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Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the Late Triassic Nangou granodiorite porphyry in the Eastern Kunlun Orogenic Belt, northern Tibetan Plateau

Authors :
Yan, Jiaming
Sun, Fengyue
Qian, Ye
Tian, Nan
Yan, Zhengping
Zhang, Yongsheng
Yang, Ximing
Source :
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. July, 2020, Vol. 57 Issue 7, p801, 13 p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Triassic granitic magmatism is widespread in the Eastern Kunlun Orogenic Belt (EKOB), northern Tibetan Plateau. Some of the granitoids are characterized by high Sr and low Y contents, and consequently high Sr/Y ratios. These high Sr/Y-ratio granitoids are often interpreted as adakitic rocks, originating from the thickened continental lower crust. However, studies have shown that granitoids with high Sr/Y ratios may have formed via other geological processes. This paper reports U-Pb ages, geochemical and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic data for newly discovered granodiorite porphyries in the Kunlun River area of the Eastern Kunlun Orogenic Belt, and discusses whether the EKOB experienced crustal thickening during the Triassic. The granodiorite porphyries crystallized at 205 Ma. They have some adakitic characteristics with Si[O.sub.2] = 66.96-69.68 wt.%, Sr/Y ratios = 31-43, La/Yb = 26.9-57.9, Y= 8.47-11.3, Yb = 0.75-1.30, and MgO = 0.44-0.99 wt.%. However, the relatively flat heavy rare earth element patterns indicate that garnet was not the main residue in the magma source. In addition, combined with Nd-Hf isotopic data, these results indicate that the timing of the original generation of the crustal sources of the granodiorites should be Mesoproterozoic, with the involvement of older (Paleoproterozoic) components. The granodiorite porphyries were emplaced in a post-collisional environment after the northward subduction of Paleo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere, and without thickening of the continental crust. Key words: Kunlun River granodiorite porphyries, U-Pb ages, Sr-Nd-Hf isotopes, Paleo-Tethys Ocean, Eastern Kunlun Orogenic Belt (EKOB). Un magmatisme granitique triasique est repandu dans la ceinture orogenique du Kunlun oriental (COKO) du nord du plateau Tibetain. Certains des granitoides sont caracterises par de fortes teneurs en Sr et de faibles teneurs en Y, pour des rapports Sr/Y eleves. Ces granitoides a Sr/Y eleves sont souvent interpretes comme etant des roches adakitiques provenant de la croute continentale epaissie. Des etudes ont toutefois demontre que des granitoides a Sr/Y eleves pourraient s'etre formes par d'autres processus geologiques. Nous faisons etat d'ages U-Pb et de donnees geochimiques et sur les isotopes de Sr-Nd-Hf pour des porphyres de granodiorite nouvellement decouverts dans la region de la riviere Kunlun de la COKO, et abordons la question d'un eventuel epaississement crustal de la COKO durant le Trias. Les porphyres de granodiorite ont cristallise a 205 Ma. Ils presentent certaines caracteristiques adakitiques, a savoir : Si[O.sub.2] = 66,96-69,68 % en poids, Sr/Y = 31-43, La/Yb = 26,9-57,9, Y = 8,47-11,3, Yb = 0,75-1,30, MgO = 0,44-0,99 % en poids. Les spectres de terres rares lourdes relativement plats indiquent toutefois que le grenat n'etait pas le principal residu dans la source du magma. En outre, combines a des donnees sur les isotopes de Nd-Hf, ces resultats indiquent que la production initiale des sources crustales des granodiorites devrait s'etre produite au Mesoproterozoique, et qu'elle a fait intervenir des composants plus vieux (paleoproterozoiques). Les porphyres de granodiorite ont ete mis en place dans un milieu post-collision apres la subduction vers le nord de lithosphere oceanique paleo-tethysienne, sans epaississement de la croute continentale. [Traduit par la Redaction] Mots-cles : porphyres de granodiorite de la riviere Kunlun, ages U-Pb, isotopes de Sr-Nd-Hf, ocean paleo-tethysien, ceinture orogenique du Kunlun oriental (COKO).<br />Introduction Defant and Drummond (1990) defined adakitic rocks as high-Si[O.sub.2] (>56 wt.%) arc volcanic rocks derived directly from the melts of young ( The EKOB is a large-scale tectonomagmatic belt [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00084077
Volume :
57
Issue :
7
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.629149895
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2019-0130