Garnet: A rock-forming mineral petrochronometer

EF Baxter, MJ Caddick… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Garnet could be the ultimate petrochronometer. Not only can you date it directly (with an
accuracy and precision that may surprise some), but it is also a common rock-forming and …

Garnet Lu-Hf speed dating: a novel method to rapidly resolve polymetamorphic histories

A Simpson, S Glorie, M Hand, C Spandler, S Gilbert - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent advances in laser ablation reaction-cell mass spectrometry have opened the
possibility for rapid and efficient Lu-Hf age dating of a variety of minerals. Of particular …

Linking growth episodes of zircon and metamorphic textures to zircon chemistry: an example from the ultrahigh-temperature granulites of Rogaland (SW Norway)

A Möller, PJ O'Brien, A Kennedy… - … Society, London, Special …, 2003 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract In-situ U-Th-Pb analyses by ion-microprobe on zircon in intact textural relationships
are combined with backscatter and cathodoluminescence imaging and trace element …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme metamorphism and metamorphic facies series at convergent plate boundaries: Implications for supercontinent dynamics

YF Zheng, RX Chen - Geosphere, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Crustal metamorphism under extreme pressure-temperature conditions produces
characteristic ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) and ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) mineral …

Instantaneous rock transformations in the deep crust driven by reactive fluid flow

A Beinlich, T John, JC Vrijmoed, M Tominaga… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Fluid–rock interactions are a fundamental component of geodynamic processes. They link
mass and energy transfer with large-scale tectonic deformation and drive mineral deposit …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid, paced metamorphism of blueschists (Syros, Greece) from laser-based zoned Lu-Hf garnet chronology and LA-ICPMS trace element map**

L Tual, MA Smit, J Cutts, E Kooijman… - Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Unravelling the timing and rate of subduction-zone metamorphism and H 2 O release
requires linking time to the compositional changes of petrogenetic indicator minerals in …

Fluid flow in the deep crust

JJ Ague, RL Rudnick - The crust, 2003 - books.google.com
The heating and burial of rock masses during mountain building drives chemical reactions
that liberate volatile fluid species (Figure 1). These volatiles, including H2O, CO₂, and CH4 …

Using garnet to constrain the duration and rate of water-releasing metamorphic reactions during subduction: An example from Sifnos, Greece

B Dragovic, LM Samanta, EF Baxter, J Selverstone - Chemical Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
We present a method to reconstruct the dehydration flux associated with garnet-forming
reactions during subduction. Garnet-bearing blueschists from the island of Sifnos, Greece, in …

The laurentian caledonides of Scotland and Ireland

DM Chew, RA Strachan - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Caledonides of Britain and Ireland are one of the most intensively studied
orogenic belts in the world. This review considers all the tectonic events associated with the …

Brief thermal pulses during mountain building recorded by Sr diffusion in apatite and multicomponent diffusion in garnet

JJ Ague, EF Baxter - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2007 - Elsevier
We use the records of Sr diffusion preserved in apatite and corroborating multicomponent Fe-
Mg–Ca–Mn diffusion preserved in garnet from the classic Barrovian metamorphic zones …