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Brittle fracturing and fracture healing of zircon: An integrated cathodoluminescence, EBSD, U-Th-Pb, and REE study

Rimsa, Andrius LU ; Whitehouse, Nij. ; Johansson, Leif LU and Piazolo, S. (2007) In American Mineralogist 92(7). p.1213-1224
Abstract
The entire population of magmatic oscillatory zoned zircons in a migmatitic granite from the Tjarnesjo intrusion, southwest Sweden, reveal fine-scale brittle fracturing. The oscillatory zoned fragments are rotated but not dispersed. Fractures between individual fragments are sealed by newly formed CL-bright zircon. Hydraulic fracturing is the most probable mechanism. The internal structure of fractured zircons and the LREE-enriched, low Th character of CL-bright zircon both suggest that cracks between oscillatory zoned zircon fragments were rapidly sealed after fracturing by CL-bright zircon, precipitated from hydrothermal fluids. Zircon fracturing and crack-sealing has been dated by SIMS ion-probe and U-Th-Pb isotopes to 920 +/- 51 Ma... (More)
The entire population of magmatic oscillatory zoned zircons in a migmatitic granite from the Tjarnesjo intrusion, southwest Sweden, reveal fine-scale brittle fracturing. The oscillatory zoned fragments are rotated but not dispersed. Fractures between individual fragments are sealed by newly formed CL-bright zircon. Hydraulic fracturing is the most probable mechanism. The internal structure of fractured zircons and the LREE-enriched, low Th character of CL-bright zircon both suggest that cracks between oscillatory zoned zircon fragments were rapidly sealed after fracturing by CL-bright zircon, precipitated from hydrothermal fluids. Zircon fracturing and crack-sealing has been dated by SIMS ion-probe and U-Th-Pb isotopes to 920 +/- 51 Ma (lower intercept age, 2 sigma, MSWD = 1.09) with a limit for the Youngest possible age of 960 +/- 16 Ma (Pb-207/(206) Pb, 2 sigma, MSWD = 0.23) dated by sector-zoned rims forming overgrowths on the fractured cores. (Less)
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hydraulic, sveconorwegian, U-Pb, cathodoluminescence, zircon, hydrothermal, fracturing, EBSD, SIMS
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American Mineralogist
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92
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7
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1213 - 1224
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Mineralogical Society of America
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0003-004X
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10.2138/am.2007.2458
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English
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  abstract     = {{The entire population of magmatic oscillatory zoned zircons in a migmatitic granite from the Tjarnesjo intrusion, southwest Sweden, reveal fine-scale brittle fracturing. The oscillatory zoned fragments are rotated but not dispersed. Fractures between individual fragments are sealed by newly formed CL-bright zircon. Hydraulic fracturing is the most probable mechanism. The internal structure of fractured zircons and the LREE-enriched, low Th character of CL-bright zircon both suggest that cracks between oscillatory zoned zircon fragments were rapidly sealed after fracturing by CL-bright zircon, precipitated from hydrothermal fluids. Zircon fracturing and crack-sealing has been dated by SIMS ion-probe and U-Th-Pb isotopes to 920 +/- 51 Ma (lower intercept age, 2 sigma, MSWD = 1.09) with a limit for the Youngest possible age of 960 +/- 16 Ma (Pb-207/(206) Pb, 2 sigma, MSWD = 0.23) dated by sector-zoned rims forming overgrowths on the fractured cores.}},
  author       = {{Rimsa, Andrius and Whitehouse, Nij. and Johansson, Leif and Piazolo, S.}},
  issn         = {{0003-004X}},
  keywords     = {{hydraulic; sveconorwegian; U-Pb; cathodoluminescence; zircon; hydrothermal; fracturing; EBSD; SIMS}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{1213--1224}},
  publisher    = {{Mineralogical Society of America}},
  series       = {{American Mineralogist}},
  title        = {{Brittle fracturing and fracture healing of zircon: An integrated cathodoluminescence, EBSD, U-Th-Pb, and REE study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am.2007.2458}},
  doi          = {{10.2138/am.2007.2458}},
  volume       = {{92}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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