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Petrological evidence for isobaric cooling of ultrahigh-temperature pelitic granulites from the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton

华北克拉通孔兹岩带超高温泥质麻粒岩等压降温的岩石学新证据

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The ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) pelitic granulites from the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton (NCC), contain ilmenite in the matrix, which has been partially replaced by rutile. Based on this observation and the growth of biotite by garnet-consuming reaction, the UHT rocks are inferred to have recorded three metamorphic stages: the peak metamorphic stage (M1) and two retrograde metamorphic stages (M2 and M3). The M1 stage is represented by the assemblage of perthite + sillimanite + ilmenite in the matrix, and quartz inclusions bearing (in the cores) garnet porphyroblasts. The M2 stage is defined by rutile-replacing ilmenite and growth of garnet mantles and rims containing acicular sillimanite inclusions, with the garnet + perthite + sillimanite + rutile + ilmenite + quartz assemblage. The M3 stage is recorded by the growth of biotite in the matrix, with the garnet + biotite + perthite + sillimanite + rutile + ilmenite + quartz assemblage. Based on phase equilibrium modeling, an isobaric cooling path is reconstructed, which is consistent with the idea that mantle-derived magma provided the heat for the UHT metamorphism in the Khondalite Belt, NCC.

本文对华北克拉通孔兹岩带集宁地区不含超高温特征指示矿物的超高温泥质麻粒岩进行了电子探针背散射和能谱分析,发现该岩石中的钛铁矿颗粒被金红石交代。结合相**衡计算结果我们发现该样品记录了**等压降温的P–T 轨迹,与地幔岩浆为超高温变质作用提供热源的认识相符。

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This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2012CB416606), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41421002, 41430209), MOST Special Fund from the State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, the Natural Science Foundation of Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government (14JK1733), and Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT1281). Thanks are given to Prof. Guochun Zhao and one anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments that helped to improve the manuscript, Dr. Philip M. Piccoli for his improvements on English writing, Wenqiang Yang for his help during electron microprobe analyses.

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Supplementary Fig. 1 Photomicrographs of pelitic granulite sample 03b-40. a sillimanite occurs as acicular inclusions in the rims of garnet, and as rods in the matrix. b biotite in the matrix surrounding garnet. c garnet contain abundant quartz inclusions in the core. Mineral abbreviations: g, garnet; sill, sillimanite; bi, biotite; q, quartz; ksp, K-feldspar. Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.

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Gou, L., Zhang, C. & Wang, Q. Petrological evidence for isobaric cooling of ultrahigh-temperature pelitic granulites from the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton. Sci. Bull. 60, 1535–1542 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-015-0872-2

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