Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 1990
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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 99, Issue 3, p. 230-249.
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Scientific paper
In the Münchberg Massif in the Variscan foldbelt of southern Germany two varieties of eclogite are known which are intercalated with amphibolite-facies meta-igneous and meta-sedimentary rocks: a dark kyanite-free and a lighter colored kyanite-bearing type. Kyanite-free eclogites, which are discussed here, have a major and trace element composition which suggests derivation from ocean-floor basalts with melt to cumulate compositions. Internal Sm-Nd isochrons (clinopyroxene-amphibole-garnet) and one Rb-Sr isochron (clinopyroxene-amphibole-mica) yield eclogitization ages in the range of 380 to 395 Ma. Thus, the age of eclogitization is only marginally higher ( < 15 Ma) than the age of amphibolite-facies metamorphism in the Münchberg Massif as derived from K-Ar ages of amphiboles and micas from metasediments and meta-igneous rocks. A seven point whole-rock Sm-Nd isochron for one eclogite body results in an age of 480 +/- 23 Ma with an initial ɛNd of 8.7 +/- 0.6 and is likely to record the age of igneous formation of the eclogite protoliths. Sr isotopic compositions back-calculated to that time are anomalously high and variable if compared to Nd isotopes. This can be explained by alteration with an aqueous or fluid phase with high 87Sr/86Sr, most likely seawater, either during igneous formation in an oceanic rift environment or subduction-related eclogitization. In addition, some eclogites show a marked enrichment of incompatible, immobile elements and plot far below the whole-rock Sm-Nd isochron. These features are ascribed to the presence of an evolved crustal component, probably acquired during extrusion of the basaltic protoliths by mixing with country-rock gneisses.
Lugmair Guenter W.
Stosch Heinz-Günter
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