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Electron backscatter diffraction analysis combined with NanoSIMS U–Pb isotope data reveal intra-grain plastic deformation in zircon and its effects on U–Pb age: examples from Himalayan eclogites, Pakistan
Hafiz U. Rehman
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Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan
Takanori Kagoshima
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, 277-8564, Japan
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-8555, Japan
Naoto Takahata
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, 277-8564, Japan
Yuji Sano
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, 277-8564, Japan
Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan
Fabrice Barou
Géosciences Montpellier UMR CNRS 5243, Université de Montpellier, Montpelier, 34095, France
David Mainprice
Géosciences Montpellier UMR CNRS 5243, Université de Montpellier, Montpelier, 34095, France
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan
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Larry Tuttle and Darrell J. Henry
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Gerhard Franz, Martin Kutzschbach, Eleanor J. Berryman, Anette Meixner, Anselm Loges, and Dina Schultze
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Metamorphic rocks contain information about their original rocks and thus provide insight into the earlier stages of a region of interest. Here, we used the whole-rock chemical composition and stable boron isotopes of a suite of rocks from the Alps (Italy–Austria), which were deposited in a restricted intramontane basin before the Alpine orogeny. It is possible to reconstruct the depositional conditions for these sediments, which are now common metamorphic rocks such as schists and gneisses.
Annette Süssenberger, Susanne Theodora Schmidt, Florian H. Schmidt, and Manuel F. G. Weinkauf
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 653–671, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-653-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-653-2020, 2020
Wentao Cao, Jane A. Gilotti, and Hans-Joachim Massonne
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 405–425, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-405-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-405-2020, 2020
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Zoisite eclogites from the Sanddal area, North-East Greenland, contain numerous textures, such as cusps and neoblasts, which are interpreted as melt-related textures. Mineral chemistry and thermodynamic modeling demonstrate that they were partially melted through the breakdown of hydrous minerals, phengite, paragonite and zoisite. Pressure–temperature phase diagrams show that the eclogites reached a maximum depth of ∼70 km and were partially melted near that depth and during exhumation.
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Short summary
Zircon preserves geologic rock history. Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis is useful to visualize deformed domains in zircons. Zircons from the Himalayan high-pressure eclogites were analzyed for EBSD to identify intra-grain plastic deformation. The U–Pb isotope age dating, using Nano-SIMS, showed that plastic deformation likely affects the geochronological records. For geologically meaningful results, it is necessary to identify undisturbed domains in zircon via EBSD.
Zircon preserves geologic rock history. Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis is...
