Temporal links between pluton emplacement, garnet granulite metamorphism, partial melting and extensional collapse in the lower crust of a Cretaceous magmatic arc, Fiordland, New Zealand
Temporal links between pluton emplacement, garnet granulite metamorphism, partial melting and extensional collapse in the lower crust of a Cretaceous magmatic arc, Fiordland, New Zealand
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10.1111/jmg.12064
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发表时间:
2014-02
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3.4
通讯作者:
H. Stowell;K. O. Parker;M. Gatewood;A. Tulloch;Alan E. Koenig
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作者:
H. Stowell;K. O. Parker;M. Gatewood;A. Tulloch;Alan E. Koenig
Garnet granulite facies mid‐to lower crust in Fiordland, New Zealand, provides evidence for pulsed intrusion and deformation occurring in the mid‐to lower crust of magmatic arcs. 238U‐206Pb zircon ages constrain emplacement of the ∼595 km2 Malaspina Pluton to 116–114 Ma. Nine Sm‐Nd garnet ages (multi‐point garnet‐rock isochrons) ranging from 115.6 ± 2.6 to 110.6 ± 2.0 Ma indicate that garnet granulite facies metamorphism was synchronous or near synchronous throughout the pluton. Hence, partial melting and garnet granulite facies metamorphism lasted 900 °C, garnet contained ∼4000 ppm Ti; subsequently, rutile inclusions grew during declining temperature with limited pressure change. Garnet granulite metamorphism of the Malaspina Pluton is c. 10 Ma younger than similar metamorphism of the Pembroke Granulite in northern Fiordland; therefore, high‐P metamorphism and partial melting must have been diachronous for this >3000 km² area of mid‐to‐lower crust. Thus, two or more pulses of intrusion shortly followed by garnet granulite metamorphism and extensional strain occurred from north to south along the axis of the lower crustal root of the Cretaceous Gondwana arc.