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Possible Non-melted Remnants of Subducted Lithosphere: Experimental and Geochemical Evidence from Corundum-Bearing Mafic Rocks in the Horoman Peridotite Complex, Japan |
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| Authors: | MORISHITA TOMOAKI; ARAI SHOJI; GREEN DAVID H |
| Institution: | 1 RESEARCH SCHOOL OF EARTH SCIENCES, THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, CANBERRA, ACT 0200, AUSTRALIA 2 GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY, KAKUMA, KANAZAWA 920-1192, JAPAN 3 DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES, KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY, KAKUMA, KANAZAWA 920-1192, JAPAN |
| Abstract: | We report experimental results and whole-rock trace-elementcharacteristics of a corundum-bearing mafic rock from the Horomanperidotite complex, Japan. Coronitic textures around corundumin the sample suggest that corundum was not stable in maficrock compositions during the late-stage P–T conditionsrecorded in the complex (P < 1 GPa, T < 800°C). Basedon the experimental results, corundum is stable in aluminousmafic compositions at pressures of 2–3 GPa under dry conditions,suggesting that the corundum-bearing mineral assemblages developedunder upper-mantle conditions, probably within the surroundingperidotite. Variations in the trace-element compositions ofthe corundum-bearing mafic rock and related rocks can be controlledby modal variations of plagioclase, clinopyroxene and olivine,suggesting that they formed as gabbroic rocks at low-pressureconditions, and that the corundum-bearing mafic rock was derivedfrom a plagioclase-rich protolith. A complex P–T trajectory,involving metamorphism of the plagioclase-rich protolith ata pressure higher than that at which it was first formed, isneeded to explain the origin of the corundum-bearing mafic rocks.They show no evidence for partial melting after their formationas low-pressure cumulates. The Horoman complex is an exampleof a large peridotite body containing possible remnants of subductedoceanic lithosphere still retaining their original geochemicalsignatures without chemical modification during subduction andexhumation. KEY WORDS: Horoman; mafic rock; corundum; experiment; P–T history; recycling |
| Keywords: | : Horoman mafic rock corundum experiment P– T history recycling |
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