Multiple thermal events recorded in the Acasta Gneiss Complex:Evidence from in-situ dating of zircon, titanite, and apatite

作     者：Qingfeng MEI Jinhui YANG Jinfeng SUN Qiuli LI Shitou WU Xiaoxiao LING Peng PENG Hao WANG 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric EvolutionInstitute of Geology and GeophysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100029China College of Earth and Planetary SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100049China Key Laboratory of Computational GeodynamicsUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100049China 

出 版 物：《Science China Earth Sciences》 (中国科学（地球科学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第67卷第3期

页      面：673-686页

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学科分类：070902[理学-地球化学] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 070901[理学-矿物学、岩石学、矿床学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants Nos.42103011,42073034 42288201) the B-type Strategic Priority Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grants No.XDB41000000)。 

主　　题：Zircon Titanite Apatite Acasta Gneiss Complex Wopmay Orogen 

摘      要：In-situ dating of the zircons, titanites, and apatites in the rock fragments of approximately 1 cm2in size from the Acasta Gneiss Complex was performed using secondary ion mass spectrometry or laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to provide constraints on the thermal history of the Acasta Gneiss Complex. The zircons in these rock fragments typically exhibit multiple age populations, reflecting the presence of inherited zircons or the post-crystallization process of zircon overgrowth. Combined with previous studies, our zircon dating results reveal multiple magmatic events that occurred in the Acasta Gneiss Complex, specifically at 3.96, ~3.72, and ~3.57 Ga, respectively. A titanite Pb-Pb isochron age of2911±22 Ma(95% confidence level, MSWD=1.5) for sample AY199 is identified, consistent with the timing of the latest Archean magmatism in the Acasta Gneiss Complex. The titanite U-Pb ages for samples AC478 and AY066 are 1932±270 Ma(95% confidence level, MSWD=2.3) and 1813±45 Ma(95% confidence level, MSWD=2.3), respectively. The apatites in sample P090803-C exhibit a Pb-Pb isochron age of 1833±26 Ma(95% confidence level, MSWD=1.4). The apatite U-Pb ages for samples AC478, AY199, and AY066 are 1850±20 Ma(95% confidence level, MSWD=1.3), 1827±100 Ma(95% confidence level, MSWD=6.3), and 1807±58 Ma(95% confidence level, MSWD=3.9), respectively. Titanites in samples AC478 and AY066, as well as the apatites in all four investigated samples, show a uniform age(Pb-Pb or U-Pb age) of ~1.9–1.8 Ga,indicating U-Pb system reset in these minerals due to the Wopmay orogeny and documenting that the peak temperature condition associated with the Wopmay orogeny exceeded the apatite U-Pb closure temperature and approached or exceeded that of titanite.