The problem, significance and implications for metamorphism of 60 million years of multiple phases of staurolite growth

Sanislav, I.V., and Shah, A.A. (2010) The problem, significance and implications for metamorphism of 60 million years of multiple phases of staurolite growth. Journal Geological Society of India, 76 (5). pp. 384-398.

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Abstract

Microstructural measurements of FIAs in staurolite reveal at least 3 periods of growth in the Proterozoic Colorado Front Range and 5 in the Paleozoic Western Maine. Dated monazite inclusions in staurolite have an absolute age of 1760±12 Ma (FIA 1), 1720±7 Ma (FIA 2), 1682±18 Ma (FIA 3) in Colorado, and 408±10 Ma (FIA 2), 388±8 Ma (FIA 3), 372±6 Ma (FIA 4), 352±4 Ma (FIA 5) in Maine, supporting the multiple periods of deformation and metamorphism indicated by the FIA succession in each region. Multiple phases of growth by similar reactions in the same as well as in diverse adjacent rocks in both regions suggest that PT and X are not the only factors controlling the commencement and cessation of metamorphic reactions. The FIAs preserved by the staurolite porphyroblasts indicate that the local partitioning of deformation at the scale of a porphyroblast was the eventual controlling factor on whether or not the staurolite forming reactions took place.

Item ID: 14938
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 0974-6889
Keywords: FIAs, staurolite, monazite dating, metamorphism, Thermocalc
Date Deposited: 24 Feb 2011 00:05
FoR Codes: 04 EARTH SCIENCES > 0403 Geology > 040304 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology @ 100%
SEO Codes: 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences @ 100%
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