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Paleoproterozoic high-pressure metamorphism in the northern North China Craton and implications for the Nuna supercontinent.

ABSTRACT: The connection between the North China Craton (NCC) and contiguous cratons is important for the configuration of the Nuna supercontinent. Here we document a new Paleoproterozoic high-pressure (HP) complex dominated by garnet websterite on the northern margin of the NCC. The peak metamorphism of the garnet websterite was after ?1.90?Ga when it was subducted to eclogite facies at ?2.4?GPa, then exhumed back to granulite facies at ?0.9?GPa before ?1.82?Ga. The rock associations with their structural relationships and geochemical affinities are comparable to those of supra-subduction zone ophiolites, and supported by subduction-related signatures of gabbros and basalts. We propose that a ?1.90?Ga oceanic fragment was subducted and exhumed into an accretionary complex along the northern margin of the NCC. Presence of the coeval Sharyzhalgai complex with comparable HP garnet websterites in the southern Siberian active margin favours juxtaposition against the NCC in the Paleoproterozoic.

SUBMITTER: Wan B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4595726 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Paleoproterozoic high-pressure metamorphism in the northern North China Craton and implications for the Nuna supercontinent.

Wan Bo B Windley Brian F BF Xiao Wenjiao W Feng Jianyun J Zhang Ji'en J

Nature communications 20150921

The connection between the North China Craton (NCC) and contiguous cratons is important for the configuration of the Nuna supercontinent. Here we document a new Paleoproterozoic high-pressure (HP) complex dominated by garnet websterite on the northern margin of the NCC. The peak metamorphism of the garnet websterite was after ∼1.90 Ga when it was subducted to eclogite facies at ∼2.4 GPa, then exhumed back to granulite facies at ∼0.9 GPa before ∼1.82 Ga. The rock associations with their structura ...[more]

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Paleoproterozoic high-pressure metamorphism in the northern North China Craton and implications for the Nuna supercontinent.

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Paleoproterozoic high-pressure metamorphism in the northern North China Craton and implications for the Nuna supercontinent.

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