Title: Petrogenesis and tectonic setting of granite porphyry in Keyouzhongqi area,Inner Mongolia
Abstract: The authors studied the geochemistry,zircon U-Pb ages,Hf isotope of the granite porphyry and its petrogenesis and tectonic setting in the studied area. The zircon U-Pb dating indicates the formation of the granite porphyry is in Early Cretaceous( 125. 1 ± 1. 5 Ma). The granite porphyry has high-SiO2and alkali-rich features,which belongs to high-K calc-alkaline series rocks( A / CNK = 0. 95%--1. 25%). The analyses of trace elements show the characteristics of a swallow-shaped REE distribution pattern with enrichment in LREEs and most of LILEs and HFSEs,depletion in Ba,Sr,Nb,P and Ti,and especially strong depletion in Eu,which indicates the granite porphyry belongs to the aluminous A-type granite. Their eHf( t)range from 5. 94 to 8. 80with Hf two-stage model ages( TDM2) of 620 Ma to 803 Ma. Combining with the regional tectonic background,we conclude that the source of the rocks is the new crust materials accreted from depleted mantle in Neoproterozoic and is the product of partial melting of middle and lower crustal rocks,which may be suffered from the dual impact of the subduction of the Palaeo-Pacific Ocean and the closure of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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