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Seafloor fabric indicators are the main features used for dating global-scale plate reorganizations. However, the lack of oceanic crusts older than 200 Ma limits their application only to the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. Furthermore, in cases such as the mid-Cretaceous time when reversals in Earth's magnetic field did not occur, the plate reorganization ages obtained from seafloor fabric indicators are imprecise. I propose the record of continental deformation as an alternative approach for dating these events. A compilation of cooling/deformation, migmatization, and unconformity ages recorded around the globe collectively indicates that continental deformation associated with the mid-Cretaceous plate reorganization culminated at 107 Ma. This age strongly correlates with ages obtained from other data such as palaeomagnetic poles. Considering that the deformational features similar to which are compiled in this study appear to be temporally correlated with other reorganization events, the record of globally distributed continental deformation might be used for other reorganization events whose timing is poorly constrained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Seismic anisotropy originating within the continental crust is commonly used to determine the deformation and kinematic flow within active orogens and is attributed to regionally oriented mica or hornblende grains. However, naturally deformed rocks usually contain compositional layers (e. g., parallel compositional banding). It is necessary to understand how both varying mineral contents and differing intensities of compositional layering influence the seismic properties of the deep crust. In this study, we analyzed the seismic response of migmatitic amphibolite with compositional banding structures. We present the microstructures, fabrics, calculated seismic velocities, and seismic anisotropies of mylonitic amphibolite from a horizontal shear layer preserved within the Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone, southwestern Yunnan, China. The investigated sample is characterized by pronounced centimeter-scale compositional banding. The microstructures and fabrics suggest that migmatitic amphibolite rocks within deep crust may delineate regions of deformation-assisted, channelized, reactive, porous melt flow. The origin of compositional banding in the studied migmatitic amphibolite is attributed primarily to partial melting together with some horizontal shearing deformation. The microfabrics and structures investigated in this study are considered to be typical for the base of active horizontal shear layers in the deep crust of southeastern Tibet. Seismic responses are modeled by using crystal preferred orientations for minerals of the migmatitic amphibolite by applying the Voigt-Reuss-Hill homogenization method. Calculated P-wave and S-wave velocities are largely consistent in the various layers of the migmatite. However, seismic anisotropies of P-wave (AVp) and S-wave (AVs) are higher in the melanosomes (AVp = 5.6%, AVs = 6.83%) than those in the leucosomes and the whole rock (AVp = 4.2%–4.6%, AVs = 3.1%–3.2%). In addition, there is pronounced, S-wave splitting oblique to the foliation plane in the migmatitic amphibolite. The multiple parallel compositional layers generate marked variation in the geometry of the seismic anisotropy (Vs1 polarization) in the whole rock. Combined with the macroscale geographical orientation of fabrics in the Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone, these compositional banding effects are inferred to generate significant variations in the magnitude and orientation of seismic anisotropy, especially for shear-wave anisotropy (AVs) in the deep crust. Hence, our data suggest that layering of various origins (e.g., shear layers, partial-melting layers, and compositional layers) represents a new potential source of anisotropy within the deep crust. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rates of melt production, extraction and crystallization, as well as scales of melt transfer and interaction with their residuum change continuously in migmatite and granulite, affecting the behavior of monazite and zircon as time capsules. Therefore, accessory mineral chronometers may be ambiguous and incomplete in providing an overview of the temperature–time evolution of high-grade metamorphic rocks. In this study, we applied the novel technique of in situ U–Pb dating of garnet to the archetypal lower continental crust of the Ivrea–Verbano Zone (IVZ), NW Italy. In the IVZ, the temporal relationship between granulite-facies metamorphism and mafic underplating has long been debated, because of the interplay between tectonic, magmatic, metamorphic and metasomatic processes over a period of more than a hundred million years. Garnet from mafic and pelitic granulites yielded U–Pb ages between 287.4 ± 4.9 Ma and 280.1 ± 12.4 Ma, overlapping within uncertainty the time proposed for the emplacement of the Mafic Complex (286–282 Ma). These results indicate that the thermal climax in granulitic rocks was caused by mafic underplating and concomitant asthenospheric upwelling, rather than being inherited from the post-Variscan Carboniferous evolution. Providing robust dating of garnet with as low as 4 ng/g U, this study demonstrates the strength of garnet petrochronology in resolving complex tectono-metamorphic histories of high-grade terranes. It also represents a further step forward towards establishing garnet as part of the in situ U–Pb geochronology repertoire. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sedimentary‐derived (S‐type) granites are an important product of orogenic metamorphism, and a range of subtypes can be recognized by differences in field occurrence, mineralogy and geochemistry. These subtypes can reflect variations of initial protolith composition, partial melting reactions, pressure and temperature of anatexis, or magmatic processes that occur during ascent through the crust (e.g. mineral fractional crystallization or crustal assimilation). Together, these diverse factors complicate geological interpretation of the history of peraluminous felsic melt fractions in orogenic settings. To assess the influence of these factors, we performed integrated field investigation, petrology, geochemistry, geochronology and phase equilibrium modelling on a series of leucosomes within migmatite associated with different S‐type granites within the Khondalite belt, North China craton (NCC), which is an archetypal collisional orogen. Three types of leucosome are recognized in the east Khondalite belt: leucogranitic leucosome, K‐feldspar (Kfs)‐rich granitic leucosome and garnet (Grt)‐rich granitic leucosome. Phase equilibrium modelling of partial melting and fractional crystallization processes indicate that the leucogranitic leucosomes were mostly produced through fluid‐present melting, Kfs‐rich granitic leucosomes are produced through muscovite dehydration melting with 3 vol.% garnet fractional crystallization, and Grt‐rich granitic leucosomes are produced through biotite dehydration melting with 20–40 vol.% K‐feldspar fractional crystallization and up to 20 vol.% peritectic garnet entrainment. Mineral fractional crystallization and peritectic mineral entrainment occur in the source during melting, and play equally important roles in partial melting mechanisms in terms of affecting the geochemical compositions of granitic melts. Thus, we suggest that peraluminous felsic magmas preserved in collisional orogens are dominantly produced by fluid‐absent melting in the middle to deep continental crust, although extraction of low‐volume melt fractions from an anatectic source region at shallower depths during fluid‐present melting can also generate small amounts of S‐type granites that subsequently crystallize at high structural levels in the crust. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Zirconium is one of high field strength elements but its isotope behavior during geochemical processes is still uncertain because of the limited database. While Zr isotopes in magmatic rocks are often used to trace the evolution of magmas through fractional crystallization, it is intriguing how highly heterogeneous Zr isotopes were produced by the growth of zircon during crustal anatexis. We address this issue by in-situ zircon Zr isotope analyses of migmatites from two high-temperature metamorphic terranes in the South Lhasa zone and the North Dabie zone, respectively, in China. The results show highly variable δ94Zr values from −0.30‰ to +0.81‰ and from −0.58‰ to +0.49‰, respectively. In addition to the relict zircon of magmatic origin, two types of newly-grown zircons were identified in terms of their occurrences, trace elements and δ94Zr values. The peritectic zircon, mainly occurring in the in-situ leucosomes, exhibits the highest Nb-Ta-Hf-U contents and variably higher δ94Zr values than those of the relict zircon. The anatectic zircon, mainly occurring in the leucocratic veins, shows higher Nb-Ta-Hf-U contents than and similar δ94Zr values to those of the relict zircon. Model calculations demonstrate that the variable Zr isotope compositions of newly-grown zircons would result from decoupled release of Zr from zircon and non-zircon phases. The Zr supply of the peritectic zircon is mainly derived from the decomposition of Zr-bearing minerals in the in-situ anatectic melt (the non-zircon effect), whereas the Zr supply of the anatectic zircon is mainly from the dissolution of pre-existing zircons in the evolved melt (the zircon effect). The significant Zr isotope variations in the migmatites well illustrate the generation, migration and accumulation of the anatectic melts during the partial melting. Therefore, Zr isotopes can be used as a powerful means for distinguishing between the peritectic and anatectic zircons during crustal anatexis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Tongbai complex plays an important role in the understanding of the tectonic evolution of the Tongbai‐Dabie orogenic belt. By detailed structural analysis, new zircon U–Pb dating, zircon Lu–Hf analysis and whole‐rock elements for the rocks in the Tongbai complex and the wrapped shear zones, we suggested that the Tongbai complex was derived from the partial melting of the basement of Yangtze Block and experienced a uniform orogen‐parallel extension with a top‐to‐NW shearing at 142–133 Ma. The migmatites yield a migmatization age of 116 ± 2 Ma and are identical to the metamorphic age of 115–111 Ma from the L and LS tectonites in the Tongbai complex. The late Early Cretaceous migmatization may give rise to the severance of the uniform top‐to‐NW shear zone and lead to an antiform folding of the Tongbai complex. The similar deformation and migmatization of the complexes in both the Tongbai and Dabie orogenic belts suggest that the Tongbai‐Dabie orogenic belt is likely to have a similar tectonic transformation from orogen‐parallel to orogen‐perpendicular extension in the Early Cretaceous, namely a uniform orogen‐parallel extension of the ductile lithosphere during the early Early Cretaceous and a widespread migmatization during the late Early Cretaceous. