Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
Geological Sciences
Publication Date
7-2009
Abstract
In the southeastern part of the North Qaidam terrane, near Dulan, paragneiss hosts minor peridotite and UHP eclogite. Zircon geochronology and trace element geochemistry of three paragneiss samples (located within a ∼3 km transect) indicates that eclogite-facies metamorphism resulted in variable degrees of zircon growth and recrystallization in the three samples. Inherited zircon core age groups at 1.8 and 2.5 Ga suggest that the protoliths of these rocks may have received sediments from the Yangtze or North China cratons. Mineral inclusions, depletion in HREE, and absence of negative Eu anomalies indicate that zircon U-Pb ages of 431 ± 5 Ma and 426 ± 4 Ma reflect eclogite-facies zircon growth in two of the samples. Ti-in-zircon thermometry results are tightly grouped at ∼660 and ∼600 °C, respectively. Inclusions of metamorphic minerals, scarcity of inherited cores, and lack of isotopic or trace element inheritance demonstrate that significant new metamorphic zircon growth must have occurred. In contrast, zircon in the third sample is dominated by inherited grains, and rims show isotopic and trace element inheritance, suggesting solid-state recrystallization of detrital zircon with only minor new growth.
Recommended Citation
Mattinson, C.G. , Wooden, J.L., Zhang, J.X., & Bird, D.K. (2009). Paragneiss zircon geochronology and trace element geochemistry, North Qaidam HP/UHP Terrane, Western China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 35, 298-309. DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.12.007
Journal
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, volume 35 (2009), DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.12.007