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  • 1
    ISSN: 1437-3262
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences
    Description / Table of Contents: Abstract Crust formation ages inferred on the basis of Nd model age, U-Pb zircon and Pb-Pb data for granulites from central Sri Lanka, and the late Archean Lewisian (Scotland) and Nuk (south-western Greenland) high-grade gneisses are comparable, and in the range 2.2–3.0 Ga and 2.8–3.0 Ga respectively. The time interval between crust formation and high-grade metamorphism (with its attendant depletions of incompatible and heat-producing elements) is in the order of ∼ 2 Ga for the ∼ 0.6 Ga Highland granulites of Sri Lanka, but are less than ∼ 0.1–0.2 Ga for the Lewisian and Nuk gneisses. Severe depletions of U and Th produced the distinctive unradiogenic present-day Pb ratios of the Lewisian and Nuk gneisses. The Sri Lanka granulites, in contrast, preserve a record of an extended residence in a high U/Pb, high Th/Pb environment and display radiogenic »upper crustal« — like present-day isotope ratios. Relative to primitive mantle compositions, the Pb isotopes identify the Lewisian and Nuk terrains as crustal reservoirs depleted in Th and U (relative to Pb), whereas the Highland granulites are enriched. The global Pb isotope mass balance requires the existence of low U/Pb, low Th/Pb and high Th/U reservoir(s) for successful solutions, and the lower crust is a likely candidate for this reservoir. High-grade terrains like Sri Lanka show depletions of measured U and Th abundances relative to Pb, but do not show Pb isotope signatures of »model bulk lower crust«. Archean high-grade gneisses display the appropriate combination of retarded Th/Pb and U/Pb although their absolute compositions are much less radiogenic than those of »model bulk lower crust« predicted from simple mass balance calculations.
    Abstract: Résumé Les âges modèles de formation de la croûte, estimés à partir des méthodes Nd, U-Pb (zircon) et Pb-Pb, pour les granulites du Sri Lanka central d'une part et les gneiss de degré élevé lewisiens (Archéen sup.) d'Ecosse et de Nuk (sud-ouest du Groenland) d'autre part, sont comparables et se situent respectivement dans les intervalles de 2,2–3,0 Ga et 2,8–3,0 Ga. L'intervalle de temps qui sépare la formation de la croûte et le pic du métamorphisme (accompagné de pertes d'éléments incompatibles et producteurs de chaleur) est de l'ordre de ± 2 Ga pour les granulites du Sri Lanka, âgées de ± 0,6 Ga, mais n'excède pas 0,1 à 0,2 Ga pour le Lewisien et les gneiss de Nuk. Des pertes sévères en U et en Th sont responsables des rapports Pb actuels peu radiogéniques dans le Lewisien et les gneiss de Nuk. Par contre, les granulites du Sri Lanka se sont maintenues dans des conditions de rapports U/Pb et Th/Pb élevés et fournissent des rapports isotopiques analogues à ceux de la croûte supérieure actuelle. Par rapport aux compositions mantéliques primitives, les isotopes du Pb identifient le Lewisien et les formations de Nuk comme des réservoirs crustaux appauvris en Th et en U (par rapport au Pb), tandis que les granulites du Sri Lanka ont été enrichies. Le bilan de masse des isotopes du Pb à l'échelle globale requiert l'existence d'un ou de plusieurs réservoirs à faible U/Pb, faible Th/Pb et haut Th/U; la croûte inférieure pourrait constituer ce réservoir. Des formations très métamorphiques comme celles du Sri Lanka présentent un appauvrissement des teneurs en U et en Th par rapport au Pb, mais ne montrent pas les signatures isotopiques du Pb correspondant à un modèle de croûte inférieure globale. Les gneiss archéens de degré élevé possèdent la combinaison adéquate des rapports Th/Pb et U/Pb déprimés, bien que leurs compositions absolues soient moins radiogéniques que celle de la »croûte inférieure type« prévue par les bilans de masse.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Nd-Modellalter, U-Pb-Zirkondaten sowie Pb-Pb-Alter weisen auf vergleichbare Krustenbildungsalter von 2.2–3.0 Ga für den zentralen Granulitgürtel Sri Lankas bzw. 2.8–3.0 Ga für die spätarchaischen Granulitgebiete der Lewisian-(Schottland) und Nuk-Komplexe (südwestliches Grönland) hin. Die extrem lange Zeitspanne von ca. 2 Ga zwischen Krustenbildung und hochgradiger Metamorphose und die daraus resultierende Verarmung an hochinkompatiblen Elementen unterscheidet jedoch die ca. 0.6 Ga alten Granulite der Highland- und Südwest-Gruppe Sri Lankas von den Lewisian- und Nuk-Gneisen. Hier erfolgte die Granulitmetamorphose verhältnismäßig bald nach