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The timing of partial melting in high-grade metamorphic rocks is critical for constraining tectonic histories and processes. However, uncertainties exist about the behavior of monazite and zircon during partial melting, especially about the timing of crystallization with respect to melting reactions. This study is focused on a single sample (16TG143) of finely layered, migmatitic gneiss from the Adirondack Highlands, New York, interpreted to have undergone extensive biotite dehydration melting (i.e., Bt + Pl + Als + Qz = Grt + Kfs + melt). The rock contains one distinct leucosome layer. The non-leucosome (gray gneiss) portion of the migmatite has millimeter-scale sublayers with distinct differences in modes and mineralogy. The layers are interpreted to reflect the differential preservation of reactants and products formed during the forward and reverse progress of the melting reaction. Monazite and zircon modes, and to some degree, texture, composition, and geochronology all vary from layer to layer. Both minerals have up to three domains: ca. 1150 Ma anhedral cores, ca. 1050 Ma monazite mantles/fir tree textured zircon, and ca. 1030 Ma rims. The heterogeneous layered gray gneiss provides robust constraints on the timing of melting (ca. 1050 Ottawan orogenesis), melt crystallization, and post-melting retrogression, in addition to information about earlier metamorphic events. Early-formed monazite and zircon grains were largely dissolved during progressive melting, except where preserved as relicts or inclusions. Monazite mantles and fir tree zircon grains precipitated upon cooling during progressive melt crystallization between temperatures of 800 and 750 °C. Rims are interpreted to have precipitated during subsolidus, solid-state retrogression after ca. 1050 Ma. Correlations between the gneissic layering, melting reactions, and the character of geochronometers emphasize the importance of characterizing the layer-forming and chronometer petrogenesis processes as a critical part of deconvoluting the history of migmatitic gneisses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mantle magmas interact with surrounding rocks during their ascent and storage in the continental crust, leading to open system processes as wall rock partial melting. In this study, we have experimentally investigated the reactions between a leucosome depleted migmatite and a primitive K-basaltic of Campi Flegrei (Italy). Experiments were carried out at pressure of 0.8 GPa temperatures from 1250 °C to 1050 °C and constant temperature and thermal gradient conditions. The experimental products consist of biotite-free migmatite, glass and crystals of clinopyroxene, olivine, plagioclase and Cr-spinel with proportions that vary as a function of temperature. Open system isothermal experiments indicate that the chemistry of melts and phase relationships are controlled by the high Al2O3 content of leucosome depleted migmatite with the glass composition shifting from K-trachybasalt towards shoshonite as the temperature decreases from 1200 °C to 1125 °C. At temperatures 1150°C, migmatite assimilation is not exclusively due to the assimilation fractional crystallization process because evidence of mingling and mixing is observed. T-gradient experiment shows melt composition ranging from shoshonite to phono-tephrite moving from the slightly crystalline zone (T = 1250 –1210 °C) at the bottom of the capsule towards the highly crystalline zone (T = 1160 –1140 °C). This SiO2-constant trend indicates that at temperature below the basalt solidus, the assimilation of leucosome depleted crust is represented almost exclusively by the biotite breakdown, leading to the increase in Al, Mg, Fe, Ti, and K activities in the system. The shoshonitic composition obtained in our experiments could represent the parental magma for both Campi Flegrei volcanic district and Vesuvius magmatic systems, indicating modification in a deep storage zone through mixing with the partial melts derived from restitic continental crust. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unraveling ancient melting processes is key to understanding how the earliest, tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG)-dominated continental crust formed from partial melting of amphibolite. Application of silicon isotope analysis to ancient crust reveals that Archaean TTGs exhibit consistently high Si isotope values (δ30Si) compared to modern granitoids, attributed to seawater-derived silica introduced by either (a) partial melting of variably silicified basalts or (b) assimilation of authigenic silica-rich marine lithologies in the melt source. However, both mechanisms can introduce highly variable δ30Si, conflicting with the strikingly consistent δ30Si compositions of Archaean TTGs. This study investigates an alternative model, whereby the distinct mineralogy and chemistry of TTG melt sources impart a distinct silicon isotope composition to the melt, compared with "modern" granitoids. We measured δ30Si in component parts (melanosome and leucosome) of an Archaean (2.7 Ga) mafic migmatite and coeval amphibolites and mafic granulites from the Kapuskasing uplift, Canada, to explore how Si isotopes fractionate during incipient TTG melt formation. Our data reveal leucosome (i.e., melt) exhibits consistently high δ30Si values compared to a relatively isotopically lighter melanosome (i.e., residuum). We also derive inter-mineral silicon isotope fractionation factors for mineral separates that agree well with those of ab initio estimates for the same minerals and show that the magnitude of equilibrium fractionation between TTG source rock and melt replicates that in Phanerozoic granitoids. We conclude the effects of magmatic differentiation on δ30Si have remained consistent throughout Earth history, meaning that Archaean TTGs must require a source isotopically heavier than unaltered basalt, as reflected by our amphibolites and mafic migmatite components. The consistently heavy δ30Si of seawater through Earth history, and the high SiO 2 content of amphibolites relative to coeval leucosome-free granulites in our study area, imply seawater silicification is the source of the observed high δ30Si. Thus, the consistently heavy Si isotope compositions measured in Archaean melt products define a unique aspect of ancient crust formation: that of the silicification of TTG source rock, implying the intrinsic involvement of a primeval hydrosphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Display omitted] • Episodic water-fluxed anatexis occurred in the Wuyi-Yunkai Orogeny. • Regional metamorphism and shearing induced fluids to trigger the water-fluxed melting. • The role of water-fluxed melting during the Wuyi-Yunkai Orogeny is underestimated. The Wuyi-Yunkai Orogeny (WYO) in South China occurred during the assembly of Gondwana, and has abundant granites and migmatites which have been mostly interpreted as products of dehydration anatexis. However, the early Paleozoic migmatites in the Cathaysia Block, investigated in this study, instead document water-fluxed anatexis during the orogeny. The quartzo-feldspathic migmatites are moderately peraluminous, and have ca. 700 Ma and ca. 1800 Ma inherited zircon sub-populations, indicating that they were derived from Middle Neoproterozoic paragneisses. Titanite is common, while other anhydrous peritectic minerals such as garnet and pyroxene are absent in the migmatites and their leucosomes. Both mineral assemblages and microstructures indicate that the rocks were melted through reactions that include quartz + plagioclase + biotite + H 2 O = titanite + opaque + melt, K-feldspar + plagioclase + quartz + H 2 O = melt, and K-feldspar + biotite + quartz + H 2 O = melt. U-Pb ages of the newly-formed zircon and titanite display at least four age populations, recording episodic melting mainly at ca. 466, 437, 425 and 412 Ma, with evidence of local anatexis extending back to at least 480 Ma. Multiple stages of anatexis with short time intervals may have resulted from water-present melting due to episodic fluid influx. Zircon ε Hf(t) values are negative (-5 to -15) in the 700 Ma and 1800 Ma inherited zircons to nearly zero (0 to -5) in 470–400 Ma newly-formed zircons, and may have resulted from dissolution of the Lu-rich apatite during water-fluxed anatexis. The newly-formed zircons also have high δ18O values (9–12 ‰). These lines of evidence suggest that fluid flux-influenced melting was induced by metamorphic fluids that were released from polyphase metamorphism during crustal thickening and extension in the WYO, and channelized through regional shear zones. This highlights the extent and significance of water-fluxed anatexis and its role in the differentiation of the continental crust during orogeny. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Migmatites and granitic-gneisses exhumed in Archean to Phanerozoic segments are former partially molten crustal roots, display typical domes structures ranging in size from kilometres to decakilometres, and are often interpreted as resulting from the development of diapiric or convective gravitational instabilities. In previous work (part I), we determined various regimes of gravity-driven segregation, by considering a thick continental crust heated from below and containing melt related heterogeneities. These heterogeneities, represented by inclusions of distinct densities and viscosities with respect to the ambient partially molten material, can be entrained into convection cells (in the 'suspension' and 'layering' regimes) and/or accumulate as clusters (in the 'layering' and 'diapirism' regimes). Here we further investigate the specific conditions that allow for the formation and preservation of domes resulting from diapirism at the top of convective cells. We show that both the cessation of basal heating and the freezing of the buoyant inclusions density favour their stacking and preservation at ca. 15 km depth, within about 10 Myr. The buoyant inclusions form domes, 5–20 km in size, that also record several convective cycles at velocities ranging from 0.5–4 cm yr−1. 