Metamorphic <i>P</i>-<i>T</i> Path Differences between the Two UHP Terranes of Sulu Orogen, Eastern China: Petrologic Comparison between Eclogites from Donghai and Rongcheng

Zhuoyang Li; Yilong Li; Jan R. Wijbrans; Qijun Yang; Hua-Ning Qiu; Fraukje M. Brouwer

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Zhuoyang Li, Yilong Li, Jan R. Wijbrans, Qijun Yang, Hua-Ning Qiu, Fraukje M. Brouwer. Metamorphic P-T Path Differences between the Two UHP Terranes of Sulu Orogen, Eastern China: Petrologic Comparison between Eclogites from Donghai and Rongcheng. Journal of Earth Science, 2018, 29(5): 1151-1166. doi: 10.1007/s12583-018-0845-x

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Zhuoyang Li, Yilong Li, Jan R. Wijbrans, Qijun Yang, Hua-Ning Qiu, Fraukje M. Brouwer. Metamorphic P-T Path Differences between the Two UHP Terranes of Sulu Orogen, Eastern China: Petrologic Comparison between Eclogites from Donghai and Rongcheng. Journal of Earth Science, 2018, 29(5): 1151-1166. doi: 10.1007/s12583-018-0845-x

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Zhuoyang Li, Yilong Li, Jan R. Wijbrans, Qijun Yang, Hua-Ning Qiu, Fraukje M. Brouwer. Metamorphic P-T Path Differences between the Two UHP Terranes of Sulu Orogen, Eastern China: Petrologic Comparison between Eclogites from Donghai and Rongcheng. Journal of Earth Science, 2018, 29(5): 1151-1166. doi: 10.1007/s12583-018-0845-x

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Metamorphic P-T Path Differences between the Two UHP Terranes of Sulu Orogen, Eastern China: Petrologic Comparison between Eclogites from Donghai and Rongcheng

doi: 10.1007/s12583-018-0845-x

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School of Earth Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Geology & Geochemistry Group, Department of Earth Sciences, VU Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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Faculty of Earth Resources, Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

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Corresponding author: Yilong Li
Received Date: 26 Jan 2017
Accepted Date: 25 Apr 2017
Publish Date: 01 Oct 2018

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The Sulu Orogen constitutes the eastern part of the Sulu-Dabie Orogen formed by Triassic collision between the Sino-Korean and Yangtze plates. An HP Slice Ⅰ and two UHP slices Ⅱ and Ⅲ with contrasting subduction and exhumation histories within the Sulu Orogen were postulated. This study presents the metamorphic P-T paths of eclogites from the two UHP belts constructed by petrography, mineral chemistry and Perple_X P-T pseudosection modeling in the MnC(K)NFMASHO system. Eclogites from Slice Ⅲ mainly consist of omphacite, garnet and quartz, with minor rutile, ilmenite, amphibole and phengite. Eclogites from Slice Ⅱ show a porphyroblastic texture with epidote porphyroblasts and garnet, omphacite, phengite, quartz and rutile in matrix. Pseudosection modeling reveals that eclogites from Slice Ⅱ witness a peak metamorphism of eclogite-facies under conditions of 3.1-3.3 GPa and 660-690℃, and a retrograde cooling decompression process. The eclogites from Slice Ⅲ record a heating decompressive P-T path with a peak-P stage of 3.2 GPa and 840℃ and a peak-T stage of 2.4 GPa and 950℃, suggesting an apparent granulite-facies metamorphism overprint during exhumation. Both eclogites recorded clockwise P-T paths with peak P-T conditions suggesting a subduction beneath the Sino-Korean Plate to~100-105 km depth. Combined with tectonic scenarios from previous studies, it is concluded that the two UHP crustal slices in the Sulu terrane have a similar geodynamic evolution, but the UHP rocks in Slice Ⅱ exhumed after the eclogitic peak-pressure conditions earlier than that of Slice Ⅲ. The existence of Slice Ⅱ diminished the buoyancy force on Slice Ⅲ, resulting in a granulite-facies overprint on Slice Ⅲ. The Sulu orogenic belt is made up of different crustal slices that underwent different subduction and exhumation histories, rather than a single unit.
- petrology,
- UHP metamorphism,
- exhumation process,
- Sulu Orogen

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