitioning and suggest that the anatectic melts associated with mafic selvedges are likely produced by disequilibrium melting because of fast melt segregation process.     

Geological context of crustal anatexis and granitic magmatism in the northeastern Glenelg River Complex,western Victoria

The Cambro‐Ordovician Glenelg River Complex in the Harrow district, western Victoria, consists of extensive granitic rocks associated with a migmatitic metasedimentary envelope. Metasedimentary rocks comprise amphibolite facies massive‐laminated quartzo‐feldspathic schists and layered gneisses with minor sillimanite‐bearing horizons. Intercalated are stromatic and nebulitic migmatites of granitic and tonalitic character; textural evidence suggests that both varieties developed by in situ partial melting. Ranging from adamellite to leucotonalite, granitic rocks contain abundant magmatic muscovite, commonly with garnet and sillimanite, and exhibit generally unrecrystallised igneous textures. Heterogeneous structurally concordant plutons transitional to migmatites and more uniform intrusive phases are delineated with both types hosting diverse metasedimentary enclaves, micaceous selvages and schlieren; a gneissic foliation of variable intensity is defined by the latter. These petrographic attributes are consistent with derivation of plutons by anatexis of a peraluminous metasedimentary protolith. The schlieric foliation is not tectonically imposed, but rather directly inherited from the migmatitic precursor, compositional variations within which are preserved by the layered Schofield Adamellite. The most mafic granitic body (Tuloona Granodiorite) also has igneous microgranular enclaves indicating a more complex petrogenesis. Metasedimentary rocks experienced five episodes of folding, the latest involving macroscopic open warps. This is analogous to the structural history elucidated elsewhere in the Glenelg River Complex, by inference a coherent tectonic entity whose present metamorphic and stratigraphic configuration might be governed by F₅ folding. Structures within migmatites intimate that partial melting proceeded throughout the deformational history and peaked syn‐D₄ to pre‐D₅, whilst temperatures had waned to sub‐biotite grade in the southwestern Glenelg River Complex. Granitic rocks were generated during this anatectic culmination and were therefore emplaced late in the orogenic history relative to other syntectonic phases of the Glenelg River Complex.     

内蒙古大青山地区石榴花岗岩的地质特征和岩相学特征

内蒙古大青山地区石榴花岗岩出露于哈德门沟-平方沟-虎本汉沟一带,沿麻粒岩系与孔兹岩系之间的构造不整合面呈不规则带状分布,从其野外地质特征和岩相学特征可确定石榴花岗岩与围岩为渐变过渡关系.石榴花岗岩中的变质表壳岩以及部分包体不仅在岩性上可与外围的同类岩石对比,而且也显示了明显的深熔作用改造的痕迹.现有证据表明石榴花岗岩总体上是由孔兹岩系的石榴黑云片麻岩原地熔融形成的,为深熔作用的产物.石榴花岗岩的研究为本区的深熔作用演化提供了依据.     

Wet or dry? The difficulty of identifying the presence of water during crustal melting

Partial melting of continental crust and evolution of granitic magmas are inseparably linked to the availability of H₂O. In the absence of a free aqueous fluid, melting takes place at relatively high temperatures by dehydration of hydrous minerals, whereas in its presence, melting temperatures are lowered, and melting need not involve hydrous minerals. With the exception of anatexis in water‐saturated environments where anhydrous peritectic minerals are absent, there is no reliable indicator that clearly identifies the presence of a free aqueous fluid during anatexis. Production of Ab‐rich magmas or changes in LILE ratios, such as an increase in Sr and decrease in Rb indicating increased involvement of plagioclase, are rough guidelines to the presence of aqueous fluids. Nevertheless, all indicators have caveats and cannot be unequivocally applied, allowing for the persistence of a bias in the literature towards dehydration melting. Investigation of mineral equilibria modelling of three metasedimentary protoliths of the Kangaroo Island migmatites in South Australia, shows that the main indicator for the presence of small volumes of excess water under upper amphibolite to lower granulite facies conditions (660–750°C) is the melt volume produced. Melt composition, modal content or chemical composition of peritectic minerals such as cordierite, sillimanite or garnet are relatively insensitive to the presence of free water. However, the mobility of melt during open system behaviour makes it difficult to determine the melt volume produced. We therefore argue that the presence of small volumes of excess water might be much more common than so far inferred, with large impact on the buffering of crustal temperatures and fertility, and therefore rheology of the continental crust.