3-D models demonstrate their radial geometrical nature. The influence of the size and concentration of the inclusions is also assessed, complementing the characteristics of crustal heterogeneity in driving its differentiation and the formation of migmatite domes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several important processes in the petrogenesis of granite are still debated due to a poor understanding of complex interactions between minerals during the melting and melt segregation processes. To promote an improved understanding of the mineral-melt relationships, we present a systematic petrographic and geochemical analysis for melanosome and leucosome samples from the Triassic Jindong migmatite, South China. Petrographic observations and zircon U-Pb geochronology indicate that the Jindong migmatite was formed through water-fluxed melting of the Early Paleozoic gneissic granite (437 ± 2 Ma) during the Triassic (238 ± 1 Ma), with the production of melt dominated by the breakdown of K-feldspar, plagioclase, and quartz. The Jindong leucosomes may be divided into lenticular and net-structured types. Muscovite, plagioclase, and K-feldspar in the net-structured leucosome show higher Rb and much lower Ba and Sr contents than those in the lenticular leucosome. This may be attributed to the elevation of Rb and decreasing Ba and Sr abundances in melts during the segregation process due to early fractional crystallization of K-feldspar and plagioclase. These leucosomes show negative correlation between εNd(t) and P2O5, reflecting increasing dissolution of low-εNd(t) apatite during the melting process. The continuous dissolution of apatite caused saturation of monazite and xenotime in melt, resulting in the growth of monazite and xenotime around apatite in the melanosome. This process led to a sharp decrease of Th, Y, and REE with increasing P2O5 in the leucosome samples. This complex interplay of accessory mineral reactions in the source impacts REE geochemistry and Nd isotope ratios of granites. As the granites worldwide exhibit similar compositional and isotopic patterns to the Jindong leucosomes, we suggest that both the melting and melt segregation processes strongly control the granitic melt compositions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The early Palaeozoic orogen in South China is considered as one of the typical examples of intraplate orogens in the world. However, the nature of the orogen, for example, the onset time and the timing of tectonic transition from syn-orogenic compression to post-orogenic extension, are still controversial. Here, we present new zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotope data, and whole-rock geochemical and Sr–Nd isotopic data for migmatites and potassic mafic rocks in southern Guangdong, from the Cathaysia Block, South China. Migmatites consist of metatexite and diatexite, including various amounts of palaeosome, melanosome, and leucosome. Leucosomes from metatexite and diatexite/migmatite granite samples yield consistent U–Pb ages of 451.5 ± 2.0 Ma to 458 ± 16 Ma, respectively. Zircon U–Pb dating from two potassic plutons yield consistent crystallization ages of 451–446 Ma. Our new results of field investigation, mineralogy and microstructures, geochronology, and geochemical compositions demonstrate that the protoliths of migmatites are metasedimentary rocks, while metatexites and diatexites are the products of variable degrees of partial melting of the protolith. The potassic rocks have SiO2 contents ranging from 52.5 to 60.2 wt.%, high K2O/Na2O ratios (0.7–1.3), with MgO contents of 3.0–6.2 wt.% and Mg number of 42–57. They have enriched Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic compositions with (87Sr/86Sr)i ratios of 0.7085–0.7151, ɛNd(t) values of −9.9 to −6.2, and εHf (t) values of −10.5 to −5.3, indicating that they were generated from an enriched mantle source modified by ancient oceanic subducted sediments. Regional crustal anatexis occurred at about 451 Ma, and the timescale from crustal anatexis to melt homogenization and accumulation spans over an interval of ~15 Myr. The association of migmatites and the potassic rocks may form in post-orogenic extension setting. Thus, we suggest that the tectonic transition from syn-orogenic compression to post-orogenic extension occurred by the Late Ordovician (ca. 451–446 Ma) for the early Palaeozoic orogen in South China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Zanjan-Takab complex is a metamorphic belt with NW-SE trend that includes gneiss, amphibolite and gneissic amphibolite, old metagranites, pelitic schists with migmatites and metaophiolites. Takab mafic migmatites, based on field evidence and partial melting degree, are divided into two main groups of metatexites with patchy, ophthalmitic, diktyonitic, agmatic, stromatic structures and diatexites with schollen, ptygmatic, folded, stictolithic, phlebetic, schliren, nebulitic structures. These migmatites consist of mesosome part with textures of porphyroblastic, xinoblastic, granoblastic and nematoblastic and main minerals plagioclase, hornblende, biotite, melanosome part with nematoblastic, xinoblastic, granoblastic and oriented textures and main minerals hornblende and plagioclase. The leucosome part is composed of granular, sympletic and myrmekitic textures and the main minerals are plagioclase, quartz, k-feldspare, titanite, hornblende and biotite. Investigating the shape of the crystal size scatter diagrams (CSD) shows the physical conditions and petrological processes are effective in the studied rocks. In order to investigate these processes, plagioclase crystals in 4 leucosome samples were quantitatively analyzed with the help of Jmicro vision and CSD Corrections software, and then the results obtained from the analysis of different leucosome samples were compared. The crystal size scatter diagrams of plagioclase crystals show two stages of growth with different speeds in the studied samples, so that the larger crystals (the end part of the curved diagram on the right) belong to a melt that is at greater depths or it cooled in a calmer environment. Nevertheless, the initial part of the diagram on the left side crystallized in more superficial areas and at a higher speed. Introduction The crystallization history of a rock is recorded in the size and distribution of its minerals (Muller et al., 2009). The most common method of quantitative measurement of textures is investigation of crystal size dispersion (CSD) (Higgins, 1998). Crystal size dispersion (CSD) deals with the quantitative measurement of crystals of a specific mineral with a unit volume in size intervals (Cashman, 1993; O'Driscoll et al., 2007). Many researchers, including Cashman and Marsh (1988), Cashman (1993), Zieg and Marsh (2002), Higgins and Roberge (2003), Higgins and Roberge (2007), Kaneko et al., (2005), Cashman and Ferry (1988), Higgins (1996) and O'Driscoll et al., (2007) in their studies of CSD diagrams to determine kinetic indices of crystallization of magmatic systems, cooling history, temperature, magmatic mixing, texture maturity, dominant size of crystals, density Crystals and partial volume of crystals and thermodynamic and kinetic models were used. In addition, researchers such as Kaneko et al., (2005), Cashman and Ferry (1988), Moazzen and Modjarrad (2005) and Muller et al., (2009) studied the crystal size distribution in metamorphic rocks. In this research, an attempt has been made to investigate the plagioclase crystals in the leucosome section in the migmatites of North-Eastern Takab using the crystal size dispersion (CSD) technique, and by examining the resulting diagrams, the petrological processes and the nucleation rate of the crystals plagioclase should be expressed during melting and finally the formation of leucosomal parts. Materials and methods In the study of Ghareh naz migmatites, after taking digital photos of the leucosomal part, they were put together with Adobe Illustrator software for better coverage, and then all the plagioclase crystals were drawn and measured separately. Then the images were transferred to JMicroVision v1.2.7 software and the necessary measurements for all 4 locosome samples (7n, 6p, 6m, mh) including length, width, area, angle, location of the center of crystals (coordinates of X and Y points) in the environment of this software was done. It should be mentioned that considering that the studies are done on thin section images, so to eliminate the errors caused by this problem, all the software settings were entered based on the Higgins (1998) method. Then the obtained data were transferred to CSD Corrections 1.40 software and according to the information obtained from the frequency and size of plagioclase crystals, a natural semi-logarithmic diagram based on the method provided by Higgins (1998) for 4 leucosome samples of migmatite Ghareh naz was drawn separately. In these diagrams, the population density axis, Ln(n)(mm-4) is plotted against the size axis of the largest crystal dimension, (mm) equal to L. The unit of measurement for bulk density is mm-4 (Marsh, 1988; Higgins, 2006; Bindeman, 2003; Higgins ana Roberge, 2003, Higgins ana Roberge, 2007; Gulda, 2006; Higgins and Chandrasekharam, 2007; Brugger and Hammer, 2010) and for crystal size is mm. Result Studies show that downward concavity in the direction of small crystal sizes indicates coarsening (Higgins ana Roberge, 2007; Vanderzwan et al., 2013) or, in other words, indicates the cessation of nucleation along with successive crystal growth (Lentz and Mcsween, 2000; Higgins ana Roberge, 2007; Vanderzwan et al., 2013). The amount of low concavity in some samples can be considered as an almost linear trend. The almost linear trend on the right side of some graphs indicates the successive growth and nucleation of crystals, the process of subtraction (crystal separation during subtractive crystallization) and crystal accumulation (Higgins, 2009). As can be seen in the diagrams, the very small break created in the crystal size scatter diagram indicates the accumulation or increase of large grains, or in other words, the sedimentation and separation of crystals (Lentz and Mcsween, 2000). In other words, the coarsening process in the studied migmatite locosome occurs when small grains in multiphase mixtures have a higher surface free energy per unit volume than large grains and for this reason, they are less stable (Higgins, 1998, Higgins, 1999). Discussion The scatter diagrams of the crystal size in the studied leucosomal samples show that the larger crystals (the end part of the curved diagram on the right) belong to a melt that cooled at greater depths or in a calmer environment. Nevertheless, the initial part of the diagram in the left side crystallized in more superficial areas and at a higher speed. Based on the studies conducted on the plagioclase crystals in the migmatite locosome, it was observed that the plagioclase crystals have a non-linear CSD trend, which indicates two stages of growth with different speeds for these crystals. In the initial stages of crystallization, plagioclase is in the form of coarse crystals with low number of spores, high gradient and high growth rate, and in the next stage, smaller plagioclase with high nucleation rate, low gradient and low growth rate are developed. Plagioclase crystals with their large number and relatively large size indicate their slow cooling and low nucleation.

