The early Cretaceous trachytes of Donglingtai Formation in Xishan, Beijing are characterized by slight Eu negative anomaly and significant enrichment in LREE, LILE (Ba, K and Sr) and depletion of Nb-Ta-Ti, Th-U. These...The early Cretaceous trachytes of Donglingtai Formation in Xishan, Beijing are characterized by slight Eu negative anomaly and significant enrichment in LREE, LILE (Ba, K and Sr) and depletion of Nb-Ta-Ti, Th-U. These trachytes have been highly enriched by Sr and Nd isotopic signatures (87Sr/86Sr(t)= 0.70638～ 0.70672, εNd(t) = -16.3～ -15.7), overlapping Sr-Nd isotopic range of late Mesozoic mafic igneous rocks in the region. Taking into account Nb-Ta fractionation and high Zr/Sm ratio for these trachytes, we consider that the trachytes of Donglingtai Formation are derived from the garnet-bearing amphibolite in the lower crust composed of garnet + plagioclase ± amphibole ± pyroxene residual phases. On the basis of the melting experimental results of crustal materials and regional extensional tectonics during late Mesozoic, it is concluded that the thermal input from underplating basaltic melt results in the partial melting of lower continental crust to generate the trachytes of Donglingtai Formation. And the characteristics of high Sr and Ba for these trachytes suggest that part of underplating basalts should take a share in partial melting at least.展开更多
A new rock type of granite, approximate 45 km2 in area and located about 10 km south of Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, was found in the Sunitezuoqi (or called Su-zuoqi)-Xilinhot tectonic belt and identified as an A-type mi...A new rock type of granite, approximate 45 km2 in area and located about 10 km south of Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, was found in the Sunitezuoqi (or called Su-zuoqi)-Xilinhot tectonic belt and identified as an A-type mia- rolitic intrusion. The pluton has miarolitic structure and is composed chiefly of perthite, quartz, euhedral albite and potassium feldspar. Various types of textures occur in the pluton, such as perthitie, graphic and myrmekite textures. Only quartz is found in miarolitic cavity. This A-type granite with seagull-shaped REE patterns and obvious negative Eu anomaly (d Eu = 0.24—0.28) is high in SiO2 (76%—77%), K and Na (Na2O + K2O = 7.75%—8.15%) and low in Ca (CaO = 0.20%—0.22%), Fe and Mg. Both petrographical observa-tions and chemical compositions indicate that it is an A-type granite. Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb analyses indicate that this A-type granite was emplaced at 276 2 Ma and coeval with the same type of granites in the adjacent areas. Therefore, it suggests that this pluton was likely formed in a post-orogenic extensional setting and probably related to break-off of sub-ducted slabs in Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), which indicate that the Sunitezuoqi-Xilinhot belt was tectonically evolved into post-orogenic stage since early Permian.展开更多
The SHRIMP zircon U-Pb geochronology ofthree typically Indosinian granitic plutons with peralumi-nous and potassium-rich affinities (Tangshi ultraunit forWeishan and Baimashan, and Longtan ultraunit forGuandimiao) is ...The SHRIMP zircon U-Pb geochronology ofthree typically Indosinian granitic plutons with peralumi-nous and potassium-rich affinities (Tangshi ultraunit forWeishan and Baimashan, and Longtan ultraunit forGuandimiao) is presented in Hunan Province, South China.The analyses of zircons from biotite monozonite granites forWeishan, Baimashan and Guandimiao plutons show the sin-gle and tight clusters on the concordia, and yield theweighted mean 206Pb/238U ages of 244±4, 243±3 and 239±3Ma, respectively, representing the crystallized ages of theseIndosinian granites. These data suggest that the Indosiniangranitic plutons as previously thought formed at a narrowage span. In combination with other data, it is inferred thatthe Indosinian granites within the South China Block proba-bly distributed in Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Guangdongprovinces as planar shape, and were the derivation of thecrustal materials in the intracontinental thickening setting.These precisely geochronological data provide importantconstraints for better understanding the spatiotemporal pat-tern of the Indosinian peraluminous granites and earlyMesozoic tectonic evolution of the South China Block.展开更多
The Late Paleozoic layered or stratoid-layered basalts in western Guangxi have similar elemental and isotopic compositions to Emeishan high-Ti basalts. Whole-rock ^40Ar/^39Ar and SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating were carried...The Late Paleozoic layered or stratoid-layered basalts in western Guangxi have similar elemental and isotopic compositions to Emeishan high-Ti basalts. Whole-rock ^40Ar/^39Ar and SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating were carried out for the representative basalt samples in three typical profiles in the area. Three basalts from the upper segment of Yangxu profile and lower segment of Yufeng and Min'an profiles yield the 4^40Ar/^39Ar plateau ages of 253.6±0.4 Ma (20BS-71),255.4±0.4 Ma (20BS-99) and 256.2±0.8 Ma (20BS-119), respectively. Twenty-three analyses on 23 zircons of the basalt from the upper segment of Yangxu profile give a weighted mean ^206Pb/^238U age of 253.7±6.1 Ma with an MSWD=2.8.These new and published geochronological data for Emeishan large igneous province (LIP) indicate that the Emeishan LIP was initiated at -260 Ma, voluminously erupted between 253 and 256 Ma, and possibly ended at -251-253Ma: The age (251-260Ma) is generally consistent with that of the associated environmental deterioration and mass extinction events at the end-Guadalupian and Permo-Triassic boundary. These precise geochronological data provide important constraints on the dominantly eruptive time of the Emeishan LIP and understanding of the distribution of Emeishan high-Ti basalts and its mantle plume dynamics.展开更多
