Fluid/rock interaction and mass transfer in continental subduction zones: constraints from trace elements and isotopes (Li,B, O,Sr, Nd,Pb) in UHP rocks from the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Program,Sulu, East China |
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| Authors: | Yilin Xiao Jochen Hoefs Zhenhui Hou Klaus Simon Zeming Zhang |
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| Institution: | 1.CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei,China;2.Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum der Universit?t G?ttingen,G?ttingen,Germany;3.Institute of Geology,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Beijing,China |
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| Abstract: | In order to better understand the role of fluids during subduction and subsequent exhumation, we have investigated whole-rock
and mineral chemistry (major and trace elements) and Li, B as well as O, Sr, Nd, Pb isotopes on selected continuous drill-core
profiles through contrasting lithological boundaries from the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Program (CCSD) in Sulu,
China. Four carefully selected sample sets have been chosen to investigate geochemical changes as a result of fluid mobilization
during dehydration, peak metamorphism, and exhumation of deeply subducted continental crust. Our data reveal that while O
and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions remain more or less unchanged, significant Li and/or B isotope fractionations occur between
different lithologies that are in close contact during various metamorphic stages. Samples that are supposed to represent
prograde dehydration as indicated by veins formed at high pressures (HP) are characterized by element patterns of highly fluid-mobile
elements in the veins that are complementary to those of the host eclogite. A second sample set represents a UHP metamorphic
crustal eclogite that is separated from a garnet peridotite by a thin transitional interface. Garnet peridotite and eclogite
are characterized by a >10% difference in MgO, which, together with the presence of abundant hydroxyl-bearing minerals and
compositionally different clinopyroxene grains demonstrate that both rocks have been derived from different sources that have
been tectonically juxtaposed during subduction, and that hydrous silicate-rich fluids have been added from the subducting
slab to the mantle. Two additional sample sets, comprising retrograde amphibolite and relatively fresh eclogite, demonstrate
that besides external fluids, internal fluids can be responsible for the formation of amphibolite. Li and B concentrations
and isotopic compositions point to losses and isotopic fractionation during progressive dehydration. On the other hand, fluids
with isotopically heavier Li and B are added during retrogression. On a small scale, mantle-derived rocks may be significantly
metasomatized by fluids derived from the subducted slab. Our study indicates that during high-grade metamorphism, Li and B
may show different patterns of enrichment and of isotopic fractionation. |
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