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Geoscience ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (05): 1194-1205.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.065

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Late Cretaceous Evolution of the Neo-Tethys:Evidence from Geochronology, Geochemistry, and Sr-Nd Isotopes of Gongguori Monzogranite in Zedang

ZHANG Zhiping1,2(), ZHONG Kanghui1, SHAN Shucheng1, ZHENG Xin1,3, HUANG Haozhen1, YAN Zhao1   

  1. 1. College of Earth Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China
    2. The Third Institute of Geology and Minerals Exploration, Gansu Provincial Bureau of Geology and Minerals Exploration and Development, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, China
    3. Southeast Sichuan Geological Team of Chongqing Bureau of Geological and Mineral Exploration and Development, Chongqing 400038, China
  • Received:2020-02-24 Revised:2021-02-15 Online:2021-10-10 Published:2021-11-04

Abstract:

To deepen our understanding on the evolution of the Neo-Tethys ocean in Zedang area, Tibet, a study of the petrology, petrochemistry, isotope and geochronology of the Gongguori monzogranite in the Zedang ophiolitic mélange belt is carried out. The result shows that it is small and has similar lithology. LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating on the pluton yielded Late Cretaceous crystallization age of (90.40±0.68) Ma. The Gongguori monzogranite is rich in Si, Al, and K and Ti-poor, and is metaluminous, calc-alkaline to alkaline. The rocks show LREE enrichments, HREE depletions, and negative Eu anomaly. The monzogranite is also enriched in LILEs (e.g.,Rb, K, Ba, Th, U) and depleted in HSFEs (e.g., Nb, P, Ti). The rocks have (87Sr/86Sr)i=0.705,708 to 0.706,284, (143Nd/144Nd)i=0.512,689 to 0.512,716, and positive εNd(t)=2.00 to 2.51. Based on the geochronological and geochemical characteristics of the Gongguori pluton, this study demonstrates that the Gongguori monzogranite was formed by normal island arc I-type granitic magmatism. The Gongguori monzogranite may have been a partial melting product of the upper crust, which was formed by the Late Cretaceous north-dipping subduction of the Neo-Tethys. The Gongguori monzogranite is unlikely part of the Zedang ophiolite, and the Zedang intra-oceanic arc may have disappeared before 90 Ma.

Key words: Zedang, Tibet, ophiolite, monzogranite, geochemistry, zircon U-Pb dating, petrogenesis

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