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Mid-Neoproterozoic Tadong amphibolites at the junction of the East Kunlun and Western Qinling Orogens – a record of continental rifting during the break-up of Rodinia
- Source :
- International Geology Review. 58:455-470
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2015.
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Abstract
- Mid-Neoproterozoic rift-related Tadong amphibolites (TDA) are situated in the junction of the East Kunlun Orogen (EKO) and the West Qinling Orogen (WQO) in western China, and have important significance in the break-up of the Supercontinent Rodinia. The mineral assemblage of the TDA exhibits amphibolite facies metamorphism, and the protolith is basic volcanic rocks. Here, we present a detailed laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) zircon U–Pb age and geochemical data of TDA. LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon age determination indicates that the basic volcanics formed at ca. 743–711 Ma. Geochemically, TDAs are characterized by low SiO2 (46.06–50.18%), K2O (0.66–1.86%), and Mg# (40–45) and high TiO2 (1.9–3.5%), and are attributed to tholeiite basalts. Their chondrite-normalized REE patterns are characterized by moderate enrichments in LREEs (LREE/HREE = 4.98–5.51) with insignificant Eu anomalies (δEu = 0.99–1.12). The primitive mantle-normalized trace element diagrams are chara...
- Subjects :
- geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
020209 energy
Earth science
Geochemistry
Metamorphism
Geology
02 engineering and technology
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
Supercontinent
Volcanic rock
Precambrian
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Rodinia
Protolith
Metamorphic facies
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Zircon
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Details
- ISSN :
- 19382839 and 00206814
- Volume :
- 58
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Geology Review
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f0bbeb55bf2eb13d519cafea78729bcd