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JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 82, Issue -, Pages 32-46Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.12.013
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Zircon U-Pb age; Zircon Hf-O isotopes; Geochemistry; Sr-Nd isotopes; Mesozoic granites; Active continental margin; Hainan Island; Southeast China
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2012CB416702]
- Chinese National Natural Science Foundation [41173010]
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We report in the paper integrated analyses of in situ zircon U-Pb ages, Hf-O isotopes, whole-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd isotopes for the Longlou granite in northern Hainan Island, southeast China. SIMS zircon U-Pb dating results yield a crystallization age of similar to 73 Ma for the Longlou granite, which is the youngest granite recognized in southeast China. The granite rocks are characterized by high SiO2 and K2O, weakly peraluminous (A/CNK = 1.04-1.10), depletion in Sr, Ba and high field strength elements (HFSE) and enrichment in LREE and large ion lithophile elements (LILE). Chemical variations of the granite are dominated by fractional crystallization of feldspar, biotite, Ti-Fe oxides and apatite. Their whole-rock initial Sr-87/Sr-86 ratios (0.7073-0.7107) and epsilon(Nd)(t) (-4.6 to -6.6) and zircon epsilon(Hf)(t) (-5.0 to 0.8) values are broadly consistent with those of the Late Mesozoic granites in southeast China coast. Zircon delta O-18 values of 6.9-8.3% suggest insignificant involvement of supracrustal materials in the granites. These granites are likely generated by partial melting of medium- to high-K basaltic rocks in an active continental margin related to subduction of the Pacific plate. The ca. 73 Ma Longlou granite is broadly coeval with the Campanian (ca. 80-70 Ma) granitoid rocks in southwest Japan and South Korea, indicating that they might be formed along a common Andean-type active continental margin of east-southeast Asia. Tectonic transition from the Andean-type to the West Pacific-type continental margin of southeast China likely took place at ca.70 Ma, rather than ca. 90-85 Ma as previously thought. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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