This study investigated the effects of seasonal variation of resistivity on the regoliths in the basement complex setting in Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria, to quantify the variation in the geoelectrical parameters and geohydraulic properties, as well as the aquifer prospects and protective capacity of the bedrocks. Sixty-four vertical electrical soundings (VES) were conducted in the dry and wet seasons (32 VES for each season). The VES revealed resistivity variations in the thin topmost layer, with the variations occurring at 2.4–3.2 m in quartzite–quartz Schist, 1.3–1.8 m in undifferentiated schist, and 1.3–4.2 m in migmatite gneiss. The top layer resistivity varied from 19 to 1385 Ωm (dry season) and 29 to 444 Ωm (wet season), with thicknesses ranging from 03 to 3.4 and 0.2 to 2.5 m, respectively. The longitudinal conductance (S) ranged between 0.01 and 0.5 m (wet), and 0.03 and 0.6 m (dry); while, the transverse resistance (T) averaged 1943.5 and 2409.5 Ωm2 in the wet and dry seasons, respectively. The anisotropy coefficient (λ) ranged between 0.58 and 2.30 (wet), and 1.00 and 2.03 (dry). The paired t test analysis revealed that the p values for most of the geoelectrical parameters are greater than the significance level (p value > 0.05), implying that the model does not explain the seasonal variations in the parameters. However, the exponential regression models (R2) and p values for the topsoil resistivity and λ with corresponding values of R2 = 0.62, p value < 0.05, and R2 = 0.8, p < 0.05, suggest a model that explains a good part of the seasonal variations. The aquifer prospects and protective capacity of the bedrocks indicated moderate to good for both seasons, while the quartzite bedrock revealed poor groundwater prospects in the dry season and moderate prospects for the wet season. The study concluded that only the topsoil resistivity and the λ show seasonal variability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study presents detailed petrographical, geophysical, structural and geochemical data of the internal nappes zone to establish the deformational history, origin and tectonic setting and constrain the crustal growth and evolution of the active margin of the Dahomeyide belt. Two main lithological units, (i) deformed meta-granitoids (migmatites and gneisses) and (ii) undeformed granitoids, dominate the internal nappes zone. The granitoids are generally I-type, metaluminous to weakly peraluminous, low-K tholeiite to high-K calc-alkaline and of tonalite, granodiorite and granite affinity. The overall trace element patterns of the studied granitoids characterized by the enriched LILE and depleted HFS, with negative peaks of Nb-Ta, Sr, P and Ti, are indications of arc-related magmatism. Structural analysis reveals four deformation phases (D1-D4). D1 represents Northwest-Southeast (NW-SE) Pan African shortening associated with a continent-continent collision, resulting in westward nappe stacking. Progressive NW-SE shortening resulted in D2 and D3 top-to-the-NW dextral and sinistral thrusting events during the Pan-African orogeny. D4 is an extensional event likely associated with the orogenic collapse phase. The gneisses and migmatites, with dominant axial planar foliations, point to their formation in a collisional setting or influence by the Pan-African collisional processes. Continental-arc signatures in these rocks imply continental subduction during their protolith formation. The intrusive granitoid and pegmatite are undeformed, meaning late- to post-orogenic emplacement. These findings suggest that the internal nappes zone archived the subduction-collision and post-collisional phase of the Pan-African orogeny and recorded large-scale migmatization and granitoid emplacement due to partial melting of thickened lower crust between Mid-Cryogenian and late Ediacaran. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Rhodope crystalline massif is an Alpine metamorphic complex exposed across several mountain ranges in southern Bulgaria and northern Greece which has experienced a complex history including continental collision, partial subduction and syn-metamorphic nappe stacking followed by syn- to post-contractional extension. We present new 40Ar/39Ar and fission-track data from samples taken from both sides of the North Rhodopean Detachment that were combined with detailed structural studies to investigate the tectonothermal evolution of the northern Rila Mountains. A migmatite from the hanging wall of the North Rhodopean Detachment yields a 40Ar/39Ar muscovite age of 100.79 ± 0.55 Ma, a zircon fission-track age of 38.6 ± 1.9 Ma, and an apatite fission-track age of 21.4 ± 1.5 Ma. A biotite schist from the footwall of the detachment yields 40Ar/39Ar biotite age of 34.90 ± 0.15 Ma, and zircon and apatite fission-track ages of 35.6 ± 5.6 and 13.3 ± 1.1 Ma, respectively. Our new data give evidence of a multistage exhumation of the study area. Late Early Cretaceous (~ 101 ± 0.6 Ma) cooling of the Variscan high-grade metamorphic basement through 440–400 °C was caused by either erosion of the emplacing thrust sheet, or post-contractional denudation. Fast exhumation along the North Rhodopean Extensional System drove a pulse of increased tectonic denudation and cooling during the Eocene (39–35 Ma). Exhumation of the rocks in the northern part of the Rila Mountains below 110 ± 10 °C during the middle–late Miocene was associated with displacement along a system of normal faults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The titanium (Ti) concentrations in zircon and quartz and corresponding thermometers have been regarded as powerful monitors that constrain petrogenetically meaningful temperature conditions of crystallization and metamorphism. The precise measurement of trace elements by electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA) is quite challenging as their x‐ray intensities are only slightly higher than the Bremsstrahlung background, leading to significant errors while quantifying the elemental abundances (e.g., Ti‐in‐zircon). We present EPMA‐based protocols for analysing Ti concentrations in zircon and quartz by considering recent analytical and instrumental improvements. High counting times at peak and background positions, simultaneous acquisition of Ti in multiple (three) spectrometers and data processing using the non‐central chi2 test for risk determination in sub‐counting method were employed in Ti‐in‐zircon and Ti‐in‐quartz protocols. Applying these protocols to the Mongolian garnet, San Carlos olivine and NIST 610 glass standards yielded Ti concentrations of 0.60 ± 0.02 wt%, 18 ± 3 ppm and 437 ± 26 ppm (in ±2σ), respectively. The Ti concentrations obtained from these standards are consistent with those published based on high‐precision analytical methods. We use the existing Ti‐in‐zircon and Ti‐in‐quartz thermometers to understand the thermal evolution of various lithologies in the Sandmata Complex, Aravalli Craton (north‐western India). The investigated samples include garnet–biotite gneiss, migmatite gneiss, mafic granulite and Anjana granite. The Ti‐in‐zircon temperatures calculated from the patchy‐zoned zircon cores yield HT–UHT conditions (892–959°C) for garnetiferous granite gneiss, migmatite gneiss and mafic granulite, whereas the zircon overgrowths yield temperatures of 725–871°C. The homogeneous zircon cores from Anjana granite yield temperatures (914–984°C) comparable to zirconium saturation conditions (920–960°C), indicating zircon crystallization from "hot" granitic melt. The oscillatory overgrowths on the zircon core obtain variable temperature conditions for inner overgrowth (811–877°C) and outer overgrowth (714–782°C), suggesting the episodic growth of zircon grains from different magma pulses. Additionally, the application of pressure‐dependent Ti‐in‐quartz thermometry yields quartz recrystallization conditions for garnet–biotite gneiss (430–556°C), migmatite gneiss (423–593°C), mafic granulite (430–679°C) and Anjana Granite (444–533°C). The combination of Ti‐in‐zircon thermometry, Ti‐in‐quartz and conventional thermobarometry demonstrates cooling histories for various high‐grade metamorphic and magmatic rocks in the Sandmata Complex. Based on this study, we emphasize that trace element thermometers can decipher high‐temperature metamorphism, which is otherwise erased in conventional thermometers due to diffusional readjustments during long‐lasting near‐peak and post‐peak metamorphism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Groundwater quality of Iworoko-Ekiti and environs for irrigation and domestic purposes has partly been established using chemical indices. Groundwater quality assessment in the area is of great importance because of the influence of various activities in the area. The area is thickly populated by citizens and higher institution students across Nigeria. At the moment, sanitary conditions are very poor as the main occupations are trading and farming. Nineteen hand-dug wells were randomly sampled within the settlement. Flame photometry and spectrometry were used for cations and anions analyses respectively. Average values of pH, EC and TDS are 7.02, 342µS/cm and 230ppm. The average trend of major cations and anions concentrations is Ca2+>Na+>Mg2+>K+ and HCO3->Cl->SO4²->CO32- respectively. Average values of Degree of Contamination and Revelle Index are 14 and 0.6 respectively. SAR, MAR, %Na, KI, TH, CIA-1 and CIA-2 has an average value of 0.7, 37.4, 24.8, 0.3, 162ppm, 0.4 and 0.9 respectively. Based on these values, the water is suitable for irrigation. In general, 31.6% of the hand-dug wells are slightly acidic and 10.5% have Revelle index >1 above recommended values respectively. 10.5% from the hand-dug wells have KI above one, 5.3% has MAR above recommendation making them unfit for irrigation purposes. Hence, majority of the wells are suitable for irrigation with exception of a few wells. However, the elevated Cl- concentrations in all the wells, make them unfit for human consumption. Weathering of migmatite and granite gneisses together with anthropogenic activities really contributed to the chemistry of the groundwater. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Empirical studies of zircon in migmatites document features compatible with growth during heating at suprasolidus conditions. However, numerical modelling of zircon behaviour suggests that suprasolidus zircon is expected to grow only during cooling and melt crystallization. Here, phase equilibrium modelling coupled with mineral–melt Zr partitioning is used in an attempt to reconcile the observations from migmatites with the predictions of previous numerical models of zircon behaviour in anatectic systems. In general, an equilibrium‐based model that includes Zr partitioning does not allow prograde suprasolidus zircon growth. However, melting of metapelites at temperatures just above the wet solidus may allow limited zircon growth because of the low solubility of zircon in melt coupled with a source of Zr from minor garnet and ilmenite breakdown. Preservation of this zircon requires entrapment in growing peritectic minerals during subsequent heating and further melting. Heating above muscovite exhaustion in metapelites is unlikely to grow zircon because of the progressive increase in zircon solubility as well as an increasing compatibility of Zr in the residual mineral assemblage. The modelled compatibility of Zr in the residue of a metabasite decreases during heating, but an increase in zircon solubility in melt counteracts this; prograde suprasolidus zircon growth in metabasites is unlikely. Infiltration of Zr‐rich melt into a migmatite during open‐system anatexis provides an additional potential mechanism for prograde suprasolidus zircon growth during high‐temperature metamorphism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present an analysis of kinetics and pulses of zircon growth in migmatites formed at middle to lower crustal depths beneath a volcanic arc. Migmatites in high‐T metamorphic complexes at active continental margins, such as in the Ryoke Complex of southwest Japan, are thought to have been produced beneath volcanic arcs. Thermal models suggest that melt advection supplies the heat to form such high‐T complexes. We found that zircons in the migmatites of the Ryoke Complex grew in multiple discrete stages by rapid diffusion‐controlled growth. The individual growth pulses can be distinguished using a Gaussian mixture model when the duration of each growth pulse is shorter than 1σ of the analytical error of the zircon age dating, and where the interval between each growth pulse is larger than 2σ of them. This method allows extraction of the growth pulses even when the zircon exhibits incomplete textural evidence for multiple stages of growth. Application of the method to the Ryoke Complex revealed three and four pulses of zircon growth with 3–10 Myr intervals for two migmatite samples respectively in the Mikawa area and three pulses with 2–4 Myr intervals from one migmatite sample in the Yanai area. The detected zircon growth pulses are consistent with previously reported pulses of plutonic activity in the two areas, with the exception of the oldest growth pulse in the Mikawa area. Therefore, the growth pulses are interpreted to be the result of thermal pulses because of melt flux events at lower to middle crustal levels. The inferred intervals of pulsed melt fluxes are similar to those of individual caldera formation in coeval caldera clusters at the surface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The variations in source rocks and melting conditions of granites can provide essential clues for the crustal magmatic response in orogenic process. Based on geochronology, whole‐rock and mineral chemistry, this paper reveals two different granites in the Northern Qinling migmatite complex, which reveal obvious differences in source region and melting condition. The older granodiorite (402 ± 0.8 Ma) displays typical Na‐rich adakite affinity, i.e., high Na2O/K2O (2.04 to 2.64) and Sr/Y (96 to 117) ratios, they have relative evolved isotopic compositions (εNd(t) = –0.52 to –0.04; zircon εHf(t) = –0.06 to +7.78). The younger leucogranite (371 ± 2 Ma) displays higher SiO2 (72.32 to 73.45 wt%), lower (TFeO + MgO + CaO + TiO2) contents (<2 wt%) and depleted Sr‐Nd‐Hf isotopic compositions (i.e., εNd(t) = +2.6 to +3.0; zircon εHf(t) = +5.94 to +14.12), as well as high 10000 × Ga/Al and TFeO/MgO ratios, indicating that they represent highly fractionated I‐type granites that derived from melting of juvenile crust. The variations in source rocks and melting condition of the two granites indicating a tectonic switch from compression to extension in 400 to 370 Ma, this switch is later than that in the eastern section of the North Qinling, indicating a scissor collision process between the South Qinling and North China Craton (NCC) in Devonian era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In migmatitic environments the behaviour of the system is controlled by the generation and amount of the anatectic melt. Accordingly, migmatites typically show a genetic linkage between the tectonic deformation and melt migration. We investigated this relationship in Olkiluoto (SW Finland) and identified four phases of ductile deformation, which are distinguished by the multiple folding phases, ductile shear events and cross-cutting features associated with pegmatitic leucosomes and/or a specific type of diatexitic migmatite with feldspar megacrysts. U–Pb LA-MC-ICPMS data on zircon cores and rims from migmatites and cross-cutting pegmatites indicate two distinct metamorphic events associated with melt generation and migration at 1.87–1.84 Ga and 1.82–1.78 Ga. These two migmatitic events suggest that the orogenic evolution of the area was long-lasting and characterized by slow cooling. The structural data and the age constraints presented in this paper support the idea of similar tectonic evolution and metamorphic environment in SW Finland and central E Sweden.

