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Substantial in situ Ti isotope variations in rutile record source and fluid evolution of porphyry copper mineralization systems
Luminescence Applications in Petrology
Ultrahigh-pressure to high-pressure eclogite in Cuban ophiolitic mélange reveals proto-Caribbean spreading ridge subduction
From divergent to convergent plate boundary: A ca. 200 Ma Wilson cycle recorded by ultrahigh-pressure eclogites in the Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps
A special issue devoted to Christian Chopin, in recognition of 30 years of dedicated service to the European Journal of Mineralogy
Geochemistry, geochronology and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of two types of Early Cretaceous granite porphyry dykes in the Sulu orogenic belt, eastern China
Front Matter
Abstract High pressure (HP) and ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks play a key role for understanding the tectonic evolution of orogenic belts ( Johnson, M.R.W. & Harley, S.L. 2012 . Orogenesis: The Making of Mountains . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge). They have typically experienced complex changes during subduction and exhumation processes, arising from recrystallization, deformation, element redistribution, fluid–rock interactions and even partial melting, and may therefore carry a valuable record of evolving geodynamic systems in an orogenic belt. Until now, more than 20 UHP metamorphic belts, i.e. belts which contain rocks that experienced pressure–temperature ( P–T ) conditions exceeding the lower limit of the coesite stability field, have been identified all over the world ( Carswell, D.A. & Compagnoni, R. 2003 . Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphism . Eotvos University Press, European Mineralogical Union, Notes in Mineralogy, Budapest; Liou, J.G., Ernst, W.G., Zhang, R.Y., Tsujimori, T. & Jahn, B.M. 2009 . Ultrahigh-pressure minerals and metamorphic terranes – the view from China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences , 35 , 199–231; Zheng, Y.F., Zhang, L.F., McClelland, W.C. & Cuthbert, S. 2012 . Processes in continental collision zones: preface. Lithos , 136 , 1–9). New and innovative studies from different geoscience disciplines have been invaluable in developing a better understanding of the geodynamic evolution of orogenic belts. This special issue contains 15 papers, most of which were presented as part of the session ‘HP–UHP metamorphism and tectonic evolution of orogenic belts’, held at the 35th International Geological Congress in Cape Town, South Africa during 27 August to 4 September, 2016.
Tso Morari coesite eclogite: pseudosection predictions v. the preserved record and implications for tectonometamorphic models
Abstract Ultrahigh-pressure eclogites of the Tso Morari area, NW Himalaya (Ladakh, India), have been intensively investigated petrographically and petrologically with surprisingly different results. Metamorphic subduction paths based on mineral isopleths in pressure–temperature pseudosections in some studies claim concave (to the temperature axis) pressure–temperature paths predicting significant Ca–Mg–Fe garnet growth in the lawsonite and glaucophane fields: a prediction at odds with abundant epidote/clinozoisite and sodic-calcic amphibole inclusions in garnet interiors more probable along a convex path. One study deduced strong heating still at high pressures and proposed a felsic diapir rising through the mantle wedge: an explanation strongly at odds with well-documented glaucophane cores to barroisite replacing matrix omphacite requiring a cold exhumation most likely back up the subduction channel. In addition, matrix magnesite rimmed by dolomite suggests pressures well into the coesite (if not diamond) stability field: something neglected in most studies. Despite the application of modern analytical and thermodynamic modelling tools, the peak conditions attained by Tso Morari ultrahigh-pressure rocks are often poorly deduced and at odds with simple observations. Is this problem perhaps hindering the reliable identification of new ultrahigh-pressure terranes?
Phase relations in metabasic rocks: constraints from the results of experiments, phase modelling and ACF analysis
Abstract Phase relations in metabasic rocks are documented from the results of phase modelling, experiments and ACF analysis. A P–T pseudosection for a mid-ocean-ridge basalt (MORB) composition was calculated in the P–T range of 1–32 kbar and 400–1100°C using THERMOCALC 3.45. Phase relations in this pseudosection are mostly consistent with the results from experiments but complicated. ACF analyses suggest that the complicated phase relations can be simplified into 10 invariant assemblages involving orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, hornblende, glaucophane, actinolite, garnet, chlorite, epidote, lawsonite, kyanite and plagioclase, assuming quartz, NaAlO 2 and H 2 O/melt being are excess. Phase relation analyses in the P–T projections that are constructed according to Schreinemakers’ rules and qualitative P–T pseudosections that are obtained for a MORB composition indicate that 22 subfacies assemblages are recognized for metabasic rocks. A four-fold classification of metamorphism is proposed on the basis of the phase relations for metabasic rocks, including low-, medium-, high- and very-high- P / T types, with apparent geothermal gradients >110°C/kbar, between 110 and 55°C/kbar, between 55 and 28°C/kbar, and <28°C/kbar, respectively. This four-fold classification of metamorphism is better able to match various tectonic settings.
