Summary
The augen gneisses exposed in the Katakai area, in the north-eastern part of the Hida metamorphic complex, central Japan, are highly metasomatized sheared rocks. They contain K-feldspar megacrysts of nearly maximum ordering, and occur in a narrow zone, 2–3 km wide and 20–25 km long, along the boundary between hornblende gneiss and early Mesozoic granites. The hornblende gneiss, the protolith of augen gneisses, is mylonitized toward the granite, accompanied by significant metasomatism under greenschist facies conditions. The enrichment of SiO2 and K2O, and the increase of modal quartz, K-feldspar and hydrous minerals, are well described in terms of the Ml-value [Mylonitization Index: the modal fraction of fine-grained matrix (< 0.2 mm) representing the amount of grain-size reduction in thin section]. The primary plagioclase was albitized and the essential mineral assemblages were changed from oligoclase + hornblende in the protolith to actinolite + chlorite + epidote, and then, into epidote + biotite, along with the increase in MI-value. The mineralogical changes and growth of low microcline were carried out by reaction with and precipitation from fluids which flowed from the granite into the country rocks under shearing.
Zusammenfassung
Die im Katakai-Gebiet im Nordostteil des metamorphen Komplexes von Hida, ZentralJapan, auftretenden Augengneise sind intensiv metasomatisierte, zerscherte Gesteine. Sie enthalten Megacryste von nahezu maximalem Ordnungszustand, und kommen in einer engen, 2–3 km breiten und 20–25 km langen Zone längs der Grenze zwischen Hornblendegneisen und frühmesozoischen Graniten vor. Der Homblendegneis, als Ausgangsgestein der Augengneise, ist gegen den Granit zunehmend mylonitisiert. Dies wird von signifikanter Metasomatose unter Grünschieferbedingungen begleitet. Die Anreicherng von SiO2 und K2O und die Zunahme von modalem Quarz, K-Feldspat und OH-führenden Mineralen sind im Rahmen des MI-Wertes (Mylonitisations-Index) beschrieben. Dieser Index gibt den modalen Anteil feinkörniger Matrix (< 0.2 mm) an und stellt den Betrag der Korngrößen-Reduktion in den Schliffen dar. Der primäre Plagioklas ist albitisiert, und die wichtigsten Mineralassoziationen wurden von Oligoklas + Hornblende im Ursprungsgestein in Aktinolit + Chlorit + Epidot, und dann in Epidot + Biotit umgewandelt; dies ging mit einer Zunahme des MI-Wertes einher. Die mineralogischen Umwandlungen, und das Wachstum von Tief-Mikroklin fanden durch Reaktion mit, und Ausfällung von Fluiden statt, die während der ScherVorgänge von Granit in die Nebengesteine migrierten.
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Kano, T. Metasomatic origin of augen gneisses and related mylonitic rocks in the hida metamorphic complex, central Japan. Mineralogy and Petrology 45, 29–45 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01164501
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