Terranes accreted to the southeastern margin of the Siberian Craton record an important early Paleozoic tectono‐thermal event (known as the Baikal orogenic cycle) in the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). However, the precise metamorphic conditions and relative timing of this event and its linkage to the wider CAOB remain far poorly constrained. The best exposed of these terranes is the Olkhon Terrane on the western bank of Lake Baikal. Here, late Neoproterozoic through early Paleozoic island arc and back‐arc assemblages were metamorphosed to form a thin granulite facies belt cropping out adjacent to the Siberian Craton and lower temperature/pressure paragneiss and migmatite towards the southeast. Phase equilibria modelling suggests that the granulite facies belt preserved moderate pressure (c. 0.80 GPa) and high temperature (up to 900°C) conditions while the paragneiss and migmatites in the southeast have peak metamorphic conditions around 700–770°C at 0.60–0.80 GPa. New geochronological data (zircon U–Pb in granulite and monazite U–Pb in paragneiss/migmatite) in combination with phase equilibria modelling and petro‐structural analysis suggest that the tectono‐metamorphic evolution of the Olkhon Terrane was controlled by a long‐lasting (535–450 Ma) and pervasive thermal anomaly. Discrete maxima in the zircon and monazite U–Pb ages at c. 535, 500, and 450 Ma are linked to different stages of a semi‐continuous high‐temperature metamorphic evolution. Based on existing geological data of the region, a generalized geodynamic model for the Baikal orogenic cycle involving switching between compressional and extensional regimes during the early Paleozoic accretion of 'exotic' CAOB‐derived material to the southern margin of Siberia is proposed. The tectono‐metamorphic evolution of the Olkhon Terrane may represent a world‐class example of polyphase shortening of a long‐lived hot intra‐continental arc–back‐arc system during its collision with cratonic blocks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Zanjan-Takab complex is a metamorphic belt with NW-SE trend that includes gneiss, amphibolite and gneissic amphibolite, old metagranites, pelitic schists with migmatites and metaophiolites. Takab mafic migmatites, based on field evidence and partial melting degree, are divided into two main groups of metatexites with patchy, ophthalmitic, diktyonitic, agmatic, stromatic structures and diatexites with schollen, ptygmatic, folded, stictolithic, phlebetic, schliren, nebulitic structures. These migmatites consist of mesosome part with textures of porphyroblastic, xinoblastic, granoblastic and nematoblastic and main minerals plagioclase, hornblende, biotite, melanosome part with nematoblastic, xinoblastic, granoblastic and oriented textures and main minerals hornblende and plagioclase. The leucosome part is composed of granular, sympletic and myrmekitic textures and the main minerals are plagioclase, quartz, k-feldspare, titanite, hornblende and biotite. Investigating the shape of the crystal size scatter diagrams (CSD) shows the physical conditions and petrological processes are effective in the studied rocks. In order to investigate these processes, plagioclase crystals in 4 leucosome samples were quantitatively analyzed with the help of Jmicro vision and CSD Corrections software, and then the results obtained from the analysis of different leucosome samples were compared. The crystal size scatter diagrams of plagioclase crystals show two stages of growth with different speeds in the studied samples, so that the larger crystals (the end part of the curved diagram on the right) belong to a melt that is at greater depths or it cooled in a calmer environment. Nevertheless, the initial part of the diagram on the left side crystallized in more superficial areas and at a higher speed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the course of mining and processing of almost all petrographic varieties of rock raw materials for the production of building and materials, aggregates for road and railway construction, waste is generated. These are usually fine-grained fractions of these rocks that are difficult to manage and are deposited at dumps. The article presents and describes the results of the physical, chemical, and mineralogical properties of fine-grained waste from the production of amphibolite aggregate from Pilawa Gorna in Lower Silesia (S-W Poland). Such studies have not been carried out on this waste before. The tested waste is a very fine-grained dusty material (<0.100 mm) originating from the dedusting of the crushing and classification operations during the production of aggregates. Preliminary studies of the separation of the tested material using collector-less flotation and gravity separation are also presented. Detailed chemical analysis shows that most of the elements in the studied rock dust occur in abundance close to the average in the Earth's crust. The collector-free flotation of the investigated sample allows effective separation of graphite and the part of sulfide minerals Cu, Ni, and Mo. The presented results may be the basis for further research and development of the concept of their economic use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Rohtang tunnel is an important road tunnel in the Himalayas providing all weather connectivity between Manali and Keylong, headquarter of the Lahul Spiti District. Major folds and faults are present in and near the vicinity of the Rohtang tunnel indicating the complex geology of the area. The 8.8-km-long tunnel consists of uniformly dipping sequences of phyllites/schists and gneissose rocks with an average overburden of about 600 m and a maximum of 1900 m. Anataxis and migmatization of rock have led to the complexity of the area. The closed-form solution and finite element method were used for studying the phenomena of stresses and convergence in four rock types. The study includes four sections of different metamorphic rocks, excavated in very poor rock class (Q classification) with different depths and K0 conditions. Assessment of stress and displacement was carried out to determine the ground response of the tunnel and applicable support for tunnel stability. The ground response was analyzed up to a distance of 60 m from the tunnel face under different K0 conditions. Analyzed deformations were also compared with observed deformation at these sections. Squeezing was observed in a short period for K0 value almost equal to 1, whereas, time-dependent deformation was observed for K0 values greater than 3. However, no deformation was observed for K0 values less than 1 and 1.53 in very poor rock class. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present zircon and titanite U-Pb ages from granulite-facies transtensional shear zones and a greenschist facies strike-slip shear zone in the Karkkila-Vihti area, West Uusimaa. The zircon rim and titanite ages of c. 1815−1820 Ma from the transtensional shear zones constrain the evolution of the orogenic deformation from compression dominated to syn-compressional lateral-escape within this part of the Fennoscandian shield while the zircon rim and titanite ages of 1790−1800 Ma give the timing of the late- to post-orogenic low-grade reactivation of the large-scale Somero-Karkkila fault zone. The new age data further constrain the timing of the changes in the crustal deformation style during orogenesis from i) compression-dominated to combined transpression - lateral stretching and escape, to ii) the late- to post-orogenic transition into retrograde conditions.

