Relationship among titanium, rare earth elements, U-Pb ages and deformation microstructures in zircon: Implications for Ti-in-zircon thermometry

A zircon grain in an orthopyroxene-garnet-phlogopite-zircon-rutile-bearing xenolith from Udachnaya, Siberia, preserves a pattern of crystallographic misorientation and subgrain microstructure associated with crystal-plastic deformation. The zircon grain records significant variations in titanium (Ti...

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Main Authors: Timms, Nicholas Eric, Kinny, Peter, Reddy, Steven, Evans, Katy, Clark, Chris, Healy, David
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Published: Elsevier Science BV 2011
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author Timms, Nicholas Eric
Kinny, Peter
Reddy, Steven
Evans, Katy
Clark, Chris
Healy, David
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Reddy, Steven
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Healy, David
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description A zircon grain in an orthopyroxene-garnet-phlogopite-zircon-rutile-bearing xenolith from Udachnaya, Siberia, preserves a pattern of crystallographic misorientation and subgrain microstructure associated with crystal-plastic deformation. The zircon grain records significant variations in titanium (Ti) from 2.6 to 30 ppm that corresponds to a difference in calculated Ti-in-zircon temperatures of over several hundred degrees Celsius. The highest Ti concentration is measured at subgrain centres (30 ppm), and Ti is variably depleted at low-angle boundaries (down to 2.6 ppm). Variations in cathodoluminescence coincide with the deformation microstructure and indicate localised, differential enrichment of rare earth elements (REE) at low-angle boundaries. Variable enrichment of U and Th and systematic increase of Th/U from 1.61 to 3.52 occurs at low-angle boundaries. Individual SHRIMP-derived U-Pb ages from more deformed zones (mean age of 1799 40, n = 22) are systematically younger than subgrain cores (mean age of 1851 65 Ma, n = 7), and indicate that open system behaviour of Ti-Th-U occurred shortly after zircon growth, prior to the accumulation of significant radiogenic Pb. Modelling of trace-element diffusion distances for geologically reasonable thermal histories indicates that the observed variations are ~ 5 orders of magnitude greater than can be accounted for by volume diffusion. The data are best explained by enhanced diffusion of U, Th and Ti along deformation-related fast-diffusion pathways, such as dislocations and low-angle (<5°) boundaries. These results indicate chemical exchange between zircon and the surrounding matrix and show that Ti-in-zircon thermometry and U-Pb geochronology from deformed zircon may not yield information relating to the conditions and timing of primary crystallisation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-408782017-09-13T15:57:39Z Relationship among titanium, rare earth elements, U-Pb ages and deformation microstructures in zircon: Implications for Ti-in-zircon thermometry Timms, Nicholas Eric Kinny, Peter Reddy, Steven Evans, Katy Clark, Chris Healy, David SHRIMP Siberia Xenolith Electron backscatter diffraction Granulite A zircon grain in an orthopyroxene-garnet-phlogopite-zircon-rutile-bearing xenolith from Udachnaya, Siberia, preserves a pattern of crystallographic misorientation and subgrain microstructure associated with crystal-plastic deformation. The zircon grain records significant variations in titanium (Ti) from 2.6 to 30 ppm that corresponds to a difference in calculated Ti-in-zircon temperatures of over several hundred degrees Celsius. The highest Ti concentration is measured at subgrain centres (30 ppm), and Ti is variably depleted at low-angle boundaries (down to 2.6 ppm). Variations in cathodoluminescence coincide with the deformation microstructure and indicate localised, differential enrichment of rare earth elements (REE) at low-angle boundaries. Variable enrichment of U and Th and systematic increase of Th/U from 1.61 to 3.52 occurs at low-angle boundaries. Individual SHRIMP-derived U-Pb ages from more deformed zones (mean age of 1799 40, n = 22) are systematically younger than subgrain cores (mean age of 1851 65 Ma, n = 7), and indicate that open system behaviour of Ti-Th-U occurred shortly after zircon growth, prior to the accumulation of significant radiogenic Pb. Modelling of trace-element diffusion distances for geologically reasonable thermal histories indicates that the observed variations are ~ 5 orders of magnitude greater than can be accounted for by volume diffusion. The data are best explained by enhanced diffusion of U, Th and Ti along deformation-related fast-diffusion pathways, such as dislocations and low-angle (<5°) boundaries. These results indicate chemical exchange between zircon and the surrounding matrix and show that Ti-in-zircon thermometry and U-Pb geochronology from deformed zircon may not yield information relating to the conditions and timing of primary crystallisation. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40878 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.10.005 Elsevier Science BV restricted
spellingShingle SHRIMP
Siberia
Xenolith
Electron backscatter diffraction
Granulite
Timms, Nicholas Eric
Kinny, Peter
Reddy, Steven
Evans, Katy
Clark, Chris
Healy, David
Relationship among titanium, rare earth elements, U-Pb ages and deformation microstructures in zircon: Implications for Ti-in-zircon thermometry
title Relationship among titanium, rare earth elements, U-Pb ages and deformation microstructures in zircon: Implications for Ti-in-zircon thermometry
title_full Relationship among titanium, rare earth elements, U-Pb ages and deformation microstructures in zircon: Implications for Ti-in-zircon thermometry
title_fullStr Relationship among titanium, rare earth elements, U-Pb ages and deformation microstructures in zircon: Implications for Ti-in-zircon thermometry
title_full_unstemmed Relationship among titanium, rare earth elements, U-Pb ages and deformation microstructures in zircon: Implications for Ti-in-zircon thermometry
title_short Relationship among titanium, rare earth elements, U-Pb ages and deformation microstructures in zircon: Implications for Ti-in-zircon thermometry
title_sort relationship among titanium, rare earth elements, u-pb ages and deformation microstructures in zircon: implications for ti-in-zircon thermometry
topic SHRIMP
Siberia
Xenolith
Electron backscatter diffraction
Granulite
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40878