Magnesite-bearing garnet Iherzolite from the Altyn Tagh, associated with garnet pyroxenite, and garnet-bearing felsic gneiss, crops out as lenses in Proterozoic gneiss about 100 km east of the Jianggelasayi River. The...Magnesite-bearing garnet Iherzolite from the Altyn Tagh, associated with garnet pyroxenite, and garnet-bearing felsic gneiss, crops out as lenses in Proterozoic gneiss about 100 km east of the Jianggelasayi River. The garnet Iherzolite, together with the eclogite in western Jianggelasayi, composes a high-pressure to ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt in the southern margin of the Altyn Tagh. Parageneses of minerals from magnesite-bearing garnet Iherzolite indicate that the rock evolved a multi-stage metamorphism. The peak-stage metamorphism produces an assemblage of Grt+Ol+Opx+Cpx±Mgs, in which A12O3 content of Opxis very low (0.30-0.66wt%). The calculated P-T condition of the peak stage is 3.8-5.lGPa and 880-970°C, some exsolution rods of clinopyroxene and rutile occur in the Grt and magnesite is rimed by dolomite and orthopyroxene, all implying that the peak stage was a UHP metamorphic process. Together with regional geological studies, isotopic dating and the discovery of coesite inclusions in展开更多
Ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamorphism refers to metamorphism that has occurred at pressures for the stability of coesite. The polycrystalline quartz inclusions showing the characteristic texture within garnets of eclo...Ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamorphism refers to metamorphism that has occurred at pressures for the stability of coesite. The polycrystalline quartz inclusions showing the characteristic texture within garnets of eclogites indicates the pre-existence of coesites under the peak meta-morphic condition. The unusual exsolution textures in om-pacites and apatites, and the pressure estimations of phengite-bearing eclogites have been taken to provide further proof of eclogite formation under the UHP conditions. Combined with the fact that coesites have been observed in country rocks of eclogites in North Qaidam Mountains, another UHP metamorphic belt cut by the large-scale strike-slip fault in the Altun-North Qaidam area of China is confirmed.展开更多
A study on petrography and mineral chemistry of granitic gneiss from the Yinggeli-sayi area in the Altun Mountains of the northwestern China demonstrates that the granitic gneiss experienced a complicated multi-stage ...A study on petrography and mineral chemistry of granitic gneiss from the Yinggeli-sayi area in the Altun Mountains of the northwestern China demonstrates that the granitic gneiss experienced a complicated multi-stage metamorphism. The peak-stage mineral assemblage is garnet+perthite(before exsolution)+titanite(before exsolution)+kyanite+zoisite +quartz/ coesite clinopyroxene with minor apatite and rutile. The exsolution of rod-like plagioclase +amphibole is contained within the core part of coarse-grained titanite, and the Si value per unit formula of the titanite is estimated to be 1.032—1.047, which implies that the titanite contains Si with six-fold coordination and the precursor titanite is hence of supersilicic titanite and suggests that the CaSi2O5 component in the titanite is 3.1%—4.7%. The P-T condition of peak metamorphism is estimated to be 3.7—4.3GPa at 1000. High-Al titanite inclusions are also found in the garnet. All of these suggest that the granitic gneiss underwent UHP metamorphism. The granitic gneiss has SiO2 content (> 70%), Al2O3 (12.58%—14.08%), high K2O content (>5%) with Na2O/K2O ratio of 0.4—0.6, LREE-enriched patterns with (La/Yb)N ratio of 4.3—9.1 and large negative Eu anomaly (d Eu = 0.06—0.59), which indicate that the protolith of the granitic gneiss is the product of anatexis of the middle or upper crustal rock. The UHP granitic gneiss, together with the inter-beds of UHP metamorphic garnet lherzolite and garnet-bearing intermediate-basic gneiss in the outcrops, suggests that they all might undergo continental deep subduction, which will have im-portant bearing for further discussion of the dynamic mechanism of the formation and exhuma-tion of the rocks in this region.展开更多
