A systematic evaluation of the Zr-in-rutile thermometer in ultra-high temperature (UHT) rocks

Pape, Jonas; Mezger, Klaus; Robyr, Martin

doi:10.1007/s00410-016-1254-8

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“…Zircon exsolution has been observed in nature (e.g., Ewing et al, 2013;Pape et al, 2016) and has been demonstrated experimentally with Zr-rich rutile (Tomkins et al, 2007). Resulting zircon appears as thin exsolution lamellae or as small individual euhedral grains within rutile.…”

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“…Metamorphic precipitation of zircon could be a result of the breakdown of and/or exsolution from various Zr-bearing phases (Davidson and van Breemen, 1988) such as garnet, amphibole, (clino)pyroxene and ilmenite (e.g., Fraser et al, 1997;Degeling et al, 2001;Möller et al, 2003;Söderlund et al, 2004;Harley et al, 2007;Kelsey et al, 2008;Morisset and Scoates, 2008), hemo-ilmenite (Morisset et al, 2005), baddeleyite (Bingen et al, 2001;Söderlund et al, 2004), rutile (Harley et al, 2007;Tomkins et al, 2007;Morisset and Scoates, 2008;Kelsey and Powell, 2011;Ewing et al, 2013Ewing et al, , 2014Pape et al, 2016), epidote, titanite (Kohn et al, 2015), chlorite (Fraser et al, 2004), and biotite (Vavra et al, 1996). Zircon coronae have been reported around Martian baddeleyite as a result of shock metamorphism (Moser et al, 2013).…”

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“…Mineral-fluid interactions, decomposition of Zr-bearing minerals, and exsolution from Zr-bearing accessory and rock-forming minerals can result in such unusual zircon textures (e.g., Corfu et al, 2003 and references therein;Dempster et al, 2004Dempster et al, , 2008Rasmussen, 2005), even at low metamorphic grades (e.g., Dempster et al, 2008). In natural samples, there are several documented examples of zircon coronae textures from igneous and metaigneous rocks (e.g., Bingen et al, 2001;Söderlund et al, 2004;Austrheim et al, 2008), as well as from metapelites of the IVZ (Pape et al, 2016). Such textures are found in rocks of different metamorphic grades, ranging from prehnite-pumpellyite to eclogite facies (Austrheim et al, 2008).…”

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“…Resulting zircon appears as thin exsolution lamellae or as small individual euhedral grains within rutile. Similarly, the metapelites from the IvreaVerbano Zone (IVZ) reveal thin zircon needles in rutile and chains of fine zircon grains framing rutile (Ewing et al, 2013;Pape et al, 2016).…”

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Interpretation of zircon coronae textures from metapelitic granulites of the Ivrea–Verbano Zone, northern Italy: two-stage decomposition of Fe–Ti oxides

Kovaleva¹,

Austrheim²,

Klötzli³

2017

Solid Earth

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Abstract. In this study, we report the occurrence of zircon coronae textures in metapelitic granulites of the IvreaVerbano Zone. Unusual zircon textures are spatially associated with Fe-Ti oxides and occur as (1) vermicular-shaped aggregates 50-200 µm long and 5-20 µm thick and as (2) zircon coronae and fine-grained chains, hundreds of micrometers long and ≤ 1 µm thick, spatially associated with the larger zircon grains. Formation of such textures is a result of zircon precipitation during cooling after peak metamorphic conditions, which involved: (1) decomposition of Zr-rich ilmenite to Zr-bearing rutile, and formation of the vermicular-shaped zircon during retrograde metamorphism and hydration; and (2) recrystallization of Zr-bearing rutile to Zr-depleted rutile intergrown with quartz, and precipitation of the submicron-thick zircon coronae during further exhumation and cooling. We also observed hat-shaped grains that are composed of preexisting zircon overgrown by zircon coronae during stage (2). Formation of vermicular zircon (1) preceded ductile and brittle deformation of the host rock, as vermicular zircon is found both plastically and cataclastically deformed. Formation of thin zircon coronae (2) was coeval with, or immediately after, brittle deformation as coronae are found to fill fractures in the host rock. The latter is evidence of local, fluid-aided mobility of Zr. This study demonstrates that metamorphic zircon can nucleate and grow as a result of hydration reactions and mineral breakdown during cooling after granulite-facies metamorphism. Zircon coronae textures indicate metamorphic reactions in the host rock and establish the direction of the reaction front.

