Chemical Th-U-total Pb dating by electron microprobe analysis of monazite, xenotime and zircon from the Archean Napier complex, East Antarctica: Evidence for ultra-high-temperature metamorphism at 2400 Ma

Precambrian Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 249-275

  Asami, Masao ^a   Suzuki, Kazuhiro ^b   Grew, Edward S ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2400 Ma event; Antarctica; CHIME dating; Napier complex; Ultra high temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; LEAD; MINERAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; THORIUM; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; DATING METHOD; GRANULITE; MONAZITE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; XENOTIME; ZIRCON;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANTARCTICA; ARCHAEAN; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GRAIN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDIA; ROCK;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037088941     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00228-5     Document Type: Article

References (73)

1. Adachi, M., Suzuki, K., 1992. A preliminary note on the age of detrital monazites and zircons from sandstones in the Upper Triassic Nabae Group, Maizuru terrane. Mem. Geol. Soc. Jpn. 38, 111-120 (in Japanese, with English abstr.).
2. Åmli, R., Griffin, W.L., 1975. Microprobe analyses of REE minerals using empirical correction factors. Am. Miner. 60, 599-606.
3. Asami, M., Suzuki, K., Grew, E.S., Adachi, M., 1998. CHIME ages for granulites from the Napier Complex, East Antarctica. Polar Geosci. 11, 172-199.
4. Belyatsky, B.V., Krylov, D.P., Levsky, L.K., Grikurov, G.E., 1990. Zircon geochronology of the granulite complexes of Enderby Land, East Antarctica. Zbl. Geol. Paläont. 1, 1-18.
5. Bence, A.E., Albee, A.L., 1968. Empirical correction factors for the electron microanalysis of silicates and oxides. J. Geol. 76, 382-403.
6. Bernard-Griffiths, J., Jahn, B.-M., Sen, S.K., 1987. Sm-Nd isotopes and REE geochemistry of Madras granulites, India: An introductory statement. Precambrian Res. 37, 343-355.
7. Black, L.P., James, P.R., 1983. Geological history of the Napier Complex of Enderby Land. In: Oliver, R.L. et al. (Eds.), Antarctic Earth Science, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, pp. 11-15.
8. Black, L.P., James, P.R., Harley, S.L., 1983a. The geochronology, structure and metamorphism of early Archaean rocks at Fyfe Hills, Enderby Land, Antarctica. Precambrian Res. 21, 197-222.
9. Black, L.P., James, P.R., Harley, S.L., 1983b. Geochronology and geological evolution of metamorphic rocks in the Field Island area, East Antarctica. J. Metamorphic Geol. 1, 277-303.
10. Black, L.P., Fitzgerald, D., Harley, S.L., 1984. Pb isotopic composition, colour, and microstructure of monazites from a polymetamorphic rock in Antarctica. Contrib. Miner. Petrol. 85, 141-148.
11. Black, L.P., Williams, I.S., Compston, W.J., 1986a. Four zircon ages from one rock: The history of a 3930 Ma-old granulite from Mount Sones, Enderby Land, Antarctica. Contrib. Miner. Petrol. 94, 427-437.
12. Black, L.P., Sheraton, J.W., James, P.R., 1986b. Late Archaean granites of the Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Antarctica: A comparison of Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd and U-Pb isotopic systematics in a complex terrain. Precambrain Res. 32, 343-368.
13. Copeland, P., Parrish, R.R., Harrison, T.M., 1988. Identification of inherited radiogenic Pb in monazite and its implications for U-Pb systematics. Nature 333, 760-763.
14. Crowley, J.L., Ghent, E.D., 1999. An electron microprobe study of the U-Th-Pb systematics of metamorphosed monazite: The role of Pb diffusion versus overgrowth and recrystallization. Chem. Geol. 157, 285-302.
15. Dahl, P.S., Foland, K.A., Frei, R., Hamilton, M.A., Jercinovic, M., Stern, R.A., Terry, M.P., Williams, M.L., 2001. Aqueous fluids promoting radiogenic Pb and Ar loss from minerals: Evidence from disparate ages in the Black Hills. Trans. Am. Geophy. Union (Eos) 82 (20), S275.
16. Dallwitz, W.B., 1968. Co-existing sapphirine and quartz in granulite from Enderby Land, Antarctica. Nature 219, 476-477.
17. DePaolo, D.J., Manton, W.I., Grew, E.S., Halpern, M., 1982. Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, and U-Th-Pb systematics of granulite-facies rocks from Fyfe Hills, Enderby Land, Antarctica. Nature 298, 614-618.
18. 2 fluid-induced granulite-facies metamorphism, Kabbaldurga, Karnataka, South India. Contrib. Miner. Petrol. 111, 299-310.