Two types of quartzofeldspathic inclusions hosted by omphacite and garnet were identified in the Sulu UHP eclogites. The first consists of albite, quartz, and various amounts of K-feldspar. In contrast, the second con...Two types of quartzofeldspathic inclusions hosted by omphacite and garnet were identified in the Sulu UHP eclogites. The first consists of albite, quartz, and various amounts of K-feldspar. In contrast, the second consists predominantly of K-feldspar and quartz without any albite. The presence of quart-zofeldspathic inclusions within the UHP mafic eclogites indicates that partial melting occurred in deeply subducted continental crust via mica dehydration melting reactions at an early stage of rapid exhumation. Such a melting event generated hydrous Na-K-Al-Si melts. These melts infiltrated into the mafic eclogite and were captured by recrystallizing garnet or omphacite, which together followed by dehydration and crystallization to form feldspar-bearing polyphase inclusions. Formation of silicate melts within the deeply subducted continental slab not only provides an excellent medium to transport both mobile (LILE) and immobile (HFSE) elements over a large distance, but also induces effective changes in the physical properties of the UHP slab. This process could be a major factor that enhances rapid exhumation of a deeply subducted continental slab.展开更多
The new results in the studies of the Dabie-Sulu UHP rocks belt during the past 5 years were summarized and discussed. The discussion included the following key points: ( i ) UHP eclogite has two kinds of country rock...The new results in the studies of the Dabie-Sulu UHP rocks belt during the past 5 years were summarized and discussed. The discussion included the following key points: ( i ) UHP eclogite has two kinds of country rocks, with one being UHP eclogite facies rocks and the other non-UHP granitic gneiss. ( ii ) The FeTiO3 in olivine indicated exsolution at depth of 300-400 km. However, the key point is to prove the peridotite in which the FeTiO3 in olivine was found once had been subducted down that depth. (iii ) UHP hydrous phase evidenced that fluids had taken part in the UHP metamorphism, while the meter-scale inhomogeneous distribution of O-, C-isotope indicated no fluid activity in the deep subduction environment. (iv ) No agreement has been arrived on many problems related to the tectonic background of the UHP rocks, such as 'whether or not ophiolitic rocks there exist now?', 'when did UHP metamorphism proceed?', 'what is the subdution polarity?', etc. ( V ) How did the UHP rocks exhume from mantle展开更多
Coesite was discovered as inclusions in zircon separates from pelitic gneissassociated with a large eclogite body in the North Qaidam ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) terrane. Somegraphite inclusions were also found. This fin...Coesite was discovered as inclusions in zircon separates from pelitic gneissassociated with a large eclogite body in the North Qaidam ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) terrane. Somegraphite inclusions were also found. This finding suggested the occurrence of in-situ UHPmetamorphism and that the terrane was most likely recrystallized at pressures below the diamondstability field. It supported other previous indirect UHP evidence, such as polycrystalline quartzinclusions in eclogitic garnet, quartz lamellae in omphacite and P-T estimates for both eclogite andgarnet peridotite. The U-Pb and Sm-Nd ages of the North Qaidam eclogite indicated that subductionof continental crust occurred in the Early Palaeozoic, which probably recorded a collision betweenthe Sino-Korean and Yangtze plates.展开更多
The Drillhole ZK703 with a depth of 558 m is located in the Donghai area of the southern Sulu ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt, eastern China, and penetrates typical UHP eclogites and various non-mafic rocks,...The Drillhole ZK703 with a depth of 558 m is located in the Donghai area of the southern Sulu ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt, eastern China, and penetrates typical UHP eclogites and various non-mafic rocks, including peridotite, gneiss, schist and quartzite. Their protoliths include ultramafic, mafic, intermediate, intermediate-acidic, acidic igneous rocks and sediments. These rocks are intimately interlayered, which are meters to millimeters thick with sharp and nontectonic contacts, suggesting in-situ metamorphism under UHP eclogite facies conditions. The following petrologic features indicate that the non-mafic rocks have experienced early-stage UHP metamorphism together with the eclogites: (1) phengite relics in gneisses and schists contain a high content of Si, up to 3.52 p.f.u. (per formula unit), while amphibolite-facies phengites have considerably low Si content (<3.26 p.f.u.); (2) jadeite relics are found in quartzite and jadeitite; (3) various types of symplectitic coronas and pseud展开更多
