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Evidence of Late Svecofennian Elevated-Pressure Metamorphism in the North Ladoga Zonal Metamorphic Complex, Southeastern Fennoscandian Shield

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The mineral assemblage Pl + Bt + Qtz + Grt + Sil + Ilm + Rt ± St (without cordierite) found in metapelites at the Kitelä garnet deposit in the North Ladoga Metamorphic Complex, southeastern Fennoscandian Shield, was produced by Barrovian-type (elevated-pressure) medium- to high-temperature metamorphism. The P–T parameters of the metamorphic processes were evaluated using the technique of multiequilibrium thermobarometry (TWEEQU) at 610–700°C and 6–8 kbar. The metamorphism was associated with deformations and anatexis (partial melting) in a water-saturated system. The U–Pb monazite age (ID‑TIMS) of the Kitelä schists is 1800 Ma (the final stage of the Svecofennian orogeny). Evidence for the identified metamorphic event is found locally in high-strain zones among schists with low- to medium-pressure mineral assemblages that are common to the North Ladoga Metamorphic Complex and the Svecofennian Orogen as whole (Buchan-type metamorphism). The Kitelä schists were retrogressed at temperatures lower than 300°C. This retrogression occurred not during the final stage of the Late Svecofennian metamorphic event but was related to a younger low-temperature fluid-assisted overprinting.

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  1. Here and below, mineral symbols are according to (Kretz, 1983). The additional symbols are: Ea for eastonite, Sdp for siderophyllite, Fbl for fibrolite, Als for aluminum silicates Al2SiO5 (kyanite or sillimanite), and L for silicate melt.

  2. Microprobe analyses of mineral are presented in Table ESM_1.xls (Supplementary) in the Russian and English on-line versions of the journal available at https://elibrary.ru/ and http://link.springer.com/, respectively, for authorized users.

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The authors thank D.V. Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology, Russian Academy of Sciences) for assistance in monazite photographing and the reviewers A.L. Perchuk and O.G. Safonov for valuable comments that led us to improve the manuscript.

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This study was conducted under government-financed research project 0132-2019-0013 for the Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology, Russian Academy of Sciences, and was supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 17-05-00265.

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Azimov, P., Rizvanova, N.G. Evidence of Late Svecofennian Elevated-Pressure Metamorphism in the North Ladoga Zonal Metamorphic Complex, Southeastern Fennoscandian Shield. Petrology 29, 300–314 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869591121020028

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