Journal of Petrology Advance Access originally published online on July 22, 2004
Journal of Petrology 2004 45(9):1821-1844; doi:10.1093/petrology/egh035
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Ultrahigh-temperature Metamorphism (1150°C, 12 kbar) and Multistage Evolution of Mg-, Al-rich Granulites from the Central Highland Complex, Sri Lanka
1 DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SYSTEM SCIENCES, OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY, TSUSHIMA NAKA 3-1-1, OKAYAMA, JAPAN
2 DIVISION OF EVOLUTION OF EARTH ENVIRONMENTS, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, ROPPONMATSU, FUKUOKA 810-8560, JAPAN
* Corresponding author. Present address: Basic Science Research Institute, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 561-756, South Korea. Telephone: (+82)-63-270-3397, Fax: (+82) 63-270-3399. E-mail: sajeev{at}chonbuk.ac.kr
Mg- and Al-rich granulites of the central Highland Complex, Sri Lanka preserve a range of reaction textures indicative of a multistage P–T history following an ultrahigh-temperature metamorphic peak. The granulites contain a near-peak assemblage of sapphirine–garnet–orthopyroxene–sillimanite–quartz–K-feldspar, which was later overprinted by intergrowth, symplectite and corona textures involving orthopyroxene, sapphirine, cordierite and spinel. Biotite-rims, kornerupine and orthopyroxene-rims on biotite are considered to be late assemblages. Thermobarometric calculations yield an estimated P–T of at least 1100°C and 12 kbar for the near-peak metamorphism. Isopleths of Al2O3 in orthopyroxene are consistent with a peak temperature above 1150°C. The P–T path consists of four segments. Initial isobaric cooling after peak metamorphism (Segment A), which produced the garnet–sapphirine–quartz assemblage, was followed by near-isothermal decompression at ultrahigh temperature (Segment B), which produced the multiphase symplectites. Further isobaric cooling (Segment C) resulted in the formation of biotite and kornerupine, and late isothermal decompression (Segment D) formed orthopyroxene rims on biotite. This evolution can be correlated with similar P–T paths elsewhere, but there are not yet sufficient geochronological and structural data available from the Highland Complex to allow the tectonic implications to be fully assessed.
KEY WORDS: central Highland Complex; granulites; multistage evolution; Sri Lanka; UHT metamorphism
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