der Krustenbildung (≤ 0.1–0.2 Ga), und die frühe signifikante Verarmung an U und Th ist verantwortlich für die heutige, wenig radiogene Pb-Isotopie in diesen Gesteinen. Im Gegensatz dazu zeigen Konzentrationsmessungen an den Granuliten Sri Lankas zwar eine Verarmung von U und Th relativ zu Pb, was aber aus der hochradiogenen Pb-Isotopie nicht ersichtlich ist. Der Grund hierfür ist, daß dieser Krustenkomplex eine sehr lange Zeit zur kontinentalen Oberkruste gehörte, mit entsprechend hohen U/Pb- und Th/Pb-Verhältnissen und dem daraus entstandenen Zuwachs an radiogenem Blei. Die terrestrische Massenbilanz des Bleis erfordert, daß die zeitintegrierten erhöhten U/Pb-, Th/Pb- und erniedrigten Th/U-Werte sowohl der Oberkruste als auch fast aller Mantel-derivate durch ein Reservoir, wie z.B. die Unter-kruste, mit langfristig erniedrigtem U/Pb und Th/ Pb und erhöhtem Th/U kompensiert werden muß. Krustenkomplexe wie Sri Lanka, die erst in jüngster Zeit in die Unterkruste versenkt wurden, kommen dafür nicht in Frage. Archaische Granulitgebiete, jedoch, zeigen das entsprechende Th/Pb und U/Pb, wenn auch ihre absolute Zusammensetzung deutlich weniger radiogen ist als es die Modellunterkruste verlangt.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-0967
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences
    Notes: Abstract We report single grain U-Pb ion-microprobe as well as conventional bulk size fraction ages for zircons from 3 metasediment samples of the Moldanubian Complex, Bohemian Massif, one of the largest crystalline complexes of the Hercynian foldbelt in Europe. These are complemented by whole-rock Sm-Nd model ages. The metasediments are of upper amphibolite to granulite grade and come from the Bory Massif in Moravia, NW of Brno (sample AA-1) and from the Varied Group (AA-2) and Monotonous Group (AA-3) in the Ceske Budejovice region of SW Bohemia. Ion-microprobe data for detrital zircons yielded 207Pb/ 206Pb ages between ca. 1750 Ma and 2680 Ma and reflect chronologically heterogeneous source terrains. One grain in sample AA-1 of the Bory granulite massif may be as old as 2684±14 Ma, and this constitutes the oldest reported zircon age for the Hercynian belt of central Europe. The single grain data are much less discordant than previously published conventional U-Pb analyses from bulk zircon samples and suggest a significant early Proterozoic crust-formation event between 2 and 2.2 Ga ago. The size fraction data are compatible with the single grain ages and give a fairly precise definition of the Hercynian event between 347 and 367 Ma ago while their upper Concordia intercept ages between ≈1700 and ≈2050 Ma represent the mean of the respective grain populations and are probably geohronologically meaningless. The Nd whole-rock model ages between 1.7 and 3.0 Ga confirm mid-Proterozoic to Archaean source terrains for the dated metasediments.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-0967
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences
    Notes: Abstract Apparent crustal residence ages indicated by Nd model age data for metamorphic rocks, sediments and granitoids of the Hercynian Fold Belt of Europe vary from 1.3 Ga to 3.0 Ga, but are mainly in the range 1.4–1.7 Ga. 2 Ga basement inliers have been documented previously in northern Spain and islands off northwestern France but, in addition to these, old (∼2–3 Ga) model ages are found along the southern margin of the fold belt. These do not identify old inliers but are interpreted to represent Archeanearly Proterozoic crustal components recycled from a southern source. The Nd data, when considered together with the surface geology and recent single-grain zircon ion microprobe data, argue against a binary mixing of Archean components with new Palaeozoic crustal additions to generate the main 1.4–1.7 Ga model age population. Hercynian Europe comprise mainly recycled Proterozoic components although significant new Palaeozoic additions as well as Archean contributions are indicated. Nd and Sr isotopic data together with previous chemical and petrographic observations allow the recognition of a northern belt of continent margin I-type granitoids grading southwards to inner continent S-type plutons in the eastern half of the fold belt. This felsic plutonic association is used to infer a Hercynian plate configuration involving the attachment of the fold belt to a southern parent cratonic block that the model age data suggest may be of early Proterozoic-Archean age.
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