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dc.contributor.authorBhowmik, S.
dc.contributor.authorWilde, Simon
dc.contributor.authorBhandari, A.
dc.contributor.authorSarbadhikari, A.B.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:35:05Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:35:05Z
dc.date.created2015-01-29T20:00:48Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationBhowmik, S. and Wilde, S. and Bhandari, A. and Sarbadhikari, A.B. 2014. Zoned Monazite and Zircon as Monitors for the Thermal History of Granulite Terranes: an Example from the Central Indian Tectonic Zone. Journal of Petrology. 55 (3): pp. 585-621.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39563
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/petrology/egt078
dc.description.abstract

The growth and dissolution behaviour of detrital, metamorphic and magmatic monazite and zircon during granulite-facies anatexis in pelitic and psammo-pelitic granulites and in garnetiferous granite from the southern margin of the Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ) have been investigated using reconstructed metamorphic reaction history, monazite electron microprobe dating and sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) U–Pb zircon geochronology. Whereas the pelitic granulites record medium-pressure granulite-facies metamorphism (BM1 stage), the psammo-pelitic granulite reached ultrahigh temperatures (TMax > 880°C at 8·7 kbar). The meta-psammite additionally records two stages of granulite-facies recrystallization (BM2 and BM3). Irrespective of variations in the bulk-rock compositions and peak metamorphic conditions, monazite is highly reactive during the BM1 event, producing complex, chemically zoned crystals. Textural, compositional and chemical ages of these grains indicate the stability of six compositional domains (CD1 to CD6 in the paragenetic sequence), of which CD1 represents pre-metamorphic detrital cores of Paleoproterozoic age. CD2 and CD3 (combined mean age of 1612 ± 14 Ma) mark two stages of recrystallization of detrital monazite cores during prograde events. Rims of CD4 monazite (ages between 1615 ± 14 and 1586 ± 14 Ma) on partially to completely equilibrated cores indicate melt crystallization at, or immediately following, peak BM1P metamorphism. CD5 monazite (age of 1574 ± 7 Ma) is restricted to the psammo-pelitic granulites, and marks final melt crystallization at the solidus during post-peak cooling (BM1R stage, where R represents retrograde metamorphism). The metamorphic rim of CD6 monazite (age of 1539 ± 24 Ma) around partially resorbed CD5 domains is linked to the decomposition of BM1 garnet during the terminal hydration event as part of a granulite-facies recrystallization event. Compositionally homogeneous monazite and rims of chemically zoned monazite grains in granite together record a magmatic crystallization age of 1604 ± 9 Ma. SHRIMP U–Pb zircon dating of the psammo-pelitic granulite and garnetiferous granite indicates detrital or inherited cores of Paleo- to Neoarchean age (3584 ± 3 to 2530 ± 3 Ma), which have been variously recrystallized and overgrown by new zircon: (1) at 1658 ± 12 Ma; (2) between 1595 ± 5 and 1590 ± 6 Ma; (3) at 1574 ± 9 Ma. These zircon dates are correlated with the timing of the following: (1) the protoliths of precursor sediments of the metasedimentary granulites, deposited between 2530 and 1658 Ma; (2) a short-lived high-grade event ∼65–70 Myr before the culmination of the BM1 granulite-facies event; (3) a high-T anatectic event, corresponding to the peak BM1P metamorphism at TMax > 900°C; (4) final crystallization of anatectic melt at the solidus (cf. BM1R metamorphic stage). These chronological constraints from monazite and zircon, when integrated with the metamorphic reaction history and published geochronological data, allow recognition of three episodes of granulite-facies metamorphism in the CITZ at 1658 Ma (pre-BM1 event), between 1612 and 1574 Ma (BM1 event), and between 1572 and 1539 Ma (combined BM2 and BM3 events), as part of a latest Paleoproterozoic to Early Mesoproterozoic orogenic event. This orogeny is linked to the growth of the Proto-Greater Indian Landmass.

dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.subjectSHRIMP
dc.subjectgranulite
dc.subjectmonazite
dc.subjectzircon
dc.subjectdating
dc.subjectmetamorphism
dc.titleZoned Monazite and Zircon as Monitors for the Thermal History of Granulite Terranes: an Example from the Central Indian Tectonic Zone
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume55
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage585
dcterms.source.endPage621
dcterms.source.issn0022-3530
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Petrology
curtin.departmentDepartment of Applied Geology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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