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Russian Geology and Geophysics

2012 year, number 6

ECLOGITE-GNEISS COMPLEX OF THE MUYA BLOCK ( East Siberia ): AGE, MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND PETROLOGY

V.S. Shatskya,b, E.S. Sitnikovaa,b, A.A. Tomilenkoa, A.L. Ragozina,b, O.A. Koz'menkoa, and E. Jagoutzc
a V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Koptyuga 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
b Novosibirsk State University, ul. Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
cMax Planck Institute for Chemistry, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Keywords: Metamorphism, eclogites, Muya block
Pages: 501-521

Abstract

Results of study of eclogite-gneiss complex of the Muya Block (East Siberia) are presented. Several structural types of the studied eclogites have been recognized. Kyanitic eclogite has been found for the first time. The host granite-gneisses are two-mica and biotite varieties, mainly garnet-bearing. The exposure of eclogites from different depths of the subducted plate at the present-day denudation level might be the reason for the wide range of the equilibrium temperatures of the Muya block eclogites (590-740?C). The Sm-Nd dating of the eclogites and host gneisses showed the Neoproterozoic age of high-pressure metamorphism (~630 Ma). The model age (T DM ) of the eclogites (720 Ma) differs considerably from the model age of the host gneisses (>1.3 Ga). The geochemical features of the eclogites point to the mobility of LILE (Rb, Cs, Ba, K) and LREE during their interaction with fluids, whereas the gneisses in the same process showed the mobility of LILE only. The oxygen isotope composition of minerals in the eclogites varies over a narrow range (δ18O = 5.5-3.9) and is close to the average mantle value, which evidences a negligible interaction between the eclogite protoliths and meteoric or sea water. The study of fluid inclusions in quartz from the eclogites and host gneisses showed a predominance of liquid-nitrogen inclusions in the former and carbon dioxide inclusions in the latter.