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Geoscience ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (05): 1001-1014.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2019.032

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Petrogenesis of the Guluo and Wangjiangchong Shoshonite-gabbro in Southeastern Guangxi Province: Constraints from Petrochemistry, Zircon U-Pb Age and Hf Isotope

NONG Junnian1,2(), GUO Shangyu2, SUN Minghang2, TANG Juanhong2, QIN Ruicai2, ZHOU Qiue2   

  1. 1. China-ASEAN Geosciences Cooperation Center(Nanning), Nanning,Guangxi 530023,China
    2. Guangxi Institute of Geological Survey, Nanning, Guangxi 530023,China
  • Received:2018-07-05 Revised:2020-04-21 Online:2020-10-28 Published:2020-10-29

Abstract:

The Guluo and Wangjiangchong plutons are located in the southwestern section of the suture between the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks. They are important in revealing the tectonic evolution of South China. The plutons are composed dominantly of gabbro with minor diorite. The zircon U-Pb ages of the Guluo and Wangjiangchong plutons are (163 ± 1) Ma and (158 ± 1) Ma, respectively. The rocks show no negative Nb-Ta anomalies and intraplate potassic basalt affinity. The zircon εHf(t) values (0.7-8.3) and TDM2 (672-1,168 Ma) are indicative of a Neoproterozoic lithospheric mantle source. Integrating the regional geology, whole-rock geochemistry and zircon Hf isotopes studies, we suggest that the Guluo and Wangjiangchong plutons were formed in an intraplate extensional setting, via mixing between materials from the depleted asthenospheric mantle and the enriched lithospheric mantle, and contaminated by crustal materials during the magma ascent.

Key words: Yanshanian, southeast of Guangxi, Guluo pluton, Wangjiangchong pluton, shoshonite, gabbro

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