Petrogenesis of a high-temperature metamorphic terrane: A new tectonic interpretation for the north Dabieshan, central China

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 319-333

  Zhang, R Y ^a   Liou, J G ^a   Tsai, C H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Granulite; High T metamorphism; Northern Dabie terrane

Indexed keywords

GRANULITE; P/T CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION; ULTRA HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA, DABIE SHAN;

EID: 0029753241     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1996.00319.x     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. 2. Journal of Petrology, 29, 445-522.
2. Blundy, J. D. & Holland, T. J. B., 1990. Calcic amphibole equilibria and a new amphibole plagioclase geothermometer. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 104, 208-224.
3. 2. PhD Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
4. Carswell, D. A., Wilson, R. H., Cong, B., Zhai, M. & Zhao, Z., 1993. Areal extent of the ultra-high pressure metamorphism of eclogites and gneisses in Dabieshan, central China. Terra, 5, 5.
5. Cloos, M., 1993. Lithospheric buoyancy and collisional orogenesis: subduction of oceanic plateaus, continental margins, island arcs, spreading ridges, and seamounts. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 105, 715-737.
6. Cong, B., Wang, Q., Zhai, M., Zhang, R., Zhao, Z. & Ye, K., 1994. Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks in the Dabie-Su-Lu region, China: their formation and exhumation. Island Arc, 3, 135-150.
7. Davies, J. H. & von Blanckenburg, F., 1995. Slab breakoff: a model of lithosphere detachment and its test in the magmatism and deformation of collisional orogens. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 129, 85-102.
8. Eide, E. 1995. A model for the tectonic history of the HP and UHPM region in east central China. In: Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism (eds Coleman, R. G. & Wang, X.), pp. 391-426. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
9. Fonarev, V. I. & Korolkov, G. Ya., 1980. The assemblage orthopyroxene+cummingtonite+quartz the low-temperature stability limit. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 73, 413-420.
10. Fonarev, V. I., Korolkov, G. Ya. & Dokina, T. N., 1976. Stability of the cummingtonite-quartz-rnagnetite association. Geochemistry International, 13, 34-45.
11. Ghiorso, M. S., Evans, B. W., Hirschmann, M. M. & Yang, H., 1995. Thermodynamics of the amphiboles: Fe-Mg cummingtonite solid solutions. American Mineralogist, 80, 502-519.
12. 4. American Mineralogist, 62, 1063-1081.
13. Green, D. H. & Ringwood, A. E., 1967. An experimental investigation of the gabbro to eclogite transformation and its petrological applications. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 31, 767-833.
14. Hacker, B. R., Ratschbacher, L., Webb, L. & Dong, S., 1995. What brought them up? Exhumation of the Dabie Shan ultrahigh-pressure rocks. Geology, 23, 743-746.
15. Hacker, B. & Wang, Q. C., 1995. Thermal history of ultrahigh-pressure rocks. Dabie Mountains, China. Tectonics.
16. Hacker, B. R., Wang, X., Edie, E. A. & Ratschbacher, L., in press. Qinling-Dabie ultrahigh-pressure collisional orogen: a critical review of existing data and suggestions for future research. In: The Tectonics of Asia (eds Harrison, T. M. & Yin, A.), Rubey Volume VIII. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
17. Harley, S. L., 1984. An experimental study of the partitioning of Fe-Mg between garnet and orthopyroxene. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 86, 359-373.
18. Harley, S. L., 1989. The origins of granulites: a metamorphic perspective. Geological Magazine, 126, 215-247.
19. Harley, S. L. & Buick, I. S., 1992. Wollastonite-scapolite assemblage as indicators of granulite pressure-temperature-fluid histories: the Rauer Group, east Antarctica. Journal of Petrology, 33, 693-728.
20. 2 to 35 kilobars, dry and with excess water. Journal of Geology, 83, 734-748.
21. Huckenholz, A. G., Lindhuber, W. & Fehr, K. T., 1981. Stability relations of grossular+quartz+wollastonite+anorthite I. The effect of andradite and albite. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen, 142, 223-247.
22. Irving, A. J., 1974. Geochemical and high pressure experimental studies of garnet pyroxenile and pyroxene granulite xenoliths from the Delegate basaltic pipes, Australia. Journal of Petrology, 15, 1-40.
23. Ho, K. & Kennedy, G. C., 1971. An experimental study of the basalt-garnet granulite-eclogite transition. In: The Structure and Physical Properties of the Earth's Crust (ed. Heacock, J. G.), pp. 303-314. American Geophysical Union Monograph. No. 14.
24. Kohn, M. J. & Spear, F. S., 1990. Two new barometer for garnet amphibolites with applications to southeastern Vermont. American Mineralogist, 75, 89-96.
25. Kretz, R., 1983. Symbols for rock-forming minerals. American Mineralogist, 68, 277-279.
26. Kröner, A., Compston, W., Zhang, G. W., Guo, A. L. & Todt, W. 1993. Granulites in the Tongbai area, Qinling belt, China: geochemistry, petrology, single zircon geochronology, and implications for the tectonic evolution of eastern Asia. Tectonics, 12, 245-255.
27. Laird, J. & Albee, A. E., 1981. High pressure metamorphism in mafic schist from northern Vermont. American Journal of Science, 281, 97-126.
28. Leake, B. E., 1978. Nomenclature of amphiboles. American Mineralogist, 68, 1023-1052.
