Precambrian sulphide deposits: R.W. Hutchinson,C.D. Spence and J.M. Franklin (Editors). Geological Association of Canada,Special Paper 25, H.S. Robinson Memorial Volume 1982, VII + 791 pp., US$ 47.00 plus US$ 2.50 postage and handling for members,and US$ 57.00 plus US$ 2.50 postage and handling for others,hardcover |
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| Authors: | PK Sims |
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| Institution: | Denver, CO, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The Precambrian of Madagascar appears to be a part of the Mozambiquian mobile belt. Some authors consider the southern part of the island to be constituted, from east to west, by more and more recent formations, i.e., the ultrametamorphic ‘Androyan’ sequence with an Archean reworked crust as the oldest one, first followed by the ‘Graphite’ sequence, then by the ‘Vohibory’ sequence. The cordierite and garnet banded gneisses and leptynites are widely distributed in the Androyan sequence. These gneisses result from an incipient partial melting of paragneisses. Garnet—plagioclase, garnet—cordierite and garnet—biotite geothermo- and geobarometers allow the estimation of the conditions of this migmatisation (T > 700°C, PT = 5?5.5 kbar, PH2O = 0.3?0.4 PT). Some cordierite and garnet leptynites represent the leucosomes of this anatectic event. Since previous experiments showed that the seven-phase assemblage (quartz + plagioclase + K feldspar + garnet + biotite + sillimanite + cordierite) only occurs in a limited range of pressure and temperature (T = 690?710°C, PT = 4?5.7 kbar, PH2O = 0.2?0.5 PT), we can consider these gneisses as very precise thermobarometric reference levels in southern Madagascar. This migmatic event may be contemporary with the Pan-African orogenesis. |
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