Garnet Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd geochronology: a time capsule of the metamorphic evolution of orogenic belts
Abstract Garnet has played a crucially important part in our understanding of metamorphic and tectonic processes and conditions. Technological advances in chemical procedures and mass spectrometry have allowed precise determinations of the Nd–Hf isotope composition of small samples, which has boosted the growth of Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd geochronology over the last two decades. When combined with petrographic and chemical observations, Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd ages in garnets are able to give unprecedented resolution of the timing and processes of metamorphism, although there are many potential pitfalls in the acquisition and interpretation of these data. This paper provides a brief review of the basic science and development of the garnet Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd systems, highlights the potential of garnet Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd geochronology, and reviews several crucial issues related to the complexities of interpretation of the radiometric ages. A case study using combined garnet Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd dates for a garnet-bearing granitic gneiss from the Dabie orogenic belt is presented.
Abstract The Ti-in-zircon thermometer has been widely applied to different high-grade metamorphism rocks owing to its simplicity. Based on the calibration of Ferry & Watson (2007 ; New thermodynamic models and revised calibrations for the Ti-in-zircon and Zr-in-rutile thermometers. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology , 154 , 429–437), we used the Ti-in-zircon thermometer to estimate the metamorphic temperatures for low-temperature eclogites of North Qilian and Western Tianshan, China, and compiled HP/UHP eclogites from the literature. The Ti-in-zircon temperatures are generally higher than the estimations by other thermometers, especially when metamorphic temperatures are lower than 650°C. Although temperature exerts the dominant control on Ti content in zircon, other factors (e.g. lattice defect, other trace element substitutions in zircon, disequilibrium zircon growth, and precipitation from metamorphic fluids) may have contributed to the overestimated Ti-in-zircon temperatures.
Abstract The Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt in east-central China contains one of the largest ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic terranes in the world. The UHP eclogites are associated with gneiss, peridotite and marble. But all these rocks underwent in situ UHP metamorphism during the continental collision in the Triassic. Although fluid action is not significant during cold subduction, it becomes prominent during hot exhumation of UHP slices. Whereas the composition of UHP metamorphic rocks is primarily inherited from their protoliths, they were locally modified by partial melting to varying extents. The partial melting of UHP rocks is highly heterogeneous along the collisional orogen, and achieves a maximum during rifting orogeny at the post-collisional stage. This paper outlines the petrographical features and geochemical compositions of UHP metamorphic rocks, and presents an overview of collisional modification and post-collisional reworking of the subducted continental crust. Further discussions are devoted to continental subduction tectonics, as well as to subduction style, subduction polarity and exhumation mechanism. The results also provide insights into the initiation of continental rifting in a Wilson cycle. Consequently, studies of the Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt have contributed greatly to our understanding of tectonic processes, fluid regime and chemical geodynamics in continental subduction zones.
Abstract Recently, a huge ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt of oceanic type has been recognized in SW Tianshan, China. Petrological studies show that the UHP metamorphic rocks of SW Tianshan orogenic belt include mafic eclogites and blueschists, pelitic garnet phengite schists, marbles and serpentinites. The well-preserved coesite inclusions are commonly found in eclogites, garnet phengite schists and marbles. Ti-clinohumite and Ti-chondrodite have been identified in UHP metamorphic serpentinites. Based on the P–T pseudosection calculation and combined U–Pb zircon dating, the P–T–t path has been outlined as four stages: cold subduction to UHP conditions before c. 320 Ma whose peak ultrahigh pressure is about 30 kbar at 500°C; heating decompression from the P max to the T max stage before 305 Ma whose peak temperature is about 600°C at 22 kbar; then the early cold exhumation from amphibolite eclogite facies to epidote-amphibolite facies metamorphism before 220 Ma; and the last tectonic exhumation from epidote amphibolite facies to greenschist facies metamorphism. Combining with the syn-subduction arc-like 333–326 Ma granitic rocks and 280–260 Ma S-type granites in the coeval low-pressure and high-temperature metamorphic belt, the tectonic evolution of Tianshan UHP metamorphic belt during late Cambrian to early Triassic has been proposed in this paper.
