Takeshi Ikeda

Evaluation of residual pressure in an inclusion–host system using negative frequency shift of quartz Raman spectra

Abstract Raman spectra of quartz inclusions in garnet hosts of low-pressure/temperature metamorphic rocks from the Yanai district in the Ryoke belt (around 0.1-0.3 GPa/500-600 °C), Southwest Japan, exhibit frequency (peak position) shifts toward lower wavenumbers as compared to those of a quartz standard measured at ambient conditions. The observed negative frequency shifts indicate that tensile normal stress is exerted on the quartz-garnet boundary and therefore, quartz inclusions are subjected to negative residual pressure. Elastic modeling that assumed the constant elastic properties of minerals cannot explain this negative residual pressure. This study estimated the residual pressure based on a new scheme of elastic modeling with equation of state (EOS) of quartz and garnet, which takes into account the pressure- and temperature-dependency of compressibility and expansivity. The calculated residual pressure was converted into frequency shifts of quartz Raman spectrum based on the experimentally determined relation. The results showed that the quartz inclusions in garnets retain residual pressure of about -0.3 GPa, and logically reproduced the observed frequency shifts in the direction of lower wavenumbers. The new elastic modeling also simulates positive frequency shifts retained by quartz inclusions in garnets of high-pressure metamorphic rocks from the Sambagawa metamorphic belt in Southwest Japan, and from the Motagua fault zone in Guatemala. The degree and direction of Raman frequency shifts of quartz inclusion in garnet depend on metamorphic conditions when the quartz was included in the host garnet. Conversely, the metamorphic conditions prevailing when a set of a quartz inclusion and garnet host was recrystallized can be inferred from Raman frequency shifts of quartz inclusion in garnet. The proposed Raman spectroscopic analysis should be a powerful and useful tool to decipher information at earlier stage of garnet growth even in samples of highly recrystallized matrix phases during exhumation and retrograde stages.

Kornerupine sensu stricto associated with mafic and ultramafic rocks in the Lützow-Holm Complex at Akarui Point, East Antarctica: What is the source of boron?

Abstract Kornerupine, (□, Mg, Fe)(Al, Mg, Fe)9(Si, Al, B)5O21(OH, F), is known from only five mafic or ultramafic settings worldwide (of the >70 localities overall). We report a sixth occurrence from Akarui Point in the Lützow-Holm Complex, East Antarctica, where two ruby corundum (0.22–0.34 wt% Cr2O3)–plagioclase lenses are found at the same structural level as boudinaged ultrabasic rocks in hornblende gneiss and amphibolite. Ion microprobe analyses of kornerupine give 13–59 ppm Be, 181–302 ppm Li, and 5466–6812 ppm B, corresponding to 0.38–0.47 B per 21.5 O; associated sapphirine also contains B (588–889 ppm). Peak metamorphic conditions are estimated to be 770–790 °C and 7.7–9.8 kbar. Kornerupine encloses tourmaline and plagioclase, which suggests the prograde reaction tourmaline (1) + plagioclase (>An34)+ sapphirine±spinel→kornerupine+corundum (ruby)+plagioclase (<An82)±(fluid or melt). Alternatively, kornerupine and tourmaline could have formed sequentially under nearly constant P–T conditions during the infiltration of fluid that was originally B-bearing, but then progressively lost Na (or gained Ca) and B through reaction with mafic rocks. Kornerupine later reacted with H2O–CO2 fluid in cracks at P–T conditions in the andalusite stability field: kornerupine+plagioclase+(Na, K, ± Si in fluid)→tourmaline+biotite+corundum (sapphire)± magnesite±andalusite+(Ca in fluid). Secondary tourmaline differs from the included tourmaline in containing less Ti and having a higher Na/(Na+Ca+K) ratio. There are two possible scenarios for introducing B into the lenses: (1) infiltration of boron-bearing aqueous fluids released by prograde breakdown of muscovite in associated metasedimentary rocks; (2) hydrothermal alteration of mafic and ultramafic rocks by seawater prior to peak metamorphism. The latter scenario is consistent with an earlier suggestion that Akarui Point could be part of an ophiolite complex developed between the Yamato–Belgica and Rayner complexes.

Monazite Behaviour and Time-scale of Metamorphic Processes along a Low-pressure/High-temperature Field Gradient (Ryoke Belt, SW Japan)

Low-pressure/high-temperature metamorphic rocks exposed in the western part of the Ryoke belt (Iwakuni–Yanai area, SW Japan) include a section with increasing temperature conditions from 425 to 880 C. We use this setting to explore the evolution of monazite grain size, texture and composition, and variations in the whole-rock composition of 11 metapelite, metapsammite or metachert samples collected along the metamorphic field gradient. Monazite grain size increases with rising metamorphic grade, regardless of the whole-rock composition. From lowto high-grade conditions we infer: (1) the initial nucleation of monazite aggregates after allanite ( 425 C); (2) monazite coarsening and coalescence driven by incipient monazite recycling; that is, dissolution of small grains to grow larger ones by Ostwald ripening (500–600 C); (3) a first major recycling stage enhanced by fluid liberation owing to muscovite breakdown (600–630 C); (4) a second recycling stage assisted by an increase in the proportion of anatectic melt owing to biotite breakdown (> 850 C). A succession of four compositional domains is recognized in monazite. We emphasize the usefulness of comparing their Ce/ThMnz, Ce/YMnz and Th/UMnz molar ratios with those derived from whole-rock analyses to constrain the origin of each domain. Domain I, with variable ratios, reflects the progressive transfer of Th 6 U from allanite to monazite at low-grade conditions. Domain II, with Ce/ThMnz matching the whole-rock values, indicates growth under rock(decimetre)scale equilibrium conditions. Domains II and III, with Th/UMnz and Ce/YMnz departing from the whole-rock values, record the competition with zircon (for U) and garnet (for Y) during growth at peak P–T conditions. Domain IV points to Y supply by garnet resorption during retrograde chloritization (< 550 C). In the highest-grade sample, zircon grains included in garnet or cordierite show metamorphic rims with sillimanite and Si-rich inclusions. These rims formed at suprasolidus conditions (650–880 C) and yield Pb/U ages of 103–97 Ma (6 5 Ma), which bracket the timing of high-temperature metamorphism. Monazite dating by electron microprobe and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry reveals two age groups. For domains I–III, some relatively old Pb/U ages (99–95 6 3–5 Ma) represent minimum estimates for the timing of prograde to peak metamorphism, whereas the similar oldest Pb/U age for domain IV VC The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com 1109 J O U R N A L O F P E T R O L O G Y Journal of Petrology, 2018, Vol. 59, No. 6, 1109–1144 doi: 10.1093/petrology/egy056 Advance Access Publication Date: 11 June 2018