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Petrology of the Hujialin garnet clinopyroxenite in the Su‐Lu ultrahigh‐pressure province, eastern China
Author(s) -
Hiramatsu N.,
Hirajima T.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
island arc
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.554
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1440-1738
pISSN - 1038-4871
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1995.tb00152.x
Subject(s) - geology , eclogite , geochemistry , epidote , omphacite , glaucophane , diopside , chlorite , subduction , quartz , tectonics , paleontology
Garnet clinopyroxenite containing porphyroclastic clinopyroxene with garnet lamellae from the Su‐Lu ultrahigh‐pressure (UHP) province, eastern China, records a three‐stage evolutionary history. Stage A: precursor aluminous clinopyroxene associated with Mg‐rich spinel was stable. Stage B: Mg‐rich spinel and aluminous clinopyroxene recrystallized to form porphyroblasts of garnet and diopside with garnet lamellae, respectively. Thereafter, these porphyroblasts were granulated and recrystallized to form equigranular neoblasts in the matrix, being driven by subsolidus deformation. Stage C: the assemblage developed retrograde hornblende, epidote, spinel, chlorite, calcite, and dolomite. The estimated composition of the precursor aluminous clinopyroxene indicates that equilibrium conditions of the stage A were 900‐1000°C, and 1.0‐1.5 GPa. The neoblast garnet‐clinopyroxene pairs, not conjectural, give 740 ± 50°C and higher than 2.5 GPa for the climax conditions of stage B. This implies that the Hujialin garnet clinopyroxenite was transported from a low dP/dT setting to a high dP/dT setting, probably related to subduction during stage B. The Hujialin garnet clinopyroxenite as well as adjacent UHP eclogite which records 700°C and 3.0 GPa as the maximum physical conditions, experienced amphibolite facies retrogression, suggesting that they shared a common P‐T history during exhumation.