Integrated Geochronological and Geochemical Studies of a Probably Impact Zircon Older than 2.8 Ga in Rocks of the Belomorian Eclogite Province

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Using laser ablation with inductively coupled plasma, UPThP Pb isotope dating of igneous and metamorphic zircons extracted from aegirineP bearing gneisses in the Gridino melange of the Belomorian eclogite province was carried out. Igneous cores with an age of 2.89-2.83 Ga date of the protoliths. Metamorphic grains and rims yielded an age range of 2.80-1.8 Ga with peaks at ~2.80, 2.75, 2.70 and 1.8 Ga, corresponding to the succession of tectonometamorphic events in the region. Along with typical zircons, the grains with unusual heterogeneous cores, which combine granular, vesicular and vermicular textures, were found. According to Raman spectroscopy the transformations from a crystalline to an amorphous state in them are observed. Microgranular zircons are interpreted as evidence of Mesoarchean impact event ~2.87 Ga or older

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Ksenia A. Dokukina

Geological Institute RAS

Author for correspondence.
Email: dokukina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1007-5909

Ph.D., leading researcher

Russian Federation, Moscow

Aleksandr N. Konilov

Geological Institute RAS

Email: chalma@bk.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9750-3573

senior researcher

Russian Federation, Moscow

Viktor S. Sheshukov

Geological Institute RAS

Email: r.vssh@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9311-8849

Ph.D., leading researcher

Russian Federation, Moscow

Olga I. Okina

Geological Institute RAS

Email: okina@bk.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1947-4551

leading researcher

Russian Federation, Moscow

Konstantin V. Van

Institute of Experimental Mineralogy RAS

Email: kvv@iem.ac.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8053-332X

Ph.D., senior researcher

Russian Federation, Chernogolovka

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2. Fig. 1. Field photo of the outcrop (a): alternating interlayers of silicate dolomite marbles and gneiss. Red arrows indicate the surfaces of discontinuous faults and displacement of rocks, blue arrows indicate the dissected bodies of marbles; micrography in transmitted light, nichols parallel (b) and BSE image (c) of aegirine-containing gneiss, sample D62-1. Qtz is quartz, an abbreviation of other minerals according to [20]. The length of the scale lines is 500 microns

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3. Fig. 2. Micrographs in crossed nichols, BSE images, EPMA-CL (tc) patterns of zircons of different populations in the sample D62-1 and concordia diagrams corresponding to them (populations)

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4. Fig. 3. Generalized results of Th-U-Pb dating and geochemistry of zircons from aegirine-containing gneiss, sample D62-1. a – concordia diagram for all obtained age values (40 definitions); b – histogram of 207Pb/ 206Pb ages; c – Th/U-ratios in zircons with 207Pb/206Pb ages; g – spectra of rare earth elements in the studied zircons, chondrite according to [21]

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5. Fig. 4. BSE images of zircons with heterogeneous nuclei, sample D62-1: a – zircon, grain 3 (Zrn3); b – zircon, grain 5 (Zrn5). The length of the scale lines is 50 microns

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6. Fig. 5. Maps of the distribution of elements in zircons with heterogeneous nuclei: (a) Zrn3; (b) Zrn5

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7. Fig. 6. Graphs of changes in the signals obtained during ablation of zircon grains of sample D62-1, depending on the time (depth) of ablation. Spectra characterizing the change in signal intensity for elements obtained in the Glitter program [18]: a – normal spectrum; b, c – abnormal spectra; d – a specific example of signal changes in zircon, grain 3

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8. Fig. 7. Raman spectra (raw spectra) in heterogeneous zircon nuclei. In Zrn3 grain there are red lines, in Zrn5 grain there are blue lines. For comparison , the typical spectrum of zircon (Zrn4) is presented on the example of grain from a population of Paleoproterozoic age in grain 4 – green lines. The quartz lines are marked with asterisks (~120 and 464 cm−1). Laser λ = 532 nm

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