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The Metamorphic Rocks Associated with the Shibanjing-Xiaohuangshan Ophiolite from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Its Evolution History

ZHOU Guo-qing1, CHEN Xiao-ming1, ZHAO Jian-xin1;2   

  1. 1. StateKey Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China; 2. Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld 4072, Australia
  • Received:2001-09-20 Revised:2001-09-20 Online:2001-09-20 Published:2001-09-20

Abstract: Both the andalusite- cordierite hornfels typical of thermal metamorphism and the bluegreen hoorblende schists typical of middle-high pressure regional metamorphism were found within the Shibanjing- Xiaohuangshan ophiolite belt, Inner Mongolia. Superimposed on the hornfelses are the later-stage middle-high pressure metamorphic minerals such as chloritoid and stilpnomenae. Our detailed metamorphism sequence and topological studies indicate that metamorphic rocks at Shibanjing and Xiaohuangshan are part of a tectonic melange. They experienced magmatically-induced thermal metamorphism, followed by a medium-high pressure metamorphism, which is characteristic of an anti-clockwise PT trajectery with maximum T=620℃ and maximum P=0.65Gpa.