A set of ultramafic-mafic-felsic rock assemblages was discovered in the Long-shenggeng area of the eastern part of the East Kunlun orogenic belt.Petrography,chronology and whole-rock geochemistry were conducted on thi...A set of ultramafic-mafic-felsic rock assemblages was discovered in the Long-shenggeng area of the eastern part of the East Kunlun orogenic belt.Petrography,chronology and whole-rock geochemistry were conducted on this set of intrusive rock assemblages.U-Pb dating of apatite shows that the lherzolite formed at 492±5 Ma,the granite at 473±6 Ma,and the diabase at 260±14 Ma,respectively.The lherzolites belong to a supra-subduction zone type(SSZ-type)ophiolite component above a subduction zone;the granites formed in an ocean-continent subduction setting;and the diabases represent products of partial melting of an asthenospheric mantle at shallow depth.The East Kunlun orogenic belt features the East Kunzhong and Buqingshan-Animaqing ophiolitic mélange belts,with the latter representing remnants of the Proto-Tethys Ocean.The Late Cambrian lherzolites and granites in the Longshenggeng area were magmatic products of the back-arc ocean basin and island arc formed during the northward subduction of the Proto-Tethys Ocean.Subsequently,extensive island arc magmatism occurred from the Late Permian to Middle Triassic,driven by the northward subduction of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean beneath the East Kunlun Block.The diabase may have formed during the transition from subduction to post-collisional extension.展开更多
基金supported by the Qinghai Provincial Special Fund for Geological Exploration-Deep Mineral Exploration Breakthrough Demonstration Project in Key Ore Concentration Areas of Qinghai Province(No.2023085029ky004)New Round of National Strategic Action for Mineral Exploration Breakthrough-Research and Demonstration of Air-Ground Collaborative Efficient Technologies for Copper-Nickel Sulfide Deposits in the East Kunlun Plateau Desert Region(No.ZKKJ202416)+1 种基金National Key R&D Program of China-Novel Geochemical Exploration Technologies for Desert Gobi and Alpine Grassland Shallow Overburden Terrains(No.2024ZD1002403)Kunlun Talent Program of Qinghai Province jointly support。
文摘A set of ultramafic-mafic-felsic rock assemblages was discovered in the Long-shenggeng area of the eastern part of the East Kunlun orogenic belt.Petrography,chronology and whole-rock geochemistry were conducted on this set of intrusive rock assemblages.U-Pb dating of apatite shows that the lherzolite formed at 492±5 Ma,the granite at 473±6 Ma,and the diabase at 260±14 Ma,respectively.The lherzolites belong to a supra-subduction zone type(SSZ-type)ophiolite component above a subduction zone;the granites formed in an ocean-continent subduction setting;and the diabases represent products of partial melting of an asthenospheric mantle at shallow depth.The East Kunlun orogenic belt features the East Kunzhong and Buqingshan-Animaqing ophiolitic mélange belts,with the latter representing remnants of the Proto-Tethys Ocean.The Late Cambrian lherzolites and granites in the Longshenggeng area were magmatic products of the back-arc ocean basin and island arc formed during the northward subduction of the Proto-Tethys Ocean.Subsequently,extensive island arc magmatism occurred from the Late Permian to Middle Triassic,driven by the northward subduction of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean beneath the East Kunlun Block.The diabase may have formed during the transition from subduction to post-collisional extension.
