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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (04): 746-756.

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Geochemical Characteristics and Geological Significance of Retrograde Eclogite in Mengku Area, Shuangjiang County, Western Yunnan Province, China

SUN Zaibo1(), LI Jing1, ZHOU Kun1, ZENG Wentao1, DUAN Xiangdong2, ZHAO Jiangtai1, XU Guixiang1, FAN Yuehua3   

  1. 1. Yunnan Institute of Geological Survey, Kunming,Yunnan 650216, China
    2. Yunnan Land Resources Planning and Design Institute, Kunming, Yunnan 650216, China
    3. School of Earth Sciences and Resources,China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2016-12-25 Revised:2017-02-14 Online:2017-08-10 Published:2017-09-15

Abstract:

The newly found retrograde eclogite in Mengku in Yunnan Province occurs as lenses within muscovite schist. The results of geochemical analysis show that the contents of SiO2, total alkali (Na2O+K2O), Al2O3 and TiO2 range from 47.22% to 50.40%, 2.28% to 4.15%, 13.70% to 15.58% and from 1.39% to 3.95%, respectively, and the TiO2 can be divided into medium (1.39% to 1.83%) and high (3.30% to 3.95%) groups. Most samples with protolith as tholeiitic basalt are characterized by high contents of TiO2, inconspicuous Eu anomaly and slight LREE enrichment. The characteristics of REE patterns and trace elements spider diagrams of this type of samples are similar to those of E-MORB but different from N-MORB, and these samples are plotted into the fields of MORB and E-MORB in tectonic discrimination diagrams, suggesting that the protolith was formed under the environment of oceanic basin. Some samples with protolith as alkaline basalt are characterized by medium contents of TiO2 and higher contents of ΣREE and ΣLREE than those samples metamorphosed from tholeiitic basalt. This type of samples is plotted into the field of OIB, indicating that the protolith was formed under the setting of OIB. The geochemical characteristics of retrograde eclogite are similar to those of their hosting Ordovician Wanhe ophiolite in Mengku area, implying that the retrograde eclogite is the product of the Ordovician oceanic subduction. Additionally, the samples from the study area have both characteristics of E-MORB and OIB, which are similar to those of the central Qiangtang eclogite, implying that a interaction between mantle plume magma and normal mid-oceanic ridge magma existed widely during the evolution of Tethys ocean.

Key words: retrograde eclogite, lithogeochemistrical characteristic, geological significance, Mengku area, Shuangjiang County, Western Yunnan Province

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