Journal of Petrology | Volume 44 | Number 11 | Pages 1977-2002 | 2003
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Zircons from Syros, Cyclades, Greece—Recrystallization and Mobilization of Zircon During High-Pressure Metamorphism
1 INSTITUT FÜR MINERALOGIE, WESTFÄLISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNSTER, CORRENSSTRAßE 24, D-48149 MÜNSTER, GERMANY
2 CEMS, CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, PERTH 6845, W.A., AUSTRALIA
3 INSTITUT FÜR GEOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÄT BERN, ERLACHSTRASSE 9A, CH-3012 BERN, SWITZERLAND
* Corresponding author. Telephone: ++49 (0)251-8333048. Fax: ++49 (0)251-8338397. E-mail: ftom{at}nwz.uni-muenster.de
Zircons were studied from high-pressure/low-temperature metamorphosed meta-igneous lithologies from Syros. These rocks carry several zircon generations related to each other by dissolution–reprecipitation processes. One generation is pristine zircon that shows growth zoning, relatively elevated contents of trivalent cations and high Th/U ratios. The other end-member is a skeletal zircon generation with negligible trivalent cation contents and low Th/U ratios (
0·1). Texturally between these two, there is a range of zircon crystals with complex inclusion populations of Y–HREE–Th phases and fluid inclusions, showing variable progress of replacement– recrystallization. Both end-members yield distinct sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) U–Pb ages. The pristine generation has an age of 80·2 ± 1·6 Ma from a metagabbro, and 76·4 ± 2·1 Ma from a meta-plagiogranite dyke. The skeletal, low-Th/U zircon generation yields an age of 52·4 ± 0·8 Ma. The older, Late Cretaceous, zircons are interpreted to date emplacement of the magmatic protoliths in a small segment of oceanic crust. The younger, Eocene, age, however, dates a zircon recrystallization event, which possibly coincides with high solubility and mobility of high field strength elements in a high-pressure aqueous fluid phase. Intergrowth relations between zircon and peak-metamorphic garnet, and excellent agreement of the U–Pb ages with white mica Ar–Ar ages for the same samples support the conclusion that Eocene is the true age of high-pressure metamorphism on Syros.
KEY WORDS: zircon dissolution–reprecipitation; zircon U–Pb geochronology; paragonite 39Ar/40Ar dating; Syros meta-ophiolite
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