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Interpretation of zircon coronae textures from metapelitic granulites of the Ivrea–Verbano Zone, northern Italy: two-stage decomposition of Fe–Ti oxides

Kovaleva¹,

Austrheim²,

Klötzli³

2017

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“…In the absence of fluids, metamorphic zircon may form via solid-state (partial) recrystallisation (e.g. Schaltegger et al 1999;Hoskin and Black 2000;Tomaschek et al 2003;Rubatto et al 2006) or by the breakdown of Zr-rich minerals (Fraser et al 1997;Degeling et al 2001;Bingen et al 2004;Ewing et al 2013;Pape et al 2016). …”

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Zircon ages in granulite facies rocks: decoupling from geochemistry above 850 °C?

Kunz

Regis

Engi

2018

Contrib Mineral Petrol

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Granulite facies rocks frequently show a large spread in their zircon ages, the interpretation of which raises questions: Has the isotopic system been disturbed? By what process(es) and conditions did the alteration occur? Can the dates be regarded as real ages, reflecting several growth episodes? Furthermore, under some circumstances of (ultra-)high-temperature metamorphism, decoupling of zircon U-Pb dates from their trace element geochemistry has been reported. Understanding these processes is crucial to help interpret such dates in the context of the P-T history. Our study presents evidence for decoupling in zircon from the highest grade metapelites (> 850 °C) taken along a continuous high-temperature metamorphic field gradient in the Ivrea Zone (NW Italy). These rocks represent a well-characterised segment of Permian lower continental crust with a protracted high-temperature history. Cathodoluminescence images reveal that zircons in the mid-amphibolite facies preserve mainly detrital cores with narrow overgrowths. In the upper amphibolite and granulite facies, preserved detrital cores decrease and metamorphic zircon increases in quantity. Across all samples we document a sequence of four rim generations based on textures. U-Pb dates, Th/U ratios and Ti-in-zircon concentrations show an essentially continuous evolution with increasing metamorphic grade, except in the samples from the granulite facies, which display significant scatter in age and chemistry. We associate the observed decoupling of zircon systematics in high-grade non-metamict zircon with disturbance processes related to differences in behaviour of non-formula elements (i.e. Pb, Th, U, Ti) at high-temperature conditions, notably differences in compatibility within the crystal structure.

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Building the Pamir‐Tibet Plateau—Crustal stacking, extensional collapse, and lateral extrusion in the Pamir: 3. Thermobarometry and petrochronology of deep Asian crust

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Large domes of crystalline, middle to deep crustal rocks of Asian provenance make the Pamir a unique part of the India‐Asia collision. Combined major‐element and trace element thermobarometry, pseudosections, garnet‐zoning deconstruction, and geochronology are used to assess the burial and exhumation history of five of these domes. All domes were buried and heated sufficiently to initiate garnet growth at depths of 15–20 km at 37–27 Ma. The Central Pamir was then heated at ~10–20°C/Myr and buried at 1–2 km/Myr to 600–675°C at depths of 25–35 km by 22–19 Ma. The Shakhdara Dome in the South Pamir was heated at ~20°C/Myr and buried at 2–8 km/Myr to reach 750–800°C at depths of ≥50 km by ~20 Ma. All domes were exhumed at >3 km/Myr to 5–10 km depths and ~300°C by 17–15 Ma. The pressures, temperatures, burial rates, and heating rates are typical of continental collision. Decompression during exhumation outpaced cooling, compatible with tectonic unroofing along mapped large‐scale, normal‐sense shear zones, and with advection of near‐solidus or suprasolidus temperatures into the upper crust, triggering exhumation‐related magmatism. The Shakhdara Dome was exhumed from greater depth than the Central Pamir domes perhaps due to its position farther in the hinterland of the Paleogene retrowedge and to higher heat input following Indian slab breakoff. The large‐scale thickening and coincident ~20 Ma switch to extension throughout a huge area encompassing the Pamir and Karakorum strengthens the idea that the evolution of orogenic plateaux is governed by catastrophic plate‐scale events.

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A systematic evaluation of the Zr-in-rutile thermometer in ultra-high temperature (UHT) rocks

Cited by 70 publications

References 41 publications

Interpretation of zircon coronae textures from metapelitic granulites of the Ivrea–Verbano Zone, northern Italy: two-stage decomposition of Fe–Ti oxides

Interpretation of zircon coronae textures from metapelitic granulites of the Ivrea–Verbano Zone, northern Italy: two-stage decomposition of Fe–Ti oxides

Zircon ages in granulite facies rocks: decoupling from geochemistry above 850 °C?

Building the Pamir‐Tibet Plateau—Crustal stacking, extensional collapse, and lateral extrusion in the Pamir: 3. Thermobarometry and petrochronology of deep Asian crust

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