This paper presents a detailed field characterization of boudinage in a high- strain zone several kilometers wide in Northern China to establish relationships between boudin types and rheological contrasts between different parts of migmatites during the migmatization process. This zone contains nearly all types of boudins: foliation boudins, block- torn boudins, pinch- and- swell structures, tapering boudins, object boudins, and modified boudins. These boudinage structures record the different stages of meltinvolved and solid- state deformation. The boudinage of migmatites is significantly controlled by the evolving rheological contrasts between the leucosome and melanosome. During the melting stage, the deformation and boudinage of rocks are controlled by the melt fraction. Migmatite strength progressively decreases with increasing melt fraction. The occurrence of melt- filled foliation boudins and melanosome block boudins suggests that the residuum and melanosome are more competent than the leucosome. During solid- state deformation after crystallization, the existence of recrystallized solid- state leucosomes and the intrusion of pegmatites cause the migmatite strength to increase. The relationship is reversed: the leucosome is much more competent than the melanosome. The type and geometry of boudins and pinch- and- swell structures are correlated to the fraction of leucosome in the migmatites. The mechanical strength and strain localization of migmatites after crystallization depend on the presence and volume fraction of the different mineral phases, as well as the mineral grain size. The type and geometry of boudins suggest that the effective viscosity of migmatite can be ranked, from high to low, as: quartz veins; coarse- grained, thick pegmatite; coarse- grained, diatexite migmatite; medium- grained leucosome; and fine- grained melanosome. While experiencing partial melting and migmatization, a rheologically homogeneous protolith is turned into two dominant lithologic domains: a competent diatexite migmatite domain and an incompetent melanosome migmatite domain. Spatially, with the increasing leucosome fraction in migmatites, the migmatite rheology of rock changes from homogeneous to heterogeneous and anisotropic, and then back to homogeneous. The strain distribution likewise changes from uniform to partitioned, and then back to uniform. This evolutionary process of strength and rheological properties of rocks during migmatization may promote strain localization at mid- crustal conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aluminosilicates (kyanite, sillimanite and andalusite) are useful pressure–temperature (P–T) indicators that can form in a range of rock types through different mineral reactions, including those that involve partial melting. However, the presence of xenocrystic or inherited grains may lead to spurious P–T interpretations. The morphologies, microtextural positions, cathodoluminescence responses and trace element compositions of migmatite-hosted kyanite from Eastern Bhutan were investigated to determine whether sub-solidus kyanite could be distinguished from kyanite that crystallised directly from partial melt, or from kyanite that grew peritectically during muscovite dehydration reactions. Morphology and cathodoluminescence response were found to be the most reliable petrogenetic indicators. Trace element abundances generally support petrographic evidence, but protolith bulk composition exerts a strong control over absolute element abundance in kyanite. Sample-normalised concentrations show distinctive differences between petrogenetic types, particularly for Mg, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe and Ge. LA-ICP-MS element maps, particularly combined to show Cr/V, provide additional information about changing geochemical environments during kyanite growth. Most kyanite in the studied migmatitic leucosomes is of sub-solidus origin, with less widespread evidence for peritectic crystallisation. Where present, grain rims commonly crystallised directly from the melt; however, entire grains crystallised exclusively from melt are rare. The presence of kyanite in leucosomes does not, therefore, necessarily constrain the P–T conditions of melting, and the mechanism of growth should be determined before using kyanite as a P–T indicator. This finding has significant implications for the interpretation of kyanite-bearing migmatites as representing early stages of melting during Himalayan evolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Sequence identification and division is an important basis for oil and gas exploration research. In view of the complex sedimentary environment, based on the previous element logging correction lithology, through the combination of logging curve and lithology data, in this paper, two methods of maximum entropy spectrum analysis and wavelet transform are used to identify the logging curve and divide the interface, and the high-resolution sequence identification of migmatite in the study area was completed. Compared with AC and SP logging curves, the overall and local trend inflection points of INPEFA-GR curve can improve the accuracy of medium-term and short-term cycle interface identification; wavelet transform and time–frequency spectrum analysis of different scale factors can realize the identification and comparison of medium-term and short-term cycle interfaces. The results show that maximum entropy spectrum analysis is more suitable for determining the third-level and fourth-level sequence interfaces. Wavelet transform is more suitable for the division of fifth-level sequences. By comparing and adjusting the two methods, the lower Es3 of KL Oilfield in Laizhouwan Sag can be divided into 1 long-term base-level cycle, 3 medium-term base-level cycle and 8 short-term base-level cycle. This study has certain reference significance for the construction of sequence stratigraphic framework in migmatite area and helps to better describe the reservoir. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Taking the influence of lithological characteristics differences on the genesis of pores in migmatite reservoirs as the main line, the genesis and characteristics of pores were analyzed from the perspective of the relationship between rock fabric and grain deposition. (1) Based on hydrodynamic conditions, mineral assemblage and rock structure characteristics, and taking three endmembers of clastic particles, clay minerals and carbonate minerals for classification, the "sweet spots" in the Lucaogou Formation are mainly composed of tuffaceous sandy dolomite, tuffaceous feldspar detrital siltstone, tuffaceous dolomitic sandstone and tuffaceous dolomitic siltstone. The migmatites have mixed sources, and various types of migmatite layers can be superimposed on each other vertically to form facies marginal mixing. (2) Based on the spherical accumulation model, when the content of debris particles is lower than 52.4%, the porosity decreases with the increase of particle content. When the content of clastic particles reaches 52.4%, if the content of clastic particles[JP]continues to increase, large number of ntergranular pores will appear, and the porosity will increase rapidly, gradually evolving into a conventional sandstone reservoir. (3) According to the relationship between the three end components of clastic particles, clay minerals and carbonate minerals and the pore types, the pores of the migmatites in the Lucaogou Formation can be classified into three types including intergranular pore, intragranular dissolved pore and intercrystalline pore. The pores in tuffaceous sandy dolomites and tuffaceous feldspar detrital siltstones are mainly intergranular and intragranular dissolved ones supported by particles, while those in tuffaceous dolomitic sandstones and tuffaceous dolomitic siltstones are mainly intercrystalline ones. The development of high-quality migmatite reservoirs is mainly controlled by the content of clastic particle components, and the content of soluble clastic components and dissolution effect can improve the physical properties of the reservoirs.

Migmatites can be produced in different stages of orogeny and thus have a great significance to constrain the evolution of an orogenic belt. Migmatites widely occur in the Tongbai orogen, but their formation ages and geological significance have not been well constrained. In this study, a combination of cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging, U-Pb-Hf-O isotopes and trace elements of zircons were carried for migmatites in the Tongbai orogen. Most inherited cores in a melanosome show variable U Pb ages and Hf isotope compositions with high δ18O values, suggesting they might be detrital zircons from its protolith. Whereas other relict cores in this sample have nebulously zoning or no zoning, flat HREE patterns with insignificant Eu anomalies and relatively low formation temperatures, indicating their formation under eclogite-facies conditions. They yield U Pb ages of 228 ± 3 Ma, providing direct evidence for the involvement of Triassic subducted continental materials. The overgrowth rims and some new grown grains in the migmatites show euhedral shapes, low CL luminescence, high Th/U ratios, clear negative Eu anomalies and steep HREE patterns, suggesting they are anatectic zircons formed during partial melting. They yield U Pb ages from 139 ± 2 to 132 ± 1 Ma. Combined with previous studies, we suggest that migmatization mainly occurred at 139–130 Ma in the Tongbai orogen. The anatectic zircons in the leucosomes show much lower δ18O values (5.79 ± 0.23‰ vs. 8.94 ± 0.16‰) and higher 176Hf/177Hf ratios (0.282302–0.282648 vs. 0.281728–0.282504) than the zircons in adjacent melanosomes, suggesting that the leucosomes might be externally sourced. According to a compilation of the geochronological information of migmatite and magmatism, the Tongbai-Dabie-Sulu orogens have a spatial and temporal variation of partial melting and magma activities in the post-collisional stage. These might result from the diachronical tectonic switch and collapse of the orogenic lithospheric keels caused by the subduction and rollback of the Paleo-Pacific slab. • The Tongbai migmatites formed at ca. 139–130 Ma. • There exist spatiotemporal variations of partial melting and magmatism in the Tongbai-Dabie-Sulu orogen. • A diachronous tectonic switch has been documented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present new U–Pb ages and Hf and O isotope data for zircon from I-, S- and A-type granites from both the western and eastern edges of the Delamerian Orogen in southeastern Australia. The I-type Tanunda Creek Gneiss contains zircon populations of 507 ± 4 and 492 ± 6 Ma inferred to reflect igneous and metamorphic ages, respectively. The I-type Palmer Granite yielded an age of 509 ± 3 Ma, and the Port Elliot S-type Granite has a magmatic age of 508 ± 7 Ma. Inherited zircon in these granites range from 1092 to 3343 Ma, probably derived from assimilation of Adelaide Group sediments. The Murray Bridge A-type Granite is 490 ± 2 Ma in age and lacks inherited zircon. In the Glenelg River Complex, an S-type migmatite from near Harrow contains a complex zircon population. It is most likely ~500 Ma in age and has inherited zircon of 550–700, 1000–1100 and 2437 Ma, hence matching those from the Kanmantoo Group. From this and detrital zircon ages, we infer that only the Kanmantoo Group extends across the Murray Basin into the Glenelg River Complex. The Wando Tonalite and Loftus Creek I-type granites yielded ages of 501 ± 2 and 486 ± 3 