40 Ar / 39 Ar ages of biotite and hornblende from a progressively remetamorphosed basement terrane: their bearing on interpretation of release spectra

Details 40 Ar / 39 Ar ages of biotite and hornblende from a progressively remetamorphosed basement terrane: their bearing on interpretation of release spectra 40 Ar / 39 Ar ages of biotite and hornblende from a progressively remetamorphosed basement terrane: their bearing on interpretation of release spectra

Dec 1975

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 39, Issue 12, pp.1655-1669

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Biotite and hornblende from a portion of the Blue Ridge Precambrian basement terrane that was progressively retrograded during Paleozoic metamorphism have been analyzed by the 40 Ar / 39 Ar dating technique to determine if incremental release spectra can distinguish thermally altered samples. Where not severely overprinted by Paleozoic metamorphism, both minerals show generally undisturbed age spectra with plateau ages similar to those of hornblende and biotite from non-retrograded portions of the Grenville terrane elsewhere in the Appalachians (hornblende ~1000 m.y.; biotite ~ 790 m.y.). The age spectra show a progressive disturbance which is correlated with increasing intensity of Paleozoic metamorphism. Modification of the hornblende spectra is that expected of diffusive argon loss during geologic reheating (incremental ages become older from low to high release temperatures). Disturbed biotite spectra do not show this type of modification, but develop increasingly broader low-age `saddles' with increasing retrograde intensity. Eventually, Paleozoic metamorphism effected total retrograde alteration of the Grenville minerals and new generations of chemically distinct biotite and hornblende occur. Release spectra of these phases generally define plateaus although they are of different ages (biotite ~310-340 m.y.; hornblende ~355-460 m.y.). This discordancy is similar to that reported for other recrystallized portions of the Appalachian Grenville terrane and suggests that the ages represent times of argon retention following a 480 m.y. Paleozoic metamorphism. The data suggest that 40 Ar / 39 Ar age spectra can distinguish thermally altered samples.

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