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Petrology, phase equilibria modelling and zircon U–Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic mafic granulites from the Fuping Complex, North China Craton
Author(s) -
Tang L.,
Santosh M.,
Tsunogae T.,
Koizumi T.,
Hu X.K.,
Teng X.M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of metamorphic geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.639
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1525-1314
pISSN - 0263-4929
DOI - 10.1111/jmg.12243
Subject(s) - zircon , mafic , geology , granulite , geochemistry , protolith , craton , metamorphic rock , petrology , geochronology , amphibole , quartz , tectonics , geomorphology , facies , paleontology , structural basin
The Fuping Complex is one of the important basement terranes within the central segment of the Trans‐North China Orogen (TNCO) where mafic granulites are exposed as boudins within tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite ( TTG ) gneisses. Garnet in these granulites shows compositional zoning with homogeneous cores formed in the peak metamorphic stage, surrounded by thin rims with an increase in almandine and decrease in grossular contents suggesting retrograde decompression and cooling. Petrological and phase equilibria studies including pseudosection calculation using thermocalc define a clockwise P–T path. The peak mineral assemblages comprise garnet+clinopyroxene+amphibole+quartz+plagioclase+K‐feldspar+ilmenite±orthopyroxene±magnetite, with metamorphic P–T conditions estimated at 8.2–9.2 kbar, 870–882 °C (15 FP ‐02), 9.6–11.3 kbar, 855–870 °C (15 FP ‐03) and 9.7–10.5 kbar, 880–900 °C (15 FP ‐06) respectively. The pseudosections for the subsequent retrograde stages based on relatively higher H 2 O contents from P/T–M (H 2 O) diagrams define the retrograde P–T conditions of <6.1 kbar, <795 °C (15 FP ‐02), 5.6–5.8 kbar, <795 °C (15 FP ‐03), and <9 kbar, <865 °C (15 FP ‐06) respectively. Data from LA ‐ ICP ‐ MS zircon U–Pb dating show that the mafic dyke protoliths of the granulite were emplaced at c . 2327 Ma. The metamorphic zircon shows two groups of ages at 1.96–1.90 Ga (peak at 1.93–1.92 Ga) and 1.89–1.80 Ga (peak at 1.86–1.83 Ga), consistent with the two metamorphic events widely reported from different segments of the TNCO. The 1.93–1.92 Ga ages are considered to date the peak granulite facies metamorphism, whereas the 1.86–1.83 Ga ages are correlated with the retrograde event. Thus, the collisional assembly of the major crustal blocks in the North China Craton (NCC) might have occurred during 1.93–1.90 Ga, marking the final cratonization of the NCC.

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