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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (01): 295-306.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.069

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Late Silurian to Early Devonian Tectonic Evolution of Beishanyang: Constraints from Geochronology and Geochemistry of Intrusive Rocks in Southern Baiyunshan Ophiolitic Mélange Belt, Inner Mongolia

CHENG Xianyu1(), TIAN Jian1, DUAN Xiaolong1, ZHAO Zenan2, REN Bangfang1, ZHANG Yong1   

  1. 1. Tianjin Center of Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Tianjin 300170, China
    2. Regional Geological and Mineral Resources Survey Institute of Hebei Province, Langfang, Hebei 065000, China
  • Received:2020-08-16 Revised:2021-05-21 Online:2022-02-10 Published:2022-03-08

Abstract:

Intermediate-felsic intrusive rocks occur mainly as dykes in the southern part of the Baiyunshan ophiolite mélange belt in the Beishan Orogen, Inner Mongolia. LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating and whole-rock geochemical analysis were performed to study the rock type, geochronology and tectonic setting of the dykes. Meanwhile, it provides chronological constraints for the timing of the Beishan ocean closure. The results show that the intermediate-felsic dykes have SiO2=58.38%-69.46%, K2O=0.74%-1.38%, Al2O3=15.54%-16.95%, and Na2O=4.15%-5.36%. The rocks are calc-alkaline quartz diorite and peraluminous tholeiitic granodiorite. Zircon U-Pb ages of the quartz diorite and granodiorite are (420.0±1.0) Ma and (404.6±2.6) Ma, respectively, suggesting the dykes were intruded in the Late Silurian-Early Devonian. The quartz diorite and granodiorite were likely derived from a continental-margin volcanic arc and syn-collisional setting. The clear LREE/HREE enrichments and high field strength element (HFSE, e.g., Ta and Nb) depletions are typical of island arc affinity, which shows the occurrence of island arc magmatism in the Late Silurian-Early Devonian led by oceanic crust subduction. With the progress of subduction, the Beishan ocean may have closed completely in the Late Silurian-Early Devonian to form syn-collisional granites in the study area. The collision time should be before (404.6±2.6) Ma.

Key words: Baiyunshan, Inner Mongolia, volcano arc collision, intermediate-felsic dyke, geochronology, geochemistry

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