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Sm-Nd garnet and U-Pb monazite dating of high-grade metamorphism and crustal melting in the West Uusimaa area, southern Finland




AuthorsMouri H., Väisänen M., Huhma H., Korsman K.

PublisherGeological Society of Sweden

Publication year2005

JournalGFF

Journal name in sourceGFF

Volume127

Issue2

First page 123

Last page128

Number of pages6

ISSN1103-5897

DOIhttps://doi.org/DOI:10.1080/11035890501272123

Web address http://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id:24344494352


Abstract

The 100 km wide late Svecofennian granite-migmatite zone in southern Finland contains the Sulkava, the Turku and the West Uusimaa low-pressure, high-temperature granulite areas. In the West Uusimaa area the peak metamorphic conditions are estimated at T = 750-800°C and P = 4-5 kbars. Detailed isotopic dating of different parts of migmatites (mesosomes and leucosomes) as well garnet-orthopyroxene gneisses was undertaken by conventional analysis of U-Pb on monazite and Sm-Nd on garnet. U-Pb monazite ages show that the West Uusimaa area underwent a granulite facies metamorphism at peak conditions between 1832±2 Ma and 1816±2 Ma. The area was then cooled down to 700-600°C at 1.81-1.79 Ga according to Sm-Nd garnet-whole rock data. These results together with previous data show that all the three granulite areas in southern Finland share a coeval thermal event probably stemming from common or similar heat sources.


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