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dc.contributor.authorRasmussen, Birger
dc.contributor.authorFletcher, Ian
dc.contributor.authorMuhling, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:27:25Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:27:25Z
dc.date.created2012-03-04T20:00:46Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationRasmussen, Birger and Fletcher, Ian and Muhling, Janet. 2011. Response of xenotime to prograde metamorphism. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 162: pp. 1259-1277.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11874
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00410-011-0650-3
dc.description.abstract

Xenotime is a widespread accessory mineral in lower greenschist to upper amphibolite facies metasedimentary rocks from the Palaeoproterozoic Mount Barren Group, southwestern Australia. Xenotime is closely associated with detrital zircon, commonly forming syntaxial outgrowths, in samples of sandstone, micaceous quartzite, slate, phyllite, garnet-bearing semi-pelites, and in kyanite-, garnet-, and staurolite-bearing mica schists. In situ geochronology of xenotime from lower greenschist sandstones has previously yielded multiple U–Pb ages with peaks at ~2.0, ~1.7, and ~1.65 Ga, interpreted to represent the age of detritus, early diagenesis, and a later thermal event, respectively. New U–Pb dating of xenotime in slate yields a major population at ~1.7 Ga with a minor population at ~1.2 Ga, reflecting diagenetic and metamorphic growth, respectively, whereas xenotime in phyllite forms a minor age population at ~1.7 Ga and a main peak at ~1.2 Ga. Mid-greenschist facies semi-pelitic schists (quartz-muscovite-garnet) contain xenotime that formed before 1.8 Ga and at 1.2 Ga, representing detrital and peak metamorphic ages, respectively. Xenotime in samples of amphibolite facies schist (650°C and ~8 kbars) yields U–Pb ages of ~1.2 Ga, coinciding with the time of peak metamorphism. A single analysis of a xenotime core from an amphibolite facies schist gave an age of ~1.8 Ga, consistent with the presence of detrital xenotime.Our results suggest that detrital xenotime may be preserved under greenschist facies conditions, but is largely replaced during upper amphibolite facies conditions. Detrital xenotime is replaced through dissolution–reprecipitation reactions forming compositionally distinct rims during greenschist and amphibolite facies metamorphism at 1.2 Ga. Diagenetic xenotime is present in lower greenschist facies samples, but was not observed in metasedimentary rocks that had experienced temperatures above mid-greenschist facies metamorphism (450°C). The apparent disappearance of detrital and diagenetic xenotime and appearance of metamorphic xenotime during prograde metamorphism indicates that some of the yttrium, heavy rare earth elements, and phosphorus needed for metamorphic xenotime growth are probably derived from the replacement of detrital and diagenetic xenotime.

dc.publisherSpringer
dc.subjectXenotime
dc.subjectPelitic schists
dc.subjectAccessory minerals
dc.subjectMetamorphism
dc.subjectU–Pb geochronology
dc.titleResponse of xenotime to prograde metamorphism
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume162
dcterms.source.startPage1259
dcterms.source.endPage1277
dcterms.source.issn0010-7999
dcterms.source.titleContributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
curtin.departmentDepartment of Applied Geology
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