Discovery of Early Paleozoic eclogite from the East Kunlun,Western China and its tectonic significance |
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Authors: | Fancong Meng Jianxin Zhang Meihui Cui |
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Institution: | State Key Laboratory for Continental Tectonics and Dynamics, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS), Beijing 100037, China |
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Abstract: | Eclogites discovered in the eastern part of the East Kunlun Mountains, Western China, are primarily composed of garnet + omphacite + quartz + rutile. The garnets show end-member components of 48–55% almandine, 1–2% spessartine, 19–29% grossularite and 16–29% pyrope, and the omphacite has a jadeite content of 21–63%. The peak-metamorphic assemblage of eclogites records a P–T condition of > 1.6 GPa and 590 °C–650 °C. Zircon U–Pb dating of the inherited magmatic zircons from fine-grained eclogite reveals a Neoproterozoic age of 934 Ma, representing the protolith age of the eclogite. Zircons from the coarse-grained eclogite contain inclusions of garnet, omphacite and rutile, and yield a weighted mean age of 428 Ma, indicating the metamorphic age of eclogite. The eclogites, together with the Late Cambrian (508 Ma) high-pressure granulite to the west, constitute an Early Paleozoic high-pressure metamorphic belt in the East Kunlun. |
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