19. Grew, E.S., 1980. Sapphirine + quartz association from Archean rocks in Enderby Land, Antarctica. Am. Miner. 65, 821-836.
20. Grew, E.S., 1981. Surinamite, taaffeite, and beryllian sapphirine from pegmatities in granulite-facies rocks of Casey Bay, Enderby Land, Antarctica. Am. Miner. 66, 1022-1033.
21. Grew, E.S., 1982. Osumilite in the sapphirine-quartz terrane of Enderby Land, Antarctica: Implications for osumilite petrogenesis in the granulite facies. Am. Miner. 67, 762-787.
22. Grew, E.S., 1998. Boron and beryllium minerals in granulite-facies pegmatites and implications of beryllium pegmatites for the origin and evolution of the Archean Napier Complex of East Antarctica. In: Motoyoshi, Y., Shiraishi, K. (Eds.), Origin and Evolution of Continents. Mem. Natl. Inst. Polar Res. Spec. Issue, 53, pp. 74-92
23. Grew, E.S., Manton, W.I., 1979. Archean rocks in Antarctica: 2.5-Billion-year uranium-lead ages of pegmatites in Enderby Land. Science 206, 443-445.
24. Grew, E.S., Manton, W.I., 1986. A new correlation of sapphirine granulites in the Indo-Antarctic metamorphic terrain: Late Proterozoic dates from the Eastern Ghats Province of India. Precambrian Res. 33, 123-137.
25. Grew, E.S., Manton, W.I., Sandiford, M., 1982. Geochronologic studies in East Antarctica: age of pegmatites in Casey Bay, Enderby, Land. Antarctic J. U.S. 17 (5), 1-2.
26. Grew, E.S., Yates, M.G., Barbier, J., Shearer, C.K., Sheraton, J.W., Shiraishi, K., Motoyoshi, Y., 2000. Granulite-facies beryllium pegmatities in the Napier Complex in Khmara and Amundsen Bays, western Enderby Land, East Antarctica. Polar Geosci. 13, 1-40.
27. Grew, E.S., Suzuki, K., Asami, M., 2001. CHIME ages of xenotime, monazite and zircon from beryllium pegmatites in the Napier Complex, Khmara Bay, Enderby Land, East Antarctica. Polar Geosci. 14, 100-119.
28. Griffen, B.J., Forbes, D., McNaughton, N.J., 2000. Evaluation of dating of diagenetic xenotime by electron microprobe. Microsc. Microanal. 6 (Suppl. 2), 408-409.
29. Harley, S.L., 1998. On the occurrence and characterization of ultrahigh-temperature crustal metamorphism. In: Treloar, P.J., O'Brien, P.J. (Eds.), What Drives Metamorphism and Metamorphic Reactions? Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Publications, 138, 81-107.
30. Harley, S.L., Black, L.P., 1997. A revised Archean chronology for the Napier Complex, Enderby Land, from SHRIMP ion-microprobe studies. Antarctic Sci. 9, 74-91.
31. Harley, S.L., Hensen, B.J., 1990. Archean and Proterozoic high-grade terrains of East Antarctica (40-80°E): A case study of diversity in granulite facies metamorphism. In: Ashworth, J.R., Brown, M. (Eds.), High Temperature Metamorphism and Crustal Anatexis. Unwin Hyman, London, pp. 320-370.
32. Harris, N.B.W., Barlett, J.M., Santosh, M., 1996. Neodymium isotope constraints on the tectonic evolution of East Gondwana. J. Southeast Asian Earth Sci. 14, 119-125.
33. Ishizuka, H., Ishikawa, M., Hokada, T., Suzuki, S., 1998. Geology of the Mt. Riiser-Larsen area of the Napier Complex, Enderby Land, East Antarctica. Polar Geosci. 11, 154-171.
34. Kato, T., Suzuki, K., Adachi, M., 1999. Computer program for the CHIME age calculation. J. Earth Planet. Sci. Nagoya Univ. 46, 49-56.
35. Krylov, D.P., Levchenkov, O.A., Belyatskiy, B.V., Komarov, A.N., Yakovleva, S.Z., 1989. New isotopic geochronological evidence for the most ancient events in Enderby Land (Antarctica). Doklady Akad. Nauk SSSR 304, 433-436 (in Russian).
36. Makimoto, H., Asami, M., Grew, E.S., 1989. Some geological observations on the Archean Napier Complex at Mt. RiiserLarsen, Amundsen Bay. Proc. NIPR Symp. Antarct. Geosci. 3, 128-141.
37. McCulloch, M.T., Black, L.P., 1984. Sm-Nd isotopic systematics of Enderby Land granulites and evidence for the redistribution of Sm and Nd during metamorphism. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 71, 46-58.
