Geochronological problems related to polymetamorphism in the Limpopo Complex, South Africa
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van Reenan, D.D.; Boshoff, Rene; Smit, C.A.; Perchuk, L.L.; Kramers, Jan; McCourt, Steve; Armstrong, Richard
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The integration of new and published geochronologic data with structural, magmatic/anatectic and pressure-temperature (P-T) process information allow the recognition of high-grade polymetamorphic granulites and associated high-grade shear zones in the Central Zone (CZ) of the Limpopo high-grade terrain in South Africa. Together, these two important features reflect a major high-grade D3/M3 event at ~ 2.02 Ga that overprinted the > 2.63 Ga high-grade Neoarchaean D2/M2 event, characterized by...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | van Reenan, D.D. | |
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dc.contributor.author | Boshoff, Rene | |
dc.contributor.author | Smit, C.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Perchuk, L.L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kramers, Jan | |
dc.contributor.author | McCourt, Steve | |
dc.contributor.author | Armstrong, Richard | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-08T22:39:03Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1342-937X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/36082 | |
dc.description.abstract | The integration of new and published geochronologic data with structural, magmatic/anatectic and pressure-temperature (P-T) process information allow the recognition of high-grade polymetamorphic granulites and associated high-grade shear zones in the Central Zone (CZ) of the Limpopo high-grade terrain in South Africa. Together, these two important features reflect a major high-grade D3/M3 event at ~ 2.02 Ga that overprinted the > 2.63 Ga high-grade Neoarchaean D2/M2 event, characterized by SW-plunging sheath folds. These major D2/M2 folds developed before ~ 2.63 Ga based on U-Pb zircon age data for precursors to leucocratic anatectic gneisses that cut the high-grade gneissic fabric. The D3/M3 shear event is accurately dated by U-Pb monazite (2017.1 ± 2.8 Ma) and PbSL garnet (2023 ± 11 Ma) age data obtained from syntectonic anatectic material, and from sheared metapelitic gneisses that were completely reworked during the high-grade shear event. The shear event was preceded by isobaric heating (P = ~ 6 kbar and T = ~ 670-780 °C), which resulted in the widespread formation of polymetamorphic granulites. Many efforts to date high-grade gneisses from the CZ using PbSL garnet dating resulted in a large spread of ages (~ 2.0-2.6 Ga) that reflect the polymetamorphic nature of these complexly deformed high-grade rocks. | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.source | Gondwana Research | |
dc.subject | Keywords: High-temperature shear zones; Limpopo high-grade terrain; PbSL and U-Pb age dating; Polymetamorphic granulites; Southern Africa | |
dc.title | Geochronological problems related to polymetamorphism in the Limpopo Complex, South Africa | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 14 | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 040304 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology | |
local.identifier.absfor | 040312 - Structural Geology | |
local.identifier.absfor | 040303 - Geochronology | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4027924xPUB132 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | van Reenan, D.D., University of Johannesburg | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Boshoff, Rene, University of Johannesburg | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Smit, C.A., University of Johannesburg | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Perchuk, L.L., Moscow State University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Kramers, Jan, University of Bern | |
local.contributor.affiliation | McCourt, Steve, University of KwaZulu-Natal | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Armstrong, Richard, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 4 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 644 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 662 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.gr.2008.01.013 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-08T10:13:07Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-53849113419 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000261279500008 | |
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