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Geoscience ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (04): 981-996.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2020.103

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Geochronology and Geochemistry of Early Mesozoic Rhyolite in Southwestern Guangxi and Its Geological Significance

LIU Dongmei1(), KANG Zhiqiang1,2(), YANG Feng1,2, LI Daixian1   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
    2. Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploration of Nonferrous Metal Deposits and Efficient Utilization of Resources, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
  • Received:2020-08-14 Revised:2020-11-12 Online:2021-08-10 Published:2021-09-08
  • Contact: KANG Zhiqiang

Abstract:

The Indosinian southwestern Guangxi was located in the intersection of multiple tectonic plates, with it’s structure and evolution still being controversial. In this paper, systematic studies were carried out on zircon geochronology, whole-rock major and trace elemental, and Sr-Nd isotopic data of the felsic volcanic rocks on both sides of the Shiwandashan basin in southwestern Guangxi. LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating of the felsic volcanic rocks yielded 240.5-248.4 Ma, suggesting that the rocks were formed in the Early Triassic. The felsic volcanic rocks are mainly rhyolitic, characterized by high SiO2, K2O and Al2O3, and low CaO and MgO, belonging to high-K calc-alkaline and strongly peraluminous series with A/CNK=1.17-1.25. The rhyolite is enriched in Rb, Th, U, Zr and Hf, but depleted in Sr, Nb, Ti and P in the primitive mantle-normalized spider diagram. The chondrite-normalized REE patterns show slightly right inclining, LREE/HREE enrichment patterns, and moderate negative Eu anomalies (δEu=0.44-0.73). The rocks have relatively high (87Sr/86Sr)i(0.706,21-0.719,51) and low εNd(t) (-10.67 to -9.72), with model age of 1.85-1.96 Ga, suggesting a Paleoproterozoic crustal-derived magma source. Based on the previous studies, the rhyolite was emplaced at late/post-collisional setting after the main Indosinian collision between the South China and Indochina blocks.

Key words: rhyolite, chronology, geochemistry, geological significance, southwestern Guangxi

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