首页|Elevation of zircon Hf isotope ratios during crustal anatexis: Evidence from migmatites close to the eastern Himalayan syntaxis in southeastern Tibet
Elevation of zircon Hf isotope ratios during crustal anatexis: Evidence from migmatites close to the eastern Himalayan syntaxis in southeastern Tibet
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The initial Hf isotope composition of zircon in high-grade metamorphic rocks is an important tracer for protolith origin as well as for the growth and evolution of continental crust. However, less attention has been paid to the behavior of Lu-Hf isotopes in peritectic reactions during partial melting of the continental crust. In this paper, we present a combined study of zircon U-Pb ages, Lu-Hf isotopes and trace elements as well as petrology and whole-rock geochemistry for migmatites close to the eastern Himalayan syntaxis in southeastern Tibet. The results show that peritectic zircons in the migmatites have significantly higher ~(176)Hf/~(177)Hf ratios than their protolith zircons. More interestingly, the ~(176)Lu/~(177)Hf ratios and the contents of high field strength elements (such as Nb, Ta, and Hf) and heavy rare earth elements are significantly elevated in the peritectic zircons compared to the protolith zircons. This suggests that garnets with high Lu/Hf ratios and other minerals (such as titanite, ilmenite, amphibole, and biotite) with moderate Lu/Hf ratios were decomposed during crustal anatexis, contributing to the Hf isotope composition of peritectic zircons. This is confirmed by petrographic observations that garnet and biotite occur as residues or remnants in mesosomes (biotite gneiss) and some leucosomes (felsic veins), but are absent in the melanosomes of the target migmatites. Therefore, the peritectic zircons were produced together with anatectic melts through peritectic reactions and acquired the elevated ~(176)Lu/~(177)Hf ratios compared to the inherited zircons from the protoliths if no peritectic garnet was coevally produced during the crustal anatexis. In this regard, the greatly elevated Hf isotope compositions of peritectic zircons in anatectic granites cannot faithfully reflect the Hf isotope composition of parental rocks. As such, great care must be taken when using Hf isotope ratios to trace the nature of parental rocks with respect to magmatic processes and crustal evolution.
CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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