The timing of eclogite facies metamorphism and migmatization in the Orlica-??nie??nik complex, Bohemian Massif: Constraints from a multimethod geochronological study

Brocker, M.; Klemd, R.; Cosca, M.; Brock, W.; Larionov, A. N.; Rodionov, N.

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The Orlica-??nie??nik complex (OSC) is a key geological element of the eastern Variscides and mainly consists of amphibolite facies orthogneisses and metasedimentary rocks. Sporadic occurrences of eclogites and granulites record high-pressure (HP) to ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic conditions. A multimethod geochronological approach (⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, U-Pb) has been used to gain further insights into the polymetamorphic evolution of eclogites and associated country rocks. Special attention was given to the unresolved significance of a 370- to 360 Ma age group that was repeatedly described in previous studies. Efforts to verify the accuracy of c. 370 Ma K-Ar phengite and biotite dates reported for an eclogite and associated country-rock gneiss from the location Nowa Wie?? suggest that these dates are meaningless, due to contamination with extraneous Ar. Extraneous Ar is also considered to be responsible for a significantly older ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar phengite date of c. 455 Ma for an eclogite from the location Wojtowka. Attempts to further substantiate the importance of 370-360 Ma zircon dates as an indicator for a melt-forming high-temperature (HT) episode did not provide evidence in support of anatectic processes at this time. Instead, SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of leucosomes and leucocratic veins within both orthogneisses and (U)HP granulites revealed two age populations (490-450 and 345-330 Ma respectively) that correspond to protolith ages of the magmatic precursors and late Variscan anatexis. The results of this study further underline the importance of Late Carboniferous metamorphic processes for the evolution of the OSC that comprise the waning stages of HP metamorphism and lower pressure HT overprinting with partial melting. Eclogites and their country rocks provided no chronometric evidence for an UHP and ultrahigh-temperature episode at 387-360 Ma, as recently suggested for granulites from the OSC, based on Lu-Hf garnet ages (Anczkiewicz et al., 2007). ?? 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Brocker, M.; Klemd, R.; Cosca, M.; Brock, W.; Larionov, A. N.; Rodionov, N.

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The timing of eclogite facies metamorphism and migmatization in the Orlica-??nie??nik complex, Bohemian Massif: Constraints from a multimethod geochronological study; 2009; Article; Journal; Journal of Metamorphic Geology; Brocker, M.; Klemd, R.; Cosca, M.; Brock, W.; Larionov, A. N.; Rodionov, N.