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U-Pb zircon age of the foliated garnet-bearing granites in western Dabie Mountains, Central China

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U-Pb zircon dating on two foliated garnet-bearing granite samples in the western Dabie ultra-high-pressure (UHP) metamorphic unit yields concordant ages of (234±4) Ma and (227±5) Ma, respectively. These ages, following the UHP peak metamorphism, represent the magma emplacement ages for the foliated garnet-bearing granites. This, for the first time, shows that there are the Triassic granites in the Dabie Mountains. The foliated garnet-bearing granites resemble A-type granite in geochemical characteristics, indicating that they were formed in extensional geodynamic setting. The magma formation reflects a reheating event in the Dabie orogenic belt and it enhances the transfer of tectonic regime from collision into extension and promotes the rapid exhumation into lower crust for the UHP metamorphic rocks.

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  1. Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, 430074, Wuhan, China

    Hongfei Zhang, Zengqiu Zhong, Shan Gao & Benren Zhang

  2. Department of Geology, Northwest University, 710069, Xi’an, China

    Shan Gao

  3. Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resource, 300170, Tianjin, China

    Huiming Li

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Zhang, H., Zhong, Z., Gao, S. et al. U-Pb zircon age of the foliated garnet-bearing granites in western Dabie Mountains, Central China. Chin.Sci.Bull. 46, 1657–1660 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02900630

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