TY - JOUR
T1 - Petrology and U-Pb SHRIMP Geochronology of a Garnet Peridotite, Sulu UHP Terrane, East-Central China
AU - Zhao, Ruixuan
AU - Liou, Juhn G.
AU - Tsujimori, Tatsuki
AU - Zhang, Ru Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank J. S. Yang, T. F. Li, S. Z. Chen, and C. L. Wu from Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences for logistical support during our field work. We also thank J. L. Wooden, F. Mazdab, B. Wiegand, and B. Jones for assistance with SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating, cathodoluminescence imaging, and electron microprobe analyses. We also greatly appreciate critical reviews of the manuscript by Gary Ernst, Michael McWilliams, Page Chamber- lain, and Norm Sleep. This study was supported in part by NSF EAR 0003355 and EAR 0506901 to J. G. Liou, and by a GSA research grant and Stanford University McGee research grant to R. Zhao.
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - Garnet clinopyroxenite at Rizhao occurs as a lens 100 × 225 m2 within a serpentinized peridotite body, in fault contact with felsic gneiss. Minor dunite also occurs within the same peridotite. The clinopyroxenite consists of porphyroblastic Grt-bearing (type 1), megacrystic Grt-bearing (type 2), porphyroblastic Cpx-bearing (type 3), and equigranular (type 4) garnet clinopyroxenite. Lamellaerich, coarse-grained Cpx occurs as inclusions in megacrystic Grt from type 2 clinopyroxenite, and as porphyroblasts in a matrix of Cpx + Grt + Ilm from type 3 clinopyroxenite; these clinopyroxenes contain abundant exsolution lamellae of Grt (PrP16-19Grs62 Alm19-21SpS1) + Ilm± Mag ± Amp (Mg#: 0.88-0.98; Na2O: 0.5-3.3 wt%; K2O: 0.7-1.0 wt%; TiO2: 0.1-0.2 wt%). Megacrystic and porphyroblastic garnet (Prp35-42Grs34-45Alm19-24 SpS1) also occurs in a matrix of fine-grained Cpx + Grt + Ilm; spinel (Mg#: 0.60-0.62) is present as inclusions in both porphyroblastic Grt and lamellae-rich Cpx. Petrochemical data support a mantle origin involving crystallization of majoritic garnet. We propose that the protolith of the Rizhao clinopyroxenite initially was a spinel clinopyroxenite, and was convected to great depths (>450 km) to form a majoritic garnet that contains high CaO and considerable amounts of FeO and TiO2. During later decompression, the majoritic garnet broke down to form intergrowths of Cpx + Grt + Ilm ± Mag ± Amp at T = 700-300°C, P ≤ 3 GPa. It was then emplaced into a subduction zone and experienced UHP metamorphism at 620-880°C, 3 GPa during Triassic continental collision. Megacrystic /porphyroblastic garnet formed during this stage, and lamellae-rich Cpx recrystallized to the matrix assemblage of Cpx + Grt + Ilm subsequently. The clinopyroxenite also experienced later retrogression during exhumation. Zircon U-Pb geochronology yields 215 ± 2 Ma for the Rizhao garnet clinopyroxenite, occurrence of garnet and clinopyroxene inclusions in zircon suggests that this age reflects the UHP metamorphism.
AB - Garnet clinopyroxenite at Rizhao occurs as a lens 100 × 225 m2 within a serpentinized peridotite body, in fault contact with felsic gneiss. Minor dunite also occurs within the same peridotite. The clinopyroxenite consists of porphyroblastic Grt-bearing (type 1), megacrystic Grt-bearing (type 2), porphyroblastic Cpx-bearing (type 3), and equigranular (type 4) garnet clinopyroxenite. Lamellaerich, coarse-grained Cpx occurs as inclusions in megacrystic Grt from type 2 clinopyroxenite, and as porphyroblasts in a matrix of Cpx + Grt + Ilm from type 3 clinopyroxenite; these clinopyroxenes contain abundant exsolution lamellae of Grt (PrP16-19Grs62 Alm19-21SpS1) + Ilm± Mag ± Amp (Mg#: 0.88-0.98; Na2O: 0.5-3.3 wt%; K2O: 0.7-1.0 wt%; TiO2: 0.1-0.2 wt%). Megacrystic and porphyroblastic garnet (Prp35-42Grs34-45Alm19-24 SpS1) also occurs in a matrix of fine-grained Cpx + Grt + Ilm; spinel (Mg#: 0.60-0.62) is present as inclusions in both porphyroblastic Grt and lamellae-rich Cpx. Petrochemical data support a mantle origin involving crystallization of majoritic garnet. We propose that the protolith of the Rizhao clinopyroxenite initially was a spinel clinopyroxenite, and was convected to great depths (>450 km) to form a majoritic garnet that contains high CaO and considerable amounts of FeO and TiO2. During later decompression, the majoritic garnet broke down to form intergrowths of Cpx + Grt + Ilm ± Mag ± Amp at T = 700-300°C, P ≤ 3 GPa. It was then emplaced into a subduction zone and experienced UHP metamorphism at 620-880°C, 3 GPa during Triassic continental collision. Megacrystic /porphyroblastic garnet formed during this stage, and lamellae-rich Cpx recrystallized to the matrix assemblage of Cpx + Grt + Ilm subsequently. The clinopyroxenite also experienced later retrogression during exhumation. Zircon U-Pb geochronology yields 215 ± 2 Ma for the Rizhao garnet clinopyroxenite, occurrence of garnet and clinopyroxene inclusions in zircon suggests that this age reflects the UHP metamorphism.
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U2 - 10.2747/0020-6814.49.8.732
DO - 10.2747/0020-6814.49.8.732
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548204862
VL - 49
SP - 732
EP - 752
JO - International Geology Review
JF - International Geology Review
SN - 0020-6814
IS - 8
ER -