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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (03): 486-497.

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Geochemical Characteristics of Cumulates in the Guomangcuo Ophiolites, Northern Tibet and Its Geological Significance

WANG Zhen1(), YE Peisheng2(), ZHANG Xujiao1, YANG Xingchen2, CHEN Yupeng1, QI Jie1, SHI Jianyue1, SHENG Yuying1   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources,China University of Geosciences,Beijing 100083,China
    2. Institute of Geomechanics,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Beijing 100081,China
  • Received:2016-04-19 Revised:2016-09-20 Online:2017-06-10 Published:2017-06-27

Abstract:

The Guomangcuo ophiolite in the central Shiquanhe-Namco-Bomi ophiolitic mélange belt is composed of mantle peridotite,ultramafic-mafic cumulates,mafic lavas, dikes and siliceous rocks. Petrographic studies of the ultramafic cumulates show that the ultramafic cumulates has a well crystallization order. Trace elements analyses indicate that the ultramafic cumulates are enriched in HFSE,depleted in LILE,and that the compatible elements have a good change rule. The rare earth elements analyses also show a enriched LREE pattern with slight Eu anomaly,displaying that the rocks are formed from a enriched mantle source metasomatized by fluid in the slab subduction.Guomangcuo mafic rocks have both E-MORB and IAB affinity and are effected by the subduction fluids.We suggest that guomangcuo ophiolite likely developed in a back-arc basin,as a portion of Shiquanhe-Namco-Bomi ophiolitic mélange belt which is the Bangonghu-Nujiang Tethyan ocean back-arc basin.

Key words: Guomangcuo ophiolite, cumulate, geochemistry, enriched mantle source, back-arc basin

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