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Behavior of zircon in the upper-amphibolite to granulite facies schist/migmatite transition, Ryoke metamorphic belt, SW Japan: constraints from the melt inclusions in zircon

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Behavior of zircon at the schist/migmatite transition is investigated. Syn-metamorphic overgrowth is rare in zircon in schists, whereas zircon in migmatites has rims with low Th/U that give 90.3 ± 2.2 Ma U–Pb concordia age. Between inherited core and the metamorphic rim, a thin, dark-CL annulus containing melt inclusion is commonly developed, suggesting that it formed contemporaneous with the rim in the presence of melt. In diatexites, the annulus is further truncated by the brighter-CL overgrowth, suggesting the resorption and regrowth of the zircon after near-peak metamorphism. Part of the zircon rim crystallized during the solidification of the melt in migmatites. Preservation of angular-shaped inherited core of 5–10 μm in zircon included in garnet suggests that zircon of this size did not experience resorption but developed overgrowths during near-peak metamorphism. The Ostwald ripening process consuming zircon less than 5–10 μm is required to form new overgrowths. Curved crystal size distribution pattern for fine-grained zircons in a diatexite sample may indicate the contribution of this process. Zircon less than 20 μm is confirmed to be an important sink of Zr in metatexites, and ca. 35-μm zircon without detrital core are common in diatexites, supporting new nucleation of zircon in migmatites. In the Ryoke metamorphic belt at the Aoyama area, monazite from migmatites records the prograde growth age of 96.5 ± 1.9 Ma. Using the difference of growth timing of monazite and zircon, the duration of metamorphism higher than the amphibolite facies grade is estimated to be ca. 6 Myr.

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We would like to thank Takamoto Okudaira and Bernardo Cesare for constructive reviews and Timothy L. Grove for editorial efforts. Thanks are also due to Fumiko Higashino and Takao Hirajima for LA-ICP-MS analysis, and Akira Tsuchiyama and Toru Matsumoto for FE-SEM analysis. This study was supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (23740391, Tetsuo Kawakami) and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (22244067, Takao Hirajima) from JSPS and MEXT.

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    Tetsuo Kawakami, Isao Yamaguchi, Akira Miyake, Kenshi Maki, Takaomi D. Yokoyama & Takafumi Hirata

  2. Institute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Noguchihara, Beppu, Oita, 874-0903, Japan

    Tomoyuki Shibata

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Kawakami, T., Yamaguchi, I., Miyake, A. et al. Behavior of zircon in the upper-amphibolite to granulite facies schist/migmatite transition, Ryoke metamorphic belt, SW Japan: constraints from the melt inclusions in zircon. Contrib Mineral Petrol 165, 575–591 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-012-0824-7

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