Article: Recrystallization or cooling ages: in situ UV-laser ^sup 40^Ar/^sup 39^Ar geochronology of muscovite in mylonitic rocks

Abstract:

The intra-grain ^sup 40^Ar/^sup 39^Ar age distributions of muscovite from grecnschist-facies mylonite zones are shown to be sensors of metamorphic history. Textures, compositions and in situ UV-laser ablation ^sup 40^Ar/^sup 39^Ar data from two extensional shear zones demonstrate that cooling ages can be distinguished from nco- or recrystallization ages. Deformed muscovite porphyroclasts and recrystallized shear band muscovite from the Pogallo Shear Zone (Ivrea Zone, southern Alps) reveal variable intra-grain ^sup 40^Ar/^sup 39^Ar ages with internal age variations of more than 65 Ma. The wide range of ^sup 40^Ar/^sup 39^Ar ages within compositionally homogeneous grains is ...

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