Investigations on the oxygen and carbon isotope compositions from the ultrahigh-pressure (UHP)-metamorphosed Shuanghe marbles, that occur as a member of a UHP slab, show that the δ18 O values range from +11.1% to+20....Investigations on the oxygen and carbon isotope compositions from the ultrahigh-pressure (UHP)-metamorphosed Shuanghe marbles, that occur as a member of a UHP slab, show that the δ18 O values range from +11.1% to+20.5% SMOW, and δ13 C from+1.0% to+5.7% PDB, respectively. The variations in isotope compositions show a centimeter scale of homogeneity and a heterogeneity of regional scale larger than 1 meter.In contrast to the eclogite marbles from Norway, the Shuanghe marbles have inherited the carbon isotope compositions from their sedimentary precursor. The δ13C shows positive correlation to the content of dolomite. The depletion in18O, compared with the pmtolithic carbonate strata, might result from three possible geological processes: 1) exchanging oxygen isotope with meteoric water before the UHP metamorphism, 2) decarbonation during the UHP metamorphism, and 3) exchanging oxygen isotope with country gneiss at local scale during retrograde metamorphism.It seems that the advection of fluid in the orogenic belt was very limited during subduction and exhumation of UHP rocks.展开更多
Coesite is an indicator mineral of ultra-high-pressure metamorphism. Since coesite was reported in the Habutengsu Valley, we have also found it in eclogite and schist from the Atantayi Valley in the southwestern Tians...Coesite is an indicator mineral of ultra-high-pressure metamorphism. Since coesite was reported in the Habutengsu Valley, we have also found it in eclogite and schist from the Atantayi Valley in the southwestern Tianshan, China. Petrographic and micro-Raman analyses were carried out for the Atantayi metamorphic rocks and coesite was recognized in the predominant rock types, i.e. schist and eclogite, from three sections. The coesite-bearing schist consists mainly of garnet, Na-Ca amphibole, quartz, white mica and albite; the coesite-bearing eclogite is mainly composed of omphacite, garnet, glaucophane and zoisite. The coesite occurs as various mineral inclusions within porphyroblastic garnet. Findings of coesite in eclogite and associated schist indicate not only the regional in situ formation of the Atantayi ultra-high-pressure eclogite, but also the large areal extent of ultra-high-pressure metamorphism in southwestern Tianshan, extending up to 10 km north-south and 60-80 km east-west.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National "973" Project (Grant No. G1999075508)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 49972063 and 40032010) the Teacher Fund of the Ministry of Education, and the Opening Fund of Key Laboratory of
文摘Magnesite-bearing garnet Iherzolite from the Altyn Tagh, associated with garnet pyroxenite, and garnet-bearing felsic gneiss, crops out as lenses in Proterozoic gneiss about 100 km east of the Jianggelasayi River. The garnet Iherzolite, together with the eclogite in western Jianggelasayi, composes a high-pressure to ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt in the southern margin of the Altyn Tagh. Parageneses of minerals from magnesite-bearing garnet Iherzolite indicate that the rock evolved a multi-stage metamorphism. The peak-stage metamorphism produces an assemblage of Grt+Ol+Opx+Cpx±Mgs, in which A12O3 content of Opxis very low (0.30-0.66wt%). The calculated P-T condition of the peak stage is 3.8-5.lGPa and 880-970°C, some exsolution rods of clinopyroxene and rutile occur in the Grt and magnesite is rimed by dolomite and orthopyroxene, all implying that the peak stage was a UHP metamorphic process. Together with regional geological studies, isotopic dating and the discovery of coesite inclusions in
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 49902018 and 49732070)the National Key Project for Basic Research on Tibetan Plateau (Grant No. G1998040800)the Key Project of the Ministry of Land and Resources
文摘Ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamorphism refers to metamorphism that has occurred at pressures for the stability of coesite. The polycrystalline quartz inclusions showing the characteristic texture within garnets of eclogites indicates the pre-existence of coesites under the peak meta-morphic condition. The unusual exsolution textures in om-pacites and apatites, and the pressure estimations of phengite-bearing eclogites have been taken to provide further proof of eclogite formation under the UHP conditions. Combined with the fact that coesites have been observed in country rocks of eclogites in North Qaidam Mountains, another UHP metamorphic belt cut by the large-scale strike-slip fault in the Altun-North Qaidam area of China is confirmed.
