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etrochronology of high-pressure granulite facies rocks from Southern Brasilia Orogen, SE Brazil: Combining quantitative compositional mapping, single-element thermometry and geochronolog

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Author(s):
Fumes, Regiane Andrade [1] ; Luvizotto, George Luiz [1] ; Moraes, Renato [2] ; Lanari, Pierre [3] ; Valeriano, Claudio de Morisson [4] ; Zack, Thomas [5] ; Caddick, Mark J. [6] ; Simoes, Luiz Sergio Amarante [1]
Total Authors: 8
Affiliation:
[1] Sao Paulo State Univ, Dept Geol, Av 24A, 1515, BR-13506900 Rio Claro - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Mineral & Geotecton, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Bern, Inst Geol Sci, Bern - Switzerland
[4] Univ Estado Rio de Janeiro UERJ, TEKTOS Res Grp, Fac Geol, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil
[5] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Earth Sci, Gothenburg - Sweden
[6] Virginia Tech, Dept Geosci, Blacksburg, VA 24061 - USA
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY; v. 40, n. 3 OCT 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

We use a combination of several in situ techniques to assess the P-T-t path of high-pressure granulites from the Passos Nappe in the Southern Brasilia Orogen (SE Brazil). Quantitative element mapping and single-element thermometers (Zr-in-rutile and Ti-in-quartz) are coupled with P-T pseudosections and monazite and rutile dating. Compositional and temperature maps, based on cathodoluminescence mapping and in situ analyses of Ti-in-quartz, are presented as a novel approach to evaluate crystallization temperature. The studied rocks have a pelitic protolith and record a peak pressure assemblage of garnet + kyanite + rutile + K-feldspar + quartz + melt +/- plagioclase that formed at similar to 830 degrees C and 1.2 GPa. Retrograde conditions of similar to 560 degrees C and 0.6 GPa are determined based on the grossular content of garnet and the crystallization of biotite and ilmenite. Metamorphic peak conditions occurred ca. 635 Ma, according to monazite dating, with a younger date of ca. 615 Ma associated with later kyanite crystallization. Rutile ages of ca. 590 Ma are linked to the late retrograde stage (at similar to 600 degrees C). Results show that the distribution of Ti-in-quartz is heterogeneous, decreasing in abundance towards the rim of crystals, though the higher temperatures constrained with Ti-in-quartz thermometry are broadly consistent with peak conditions. The peak pressure conditions are consistent with continental collision setting in the Southern Brasilia Orogen and were followed by an early cooling/decompression stage and then by a slow cooling during exhumation and transport to shallower crustal levels. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 15/05230-0 - Metamorphic, partial melting and deformation studies in high-pressure metapelitic rocks
Grantee:George Luiz Luvizotto
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 16/22627-3 - Metamorphism and partial melting in ancient orogens II
Grantee:Renato de Moraes
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants