U-Pb isotopic evidence for the accretion of different crustal blocks to form the Lewisian Complex of northwest Scotland

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Kinny, PD
Friend, CRL
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[1] Curtin Univ Technol, Sch Appl Geol, Tecton Special Res Ctr, Perth, WA 6001, Australia
[2] Oxford Brookes Univ, Dept Geol, Oxford OX3 0BP, England
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10.1007/s004100050340
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P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
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0708 ; 070902 ;
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Single zircon and titanite U-Pb SHRIMP data presented for tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) suits gneisses and an ultramafic rock from the northern and central regions of the Lewisian Complex of northwest Scotland, show that protolith ages of tonalitic gneisses in the northern region (2800-2840 Ma) art significantly younger than those in the central region (2960-3030 Ma). Further evidence of a major (2490-2480 Ma) metamorphic event in the central region is documented by a metamorphic zircon associated with a granulite facies ultramafic body. A dioritic gneiss from the northern region has also been dated at c. 2680 Ma. The northern region therefore does not comprise reworked central region rocks and consequently the old models for the evolution of the Lewisian which were based upon this concept need replacing. It is instead proposed that two distinct crustal blocks, now the northern and central regions, were tectonically juxtaposed along a boundary corresponding to the Laxford Front. Juxtaposition would appear to have occurred in Proterozoic times, as it must have postdated the 2490-2480 Ma (?Inverian) metamorphism recorded only in the central region, and the emplacement of granite sheets restricted to the northern side of the boundary. The first recorded event common to both regions is resetting of titanite ages associated with c. 1750 Ma Laxfordian amphibolite facies metamorphism. Zircon inheritance in rocks of both regions is scarce. Within one zircon from the northern region a c. 3550 Ma core was found. This represents the oldest known material from the region.
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