38. 39Ar dating of metamorphic and magmatic minerals: Implications for SWEAT correlation. Precambrian Res. 94, 251-271.
39. Montel, J.-M., Kornprobst, J., Vielzeuf, D., 2000. Preservation of old U-Th-Pb ages in shielded monazite: Example from the Beni Bousera Hercynian kinzigites (Morocco). J. Metamorphic Geol. 18, 335-342.
40. Motoyoshi, Y., Matsueda, H., 1984. Archean granulites from Mt. Riiser-Larsen in Enderby Land, East Antarctica. Mem. Ntl Inst. Polar Res., Spec. Issue 33, 103-125.
41. Osanai, Y., Owada, M., Shiraishi K., Hensen, B.J., Tsuchiya, N., 1995. Metamorphic evolution of deep crustal high temperature granulites from Tonagh Island in the Archaean Napier Complex, East Antarctica. (Abstract) VII International Symposium Antarctic Earth Sciences, 10-15 September 1995, Siena (Italy). Univ. Studi Siena, Siena, p. 289.
42. Owada, M., Osanai, Y.; Kagami, H., Shiraishi, K., 1995. Isotopic re-equilibration of early to middle Archaean crust by late Archaean tectonothermal event in the Napier Complex; East Antarctica. (Abstract) VII International Symposium Antarctic Earth Sciences, 10-15 September 1995, Siena (Italy). Univ. Studi Siena, Siena, p. 292.
43. Parrish, R.R., 1990. U-Pb dating of monazite and its application to geological problems. Can. J. Earth Sci. 270, 1431-1450.
44. Peucat, J.J., Vidal, P., Bernard-Griffiths, J., Condie, K.C., 1989. Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopic systematics in the Archean low-to-high-grade transition zone of southern India: Syn-accretion vs. post-accretion granulites. J. Geol. 97, 537-550.
45. Peucat, J.J., Mahabaleswar, B., Jayananda, M., 1993. Age of younger tonalitic magmatism and granulitic metamorphism in the South Indian transition zone (Krishnagiri area); comparison with older Peninsular gneisses from the GorurHassan area. J. Metamorphic Geol. 11, 879-888.
46. Sandiford, M., 1985. The origin of retrograde shear zones in the Napier Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of Enderby Land, Antarctica. J. Struct. Geol. 7, 477-488.
47. Sandiford, M., Wilson, C.J.L., 1983. The geology of the Fyfe Hills-Khmara Bay region, Enderby Land. In: Oliver, R.L. et al. (Ed.), Antarctic Earth Science. Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, pp. 16-19.
48. Sandiford, M., Wilson, C.J.L., 1984. The structural evolution of the Fyfe Hills-Khmara Bay region, Enderby Land, East Antarctica. Aust. J. Earth Sci 31, 403-426.
49. Sandiford, M., Wilson, C.J.L., 1986. The origin of Archaean gneisses in the Fyfe Hills region, Enderby Land; field occurrence, petrography and geochemistry. Precambrian Res. 31, 37-68.
50. Sengupta, P., Sen, J., Dasgupta, S., Raith, M., Bhui, U.K., Ehl, J., 1999. Ultra-high temperature metamorphism of metapelitic granulites from Kondapalle, Eastern Ghats Belt: Implications for the Indo-Antarctic correlation. J. Petrol. 40, 1065-1087.
51. Sheraton, J.W., Black, L.P., 1981. Geochemistry and geochronology of Proterozoic tholeiite dykes of the East Antarctica: Evidence for mantle metasomatism. Contrib. Miner. Petrol. 78, 305-317.
52. Sheraton, J.W., Black, L.P., 1983. Geochemistry of Precambrian gneiss: Relevance for the evolution of the East Antarctic Shield. Lithos 16, 273-296.
53. Sheraton, J.W., Tingey, R.J., Black, L.P., Offe, L.A., Ellis, D.J., 1987. Geology of Enderby Land and western Kemp Land. BMR Bull. 223, 51p.
54. Shiraishi, K., Ellis, D.J., Hiroi, Y., Fanning, C.M., Motoyoshi, Y., Nakai, Y., 1994. Cambrian orogenic belt in East Antarctica and Sri Lanka: Implication for Gondwana assembly. J. Geol. 102, 47-65.
55. Shiraishi, K., Ellis, D.J., Fanning, C.M., Hiroi, Y., Kagami, H., Motoyoshi, Y., 1997. Re-examination of the metamorphic and protolith ages of the Rayner Complex, Antarctica: Evidence for the Cambrian (Pan-African) regional metamorphic event. In: Ricci, C.A. (Ed.), Antarctic Regions: Geological Evolution and Processes. Terra Antartica Publication, Siena (Italy), pp. 79-88.
