Zircon SHRIMP U Pb Dating of Intermediate Felsic Volcanic Rocks from the Kaladawan Area, Altun Mountains and Its Tectonic Environment
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    The Kaladawan area of Altun Mountains is located in the central segment of the Hongliugou Lapeiquan structural belt, which is bounded by the NE striking Altun strike slip faults to the north and the E W trending northern Altun fault. The area is widely developed with volcanic sedimentary rocks, which were determined to be Mesoproterozoic in age by previous studies. In this study zircon SHRIMP U Pb dating for the intermediate felsic volcanic rocks from the volcanic sedimentary rocks was conducted and yielded an age of 477~485 Ma, which confirms the existence of intermediate and felsic magmatic activity in the Kaladawan area during early Paleozoic. Petrogeochemical study also indicates that the volcanic rocks reflect the tectonic setting of active continental margin (Island arc) and magma source is characteristic of I type and I S transition type. In combination with dating and tectonic setting tracing of the ophiolitic mélange, high pressure metamorphic mudstone, eclogite, intermediate felsic intrusive rocks in the Hongliugou Lapeiquan structural belt, the authors suggest that the intermediate felsic volcanic rocks in the Kaladawan area are related to a tectonic setting of active continental margin (Island arc) and the age is roughly consistent with the final phase of ophiolitic mélange, representing that the syn collision intermediate felsic volcanic rocks resulting from the subduction of oceanic crust process. The Hongliugou Lapeiquan structural belt can be divided into 3 evolutional stages: ①a period of oceanic crust expansion in the Late Proterozoic Cambrian (the age of ophiolitic mélange is 510~580Ma and the expansion was slightly earlier); ②a period of subduction collision of oceanic crust plates in Early Ordovician Middle Ordovician early (the age of intermediate acidic volcanic rocks (including intrusive rock and volcanic rock) is 477~488Ma, part of granite has an age of 467Ma and high pressure metamorphic rocks of regressive metamorphism age is 479~491Ma); ③a period of post collision to extension in Late Ordovician Silurian (the ophiolitic mélange metamorphic basement is 450~455Ma in age, which represent final emplacement of ophiolitic mélange, and collision and post collision S type granite has the age of 417~431Ma, which shows the post collision to extension settings).

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CHEN Bolin, LI Songbin, JIANG Rongbao, CHEN Zhengle, HAN Fengbin, CUI Lingling, LI Li, ZHAO Shuming, QI Wanxiu, YANG Yi, WANG Shixin, WANG Yong, ZHOU Yonggui, ZHOU Yonggui.2016. Zircon SHRIMP U Pb Dating of Intermediate Felsic Volcanic Rocks from the Kaladawan Area, Altun Mountains and Its Tectonic Environment[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica,90(4):708-727

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  • Received:February 07,2015
  • Revised:April 03,2015
  • Adopted:April 26,2016
  • Online: April 26,2016
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