Low-grade metamorphism around the down-dip limit of seismorgenic subduction zones : Example from an ancient accretionary complex in the Shimanto Belt, Japan
Low-grade metamorphism around the down-dip limit of seismorgenic subduction zones : Example from an ancient accretionary complex in the Shimanto Belt, Japan
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地震俯冲带下倾极限周围的低级变质作用:以日本四万十带的古代增生杂岩为例
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10.1016/j.tecto.2011.02.010
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2011
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2.9
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et al.
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Kameda;J.;Raimbourg;H.;Kogure;T.;et al.
Reactions involving clay minerals during low-grade metamorphism at the depth of an ancient accretionary complex in the Shimanto Belt, Kyushu, Japan, were studied by integrated transmission electron microscopy–energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analyses of the bulk rock and clay fraction. The analyzed metasediment (the Kitagawa unit) contain an incipient sub-horizontal slaty cleavage. Illite crystallinity data and mica b dimensions indicate that the conditions of metamorphic deformation were anchizone–epizone grade and intermediate pressure. Cleavage formation was linked to two reactions involving clay minerals: (1) the recrystallization of 1M-dominant matrix mica, inherited from the original sedimentary fabric, into thick, defect-free 2M1packets along cleavage planes; and (2) the formation of chlorite from 7Å berthierine. Balanced equations among the clay phases, based on compositional data and their relative abundance, suggest that the decomposition of matrix mica resulted in the formation of paragenetic mica and chlorite along the cleavage planes, without significant elemental outflux. Although a modal increase in phyllosilicates is not indicated by the data, the growth of chlorite and mica along cleavage planes may have a large influence on the rheological properties of a décollement and may be related to the occurrence of the seismic–aseismic transition at ~350°C.