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Geoscience ›› 2008, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (5): 707-714.

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Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd Isotopic Compositions of the Kangding Complexes and Their Significances

CHEN Yue-Long1,WANG Zhong2, LUO Zhao-Hua1, LI Da-Feng1, DIAO Dun-Xiang1,3   

  1. 1China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083,China;2Geological Survey of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia010020,China;
    3Institute of Crustal Stress, State Seismological Bureau, Beijing100085, China
  • Received:2008-06-05 Revised:2008-09-03 Online:2008-10-20 Published:2009-11-12

Abstract:

Through systematic measurement of Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic compositions in three sets of hornblende, biotite, plagioclase, K-feldspar separates extracted from tonalite,biotite-hornblende-plagioclase gneiss, and hornblende leptite and their correspond whole rocks in the Kangding-Mianning area, Sichuan Province,together with U-Pb ages of zircons in the rocks, the results indicate that their original crystallization ages of magmas cannot be ascertained by Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic systematics because of complicated history of formation and metamorphism. Fitted~700 Ma isochrones by Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic compositions of mineral separates and their whole rocks suggest metamorphism age of amphibolitesupperamphibolite facies. Because of partial resetting of Sm-Nd isotopic system during the processes, Sm-Nd isochrones give rise to older meaningless mixed age usually. The Kangding complexes had not experienced metamorphism of granulitic facies after magma crystallization. The lenticular granulitic bodies may be the relict products of metamorphosed oceanic crustal component after partial melting during subduction of newly formed oceanic crust underneath the Yangtze craton in Neoproterozoic period by the Rodinia super-continent’s break-off. The metamorphosed oceanic crustal rocks, previously underplating mafic rocks, and metamorphosed felsic basement rocks of the Yangtze craton began to partially melt when the subducted oceanic plate was broken off and up-welling of asthenospheric material. TTG(tonalite-trondjemite-granodiorite)association was formed by mixing of dominant(>70%)magma derived from partial melting of metamorphic mafic rocks with that from partial melting of metamorphic felsic basement rocks.

Key words: the Kangding complexes, Rb-Sr isotopes, Sm-Nd isotopes, petrogenesis

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