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CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY
卷 146, 期 3, 页码 382-396出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s00410-003-0506-6
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Garnets from different migmatites and granites from the Damara orogen (Namibia) were dated with the U-Pb technique after bulk dissolution of the material. Measured Pb-206/Pb-204 ratios are highly variable and range from ca. 21 to 613. Variations in isotope (Pb-208/Pb-204, Pb-206/Pb-204) and trace element (Th/U, U/Nd, Sm/Nd) ratios of the different garnets show that some garnets contain significant amounts of monazite and zircon inclusions. Due to their very low Pb-206/Pb-204 ratios, garnets from pelitic migmatites from the Khan area yield Pb-Pb ages with large errors precluding a detailed evaluation. However, the Pb-207/Pb-206 ages (ca. 550-500 Ma) appear to be similar to or older than U-Pb monazite ages (530+/-1-517+/-1 Ma) and Sm-Nd garnet ages (523+/-4-512+/-3 Ma) from the same sample. It is reasonable to assume that the Pb-Pb garnet ages define growth ages because previous studies are consistent with a higher closure temperature for the U-Pb system in garnet relative to the U-Pb system in monazite and the Sm-Nd system in garnet. For igneous migmatites from Oetmoed, Pb-Pb garnet ages (483+/-15-492+/-16 Ma) and one Sm-Nd garnet whole rock age (487+/-8 Ma) are similar whereas the monazite from the same sample is ca. 30-40 Ma older (528+/-1 Ma). These monazite ages are, however, similar to monazite ages from nearby unmigmatized granite samples and constrain precisely the intrusion of the precursor granite in this area. Although there is a notable difference in closure temperature for the U-Pb and Sm-Nd system in garnet, the similarity of both ages indicate that both garnet ages record garnet growth in a migmatitic environment. Restitic garnet from an unmigmatized granite from Omaruru yields similar U-Pb (493+/-30-506+/-30 Ma) and Sm-Nd (493+/-6-488+/-7 Ma) garnet ages whereas the monazite from this rock is ca. 15-25 Ma older (516+/-1-514+/-1 Ma). Whereas the monazite ages define probably the peak of regional metamorphism in the source of the granite, the garnet ages may indicate the time of melt extraction. For igneous garnets from granites at Oetmoed, the similarity between Pb-Pb (483+/-34-474+/-17 Ma) and Sm-Nd (492+/-5-484+/-13 Ma) garnet ages is consistent with fast cooling rates of granitic dykes in the lower crust. Differences between garnet and monazite U-Pb ages can be explained by different reactions that produced these minerals at different times and by the empirical observation that monazite seems resistant to later thermal re-equilibration in the temperature range between 750 and 900degreesC (e.g. Braun et al. 1998). For garnet analyses that have low Pb-206/Pb-204 ratios, the influence of high-mu inclusions is small. However, the relatively large errors preclude a detailed evaluation of the relationship between the different chronometers. For garnet with higher Pb-206/Pb-204 ratios, the overall similarity between the Pb-Pb and Sm-Nd garnet ages implies that the inclusions are not significantly older than the garnet and therefore do not induce a premetamorphic Pb signature upon the garnet. The results presented here show that garnet with low U-238/Pb-204 ratios together with Sm-Nd garnet data and U-Pb monazite ages from the same rock can be used to extract geologically meaningful ages that can help to better understand tectonometamorphic processes in high-grade terranes.
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