基金This study is being financially supported by Chinese Academy of Science(KZCX1-107 and KZCX2-104)National Nature Science Foundation(No.40073011)
文摘The early Cretaceous trachytes of Donglingtai Formation in Xishan, Beijing are characterized by slight Eu negative anomaly and significant enrichment in LREE, LILE (Ba, K and Sr) and depletion of Nb-Ta-Ti, Th-U. These trachytes have been highly enriched by Sr and Nd isotopic signatures (87Sr/86Sr(t)= 0.70638～ 0.70672, εNd(t) = -16.3～ -15.7), overlapping Sr-Nd isotopic range of late Mesozoic mafic igneous rocks in the region. Taking into account Nb-Ta fractionation and high Zr/Sm ratio for these trachytes, we consider that the trachytes of Donglingtai Formation are derived from the garnet-bearing amphibolite in the lower crust composed of garnet + plagioclase ± amphibole ± pyroxene residual phases. On the basis of the melting experimental results of crustal materials and regional extensional tectonics during late Mesozoic, it is concluded that the thermal input from underplating basaltic melt results in the partial melting of lower continental crust to generate the trachytes of Donglingtai Formation. And the characteristics of high Sr and Ba for these trachytes suggest that part of underplating basalts should take a share in partial melting at least.
文摘A new rock type of granite, approximate 45 km2 in area and located about 10 km south of Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, was found in the Sunitezuoqi (or called Su-zuoqi)-Xilinhot tectonic belt and identified as an A-type mia- rolitic intrusion. The pluton has miarolitic structure and is composed chiefly of perthite, quartz, euhedral albite and potassium feldspar. Various types of textures occur in the pluton, such as perthitie, graphic and myrmekite textures. Only quartz is found in miarolitic cavity. This A-type granite with seagull-shaped REE patterns and obvious negative Eu anomaly (d Eu = 0.24—0.28) is high in SiO2 (76%—77%), K and Na (Na2O + K2O = 7.75%—8.15%) and low in Ca (CaO = 0.20%—0.22%), Fe and Mg. Both petrographical observa-tions and chemical compositions indicate that it is an A-type granite. Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb analyses indicate that this A-type granite was emplaced at 276 2 Ma and coeval with the same type of granites in the adjacent areas. Therefore, it suggests that this pluton was likely formed in a post-orogenic extensional setting and probably related to break-off of sub-ducted slabs in Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), which indicate that the Sunitezuoqi-Xilinhot belt was tectonically evolved into post-orogenic stage since early Permian.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.40334039,40421303 and 40473019)the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KZCX2-102)
文摘The SHRIMP zircon U-Pb geochronology ofthree typically Indosinian granitic plutons with peralumi-nous and potassium-rich affinities (Tangshi ultraunit forWeishan and Baimashan, and Longtan ultraunit forGuandimiao) is presented in Hunan Province, South China.The analyses of zircons from biotite monozonite granites forWeishan, Baimashan and Guandimiao plutons show the sin-gle and tight clusters on the concordia, and yield theweighted mean 206Pb/238U ages of 244±4, 243±3 and 239±3Ma, respectively, representing the crystallized ages of theseIndosinian granites. These data suggest that the Indosiniangranitic plutons as previously thought formed at a narrowage span. In combination with other data, it is inferred thatthe Indosinian granites within the South China Block proba-bly distributed in Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Guangdongprovinces as planar shape, and were the derivation of thecrustal materials in the intracontinental thickening setting.These precisely geochronological data provide importantconstraints for better understanding the spatiotemporal pat-tern of the Indosinian peraluminous granites and earlyMesozoic tectonic evolution of the South China Block.
文摘The Late Paleozoic layered or stratoid-layered basalts in western Guangxi have similar elemental and isotopic compositions to Emeishan high-Ti basalts. Whole-rock ^40Ar/^39Ar and SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating were carried out for the representative basalt samples in three typical profiles in the area. Three basalts from the upper segment of Yangxu profile and lower segment of Yufeng and Min'an profiles yield the 4^40Ar/^39Ar plateau ages of 253.6±0.4 Ma (20BS-71),255.4±0.4 Ma (20BS-99) and 256.2±0.8 Ma (20BS-119), respectively. Twenty-three analyses on 23 zircons of the basalt from the upper segment of Yangxu profile give a weighted mean ^206Pb/^238U age of 253.7±6.1 Ma with an MSWD=2.8.These new and published geochronological data for Emeishan large igneous province (LIP) indicate that the Emeishan LIP was initiated at -260 Ma, voluminously erupted between 253 and 256 Ma, and possibly ended at -251-253Ma: The age (251-260Ma) is generally consistent with that of the associated environmental deterioration and mass extinction events at the end-Guadalupian and Permo-Triassic boundary. These precise geochronological data provide important constraints on the dominantly eruptive time of the Emeishan LIP and understanding of the distribution of Emeishan high-Ti basalts and its mantle plume dynamics.
