Micro-area Chemical Composition and Preserved P-T Evolution Trace of Phengite in Albite Gneiss from the Donghai Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphic Area, East China

• Published in: Acta geologica Sinica (Beijing) Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 183 - 189
• Main Authors: Fulai, LIU, Zeming, ZHANG, Zhiqin, XU, Jingsui, YANG, Huifen, XU
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2000
• Subjects: compositional zoning; Donghai; drill hole; genetic mechanism; gneiss; phengite
• ISSN: 1000-9515; 1755-6724
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2000.tb00447.x

Study of micro‐area chemical compositions indicates that phengite in albite gneiss from hole ZK2304 of the Donghai region has evident compositional zoning. SiO2 and tetrahedrally coordinated Si contents decrease, and Al2O3, AlIVand AlVIcontents increase gradually from core to rim. However, K2O, MgO and FeO contents basically remain unchanged from core to rim. According to P‐T estimates obtained from geothermometers and barometers, combined with previous experimental data, the core belt (micro‐area I) of phengite was formed at T=637–672°C and P=1.55–1.73 GPa, and the transitional belt (micro‐area II) of the phengite were formed at T=594–654°C and P=1.35–1.45 GPa. Towards the rim belt (micro‐area III), the temperature decreased slightly, but the pressure decreased rapidly with T=542–630°C and P=1.12–1.19 GPa. The P‐T evolution path recorded by the compositional zoning of phengite is characterized by significant near‐isothermal decompression, revealing that the gneiss has undergone high‐pressure‐ultrahigh‐pressure metamorphism. The compositional zoning of the phengite in the albite gneiss may have formed in the geodynamic process of rapid exhumation in the Sulu ultrahigh‐pressure metamorphic belt.