Occurrence of Excess 40Ar in Amphibole: Implications of 40Ar/39Ar Dating by Laser Stepwise Heating and in vacuo Crushing

Rong-Guo Hu; Xiu-Juan Bai; Jan Wijbrans; Fraukje Brouwer; Yi-Lai Zhao; Hua-Ning Qiu

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Rong-Guo Hu, Xiu-Juan Bai, Jan Wijbrans, Fraukje Brouwer, Yi-Lai Zhao, Hua-Ning Qiu. Occurrence of Excess 40Ar in Amphibole: Implications of 40Ar/39Ar Dating by Laser Stepwise Heating and in vacuo Crushing. Journal of Earth Science, 2018, 29(2): 416-426. doi: 10.1007/s12583-017-0947-x

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Rong-Guo Hu, Xiu-Juan Bai, Jan Wijbrans, Fraukje Brouwer, Yi-Lai Zhao, Hua-Ning Qiu. Occurrence of Excess ⁴⁰Ar in Amphibole: Implications of ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Dating by Laser Stepwise Heating and in vacuo Crushing. Journal of Earth Science, 2018, 29(2): 416-426. doi: 10.1007/s12583-017-0947-x

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Occurrence of Excess ⁴⁰Ar in Amphibole: Implications of ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Dating by Laser Stepwise Heating and in vacuo Crushing

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College of Earth Sciences, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Hidden Metallic Ore Deposits Exploration, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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Geology & Geochemistry Cluster, Department of Earth Sciences, VU Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China

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Corresponding author: Rong-Guo Hu, hurongguo@163.com; Hua-Ning Qiu, huaning.qiu@gmail.com
Received Date: 15 Mar 2017
Accepted Date: 05 Aug 2017
Publish Date: 01 Apr 2018

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The joint methods of ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar laser stepwise heating and in vacuo crushing have been applied to date amphiboles from the North Qaidam ultra-high pressure metamorphic amphibolites. Two amphibole samples analyzed by laser heating yielded saddle-shaped age spectra with total gas ages of 574.5±2.5 and 562.5±2.5 Ma. These ages are much older than the reported zircon U-Pb ages (~495 Ma) from Yuka eclogite, indicating the presence of excess ⁴⁰Ar. In order to decipher the occurrence of excess ⁴⁰Ar and constrain the age of amphibolite-facies retrogression, two duplicate amphibole samples were further employed for ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar in vacuo crushing analyses. Both samples exhibit similar monotonically declining release spectra, which are characterized by rapid decline of anomalously old apparent ages in the early steps. The data of the late steps yielded concordant apparent ages with plateau ages of 460.9±1.2 and 459.6±1.8 Ma. We interpret that gases released in the early steps derive from the significant excess ⁴⁰Ar containing secondary fluid inclusions (SFIs) due to their distribution characteristics along cracks leading to be easily extracted, whereas those released in the later steps represent the contribution of the small primary fluid inclusions (PFIs).
- ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating,
- in vacuo crushing,
- amphibole,
- fluid inclusions

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