The pressure–temperature–time path of metasedimentary rocks during the Permian–Triassic collisional orogeny along the northwestern margin of the Gyeonggi Massif, South Korea
摘要
Metasedimentary rocks consisting of layered metapelites, quartzites, and calc-silicates in the northwestern Gyeonggi Massif underwent metamorphism and deformation during the Permian–Triassic. As a result, they provide insights into a subduction- and exhumation-related collisional orogeny. However, the metamorphic pressure–temperature–time (P–T–t) paths of the metapelites and calc-silicates remain poorly constrained. Based on petrographic observations, P–T–XCO2 (CO2/[CO2 + H2O]) modeling, and detrital zircon U–Pb ages, the estimated peak metamorphic P–T conditions of the garnet-biotite schist, kyanite-staurolite-garnet schist, and scapolite-diopside calc-silicate rocks were 7.7–9.2 kbar/560–575 °C, 7.0–9.0 kbar/625–670 °C, and 6.2–7.5 kbar/550–575 °C (at XCO2 = 0.05), respectively, during the Middle Triassic (244–239 Ma). Subsequently, both the metapelites and calc-silicates underwent retrograde metamorphism at ~ 4 kbar and ~ 500 °C. The metapelites and calc-silicates in the northwestern Gyeonggi Massif underwent a clockwise P–T–t path under amphibolite- and greenschist-facies conditions, accompanied by shearing and folding during the Permian–Triassic collisional orogeny. This evolution is almost identical to that experienced by the Neoproterozoic–Devonian metasedimentary rocks in the Hongseong–Imjingang Belt.