56. Smellie, J.A.T., Cogger, N., Herrington, J., 1978. Standards for quantitative microprobe determination of uranium and thorium with additional information on the chemical formulae of davidite and euxenite-polycrase. Chem. Geol. 22, 1-10.
57. Smith, H.A., Barreiro, B., 1990. Monazite U-Pb dating of staurolite grade metamorphism in pelitic schist. Contrib. Miner. Petrol. 105, 602-615.
58. Smith, H.A., Chamberlain, C.P., Zeitler, P.K., 1992. Documentation of Neogene regional metamorphism in the Himalayas of Pakistan using U-Pb in monazite. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 113, 93-105.
59. Sobotovich, E.V., Kamenev, Ye. N., Komaristyy, A.A., Rudnik, V.A., 1976. The oldest rocks of Antarctica (Enderby Land). Int. Geol. Rev. 18, 371-388.
60. Sobotovich, E.V., Ol'khovik, Yu.A., Kamenev, Ye.N., 1983. Age of rocks of Enderby Land (Antarctica). Izvestiya Akad. Nauk SSSR Seriya Geologicheskaya 4, 30-37 (in Russian).
61. Suzuki, K., Adachi, M., 1991a. Precambrian provenance and Silurian metamorphism of the Tsubonosawa paragneiss in the South Kitakami terrane, revealed by the chemical Th-U-total Pb isochron ages of monazite, zircon and xenotime. Geochem. J. 25, 357-376.
62. Suzuki, K., Adachi, M., 1991b. The chemical Th-U-total Pb isochron ages of zircon and monazite form the Gray Granite of the Hida terrane, Japan. J. Earth Sci., Nagoya Univ. 38, 11-37.
63. Suzuki, K., Adachi, M., 1994. Middle Precambrian detrital monazite and zircon from the Hida gneiss on Oki-Dogo Island, Japan: Their origin and implication for the correlation of basement gneiss of Southwest Japan and Korea. Tectonophysics 235, 277-292.
64. Suzuki, K., Adachi, M., 1998. Denudation history of the high T/P Ryoke metamorphic belt, southwest Japan: Constraints from CHIME monazite ages of gneisses and granitoids. J. Metamorphic Geol. 16, 23-37.
65. Suzuki, K., Adachi, M., Tanaka, T., 1991. Middle Precambrian provenance of Jurassic sandstone in the Mino terrane, central Japan: Th-U-total Pb evidence from an electron microprobe monazite study. Sediment. Geol. 75, 141-147.
66. Suzuki, K., Adachi, M., Kajizuka, I., 1994. Electron microprobe observations of Pb diffusion in metamorphosed detrital monazites. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 128, 391-405.
67. Suzuki, K., Adachi, M., Sango, K., Chiba, H., 1992. Chemical Th-U-total Pb isochron ages of monazites and zircons from the Hikami Granite and 'Siluro-Devonian' clastic rocks in the South Kitakami terrane. J. Miner. Pet. Econ. Geol. 87, 330-349 (in Japanese, with English abstr.).
68. Tainosho, Y., Kagami, H., Takahashi, Y., Iizumi, S., Osanai, Y., Tsuchiya, N., 1994. Preliminary result for the Sm-Nd whole-rock age of the metamorphic rocks from Mount Pardoe in the Napier Complex, East Antarctica. Proc. NIPR Symp. Antarct. Geosci. 7, 115-121.
69. Tainosho, Y., Kagami, H., Hamamoto, T., Takahashi, Y., 1997. Preliminary result for the Nd and Sr isotope characteristics of the Archean gneisses from Mount Pardoe. Proc. NIPR Symp. Antarct. Geosci. 10, 92-101.
70. Unnikrishnan-Warrier, C., Yoshida, M., Kagami, H., Santosh, M., 1995. Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr mineral isochron ages of Madras charnockite, and an evaluation of garnet geochronometry in granulites. Mem. Geol. Soc. India 34, 399-412.
71. Williams, I.S, Compston, W., Black, L.P., Ireland, T.R., Foster, J.J., 1984. Unsupported radiometric Pb in zircon: A cause of anomalously high Pb-Pb, U-Pb and Th-Pb ages. Contrib. Miner. Petrol. 88, 322-327.
72. York, D., 1966. Least-squares fitting of a straight line. Can. J. Phys. 44, 1079-1086.
73. Yoshida, M., Bindu, S., Kagami, H., Rajesham, T., Santosh, M., Shirahata, H., 1996. Geochronologic constraints of granulite terranes of South India and their implications for the Precambrian assembly of Gondwana. J. Southeast Asian Earth Sci. 14, 137-147.