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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (04): 667-679.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.04.04

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Geochemical Characteristics and Tectonic Significance of Shibandun Mafic-ultramafic Cumulates in Western Part of the Central Qilian

MA Zhen(), LIU Zheng, LIU Yixin, WANG Jinrong()   

  1. School of Earth Sciences,Lanzhou University,Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources in Western China,Lanzhou, Gansu 730000,China
  • Received:2017-08-07 Revised:2017-12-23 Online:2018-08-10 Published:2018-09-19
  • Contact: WANG Jinrong

Abstract:

The Shibandun mafic-ultramafic cumulates are widely distributed in the western part of the Central Qilian, north of the Danghenanshan fault zone. The mafic-ultramafic cumulates comprise multiple sequences of (from bottom to top) peridotite, olivine pyroxenite, gabbro, magnetite and diorite. LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating of the gabbro yielded a mean 206Pb/238U age of (486.5±3.3) Ma. Geochemical analysis indicates that serpentinized olivine pyroxenite has similar multi-element patterns to the gabbros, and they both show large ion lithophile element (LILE) enrichments and high field strength element (HFSE) depletions. They are also relatively enriched in LREE, and with flat HREE patterns and positive Eu anomalies (0.97-3.64). The study shows that the Shibandun mafic-ultramafic cumulates were likely co-magmatic, and the magma was likely derived from the subduction fluid-metasomatized asthenospheric mantle.The magmatic evolution process may have involved repeated cycles of magma fractionation, cumulate formation and basaltic magma replenishment.The Shibandunmafic-ultramafic cumulates were likely formed in volcanic arc setting.Integrated with the regional tectonic background, we propose that the western part of the Central Qilian microcontinent was likely a volcanic arc accretionary complex that was formed on the residual microcontinental margin.

Key words: cumulate, Shibandun, western part of the Central Qilian, Early Paleozoic, volcanic arc accretionary complex

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