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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (06): 1177-1186.

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Origin and Tectonic Implications of the Eocene Granite from the Gongshan Block in Northwest Yunnan Province

KANG Huan1(), QING Xingquan1, CHEN Yuelong1(), LI Dapeng1, LU Zhen2, HU Guoqiang3, DENG Weibing4   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Shandong Geo-mineral Engineering Exploration Institute, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
    3. The Development Research Center of Geology and Mineral Resources in Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330002, China
    4. Huzhou Branch,Nuclear Industry Jinhua Engineering Investigation Institute, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, China
  • Received:2015-07-30 Revised:2017-04-15 Online:2017-12-10 Published:2017-12-25

Abstract:

Paleogene granite developed in the Sanjiang area,Yunnan Province, which records magmatism information during the collision between Indian and Asian continents. Integrated geochemistry and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic analyses were carried out on the granite in the Gongshan block. Results show that the granite is I-S type with calc-alkaline, peraluminous features. Zircon U-Pb isotopic analyses show that the granite emplaced at 55 Ma with 252-77 Ma inherited zircon grains in it. Magmatic zircons from the granite in the Gongshan show resemblance Hf isotope compositions with those from coveal felsic intrusions in the Lhasa block of Tibetan Plateau and its extended southeastern margin, implying their similar magmatic origin. The mixing calculation results under constraints of isotopic and trace element compositions confirm that the primary magma of the Eocene granite in the study area originate from the partial melting (5%-15%) of mixed protolith between juvenile crust material (53%) and Mesoproterozoic crustal basement component (47%). Similarities of the Eocene granite in the Gongshan block and the coeval Gangdese block and Tengchong block in geochemical features imply their common petrogenesis. We suggest that the Eocene granite in the Gongshan block was most likely derived from intra-crustal decompressional melting related to breakoff of the Neo-Tethyan oceanic slab during post-collision.

Key words: Sanjiang area, Gongshan block, granite, zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope, Yunnan Province

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