基金This work was supported jointly by the National Key Basic Research and Development Project of China (Grant No.G1999075508) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40372088, 49972063, 140032010)+1 种基金 Ministry of Education's Teacher Fund (Grant No. 40133020) the Opening Fund of Key Laboratory of Lithosphere tectonic, Deep Level Process and Exploration of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan.
文摘A study on petrography and mineral chemistry of granitic gneiss from the Yinggeli-sayi area in the Altun Mountains of the northwestern China demonstrates that the granitic gneiss experienced a complicated multi-stage metamorphism. The peak-stage mineral assemblage is garnet+perthite(before exsolution)+titanite(before exsolution)+kyanite+zoisite +quartz/ coesite clinopyroxene with minor apatite and rutile. The exsolution of rod-like plagioclase +amphibole is contained within the core part of coarse-grained titanite, and the Si value per unit formula of the titanite is estimated to be 1.032—1.047, which implies that the titanite contains Si with six-fold coordination and the precursor titanite is hence of supersilicic titanite and suggests that the CaSi2O5 component in the titanite is 3.1%—4.7%. The P-T condition of peak metamorphism is estimated to be 3.7—4.3GPa at 1000. High-Al titanite inclusions are also found in the garnet. All of these suggest that the granitic gneiss underwent UHP metamorphism. The granitic gneiss has SiO2 content (> 70%), Al2O3 (12.58%—14.08%), high K2O content (>5%) with Na2O/K2O ratio of 0.4—0.6, LREE-enriched patterns with (La/Yb)N ratio of 4.3—9.1 and large negative Eu anomaly (d Eu = 0.06—0.59), which indicate that the protolith of the granitic gneiss is the product of anatexis of the middle or upper crustal rock. The UHP granitic gneiss, together with the inter-beds of UHP metamorphic garnet lherzolite and garnet-bearing intermediate-basic gneiss in the outcrops, suggests that they all might undergo continental deep subduction, which will have im-portant bearing for further discussion of the dynamic mechanism of the formation and exhuma-tion of the rocks in this region.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40673027)Outlay Research Fund of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (Grant No.20071120101125)
文摘Two types of quartzofeldspathic inclusions hosted by omphacite and garnet were identified in the Sulu UHP eclogites. The first consists of albite, quartz, and various amounts of K-feldspar. In contrast, the second consists predominantly of K-feldspar and quartz without any albite. The presence of quart-zofeldspathic inclusions within the UHP mafic eclogites indicates that partial melting occurred in deeply subducted continental crust via mica dehydration melting reactions at an early stage of rapid exhumation. Such a melting event generated hydrous Na-K-Al-Si melts. These melts infiltrated into the mafic eclogite and were captured by recrystallizing garnet or omphacite, which together followed by dehydration and crystallization to form feldspar-bearing polyphase inclusions. Formation of silicate melts within the deeply subducted continental slab not only provides an excellent medium to transport both mobile (LILE) and immobile (HFSE) elements over a large distance, but also induces effective changes in the physical properties of the UHP slab. This process could be a major factor that enhances rapid exhumation of a deeply subducted continental slab.
文摘The new results in the studies of the Dabie-Sulu UHP rocks belt during the past 5 years were summarized and discussed. The discussion included the following key points: ( i ) UHP eclogite has two kinds of country rocks, with one being UHP eclogite facies rocks and the other non-UHP granitic gneiss. ( ii ) The FeTiO3 in olivine indicated exsolution at depth of 300-400 km. However, the key point is to prove the peridotite in which the FeTiO3 in olivine was found once had been subducted down that depth. (iii ) UHP hydrous phase evidenced that fluids had taken part in the UHP metamorphism, while the meter-scale inhomogeneous distribution of O-, C-isotope indicated no fluid activity in the deep subduction environment. (iv ) No agreement has been arrived on many problems related to the tectonic background of the UHP rocks, such as 'whether or not ophiolitic rocks there exist now?', 'when did UHP metamorphism proceed?', 'what is the subdution polarity?', etc. ( V ) How did the UHP rocks exhume from mantle
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China grant 49732070 the Chinese National Key Project for Fundamental Research on the TibetanPlateau(G1998040805).