29. Li, S., Chen, Y., Cong, B., Zhang, Z., Zhang, R. Y., Liu, D., Hart, S. R. & Ge, N., 1993. Collision of the North China and Yangtze blocks and formation of coesite-bearing eclogite: timing and processes. Chemical Geology, 109, 70-89.
30. Liou, J. G., Zhang, R. Y., Eide, E. A., Ernst, W. G. & Maruyama, S., in press. Metamorphism and tectonics of high-P and ultrahigh-P belts in the Dabie-Sulu region, eastern central China. In: The Tectonics of Asia (eds Harrison, T. M. & Yin, A.), Rubey Volume VIII. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
31. Liou, J. G., Zhang, R. Y. & Ernst, W. G., in press. Occurrences of hydrous and carbonate phases in ultrahigh-p rocks from east-central China - implications for the role of volatiles deep in cold subduction zones. Island Arc.
32. Maruyama, S., Liou, J. G. & Zhang, R. Y., 1994. Tectonic evolution of the ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) and high-pressure (HP) metamorphic belts from central China. Island Arc, 3, 112-121.
33. Mattauer, M., Matte, P., Malavieille, J., Tapponnier, P., Maluski, H., Xu, Z., Lun, L. Y. & Tan, Y., 1985. Tectonics of the Qingling belt: buildup and evolution of eastern Asia. Nature, 317, 496-500.
34. 2 activities using scapolite equilibria: constraints on the presence and composition of a fluid phase during high grade metamorphism. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 108, 219-240.
35. Motoyoshi, Y., Thost, D. E. & Hensen, B. J., 1991. Reaction texture in calc-silicate granulites from the Bolingen islands, Prydz Bay, east Antarctica: implication or retrograde P-T path. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 9, 293-300.
36. Newton, R. C., 1966. Some calc-silicate equilibrium relations. American Journal of Science, 264, 204-222.
37. O'Hara, M. J., Richardson, S. W. & Wilson, G., 1971. Garnet-peridotite stability and occurrence in crust and mantle. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 32, 48-68.
38. Okay, A. I., 1993. Petrology of a diamond and coesite-bearing metamorphic terrain: Dabie Shan, China. European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 659-675.
39. Okay, A. I. & Sengör, A. M. C., 1992. Evidence for intracontinental thrusf related exhumation of the ultra-high pressure rocks in China. Geology, 20, 411-414.
40. Papike, J. J., Cameron, K. L. & Baldwin, K., 1974. Amphiboles and pyroxenes: characterization of other than quadrilateral components estimates of ferric iron from microprobe data. Geological Society of America Abstract Program, 6, 1053-1054.
41. Pattison, D. R. M. & Newton, R. C., 1989. Reversed experimental calibration of the garnet-clinopyroxene Fe-Mg exchange thermometer. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 104, 208-224.
42. 2 at 15-40 kbar 900-1600°C. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 78, 99-109.
43. Powell, R., 1985. Regression diagnostic and robust regression in geothermometer/geobarometer calibration: the garnet-clinopyroxene geothermometer revisited. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 3, 231-243.
44. Sacks, P. E. & Secor, D. T., 1990. Delamination in collisional orogens. Geology, 18, 999-1002.
45. Spear, F. R., 1993. Metamorphic Phase Equilibria and Pressure-Temperature-Time Paths. Book Crafters, Inc., Chelsea, MI.
46. Stormer, J. C., 1975. A practical two feldspar geothermometer. American Mineralogist, 60, 667-674.
47. Streckeisen, A., 1976. To each plutonic rock its proper name. Earth Science Renew, 12, 111-33.
48. Wang, Q., Liu, X., Maruyama, S. & Cong, B., 1995. Top boundary of the Dabie UHPM rocks, central China. Journal of Earth Science of Asia.
49. Wang, X., 1991. Petrology of coesite-bearing eclogites and ultramafic rocks from ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terrane of the Dabie mountains and implications to regional tectonics in central China. PhD Thesis, Stanford University.
50. Wang, X. & Liou, J. G., 1991. Regional ultrahigh-pressure coesite-bearing eclogitic terrane in central China: evidence from country rocks, gneiss, marble, and metapelite. Geology, 19, 933-936.
51. Wang, X., Zhang, R. Y. & Liou, J. G., 1995. Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terrane in eastern central China. In: Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism (eds Coleman, R. G. & Wang, X.), pp. 356-390, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
52. Wood, B. J. & Banno, S., 1973. Garnet-orthopyroxene and orthopyroxene-clinopyroxene relationships in simple and complex systems. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 42, 109-124.
53. Xu, S., Jiang, Y., Jiang, L., Su, W. & Ji, S., 1994. Tectonic Regime and Evolution of Dabie Mountains, Science Press, Beijing.
54. Xu, S., Okay, A. I., Ji, S., Sengör, A. M. C., Su, W., Liu, Y. & Jiang, L., 1992. Diamond from the Dabie Shan metamorphic rocks and its implication for tectonic setting. Science, 256, 80-82.
55. You, Z., Chalokwu, C. I., Chen, N. & Kuehner, S. M., 1994. Thermobarometry and geodynamics of granulites from the Dabie complex, central China. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 26, 226.
56. Zhai, M. G., Cong, B. L., Zhang, Q. & Wang, Q. C., in press. North Dabieshan Terrain: a possible Andean-type arc. International Geological Review.
57. Zhang, R. Y. & Liou, J. G., 1994. Coesite-bearing eclogite in Henan Province, central China: detailed petrography, glaucophane stability and PT-path. European Journal of Mineralogy, 6, 217-233.
58. Zhang, R. Y. & Liou, J. G., 1996. Coesite inclusions in dolomite from eclogite in the southern Dabie mountains, China: the significance of carbonate minerals in UHPM rocks. American Mineralogist.