Zircon age-temperature-compositional spectra in plutonic rocks

Samperton, Kyle M.; Bell, Elizabeth A.; Barboni, Mélanie; Keller, C. Brenhin; Schoene, Blair

doi:10.1130/G38645.1

Title: Zircon age-temperature-compositional spectra in plutonic rocks

Journal Article · Wed Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Geology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1130/G38645.1· OSTI ID:1426134

Samperton, Kyle M. ^[1]; Bell, Elizabeth A. ^[2]; Barboni, Mélanie ^[2]; Keller, C. Brenhin ^[1]; Schoene, Blair ^[1]

Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Department of Geosciences
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

We present that geochronology can resolve dispersed zircon dates in plutonic rocks when magma cooling time scales exceed the temporal precision of individual U-Pb analyses; such age heterogeneity may indicate protracted crystallization between the temperatures of zircon saturation (T_sat) and rock solidification (T_solid). Diffusive growth models predict asymmetric distributions of zircon dates and crystallization temperatures in a cooling magma, with volumetrically abundant old, hot crystallization at T_sat decreasing continuously to volumetrically minor young, cold crystallization at T_solid. We present integrated geochronological and geochemical data from Bergell Intrusion tonalites (Central Alps, Europe) that document zircon compositional change over hundreds of thousands of years at the hand-sample scale, indicating melt compositional evolution during solidification. Ti-in-zircon thermometry, crystallization simulation using MELTS software, and U-Pb dates produce zircon mass-temperature-time distributions that are in excellent agreement with zircon growth models. In conclusion, these findings provide the first quantitative validation of longstanding expectations from zircon saturation theory by direct geochronological investigation, underscoring zircon’s capacity to quantify supersolidus cooling rates in magmas and resolve dynamic differentiation histories in the plutonic rock record.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1426134

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-747222; TRN: US1802226

Journal Information:: Geology, Vol. 45, Issue 11; ISSN 0091-7613

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