Two contrasting accretion v. collision orogenies: insights from Early Paleozoic polyphase metamorphism in the Altun–Qilian–North Qaidam orogenic system, NW China
Abstract The Altun–Qilian–North Qaidam (AQQ) orogenic system in northern Tibet is considered to be the northernmost orogenic collage of the Prototethyan domain. It is regarded as resulting from collisions between various continental terranes derived from the northern margin of Gondwana, although the AQQ orogenic system also includes abundant ophiolites, arc magmatic rocks and subduction–accretion complexes. Some researchers regard the orogenic system of north Tibet as a typical accretionary orogen built by the development of an evolving arc–accretion complex growing southwards along the margin of the Tarim and North China cratons during the Paleozoic. We propose, based on both published data and our new data, that two distinct accretion and collision orogenies developed in the AQQ during the early Paleozoic. The diagnostic marks are HP–LT metamorphic rocks in the North Altun–North Qilian Mountains and UHP metamorphic rocks in the South Altun–North Qaidam Mountains. A review of metamorphic, geochronological, geochemical and structural data indicates that the North Altun–North Qilian HP–LT metamorphic belt is related to early Paleozoic subduction–accretion and, together with ophiolite mélanges and arc metamorphic–magmatic complexes, forms an early Paleozoic accretionary orogen. By contrast, the South Altun–North Qaidam UHP metamorphic belt is associated with continental subduction and collision, accompanied by Barrovian-type metamorphic overprinting and collision-related magmatism, reflecting an early Paleozoic collisional orogeny.
Geochronological enigma of the HP–UHP rocks in the Himalayan orogen
Abstract The subduction of Indian plate lithosphere during its collision with Asian plate in the Eocene resulted in a regional metamorphic belt along the strike of the Himalayan orogen. High-/ultrahigh-pressure (HP/UHP) metamorphic rocks (eclogites and host gneisses) confirm the metamorphic event in western Himalaya (Kaghan c. 46 Ma and Tso Morari at c. 47 Ma) at mantle depths (>90 km: coesite-stable). In contrast, HP/UHP rocks have not been reported from central and eastern Himalaya and only highly retrogressed eclogites and granulites ( c. 25 to 13 Ma) occur. The presence of UHP rocks in western Himalaya and highly retrogressed eclogites and granulites in central and eastern Himalaya was regarded as evidence for a diachronous India–Asia collision. Despite the along-strike regional homogeneity in major lithotectonic units of the Himalayan orogen, metamorphic diachroneity is enigmatic. It is unlikely to have a subduction-related prolonged progressive metamorphic event. In contrast, the age difference and preservation of UHP phases in the west and their transformation into granulites in central and eastern Himalaya could be associated with their prolonged residence times at crustal levels in the central and eastern Himalaya whereas the rocks exhumed rapidly in the west. The higher thermal events relating to melting of the subducting Indian lithosphere in central and eastern Himalaya evidenced from ultra-potasic volcanics in southern Tibet probably decompressed the early metabasites into granulitized eclogites, even resetting their geological clock, which is why eclogites and granulites in the east show younger ages compared with their UHP counterparts in the west.
The metamorphic evolution and tectonic significance of the Sumdo HP–UHP metamorphic terrane, central-south Lhasa Block, Tibet
Abstract The Lhasa terrane, forming one of the main tectonic components of the Himalayan–Tibetan orogen, has received a lot of attention as it records multiple episodes of plate spreading, subduction and collision within the realm of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean. A review of the mineralogical, petrological, geochemical and geochronological data of eclogites, associated blueschists and garnet-bearing mica schists from the Sumdo high- and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic (HP/UHP) complex in the central/southern part of the Lhasa terrane, is present here so that the origin and tectono-metamorphic evolution of this important suture can be deduced. By re-evaluating the original published P – T conditions for the metamorphic rocks of the Sumdo Complex, we consider that the Sumdo Complex has experienced low temperature HP/UHP metamorphic conditions, characteristic of fast subduction (and exhumation) in a typical oceanic subduction zone setting. The original wide spread in the maximal peak P – T conditions could be reduced in size due to thus far unknown inconsistencies in the usage of applied geothermobarometric techniques. The remaining spread in the maximal P – T conditions ( c. 200°C/10 kbar) of the HP/UHP regions can be explained by a mechanism that the rocks from individual tectonic slices were subducted to different depths and followed by juxtaposition on their way back to the surface. A re-consideration of the isotopic ages of eclogites from the Sumdo Complex demonstrates that the opening of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean, located in between the two major components of the Lhasa terrane, was initiated prior to c. 280 Ma and the eclogite facies metamorphism is likely to be of late Permian ( c. 260 Ma) to early Triassic age (245–225 Ma), recording different ages of subduction from individual slices of the oceanic crust. The closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean resulted, no earlier than 210 Ma, in the final collision between the northern and southern Lhasa blocks. This final collision event may have been triggered by the initial subduction of the Bangong–Nujiang Tethys Ocean in the north.
