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1 Rare eclogite-mafic granulite in felsic granulite in Blanský les: precursor of intermediate 2 granulite in the Bohemian Massif? 3 4 P. ŠTÍPSKÁ 1,2 , R. POWELL 3, M. RACEK 4,5 5 1 Center for Lithospheric Research, Czech Geological Survey, 11821 Praha 1, Czech Republic 6 2 Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre, Institut de Physique du Globe, CNRS UMR 7 7516, Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, F 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France 8 3 School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia 9 4 Institute of Petrology and Structural Geology, Charles University, 12843 Praha 2, Czech 10 Republic 11 5 Czech Geological Survey, 11821 Praha 1, Czech Republic
12 ABSTRACT 13 Mafic granulite, generated from eclogite, occurs in felsic granulite at Kleť, Blanský les, in the 14 Bohemian Massif. This is significant because such eclogite is very rare within the felsic 15 granulite massifs. Moreover, at this locality, strong interaction has occurred between the 16 mafic granulite and the adjacent felsic granulite producing intermediate granulite (see 17 companion paper, Štípská et al. , this issue), such intermediate granulite being of enigmatic 18 origin elsewhere. The mafic granulite involves garnet from the original eclogite, containing 19 large idiomorphic inclusions of omphacite, plagioclase and quartz, as well as rutile. The edge 20 of the garnet is replaced by a plagioclase corona, with the garnet zoned towards the corona 21 and also the inclusions. The original omphacite quartz ?plagioclase matrix has recrystallised 22 to coarse grained polygonal (“equilibrium” textured) plagioclase diopsidic clinopyroxene 23 orthopyroxene also with brown amphibole commonly in the vicinity of garnet. Somewhat 24 larger quartz grains are embedded in this matrix, along with minor ilmenite, rutile and zircon. 25 Combining the core garnet composition with core inclusion compositions gives a pressure of 26 the order of 18 kbar from assemblage and isopleths on a P−T pseudosection, with temperature 27 poorly constrained, but most likely greater than 900 °C. From this P−T pseudosection, the 28 recrystallisation of the matrix took place at about 12 kbar, and from Zr in rutile thermometry, 29 at relatively hot conditions of 900–950 °C. It is largely at these conditions that the 30 eclogite/mafic granulite interacted with the felsic granulite to make intermediate granulite (see 31 next paper). 32 33 Key words: Bohemian Massif, eclogite, mafic granulite, Zr in rutile thermometry
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36 INTRODUCTION 37 Eclogite, dominated by garnet and omphacitic clinopyroxene, and mafic granulite, dominated 38 by garnet, omphacitic clinopyroxene and plagioclase are the most obvious expression of high
39 pressure metamorphism when mafic compositions are metamorphosed under low a(H 2O) (i.e. 40 dry) conditions and/or high temperature (O'Brien & Rötzler, 2003; Rebay et al. , 2010; Liu et 41 al. , 2011). The felsic granulite massifs of the Bohemian Massif are acknowledged to reflect 42 metamorphic conditions of >850 °C, and, as they tend to contain kyanite and grossular rich 43 garnet, their pressure of formation is >16 kbar from thermobarometry (O'Brien & Rötzler, 44 2003) or on P−T pseudosections (Racek et al. , 2006; Tajčmanová et al. , 2006; Štípská et al. , 45 2008; Franěk et al. , 2011a). At these P−T conditions, mafic compositions will occur as 46 eclogite or mafic granulite under dry conditions. However, eclogite and mafic granulite 47 directly embedded in the felsic granulite massifs (not in peridotites) are rare (Medaris et al. , 48 1995b, 1998, 2006; Willner et al. , 2000; Rötzler & Romer, 2001; Štípská & Powell, 2005a). 49 Rather it seems that the majority of pyroxene