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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (06): 1254-1262.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.06.13

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Geochemical Characteristics and Tectonic Setting of Meta-mafic Volcanic Rocks from Jixian Group in Liujiaping,Wenxian County, Gansu Province

MAO Yanli(), WANG Tao(), LI Hongrui, PAN Zhongkui   

  1. Geology and Mineral Exploration Team No.3,Gansu Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, China
  • Received:2017-11-05 Revised:2018-03-04 Online:2018-12-10 Published:2018-12-20

Abstract:

Detailed field geological survey suggested that the Jixian Group volcanic rocks in Liujiaping are mainly meta-basalts. Geochemical analysis showed that the rocks are aluminum unsaturated (average A/CNK=0.59%) and sodic (Na2O/K2O=47.00-144.00). In the TAS diagram, the basalts are sub-alkaline. In the AFM diagram, the samples fall into the tholeiitic basalt field. The total REE contents (∑REE) vary in the range of 58.22×10-6-95.59×10-6(average 67.81×10-6 ). The rocks show anomalies of Eu (δEu=0.83-1.17) and Ce (δCe=0.88-0.95), with flat chondrite-normalized REE distribution pattern. The trace element geochemistry is characterized by distinct depletions of Zr, P, Y and Yb, and relative enrichments of Th, Hf and Nb. There is also strong depletion in K and relative enrichments in Rb and Ba. The values of Zr/Y are 2.38-3.91; Ti/Zr are 92.30-147.23; and Th/Ta are 1.77-2.21, more than 1.60. The meta-basalt yielded a whole-rock Sm-Nd isochron age of (1,387±32) Ma. Based on geochemical tectonic discrimination and regional geological background, it is considered that the Jixian Group meta-basalts in Liujiaping were formed in an island arc setting, which is important to the tectonic evolution study of the Bikou terrane.

Key words: Jixian Group, meta-basalt, Sm-Nd age, geochemical characteristic, tectonic setting

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