Early Archaean granulite-facies metamorphism south of Ameralik, West Greenland

Details Early Archaean granulite-facies metamorphism south of Ameralik, West Greenland Early Archaean granulite-facies metamorphism south of Ameralik, West Greenland

Oct 1980

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 50, Issue 1, p. 59-74.

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Relict high-pressure granulite-facies rocks have been found in the Amîtsoq gneisses and inclusions of the older Akilia supracrustal association, on islands south of Godthåb. Only amphibolite-facies assemblages have been found in Ameralik dykes and younger rocks from this area. The Amîtsoq gneisses are depleted in Rb and U relative to those of Ameralik and Isua. Well-fitted Pb/Pb and Rb-Sr isochrons on Amîtsoq granulites indicate that this depletion, correlated with the granulite-facies metamorphism, occurred ca. 3600 Ma ago. Textural features suggest that the present cpx + opc + gnt + plag + qtz + hbl assemblages evolved from earlier intermediate-P assemblages (cpx + opx + plag), probably during cooling from the metamorphic peak. Re-equilibrium of older intermediate-P assemblages in local environments of low ƒ;H2O, during the ca. 2800-Ma metamorphism of the Malene supracrustals, is feasible but is considered unlikely. Either interpretation requires crustal thickness of at least 20 km and geothermal gradients of <=30° C/km, ca. 3600 Ma ago. The higher heat production of early Archaean times was apparently dissipated through oceanic, rather than continental, areas.

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