Petrogenesis and Tectonic Implications of the Latest Cretaceous Intrusive Rocks from the Eastern Gangdese Belt, Southeast Tibet
The latest Cretaceous magmatic activity in the eastern segment of the Lhasa terrane provides important insights for tracking the magma source and geodynamic setting of the eastern Gangdese batholith, eastward of eastern Himalayan Syntaxis. Detailed petrological, geochemical and geochronological stud...
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Published in | Acta geologica Sinica (Beijing) Vol. 96; no. 3; pp. 891 - 903 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Beijing 100037,China%Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Beijing 100037,China School of Earth Sciences and Resources,China University of Geosciences,Beijing 100083,China%Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China |
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Summary: | The latest Cretaceous magmatic activity in the eastern segment of the Lhasa terrane provides important insights for tracking the magma source and geodynamic setting of the eastern Gangdese batholith, eastward of eastern Himalayan Syntaxis. Detailed petrological, geochemical and geochronological studies of the intrusive rocks (monzodiorites and granodiorites) of the eastern Gangdese batholith are presented with monzodiorites and granodiorites giving zircon U–Pb crystallization dates of 70–66 Ma and 71–66 Ma with εHf(t) values of –4.8 to +6.2 and –1.9 to +5.3, respectively. These rocks are metaluminous to weakly peraluminous I‐type granites showing geochemically arc‐related features of enrichment in LREEs and some LILEs, e.g., Rb, Th, and U, and depletion in HREEs and some HFSEs, e.g., Nb, Ta, and Ti. The rocks are interpreted to be derived from partial melting of mantle material and juvenile crust, respectively, which are proposed to be triggered by Neo‐Tethyan slab rollback during northward subduction, with both experiencing ancient crustal contamination. The studied intrusive rocks formed in a transitional geodynamic setting caused by Neo‐Tethyan oceanic flat subduction to slab rollback beneath the eastern Gangdese belt during the latest Cretaceous. |
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Bibliography: | CHEN Xuanhua, male, born in 1967 in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province; Ph.D., professor of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. He is now interested geotectonics, tectonic geology, and geomechanics. E‐mail xhchen@cags.ac.cn ZHANG Zeming, male, born in 1960 in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province; Ph.D., graduated from China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China; professor of Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. He is now interested in metamorphic geology and fluid‐rock interaction. E‐mail zzm2111@sina.com cyfeifly@163.com yfchen@cags.ac.cn CHEN Yanfei, male, born in 1985 in Handan City, Hebei Province; Ph.D.; graduated from Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China University of Geosciences (Wuhan); post‐doctoral of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. He is now interested in metamorphism and magmatism of orogens. E‐mail About the first author ; About the corresponding authors . |
ISSN: | 1000-9515 1755-6724 |
DOI: | 10.1111/1755-6724.14796 |