Abstract Many archaeological sites with jadeitite artefacts are known in the Caribbean region, but defining the source of the raw material is a major problem because of great mineralogical heterogeneity both in potential sources and in artefacts. The archaeological settlement site of Playa Grande on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic is particularly significant because it yielded evidence of on-site axe manufacture, and lies only 20–30 km NE of a recently discovered potential source area of serpentinite mélanges in the nearby Río San Juan Complex (RSJC). A suite of nine artefacts was chosen from a collection of over 100 excavated woodworking tools rich in jadeite, as well as two blueschist artefacts. Permission to perform destructive analysis allowed data on petrography, mineral chemistry and bulk-rock chemistry to be obtained. Seven of the nine artefacts are jadeitite sensu stricto (>90 vol% jadeite), which are identical to material known from the RSJC. Two artefacts are jadeite–lawsonite rocks. These and the two blueschists show only minor differences from corresponding rocks of the RSJC source. With this direct linking of source and site material, it is now possible to better define source discriminators for the Caribbean and to assess sampling bias.
Eclogites from the Marun-Keu Complex, Polar Urals, Russia: a record of hot subduction and sub-isothermal exhumation
Abstract Lenses and boudins of eclogitized and non-metamorphic gabbroic and ultramafic rocks occurring in quartzofeldspathic gneisses and migmatites of the Marun-Keu Complex, Polar Urals, are of central interest for the study of fluid-controlled processes in the subducting continental lithosphere. Petrology and mineral chemistry, combined with multi-equilibrium geothermobarometry and phase-equilibrium modelling, applied to mafic eclogitic rocks show a prograde evolution from c. 685°C, 1.89 GPa and a H 2 O = 0.6 to c. 745°C, 2.13 GPa and a H 2 O = 1 followed by near-isothermal decompression down to c. 1.63 GPa. The absence of pre-eclogitic H 2 O-bearing mineral inclusions in garnet and omphacite suggests that the primary magmatic rocks have not been affected by prograde metamorphism during subduction due to the lack of fluid. We suggest that the Marun-Keu Complex represents a coherent crustal block that experienced the same P – T evolution but provides a metamorphic record of different P – T parameters because of an uneven introduction of aqueous-bearing fluids during subduction and exhumation. The tectonometamorphic history of the Marun-Keu Complex is best attributed to the relatively hot regime of the continental margin subduction beneath an island arc, whereas the blueschist-facies part of the complex towards the north could be related to the closure of the Uralian Ocean.
Abstract Eclogites in the high-pressure (HP) and ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) belts record subduction-zone processes; exhumed eclogites of seafloor protoliths record low-temperature (mostly <600°C), high-pressure and ‘wet’ environments: that is, relatively ‘cold’ subduction with highly hydrous minerals such as lawsonite. In contrast, eclogites formed by the continental subduction record relatively ‘hot’ ( T > 650°C) and ‘dry’ ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic (UHPM) conditions with syncollisional magmatism. Here, we investigate some eclogites from two ophiolite sequences that intercalated in the North Qaidam UHPM belt, which is genetically associated with continental subduction/collision. The observations of lawsonite pseudomorphs in garnets, garnet compositional zoning, mineral and fluid inclusions in zircons, and zircons with distinct trace-element patterns and U–Pb ages all suggest that these eclogites represent two exhumation episodes of subduction-zone metamorphic rocks: the early ‘cold’ and ‘wet’ lawsonite eclogite and the late ‘hot’ and ‘dry’ UHP kyanite eclogite. The early lawsonite-bearing eclogite gives metamorphic ages of 470–445 Ma and the later kysnite-bearing eclogite gives metamorphic ages of 438–420 Ma, with a time gap of c. 7–10 myr. This gap may represent the timescale for transition from oceanic subduction and continental subduction to depths greater than 100 km. We conclude that evolution from oceanic subduction to continental collision and subduction was a continuous process. In addition, we find that titanium contents in zircons have a positive correlation with U contents. Ti-in-zircon thermometry is likely to be invalid or limited for low-temperature eclogites.