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Provenance of “Svecofennian” zircons in the Belomorian mobile belt, Baltic shield, and some geodynamic implications

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The provenance of Archean and Paleoproterozoic zircons in the eclogites and related rocks from the Belomorian Belt of the Baltic Shield is considered on the basis of criteria for their equilibrium with melt, garnet and fluid. It is shown that the Paleoproterozoic zircon with low Th/U ratios (<0.1) and extremely low HREE and MREE contents does not match criteria for its equilibrium crystallization with garnet. This zircon crystallized from Zrand Hf-rich fluid that was in disequilibrium with previously formed eclogite assemblages, but equilibrated with amphibole and plagioclase, thus indicating amphiboliterather than eclogitefacies conditions. The input of fluid and its long-term (~100 Ma) circulation in the deep levels of the Archean juvenile crust of the Belomorian belt was triggered by the Lapland–Kola orogeny. After its peak, the rocks of the belt experienced very slow uplift at rates an order of magnitude lower than those in the Phanerozoic orogens. It is found that Late Archean zircon population contains metamorphic zircon, which matches criteria for simultaneous crystallization with garnet, and oceanic protolithic zircon, which was in equilibrium with high-Mg basalt/gabbro of the Archean oceanic crust. This indicates a subduction origin of the Archean eclogites of the Belomorian belt.

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Shchipansky, A.A., Slabunov, A.I. Provenance of “Svecofennian” zircons in the Belomorian mobile belt, Baltic shield, and some geodynamic implications. Geochem. Int. 53, 869–891 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702915100043

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