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Metamorphic evolution and SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology of mafic granulite and amphibolite enclaves of the Pingyang trondhjemitic pluton, Fuping terrane, North China.
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Precambrian Research . Dec2017, Vol. 303, p75-90. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The discrete mafic granulite and amphibolite enclaves within the Pingyang trondhjemitic pluton, Fuping metamorphic terrane, middle Trans-North China Orogen, ubiquitously record three stages of metamorphic assemblages. For the mafic granulite enclaves, the prograde metamorphic assemblage (M1) is represented by mineral inclusions (clinopyroxene + hornblende + plagioclase + quartz ± apatite) preserved in the garnet porphyroblast, the metamorphic peak (M2) assemblage consists of garnet and matrix minerals of clinopyroxene + orthopyroxene + hornblende + plagioclase + quartz ± magnetite ± ilmenite ± zircon, and the retrograde (M3) stage is represented by symplectite assemblage of orthopyroxene + plagioclase ± clinopyroxene ± hornblende ± quartz rimming the garnet porphyroblast. The metamorphic P - T paths of the mafic granulite enclaves are defined to pass from 560–750 °C/6–9 kbar (M1) through 740–880 °C/11–14 kbar (M2) to 720–800 °C/6–8 (M3), indicative of a collisional orogenic process. The metamorphic P - T path of the amphibolite enclave experienced from 670–730 °C/9.3–11.8 kbar to 710–730 °C/3.9–5.5 kbar, further certify such metamorphic feature of an orogenic belt. SIMS U-Pb dating of zircons of the trondhjemitic gneiss yields the magmatic crystallization age of ∼2.52 Ga, and both the trondhjemitic gneiss and the mafic granulite enclaves yield the metamorphic age of ∼1.89–1.86 Ga. Therefore, it can be concluded that the Fuping terrane was involved in the late Palaeoproterozoic subduction-collision-uplifting tectonic process caused by amalgamation of the Eastern and Western Blocks of the North China Craton along the Trans-North China Orogen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MAFIC rocks
*GRANULITE
*AMPHIBOLITES
*TRONDHJEMITE
*METAMORPHIC rocks
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03019268
- Volume :
- 303
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Precambrian Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 126633776
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.02.014