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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (02): 213-226.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.02.01

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Provenance of Late Triassic Xujiahe Formation in Huize Area, Upper Yangtze: Based on Heavy Mineral Analysis and Detrital Zircon U-Pb Dating

ZHANG Yingli1(), WANG Zongqi1, JIA Xiaotong1,2, CHEN Muyin3   

  1. 1. MLR Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment, Institute of Mineral Resources, CAGS, Beijing 100037, China
    2. School of Earth Sciences and Resources,China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    3. Changqing Division, China Petroleum Logging Co.Ltd., Xi’an, Shaanxi 710201, China
  • Received:2017-07-11 Revised:2017-09-20 Online:2018-04-10 Published:2018-05-07

Abstract:

The Late Triassic Xujiahe Formation in Huize area, Upper Yangtze consists of braided river and shallow lacustrine sandstones and mudstones. The direction of provenance restored by cross bedding mainly comes from the southeast. The heavy mineral assemblages of ilmenite, anatase, chromian spinel and magnetite indicate that they can be provided by magmatic rocks and part of mafic rocks. In this paper, the tourmaline and detrital zircon in Xujiahe sandstone are respectively tested and analyzed by electron microprobe analysis and detrital zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating. The chemical compositions of tourmaline are mainly dravite and schorl. They are mainly from metapelites and metapsammites, and a small amount of Li-poor granitoids and associated pegmatites and aplites. The detrital zircon U-Pb age spectrum shows that the source rocks of Xujiahe Formation mainly come from 257 to 362 Ma, 420 to 492 Ma, 782 to 876 Ma and 1,690 to 2,176 Ma rocks. The paleocurrent direction, heavy mineral assemblages, tourmaline electronic microprobe analysis and detrital zircon dating show that the source was mainly from the Dianqiangui Oldland. The 257 to 362 Ma source rocks are mainly Emeishan basalt and intrusive rocks; 420 to 492 Ma and 782 to 876 Ma ones are from granite and sandstones, and 1 690 to 2 176 Ma ones are from sandstones. Compared with the provenance of Feixianguan Formation, the source area of Xujiahe Formation is obviously different, which may be related to tectonic movement. Detrital zircon dating indicates that there existed Paleoproterozoic magmatism and Neoarchean crystalline basement. These data provide sedimentological evidence for tectonic evolution of the Upper Yangtze.

Key words: Upper Yangtze, Xujiahe Formation, detrital heavy mineral, tourmaline electron microprobe, detrital zircon U-Pb dating

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