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| Titel |
The 3.5 Ga granulites of the Bug polymetamorphic complex, Ukraine (U-Pb SHRIMP-II zircon data) |
| VerfasserIn |
Svetlana Lobach-Zhuchenko, Tatiana Kaulina, Shauket Baltybaev, Anastasija Yurchenko, Victor Balagansky, Sergei Skublov, Vitaliji Sukach |
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EGU General Assembly 2014
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Englisch
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 16 (2014) |
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250088247
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2014-2334.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The Bug polymetamorphic complex composes the south-west of the Ukrainian Shield. It experienced multistage deformation and metamorphism of 3.6 to 1.95 Ga. The age of protolith of the gneiss enderbite is up to 3.7-3.6 Ga (Claesson et al., 2006: Lobach-Zhuchenko et al., 2010, 2013; Bibikova et al, 2013).
The 3.5 old granulitic zircon (sample UR132) was found in a light grey massive medium grained with weak foliation granulite from the Odessa quarry located at the right riverside of the Bug (N 48° 13' 55.2''; E 29° 59' 75''). The rock is mafic in composition (SiO2 = 51.50 wt%, #mg=0.43, (La/Yb)n =7.5), and shows enrichment in Sr (333 ppm), Zr (244 ppm), and Nb (12 ppm) compared to MORB. This contains antiperthitic plagioclase (An30-35), hypersthene (En0.46 Fs0.53 Wo0.01 ), diopside (En0.33 Fs0.20Wo0.47), quartz, ilmenite, magnetite, apatite, and zircon.
Three types of zircon are recognized. (1) Large (~300 μm) isometric and oval grains displaying bright colour and sector zoning in CL. Some crystals have fir-tree texture. Isometric shape together with fir-tree zoning is typical for zircons growing under conditions of granulite- facies metamorphism (Hoskin and Schaltegger, 2003). These zircons are low in U and Th, have high Th/U ratios (0.61-1.1), and display decreasing of element contents from the centre to margin (ppm): U – 68 to 44, Th – 58 to 19, total REE – 723 to 406, Y – 1049 to 553, and Li – 1.23 to 0.91 at the constant (Lu/La)n ratios (4200-4600). Zircon's crystallization temperature calculated from the Ti content is 705 °C and is consistent with those calculated on the base of the mineral composition. (2) Small sized (60-100 μm) zircons. Most of these occur within plagioclase and truncate antiperthite lamellae. They show euhedral zoned cores and bright rims in CL. (3) Zircons principally distinguished from those of groups 1 and 2. These are dark in CL, some grains are severely structurally damaged and contain numerous inclusions (Qzt, Pl, Kfsp, rare Opx and Cpx).
Zircon U-Pb isotopic analysis was carried out using SHRIMP II ion microprobe technique at the Isotopic Centre of VSEGEI, St.-Petersburg. Six transparent grains of the (1) group form a discordia line with Concordia intercepts at 3499+/-33 Ma (and 2638+/-240 Ma (MSWD=2.3). According to internal textures and chemical composition of zircons their formation is associated with granulite metamorphism. The 207 Pb/ 206 Pb data for 11 grains from (3) group are highly variable in age from 3330+/-5 to 2356+/-7 Ma indicating isotopic disturbance. They do not form an isochrone, thus reliable determination of their age is not yet possible.
Thus, the oldest granulitic event at 3499 ± 33 Ma has been identified and justified for rocks of the Bug polymetamorphic granulite complex. Recognition of this oldest granulite metamorphism proved possible due to preserved isotopic and geochemical features of zircon.
The work was financially supported by program ONZ – 6. |
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