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LITHOS
Volume 262, Issue -, Pages 44-57Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2016.06.022
Keywords
North China craton; Ordos block; LA-ICP-MS monazite geochronology; Metamorphic phase equilibria; Tectonics
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- University of Adelaide, Australia
- China University of Geosciences Beijing, China
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Among the various Precambrian crustal blocks in the North China Craton (NCC), the geology and evolution of the Ordos Block remain largely enigmatic due to paucity of outcrop. Here we investigate granulite-fades metapelites obtained from deep-penetrating drill holes in the Ordos Block and report petrology, calculated phase equilibria and in-situ monazite LA-ICP-MS geochronology. The rocks we studied are two samples of cordierite-bearing garnet-sillimanite-biotite metapelitic gneisses and one graphite-bearing, two-mica granitic gneiss. The peak metamorphic age from LA-ICP-MS dating of monazite in all three samples is in the range of 1930-1940 Ma. The (U + Pb)-Th chemical ages through EPMA dating reveals that monazite occurring as inclusions in garnet are older than those in the matrix. Calculated metamorphic phase diagrams for the cordierite-bearing metapelite suggest peak P-T conditions ca. 7-9 kbar and 775-825 degrees C, followed by decompression and evolution along a clockwise P-T path. Our petrologic and age data are consistent with those reported from the Khondalite Belt in the Inner Mongolia Suture Zone in the northern part of the Ordos Block suggesting that these granulite-fades metasediments represent the largest Paleoproterozoic accretionary belt in the NCC (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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