Metamorphic P-T-t Path of UHT Granulites from the North Tongbai Orogen, Central China

作     者：Hua Xiang Zeming Zhang Liming Zhao Zengqiu Zhong Hanwen Zhou 

作者机构：Key Laboratory of Deep-Earth Dynamics Institute of Geology Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences School of Earth Sciences and Resources China University of Geosciences School of Earth Sciences China University of Geosciences 

出 版 物：《Journal of Earth Science》 (地球科学学刊（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第29卷第5期

页      面：1116-1131页

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学科分类：070904[理学-构造地质学] 0709[理学-地质学] 070901[理学-矿物学、岩石学、矿床学] 07[理学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41302040) the China Geological Survey (No. DD20160201) 

主　　题：granulites zircon U-Pb dating P-T-t path trace element Ln-Hf isotope Tongbai Orogen. 

摘      要：Although zircon U-Pb geochronometer has been widely used for dating metamorphism in moderate- to high-grade metamorphic rocks, it is still difficult to link the zircon U-Pb age to pressure and temperature （P-T） conditions. In this study, zircon trace elements and Hf isotopes and REE partitioning between zircon and garnet are adopted to track the formation condition of zircon in the granu- lites from North Tongbai Orogen, Central China. Combined with previous metamorphic P-T path results, a quantitative integrated anticlockwise P-T-t path was established for Tongbai granulites. These grauulites recorded an early low-P heating followed by a dramatic pressure increase. Evidence for the prograde history （M1） is provided by cordierite, orthopyroxene and biotite inclusions in garnet. The prograde metamorphism occurred at around 443±3 Ma, with P-T conditions of ca. 730-820 ℃ and 〈6 kbar. The peak metamorphic （M2） condition is 〉920 ℃ and 8.5-10 kbar and the peak metamorphism age is ca. 432±4 Ma. At around 419 Ma, the granulites suffered an amphibolite-facies retrograde metamorphism （M3）, represented by the replacement of garnet by biotite and plagioclase, and clinopyroxene by amphibole, with metamorphic condition of ca. 700℃ and ca. 7 kbar. The last retrograde metamorphism （M4） is a greenschist-facies overprint with an age of ca. 404 Ma. It is concluded that the meta- morphism of Tongbai granulite lasted for more than 40 Ma, including a stage of more than 20 Ma granulitc-facies metamorphism. The prolonged granulite-facies metamorphism resulted from the continuous northward subduction of the Shangdan oceanic crust beneath the North Qinling terrane.