Protoliths of the high-grade amphibolites from the Main Zone of the Hidaka metamorphic belt in Hokkaido, northern Japan and comparison with greenstones in the northern Hidaka belt

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  • Kawanami Seishi
    Department of Earth Sciences, Okayama University Present address: Meiji Consultants Corp
  • Nakano Nobuhiko
    Division of Evolution of Earth Environments, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University
  • Osanai Yasuhito
    Division of Evolution of Earth Environments, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University
  • Kagami Hiroo
    Graduate school of Science and Technology, Niigata University
  • Owada Masaaki
    Division of Earth Sciences, Graduate school of Science and Technology, Yamaguchi University

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  • 日高変成帯主帯に分布する高変成度角閃岩類の原岩推定および北部日高帯緑色岩類との比較
  • ヒダカ ヘンセイタイシュタイ ニ ブンプ スル コウヘンセイドカクセンガンルイ ノ ゲンガン スイテイ オヨビ ホクブ ヒダカタイ リョクショクガンルイ ト ノ ヒカク

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The Hidaka belt is situated in the central part of Hokkaido island, northern Japan. The southern part of the belt is composed mainly of Tertiary metamorphic and plutonic rocks defined as the Main Zone of the Hidaka metamorphic belt. Various types of amphibolites, which were metamorphosed under amphibolite- to granulite-facies conditions, are distributed in the Main Zone. The northern part of the belt consists mainly of Cretaceous to Palaeogene sedimentary rocks including non- or weekly- to highly-metamorphosed mafic rocks (referred to as Northern Hidaka greenstones in present study). In this study, we discuss whole rock chemistry including isotopic compositions of the Southern Hidaka amphibolites to realize their protoliths, and we also compare the results with those of the Northern Hidaka greenstones. The various discrimination diagrams using major and trace element compositions suggest N-MORB magmatic characteristics for the Southern Hidaka amphibolites. REEs and NdI values also show this feature. Major and trace element compositions of the Northern Hidaka greenstones show similar characteristics with the Southern Hidaka amphibolites (N-MORB). SrI values of the amphibolites and the greenstones are slightly higher than those of the representative N-MORB composition, possibly due to the isotope interaction between original magma and seawater or sedimentary rock (or sediment). It is noted that the SrI values of both the amphibolite and the greenstones are similar to each other. Based on the N-MORB-like composition of major, trace elements, REEs and NdI values for the amphibolites and major and trace elements for the greenstones as well as their similar SrI values, it is a possible to consider that the protoliths of the Southern Hidaka amphibolites and the Northern Hidaka greenstones were derived from a common N-MORB magmatism.<br>

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