The compositional zoning of garnet in eclogite from western segment of Altyn Tagh, northwestern China and its dynamic significance
The compositional zoning of garnet in eclogite from western segment of Altyn Tagh,northwestern China and its dynamic significance

The eclogites from the Altyn Tagh, northwestern China have been subjected to mediumtemperature and high-pressure metamorphism, and then overprinted by the amphibolite to granulite facies retrograde metamorphism. A complex compositional zoning was well preserved in the garnet porphyroblast formed during the metamorphism of eclogite facies. This zoning recordedP-T path of multistage metamorphism, and an early retrogressive process with features of decreasing pressure and increasing temperature. This evidences a short residence time for the eclogite at peak metamorphism and early retrogression, and thus rapid tectonic uplift history.