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Monazite geochronology and geochemistry of meta-sediments in the Narryer Gneiss Complex, Western Australia: constraints on the tectonothermal history and provenance

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Mt. Narryer and Jack Hills meta-sedimentary rocks in the Narryer Gneiss Complex of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia are of particular importance because they yield Hadean detrital zircons. To better understand the tectonothermal history and provenance of these ancient sediments, we have integrated backscattered scanning electron images, in situ U–Pb isotopic and geochemical data for monazites from the meta-sediments. The data indicate multiple periods of metamorphic monazite growth in the Mt. Narryer meta-sediments during tectonothermal events, including metamorphism at ~3.3–3.2 and 2.7–2.6 Ga. These results set a new minimum age of 3.2 Ga for deposition of the Mt. Narryer sediments, previously constrained between 3.28 and ~2.7 Ga. Despite the significant metamorphic monazite growth, a relatively high proportion of detrital monazite survives in a Fe- and Mn-rich sample. This is likely because the high Fe and Mn bulk composition resulted in the efficient shielding of early formed monazite by garnet. In the Jack Hills meta-sediments, metamorphic monazite growth was minor, suggesting the absence of high-grade metamorphism in the sequence. The detrital monazites provide evidence for the derivation of Mt. Narryer sediments from ca. 3.6 and 3.3 Ga granites, likely corresponding to Meeberrie and Dugel granitic gneisses in the Narryer Gneiss Complex. No monazites older than 3.65 Ga have been identified, implying either that the source rocks of >3.65 Ga detrital zircons in the sediments contained little monazite, or that >3.65 Ga detrital minerals had experienced significant metamorphic events or prolonged sedimentary recycling, resulting in the complete dissolution or recrystallization of monazite.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Shane Paxton for assistance with sample preparation, to EMU at ANU for access to SEM facilities, to Ian Campbell for access to LA-ICPMS, and to Les Kinsley, Charlotte Allen, Steve Eggins and Ulrike Troitzsch for analytical support. We thank William Davis and Tom Pestaj for providing precious monazite standards, and Daniela Rubatto, Aleksandr Stepanov, Allen Nutman, Jörg Hermann and Yuri Amelin for discussions. This paper benefited from critical and thorough reviews by Simon Wilde and an anonymous referee. This study was partly supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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  1. Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka & Malcolm T. McCulloch

  2. School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia

    Malcolm T. McCulloch

  3. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan

    Tsuyoshi Komiya, Kenji Ohta, Haruka Ozawa & Emiko Sugimura

  4. Precambrian Ecosystem Laboratory, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan

    Takazo Shibuya

  5. School of Earth Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia

    Kenneth D. Collerson

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Iizuka, T., McCulloch, M.T., Komiya, T. et al. Monazite geochronology and geochemistry of meta-sediments in the Narryer Gneiss Complex, Western Australia: constraints on the tectonothermal history and provenance. Contrib Mineral Petrol 160, 803–823 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-010-0508-0

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