Early Paleozoic Granite in the Talate Mining District, Chinese Altay, and its Geological Significance for the Altay Orogenic Belt
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This study was financially supported the National Key S&T Support Program of China (2006BAB07B02-01, 02), the Fundamental Research Funds for Scientific Institution (JYYWF20180104) and Geological investigation (DD20190398). Gratitude is extended to Suohan Tang (Institute of Geology) and the staff (National Research Center) from the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences for their help with isotopic and geochemical analyses. Special thanks are extended to engineer Xu from the Talate Resource Co. Ltd. for his generous field support. Constructive reviews and suggestions by the editors and anonymous reviewers led to significant improvements in the manuscript.

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    Zircon dating, geochemical and Nd-Sr isotopic analyses have been determined for samples from two granitic intrusions in the Talate mining district, Chinese Altay. Our data suggest that these intrusions were emplaced from 462.5 Ma to 457.8 Ma. These rocks have strong affinity to peralumious S-type granite and are characterized by prominent negative Eu anomalies (δEu=0.20–0.35), strong depletion in Ba, Sr, P, Ti, Nb, Ta and positive anomalies in Rb, Th, U, K, La, Nd, Zr, Hf. Nd-Sr isotopic compositions of the whole rock show negative εNd(t) values (?1.21 to ?0.08) and Mesoproterozoic Nd model ages (T2DM=1.20–1.30 Ga). Their precursor magmas were likely derived from the partial dehydration melting of Mesoproterozoic mica-rich pelitic sources and mixed with minor mantle-derived components, under relatively low P (≤1 kbar) and high T (746–796°C) conditions. A ridge subduction model may account for the early Paleozoic geodynamic process with mantle-derived magmas caused by Ordovician ridge subduction and the opening of a slab window underplated and/or intraplated in the middle–upper crust, which triggered extensive partial melting of the shallow crust to generate diverse igneous rocks, and provided the heat for the crustal melting and juvenile materials for crustal growth.

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LIU Feng, CHAI Fengmei, HAN Dan.2019. Early Paleozoic Granite in the Talate Mining District, Chinese Altay, and its Geological Significance for the Altay Orogenic Belt[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),93(6):1721-1737

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