Derivation of Subduction-Stage Pressure-Temperature Path of Sambagawa Eclogite and its Tectonic Significance

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  • AOYA Mutsuki
    Research Fellow, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University Institute of Geoscience National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

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  • 三波川エクロジャイトの沈み込みP-T経路の導出とそのテクトニックな意味付け
  • サンバガワ エクロジャイト ノ シズミ コミ P T ケイロ ノ ドウシュツ ト ソノ テクトニック ナ イミヅケ ホウカツテキ ガンセキガク エ ノ フセキ ト シテ
  • Towards the Goal of a Comprehensive Petrology
  • 包括的岩石学への布石として

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Abstract

In general, derivation of subduction-stage P-T (pressure-temperature) paths for high-P metamorphic rocks is difficult, because in most cases they are affected by subsequent metamorphism, during which the pre-peak P mineral assemblages are significantly modified. However, petrological studies during the last 10 years in the Sambagawa belt have recognized unusually well-constrained sections of the subduction-stage P-T path. In particular, derivation of the subduction-stage P-T path of the Kotsu glaucophane eclogite was backed-up by insights obtained from a combination of petrological and structural analyses. Application of a new thermal model shows that the derived subduction-stage P-T paths are most likely to have been generated in a setting where an active spreading ridge is close to being subducted. This tectonic interpretation suggests that exhumation of high-P/T metamorphic rocks in oceanic subduction zones is triggered by regional heating events such as ridge subduction. A review of recent studies on the Sambagawa belt indicates the significance of promoting a 'comprehensive petrology', which encompasses the full set of constraints provided by disciplines such as petrology, structural geology, geochronology and thermal modeling.

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