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Geoscience ›› 2019, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (01): 63-72.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2019.01.07

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Zircon U-Pb Age and Lu-Hf Isotopes for Middle Jurassic Gabbro-diorite in Southern Margin of Gangdese Magmatic Belt and Its Tectonic Implications

YANG Xinpeng1(), ZHANG Zhenli2(), ZHANG Zeguo3, WANG Jingui1, DENG Ke3, HOU Dehua1   

  1. 1. Hebei Institute of Regional Geological Survey, Langfang,Hebei 065000,China
    2. School of Nature Resource,Hebei University of Geosciences, Shijiazhuang,Hebei 050000,China
    3. The Fifth Geological Brigade of Tibet Autonomous Region Geological Exploration and Development Bureau, Geermu,Qinghai 816000, China
  • Received:2018-01-26 Revised:2018-11-25 Online:2019-02-26 Published:2019-02-28
  • Contact: ZHANG Zhenli

Abstract:

In order to elucidate the tectonic setting and magma source of the gabbro-diorite in the southern margin of the Gangdese magmatic belt, we conducted zircon U-Pb age and Lu-Hf isotope analyses, and whole-rock major and trace elements analyses. The zircon U-Pb dating yielded (165±1.1) Ma for the gabbro-diorite. Geochemically, the gabbro-diorite is enriched in LILEs, Al2O3 and K2O, but depleted in HFSEs. The sample data points are distributed in the island arc field in tectonic discrimination diagrams, and have clear island arc geochemical affinities.The chondrite-normalized REE patterns are flat with no Eu anomalies, showing low degree of magma differentiation. The mean (La/Yb)N value is 2.30(<4.3), and the rocks have similar REE patterns to typical mantle-derived magmas. The gabbro-diorite samples have highly depleted zircon Hf isotopic compositions, with εHf(t) values of 12.97-18.74 and two-stage Hf model ages of 150-218 Ma, indicating that the mantle-derived magma was influenced by crustal assimilation. Integrated whole-rock geochemical and zircon isotopic analyses suggest that the gabbro-diorite was formed in a mature island arc formed by the Neo-Tethyan subduction, which further indicates that the Gangdese magmatic arc was in a subduction setting during the Middle Jurassic.

Key words: southern margin of Gangdese, Neo-Tethyan subduction, Lu-Hf isotopic, mantle-derived magma

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