Age and P-T conditions of the Gridino-type eclogite in the Belomorian Province, Russia

Although eclogites in the Belomorian Province have been regarded as Archean in age and among the oldest in the world, there are also multiple studies that have proposed a Paleoproterozoic age. Here, we present new data for the Gridino-type eclogites, which occur as boudins and metamorphosed dykes wi...

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Published in:Journal of Metamorphic Geology
Main Authors: Yu, H. L., Zhang, L. F., Wei, C. J., Li, X. L., Guo, J. H.
Other Authors: Zhang, LF (reprint author), Peking Univ, MOE Key Lab Orogen Belt & Crustal Evolut, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China., Peking Univ, MOE Key Lab Orogen Belt & Crustal Evolut, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China., Inst Geol & Geophys CAS, State Key Lab Lithospher Evolut, Beijing, Peoples R China.
Format: Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY 2017
Subjects:
Gridino-type eclogite
Paleoproterozoic
phase equilibria modelling
P-T path
zircon U-Pb age
STYLE PLATE-TECTONICS
LAPLAND-KOLA OROGEN
MOBILE BELT
PALEOPROTEROZOIC ECLOGITES
BALTIC SHIELD
FENNOSCANDIAN SHIELD
UHP METAMORPHISM
THERMAL REGIMES
ZIRCON
EVOLUTION
Gridino
Fennoscandian
Lapland
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/470696
https://doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12258
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Summary:Although eclogites in the Belomorian Province have been regarded as Archean in age and among the oldest in the world, there are also multiple studies that have proposed a Paleoproterozoic age. Here, we present new data for the Gridino-type eclogites, which occur as boudins and metamorphosed dykes within tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite gneisses. Zircon from these eclogites has core and rim structures. The cores display high Th/U ratios (0.18-0.45), negative Eu anomalies and strong enrichment in HREE, and have Neoarchean U-Pb ages of c. 2.70Ga; they are interpreted to be magmatic in origin. Zircon cores have O-18 of 5.64-6.07 parts per thousand suggesting the possibility of crystallization from evolved mantle-derived magmas. In contrast, the rims, which include the eclogite facies minerals omphacite and garnet, are characterized by low Th/U ratios (<0.035) and flat HREE patterns, and yield U-Pb ages of c. 1.90Ga; they are interpreted to be metamorphic in origin. Zircon rims have elevated O-18 of 6.23-6.80 parts per thousand, which was acquired during eclogite facies metamorphism. Based on petrography and phase equilibria modelling, we recognize a prograde epidote amphibolite facies mineral assemblage, the peak eclogite facies mineral assemblage and a retrograde high-P amphibolite facies mineral assemblage. The peak metamorphic conditions of 695-755 degrees C at >18kbar for the Gridino-type eclogites suggest an apparent thermal gradient of <39-42 degrees C/kbar for the Lapland-Kola collisional orogeny. National Nature Science Foundation of China [41121062, 41172196, 41311120071] SCI(E) ARTICLE 8 855-869 35

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