Ma, respectively. Zircon from the Dergholm Granite has suffered Pb loss, and the best age estimate for this granite is 488 ± 5 Ma. Combining all the granite data together, εHft and δ18O in the magmatic zircon range from 5.6 to −10.3 and from 5.8 to 8.1, respectively, and are well correlated. The zircon indicates the same temporal and compositional evolution of granitic petrogenesis across ~300 km of strike, reaffirming the notion that these terranes form part of the same orogen. Westward-directed subduction caused orogenic thickening, heating and increasing amounts of crustal contribution. This was followed by convective thinning of the thickened mantle lithosphere and a return to more primitive magmas lacking significant crustal contributions. It contrasts significantly with inferred granite petrogenesis and tectonic style in the younger Lachlan and New England Fold Belts further east that were not built upon extended cratonic lithosphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Field and geochemical studies of the Bunu area, SW Nigeria, were carried out on gneiss-metasedimentary rocks that consist of migmatised gneiss, quartz-mica schist, and foliated and massive quartzites. These gneiss-metasedimentary rocks are interbedded with meta-igneous rock (amphibolite), all of which are intruded by granitoid and cut by basic and felsic dykes. Geochemical data on major, trace, and rare Earth elements of these rocks from the area were used to speculate on the petrogenetic and geodynamic evolution of the rocks in the area. Compositionally, the metasedimentary rocks in the area have a restricted range of major oxides such as SiO2 and Al2O3 with low average values of Fe2O3, MnO, CaO, and P2O5. Concentrations of average values of HSFE such as Zr, Nb, and Y are moderately high in migmatitic gneiss, quartz-mica schist, and low in both massive and foliated quartzite. ∑LREE average values are 124.25, 132.41, and 18.64 ppm respectively for migmatite gneiss, quartz-mica schist, and low in both massive and foliated quartzite. These rocks are also generally enriched in Ba, Cs, Pb, U, Cr, Rb, and Zr and depleted in Be, Sr, Ti, Mo, Th, and W. This enrichment–depletion in major oxides and trace elements of the rocks in this area is probably a consequence of the movement of metamorphic remobilized fluids within the rocks in the area during the Pan-African or earlier events as noted in the adjacent Egbe-Isanlu Schist belt. A further geochemical characterisation of the rocks in the area using Log (Na2O/K2O) vs Log (SiO2/Al2O3 indicates that while the protolith of migmatised gneiss and quartz-mica schist are greywackes to litharenite in compositions that of quartzites are sublitharenite to quartz arenite. On the ternary plot of Al2O3-(CaO + Na2O)-K2O for metasedimentary rocks in the area, most migmatitic gneiss and quartz-mica schist rocks plot close to average shale while quartzites mostly tend to illite compositions and almost toward the Al2O3-apex of the diagram attesting to depletion of CaO and NaO with the removal of K2O. CIA vs PIA plot of the rocks in the area shows that while migmatitic-gneiss and quartz-mica schist are moderately weathered, both massive and foliated quartzites are high to extremely weathered. They are all derived mostly from predominantly felsic igneous to quartzose sedimentary provenance and mostly emplaced in passive continental margins. These nature of the protoliths suggests gradual subsidence of the basin during its genesis, and/or tectonic stable or inactive environment from which the sediments were derived. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U–Pb geochronology, Hf isotopes and trace-element chemistry of zircon grains from migmatite of the upper Sutlej valley (Leo Pargil), Northwest Himalaya, reveal a protracted geological evolution and constrain anatexis and tectonothermal processes in response to Himalayan orogenesis. U–Pb geochronology and ϵHf record separate clusters of ages on the concordia plots in the migmatite (1050–950 Ma, 850–790 Ma and 650–500 Ma). The 1050–950 Ma zircon population supports a provenance from magmatic units related to the assembly of Rodinia. A minor amount of Palaeoproterozoic grains were likely derived from the Indian craton. The potential source rock of the 930–800 Ma detrital zircons may be granitoid present in Greater Himalayan rocks themselves and the Aravalli Range, which has 870–800 Ma granitic rocks. The arc-type basement within the Himalayan–Tibet orogen recorded (900–600 Ma) igneous activity, which may depict a northeasterly extension of juvenile terranes in the Arabian–Nubian Shield. The granitoid of 800 Ma may be a potential source for 790 Ma detrital zircons owing to scatter in 206/238 dates. The 650–500 Ma zircon population suggests their derivation from the East African Orogen and Ross–Delamerian Orogen of Gondwana. The Cambrian–Ordovician magmatism during the Bhimphedian Orogeny and observed late Neoproterozoic to Ordovician detrital zircons have been derived to some extent from Greater Himalayan magmatic sources. We found no detrital zircon grains that cannot be explained as coming from local sources. One sample yielded a discordia lower intercept age of 15.6 ± 2.2 Ma, the age of melt crystallization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abundant primary fluid and melt inclusions occur in zircons from a stromatic migmatite sample in the Chinese Sulu ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt, reflecting an immiscible melt-fluid coexistence during the partial melting process. Raman analysis shows that the fluid inclusions include whewellite, highly disordered carbonaceous matter (CM), diamond, calcite, dawsonite, quartz, cristobalite, H2O-bearing silica glass, muscovite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, pyrite/pyrrhotite, magnetite, hematite, rutile, CO2 and H2O. The inclusions were entrapped during the exhumation of the rock from UHP to granulite-facies metamorphic conditions. The presence of whewellite suggests that the primary fluids during the entrapment of the inclusions contained some kind of dicarboxylic compound. The highly disordered CM still includes aliphatic hydrocarbon species revealed by the C-H stretching bands at ~2886 and ~2941 cm−1, and a subsidiary band at 1250 cm−1 on the low-frequency side of the D band at 1350 cm−1, indicating that it was derived from incomplete carbonization of an organic compound. The identification of whewellite as well as highly disordered CM in the fluid inclusions provides evidence that abiotic synthesis of organic compounds can happen at elevated pressures and temperatures where both melt and fluids are stable, and in which magnetite and sulphides may play a catalyzing role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the deformation of leucosome and its residue in diatexites and granulites using as examples two units of the Socorro-Guaxupé Nappe, the metasedimentary-derived migmatite unit and the basal granulite unit, from the southernmost portion of the Brasília Orogen. The first unit is dominated by diatexite at its base, and the second unit is composed primarily of felsic granulite. After textural characterization of oriented samples, deformation temperatures are determined by (i) quartz c-axis fabric thermometry and (ii) cathodoluminescence-based Ti-in-quartz thermometry. The results are compared with thermobarometry data obtained from the associated residues. This establishes that the crystallization in the metasedimentary-derived migmatite unit and the basal granulite unit occurred along the cooling portion of the P–T path, but in some portions of the P–T path, these units were deformed and might be related to medium and high temperatures. Therefore, when the granulite is in the solid state, the diatexite is still in the dominantly liquid state, thus the granulite registers higher deformation temperatures that the diatexite simply cannot register due to its still mostly liquid state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In migmatitic environments the behaviour of the system is controlled by the generation and amount of the anatectic melt. Accordingly, migmatites typically show a genetic linkage between the tectonic deformation and melt migration. We investigated this relationship in Olkiluoto (SW Finland) and identified four phases of ductile deformation, which are distinguished by the multiple folding phases, ductile shear events and cross-cutting features associated with pegmatitic leucosomes and/or a specific type of diatexitic migmatite with feldspar megacrysts. U-Pb LA-MC-ICPMS data on zircon cores and rims from migmatites and cross-cutting pegmatites indicate two distinct metamorphic events associated with melt generation and migration at 1.87-1.84 Ga and 1.82-1.78 Ga. These two migmatitic events suggest that the orogenic evolution of the area was long-lasting and characterized by slow cooling. The structural data and the age constraints presented in this paper support the idea of similar tectonic evolution and metamorphic environment in SW Finland and central E Sweden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A contaminated inclusion is characteristic of deposition and mechanical mixing, in which diamond fragments from diamond paste are mixed with epoxy resin and debris from the polishing process is deposited in inclusion ([12]). Especially, nanometer diamonds in inclusion 4 are enclosed inside the C-Si-O and Zr-Si-O materials, and HRTEM images show that the interface between diamond and host amorphous materials is fully coupled and welded (Figs. Discussion Diamond origin Two diamond-bearing inclusions were exposed in the polished surface, leading to a reasonable suspicion that diamonds are from diamond paste in sample preparation. Several crucial lines of evidence support the indigenous origin of diamond and highly disordered CM, including: (1) the C-Si-O and Zr-Si-O materials, as well as vaterite and aragonite in our sample, are natural materials. Keywords: Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism; vaterite; diamond; fluid inclusion; migmatite; Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt EN Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism vaterite diamond fluid inclusion migmatite Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt 1410 1424 15 07/05/22 20220701 NES 220701 Introduction Vaterite, as one of the three polymorphs of CaCO SB 3 sb (vaterite, calcite, and aragonite), is a rare mineral in natural rocks, but biogenic vaterite is remarkably widespread, occurring in human calculi ([37]), pearls ([52]), fish otoliths ([48]), etc. [Extracted from the article]

