-This paper presents metamorphic evolution of metamorphic rocks from the Meratus Complex in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Eight varieties of metamorphic rocks samples from this location, which are garnet-bearing epidote-barroisite schist, epidote-barroisite schist, glaucophane-quartz schist, garnet-muscovite schist, actinolite-talc schist, epidote schist, muscovite schist, and serpentinite, were investigated in detail its petrological and mineralogical characteristics by using polarization microscope and electron probe micro analyzer (EPMA). Furthermore, the pressure-temperature path of garnet-bearing epidote-barroisite schist was estimated by using mineral parageneses, reaction textures, and mineral chemistries to assess the metamorphic history. The primary stage of this rock might be represented by the assemblage of glaucophane + epidote + titanite ± paragonite. The assemblage yields 1.7 -1.0 GPa in assumed temperature of 300 -550 °C, which is interpreted as maximum pressure limit of prograde stage. The peak P-T condition estimated on the basis of the equilibrium of garnet rim, barroisite, phengite, epidote, and quartz, yields 547 -690 °C and 1.1 -1.5 GPa on the albite epidote amphibolite-facies that correspond to the depth of 38 -50 km. The retrograde stage was presented by changing mineral compositions of amphiboles from the Si-rich barroisite to the actinolite, which lies near 0.5 GPa at 350 °C. It could be concluded that metamorphic rocks from the Meratus Complex experienced low-temperature and high-pressure conditions (blueschist-facies) prior to the peak metamorphism of the epidote amphibolite-facies. The subduction environments in Meratus Complex during Cretaceous should be responsible for this metamorphic condition.
This contribution reports the metamorphic evolution of the high-pressure metamorphic rocks from the Bantimala Complex, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Barroisite-bearing and barroisite-free eclogites were examined to assess their metamorphic evolutions, which have implications regarding the tectonic conditions in this region. The eclogites mainly consist of garnet, omphacite, phengite, rutile, and epidote, with or without barroisite. The variations in mineral assemblages are interpreted to depend upon local changes in the bulk chemical composition. The barroisite-bearing eclogites contain two types of euhedral garnet: coarse-(1-1.5 mm) and finegrained (<0.5 mm). Mineral inclusions in the coarse-grained garnet core and mantle show epidote + titanite and glaucophane + epidote assemblages, that stabilized at 0.9-1.5 GPa and 350-550°C within epidote blueschist-facies conditions. Mineral chemistry and chemical-mapping analyses indicate that both fine-grained garnet and the rim of coarse-grained garnet formed at peak P-T conditions, which were estimated as 2.3-2.7 GPa at 615-680°C based on the garnet-omphacite-phengite-quartz equilibrium. Peak P-T conditions for barroisitefree eclogite were similar (2.5-2.7 GPa at 650-690°C) to those for barroisite-bearing eclogite. Actinolite rims overgrowing matrix sodic-calcic amphiboles attest to retrogression at P < 0.5 GPa and T < 350°C in a clockwise P-T path. The very low geothermal gradient experienced during the prograde path (~5°C/km) likely suggests the subduction of an old and cold oceanic crust. The low geothermal gradient on the retrograde path suggests decompressional cooling during exhumation, possibly favored by a serpentinite-dominated matrix within a subduction channel environment.
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