文摘Coesite was discovered as inclusions in zircon separates from pelitic gneissassociated with a large eclogite body in the North Qaidam ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) terrane. Somegraphite inclusions were also found. This finding suggested the occurrence of in-situ UHPmetamorphism and that the terrane was most likely recrystallized at pressures below the diamondstability field. It supported other previous indirect UHP evidence, such as polycrystalline quartzinclusions in eclogitic garnet, quartz lamellae in omphacite and P-T estimates for both eclogite andgarnet peridotite. The U-Pb and Sm-Nd ages of the North Qaidam eclogite indicated that subductionof continental crust occurred in the Early Palaeozoic, which probably recorded a collision betweenthe Sino-Korean and Yangtze plates.
基金supported by the Chinese National Key Scientific Program--the Chinese Continental Seientitle Drilling Projectthe National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC Grant 49772142)1:250000 Regional Geological Survey of the Lianyungang Sheet(I50C002004)of P.R.China and the Laboratory of Continental Dynamics of the Land and Resource Ministry of China
文摘The Drillhole ZK703 with a depth of 558 m is located in the Donghai area of the southern Sulu ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt, eastern China, and penetrates typical UHP eclogites and various non-mafic rocks, including peridotite, gneiss, schist and quartzite. Their protoliths include ultramafic, mafic, intermediate, intermediate-acidic, acidic igneous rocks and sediments. These rocks are intimately interlayered, which are meters to millimeters thick with sharp and nontectonic contacts, suggesting in-situ metamorphism under UHP eclogite facies conditions. The following petrologic features indicate that the non-mafic rocks have experienced early-stage UHP metamorphism together with the eclogites: (1) phengite relics in gneisses and schists contain a high content of Si, up to 3.52 p.f.u. (per formula unit), while amphibolite-facies phengites have considerably low Si content (<3.26 p.f.u.); (2) jadeite relics are found in quartzite and jadeitite; (3) various types of symplectitic coronas and pseud
基金Project supported by a U. S.-China cooperative project led by ProfCong Bolin of the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences+1 种基金Prof. J. G. Liou of the Department of Geological and Environmental SciencesStanford University by the Nationa
文摘Investigations on the oxygen and carbon isotope compositions from the ultrahigh-pressure (UHP)-metamorphosed Shuanghe marbles, that occur as a member of a UHP slab, show that the δ18 O values range from +11.1% to+20.5% SMOW, and δ13 C from+1.0% to+5.7% PDB, respectively. The variations in isotope compositions show a centimeter scale of homogeneity and a heterogeneity of regional scale larger than 1 meter.In contrast to the eclogite marbles from Norway, the Shuanghe marbles have inherited the carbon isotope compositions from their sedimentary precursor. The δ13C shows positive correlation to the content of dolomite. The depletion in18O, compared with the pmtolithic carbonate strata, might result from three possible geological processes: 1) exchanging oxygen isotope with meteoric water before the UHP metamorphism, 2) decarbonation during the UHP metamorphism, and 3) exchanging oxygen isotope with country gneiss at local scale during retrograde metamorphism.It seems that the advection of fluid in the orogenic belt was very limited during subduction and exhumation of UHP rocks.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40730314, 41002019, and 40821002)the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB825007)the National Science Foundation for Postdoctoral Scientists of China
文摘Coesite is an indicator mineral of ultra-high-pressure metamorphism. Since coesite was reported in the Habutengsu Valley, we have also found it in eclogite and schist from the Atantayi Valley in the southwestern Tianshan, China. Petrographic and micro-Raman analyses were carried out for the Atantayi metamorphic rocks and coesite was recognized in the predominant rock types, i.e. schist and eclogite, from three sections. The coesite-bearing schist consists mainly of garnet, Na-Ca amphibole, quartz, white mica and albite; the coesite-bearing eclogite is mainly composed of omphacite, garnet, glaucophane and zoisite. The coesite occurs as various mineral inclusions within porphyroblastic garnet. Findings of coesite in eclogite and associated schist indicate not only the regional in situ formation of the Atantayi ultra-high-pressure eclogite, but also the large areal extent of ultra-high-pressure metamorphism in southwestern Tianshan, extending up to 10 km north-south and 60-80 km east-west.