The aim of this study is to determine the variation of soil-gas radon concentrations from different rock formations in Ogbomoso, southwestern Nigeria. The radon concentrations at different five geological domains in Ogbomoso are determined with respect to depth. The measurements varied from the surface (0 cm) to 100 cm depth, with an interval of 20 cm. At all the geological domains (Porphyroclastic, Granite, Quartzite, Migmatite and Banded gneiss), radon has its minimum emission over migmatite at 0 cm, while its maximum emissions occured over granite and banded gneiss at 80 cm. The overall soil-gas radon concentrations in Ogbomoso varied from 0.06 to 26.5 kBq/m3, which is within the natural limit of 0.4 to 40 kBq/m3 based on the International Commission on Radiological Protection's recommendation. An F-ratio of 6.989 and a p-value of 0.001 were obtained for the first inferential hypothesis, while an F-ratio of 2.489 and a p-value of 0.076 were obtained for the second inferential hypothesis using ANOVA test. The post hoc (using Tukey HSD and Duncan) tests revealed that at 60 + cm, depth controls the level of radon concentrations being emanated from the subsurface. The pollution index in Ogbomoso is of level 1 at 80 cm and level 0 (safe limit) at other depths. In conclusion, the soil-gas radon emission depends on the local geology and lithological sequences (depths). Cracks that could act as passage for indoor radon at the floors of the buildings around the polluted zones should be avoided in order to have a sustainable city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We investigate numerically some thermomechanical conditions for the development of crustal scale diapirism and convection in a heterogeneous continental crust independently from the action of regional tectonics. Here, we consider a hot crust, with unmolten and partially molten domains of specific temperature and strain-rate dependent power-law rheologies. We take advantage of the volume of fluid (VOF) method to capture the coalescence and separation of deformable inclusions in the partially molten domain. The inclusions, of several hundred metres in size, are more or less dense and viscous with respect to the ambient medium (they also behave with a power-law rheology). We restrict our study to a 20 Myr time scale, during which gravitational dynamics may dominate over lateral tectonics and lithospheric thermal re-equilibration. The motion of these inclusions during the development of gravitational instabilities displays distinct flow regimes that depend on two Rayleigh numbers denoted Ra UM and RaPM , for the unmolten and partially molten rock properties, respectively. A 'suspension' regime occurs at high Ra UM and high Ra PM, in which most of the light compositional heterogeneities remain entrained in the convective cells. In contrast at low Ra UM and high Ra PM, a 'layering' regime is characterized by merging of the light inclusions as floating clusters below the rigid upper crustal lid. This regime occurs in association with a sharp viscosity gradient at upper-to-middle crust transitional depths. In these two regimes, the dense inclusions accumulate at the bottom of the partially molten zone. Finally at moderate Ra PM, a 'diapiric' regime reflects the segregation of the heavy and the light inclusions, respectively downward and upward, without global convection. These numerical experiments lead to a first order evaluation of the physical parameters required for the segregation of deformable inclusions of variable densities and convection, in a partially molten crust, and provide insights on the conditions for the development of migmatite domes. Geological data indicate that these processes likely occur in a large number of settings from Archean to Phanerozoic times, and contribute to the differentiation of the continental crust. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New data include additional garnet Sm-Nd ages, garnet Lu-Hf ages, new zircon U-Pb ages, and zircon and garnet trace element concentrations. Keywords: Zircon U-Pb; garnet Sm-Nd; migmatite; lower crust; rates of intrusion; duration of metamorphism EN Zircon U-Pb garnet Sm-Nd migmatite lower crust rates of intrusion duration of metamorphism 1116 1132 17 06/01/22 20220601 NES 220601 Introduction and geologic setting Zircon and garnet isotopic dates are widely used for understanding local and orogenic scale processes in magmatic arcs, lower-crustal rocks, and high-grade metamorphic terrains. Garnet occurrences are classified according to [77]: Type 1 garnet occurs in discrete garnet reaction zones, Type 2 garnet forms planar to sub-planar arrays as selvages to trondhjemite veins, and Type 3 garnet are porphyroblasts in diffuse leucosomes. The young zircon ages, rejected from the weighted means for the host and garnet reaction zone overlap with garnet Sm-Nd ages for this sample and others from the Malaspina Pluton ([77]), and metamorphic zircon and titanite in the region ([66]). [Extracted from the article]

This study presents new petrological and fluid inclusion datasets of migmatites from the Karakorum Shear Zone, Ladakh, India, to know the P–T–fluid evolution of mineral assemblages and the associated tectonic history. The presence of plagioclase, quartz, and biotite inclusions in the coarse-grained poikiloblastic pargasite (amphibole) is indicative of the hydration reaction b t + p l + qtz + H 2 O = prg + melt , which is consistent with diffusive H2O-fluxed melting. Phase equilibria calculations are consistent with migmatization at 0.85–1.02 GPa and 640–670 °C in water-saturated conditions (i.e., 0.7 wt% H2O). The monophase primary and secondary carbonic fluid inclusions present in quartz display eutectic temperatures between − 56.9 and − 56.6 °C, suggesting pure CO2 composition. The isochores of primary CO2 inclusions reveal that the post-peak migmatization event took place between 0.59–0.55 GPa and 550–670 °C, which occurred due to density reversal during the re-equilibration. The fluid inclusion microtextures preserved the signature of isothermal decompression, which is well corroborated with mineralogical P–T calculations. Primary inclusions were preserved initially as carbonic-aqueous fluids; however, the H2O phase diffused out subsequently and dissolved with the melt such that the inclusions became pure carbonic. Fluid infiltration along the Karakorum Shear Zone played a critical role in forming migmatites. The P–T path derived from thermodynamic modeling and fluid inclusion data are consistent with isothermal decompression during exhumation following crustal thickening of the Asian continent (or South Tibaten Crust) between 18 and 15 Ma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stable zirconium (Zr) isotopes have become the focus of attention as potential tracers of magma crystallization and differentiation processes. However, the effects of partial melting, especially disequilibrium melting, on Zr isotope fractionation remain unclear. Here we report in-situ zircon U Pb ages, major and trace elements, and Zr Hf isotope data for the migmatites in the eastern Gangdese arc, South Tibet. The leucosomes from the metatexite and diatexite migmatites are generally concordant with the foliation of the paleosome and display diffuse and gradational contacts with the melanosomes, indicating that they are in-source leucosomes. Zircon in the paleosome, the protolith of the migmatites, have U Pb age of 361 ± 2 Ma and low 176Hf/177Hf ratios of 0.282399–0.282482. They exhibit intragrain variation in δ 94/90Zr values, increasing from the core (−0.10 ‰ to +0.36 ‰) to the rim (+0.14 ‰ to +0.55 ‰) domains. The negative correlation between δ 94/90Zr values and Zr/Hf ratios suggests preferential incorporation of light Zr isotopes during the crystallization of the zircon in the protolith. Most zircon in the leucosomes from the metatexite and diatexite migmatites exhibit distinct overgrowth rims around the inherited cores. The inherited cores have consistent U Pb ages (ca. 360 Ma), trace elements, and Hf isotopic compositions (0.282362–0.282449) with zircon in the paleosome, indicating in situ partial melting. The inherited cores display δ 94/90Zr values ranging from −0.12 ‰ to +0.31 ‰, consistent with the zircon core domains in the paleosome. The overgrowth rims have U Pb ages of ca. 102 Ma and display higher 176Hf/177Hf ratios (0.282592–0.282900) and δ 94/90Zr values (+0.01 ‰ to +0.63 ‰) than their inherited cores. The elevated 176Hf/177Hf for the overgrowth rims resulted from the retention of unradiogenic 177Hf in the residue due to limited zircon dissolution and more release of radiogenic 176Hf to the melts because of the garnet breakdown, indicating disequilibrium melting. The elevation of δ 94/90Zr for the overgrowth rims relative to the inherited cores was not caused by the disequilibrium melting of other Zr-bearing minerals but was mainly controlled by the Zr isotopic composition and dissolution degree of the zircon in the protolith. The preferential melting of isotopically heavy zircon rims would elevate the δ 94/90Zr values in the melts relative to their zircon-bearing protoliths. Crustal anatexis may be another important mechanism contributing to the Zr isotope fractionation during crustal differentiation. • The 361 Ma granitic gneiss underwent crustal anatexis at 102 Ma in the Gangdese arc. • Zircon Zr Hf isotope disequilibrium occurred during crustal anatexis. • Garnet breakdown and limited dissolution of zircon caused Hf isotope disequilibrium. • Zr isotope fractionation depended on the dissolution degree of the protolith zircon. • Preferential dissolution of high δ 94/90Zr zircon rim elevate the melt's δ 94/90Zr. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Partial melting of crustal rocks, also known as anatexis, is the major mechanism of the fractionation of the continental crust and generation of felsic melts. The segregation of melts leaves residual melt-depleted rocks called restites, which are major constituents of migmatite and granulite metamorphic complexes. Restites from over 20 complexes summarized in this work, formed over a wide range of P-T conditions from low-pressure to ultra-high temperature (UHT) and ultra-high pressure (UHP) conditions. Due to protolith heterogeneity and variable melt loss, restite and protolith compositions commonly overlap, however distinctive trends are apparent. Regardless of melting conditions metasedimentary restitic rocks tend to show loss of SiO 2 , K 2 O, Na 2 O, and enrichment in ferromagnesian elements, often Al 2 O 3 , and TiO 2. These trends can be explained readily by the extraction of significant amount of granitic melt. The trace element features of restites show systematic changes with melting temperature, pressure and fluid regime. The restites after lower crustal melting show depletion in P, B, Rb, Cs, Pb and U, and subtler features, such as Nb/Ta fractionation, which all correspond to enrichment patterns of S-type and, ultimately, rare metal granites. Lithium and Be are undepleted in the relatively shallow, low-pressure cordierite-bearing restites, and depleted from deeper lower crustal restites containing garnet. The fractionation of trace elements during anatexis contributes to the development of features of the upper continental crust such as elevated content of LILE and heat producing elements (K, Th, U), reduced Nb/Ta and overall felsic composition. The pre-dehydrated UHT terranes display characteristics consistent with minor melt loss and depletion. The compositional effect of anatexis at UHT conditions, is sensitive to dehydration history of rocks, and melting of undehydrated sediments results in depletion in LREE, Th, Ga, ±Zr, ±Nb, which is complementary to A-type granitoids enrichment patterns. It is noted that anatexis produces melts with rather limited degrees of enrichment and high-degree fractional crystallisation of granitic magmas is a prerequisite for formation of ore-grade granitic intrusions. While restite geochemistry shows multiple consistent patterns, many remain unexplained and for certain elements the data are scarce, suggesting targets for fruitful research. • Anatectic restites are rocks that experienced melt loss during anatexis. • Anatectic restites form over a wide range of conditions and tectonic settings. • The major element composition of restites indicates loss of granitic melts. • Depletion patterns of restites are complementary to enrichment of granites. • Geochemistry of restites is important for origin of ore granites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]