Geochronological and geochemical analyses were performed on K-feldspar granites and monzonitic granites from the Xilinhot area, Inner Mongolia, China. Zircon U/Pb ages indicate that the two types granites were emplace...Geochronological and geochemical analyses were performed on K-feldspar granites and monzonitic granites from the Xilinhot area, Inner Mongolia, China. Zircon U/Pb ages indicate that the two types granites were emplaced during the Lower Carboniferous. The K-feldspar granites （332 Ma） have the typical A-type granite characteristics of a post-collision setting. The monzonitic granites have an emplacement age of 323 Ma. Zircon tHf values of the former range from ＋12.8 to ＋14.2, with an av- erage TDM2 of 453 Ma. The latter have lower zircon ~Hf values, ranging from ＋5.4 to ＋10.7, with an av- erage TDM2 of 798 Ma. The strong, positive ~nf values of the zircon indicate that both sets of samples are from a juvenile crust formed in an oceanic crust subduction stage, although the monzonitic granite may have undergone a hybridization of crustal materials. These results indicate a younger post orogenic event. The Paleo-Asian Ocean had closed before the Early Carboniferous and the Xilinhot area started its post-orogenic evolution with an extensional tectonic environment durin~ the Early Carboniferous.展开更多
基金supported by the China Geological Survey (Nos. 1212010510507, 1212010811005, 1212011220448)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan (No. CUGL150816)
文摘Geochronological and geochemical analyses were performed on K-feldspar granites and monzonitic granites from the Xilinhot area, Inner Mongolia, China. Zircon U/Pb ages indicate that the two types granites were emplaced during the Lower Carboniferous. The K-feldspar granites （332 Ma） have the typical A-type granite characteristics of a post-collision setting. The monzonitic granites have an emplacement age of 323 Ma. Zircon tHf values of the former range from ＋12.8 to ＋14.2, with an av- erage TDM2 of 453 Ma. The latter have lower zircon ~Hf values, ranging from ＋5.4 to ＋10.7, with an av- erage TDM2 of 798 Ma. The strong, positive ~nf values of the zircon indicate that both sets of samples are from a juvenile crust formed in an oceanic crust subduction stage, although the monzonitic granite may have undergone a hybridization of crustal materials. These results indicate a younger post orogenic event. The Paleo-Asian Ocean had closed before the Early Carboniferous and the Xilinhot area started its post-orogenic evolution with an extensional tectonic environment durin~ the Early Carboniferous.
