Journal
GONDWANA RESEARCH
Volume 78, Issue -, Pages 77-91Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2019.09.008
Keywords
Tibet; High-Mg diorite; A-type granite; Bangong-Nujiang suture zone; Tethys
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- National Science Foundation of China [41602230, 91755103, 41872240]
- China Geological Survey [DD20190370, DD20190060, DD20160026, DD20160015]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2016YFC0600304]
- Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences [J1705, YYWF201704]
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The transition from oceanic subduction to continental collision is a key stage in the evolution of ancient orogens. We present new data for Early Cretaceous diorite and granite porphyry from north-central Tibet to constrain the evolution of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethyan Ocean (BNTO). The diorites have moderate SiO2 and high MgO contents, similar to high-Mg andesites. Zircon grains yield U-Pb ages of 128-124 Ma and positive epsilon(Hf)(t) values between +13.2 and +16.3, corresponding to Hf depleted-mantle model ages (T-DM) of 281-131 Ma. The high-Mg diorite was probably formed by partial melting of hydrous mantle wedge fluxed by slab-derived fluids in an oceanic subduction setting. The granite porphyries yield zircon U-Pb ages of 117-115Ma and zircon epsilon(Hf)(t) values ranging from +0.1 to +4.5. Most samples have high SiO2 and Fe2O3T contents, variable FeOT/MgO and Ga/Al ratios, and are depleted in Ba, Sr, P, and Ti, similar to I- and A-type granites. The granite porphyries were most likely derived from partial melting of juvenile dioritic or granodioritic crust due to break-off of the BNTO lithosphere following collision between the Lhasa and Qiangtang blocks. The Early Cretaceous high-Mg diorite and A-type granite porphyry thus record the Early Cretaceous transition from oceanic subduction to continental collision along the BangongeNujiang suture zone (BNSZ). (c) 2019 International Association for Gondwana Research. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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