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Simultaneous resetting of the muscovite K-Ar and monazite U-Pb geochronometers: a story of fluids

Romain Tartese
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Gilles Ruffet
Marc Poujol
Philippe Boulvais
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Abstract

Although water is ubiquitous in the continental crust, its effect on geochronometers through mineral reequilibration is rarely taken into account. Herein, we present 40Ar/39Ar analyses on muscovite and U-Pb isotopic data on zircon and monazite from a Variscan syn-tectonic granite from western France. Both the K-Ar in the muscovite and U-Pb in the monazite isotopic systems were hydrothermally reset, whereas the U-Pb radiogenic system in most of the zircons was unaffected and dates the granite emplacement age. Titanium chemical maps obtained on muscovites from various dated samples display a spectacular overprinting of their magmatic zoning resulting from increasing fluid-rock interaction. These results reiterate the need to combine geochronological data with petrological, mineralogical and geochemical studies to accurately interpret ages obtained in this type of geodynamical settings.

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insu-00643497 , version 1 (06-12-2011)

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Romain Tartese, Gilles Ruffet, Marc Poujol, Philippe Boulvais, Trevor R. Ireland. Simultaneous resetting of the muscovite K-Ar and monazite U-Pb geochronometers: a story of fluids. Terra Nova, 2011, 23 (6), pp.390-398. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01024.x⟩. ⟨insu-00643497⟩
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