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GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 143, Issue -, Pages 268-284Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.01.045
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- National Natural Science Fund Projects [41230205, 40921001, 41202035, 40972055, 41190070]
- Geological Survey Project of China Geological Survey [1212010918012]
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The Gangdese batholith of the southern Tibet is regarded as a principal component of the pre-Himalayan collision, Andean-type continental margin. However, the Gangdese arc root remains poorly understood because most of previous studies concentrated on granitoids from the middle and upper crust of the arc. In this paper, we report new petrochemical and geochronological characteristics of metagabbros occurred as a part of the Late Cretaceous Lilong batholith in the eastern Gangdese arc. The gabbros with protolith ages of similar to 82-95 Ma, underwent slightly late (68-77 Ma) granulite-facies metamorphism and nearly coeval anatexis, typical of lower arc crusts. The metagabbros and diorites of the Lilong batholith show geochemical features of juvenile crust in continental magmatic arcs, and an original magmatic differentiation trend, with gabbros formed as the cumulates, whereas diorites as the crystalline products of evolved magmas. The Lilong batholith forms an arc crustal section with a possible thickness of 20-30 km, and may have an overall andesitic composition, providing a support for the andesite model of continental crust growth. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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