Geochemical Characteristics of Early Permian Pyroclastic Rocks in the Jimunai Basin, West Junggar, Xinjiang (NW China): Implications for Provenance and Tectonic Setting
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This research was funded by the National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (No. 41602176) and Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources (TPR–2018–16). The authors would like to express sincere thanks to the Xinjiang Bureau of Prospecting and Development of Geology and Mineral Resources for assistance with sampling. Susan Turner (Brisbane) assisted with English language.

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    During the Late Paleozoic, West Junggar (Xinjiang, NW China) experienced a shift in tectonic setting from compression to extension. Ha’erjiao is an important area for investigating collisional structures, post–collisional structures, and magmatic activities. Based on the petrological and geochemical characteristics of pyroclastic and other volcanic rocks in the Permian Kalagang Formation from the borehole ZKH1205 in the Jimunai Basin, the main types of source rock for the pyroclastic rocks deposited in the basin are identified and their implications for the Early Permian tectonic setting examined. The abundance of basalt and andesite lithic fragments in the pyroclastic rocks, together with the REE characteristics and the contents of transition and high field strength elements show that the source rocks were chiefly intermediate–basic volcanic rocks. High ICV values, low CIA values, low Rb/Sr ratios, low Th/U ratios and the mineralogical features suggest weak chemical weathering of the source rocks; the geochemical patterns of the pyroclastic rocks might not only have been impacted by crustal contamination but also might be related to the nature of the magma from the source area. The geochemical properties of the pyroclastic rocks distinguish them from arc-related ones, and such samples plot in the within-plate basalt (WPB) field in some diagrams. This is consistent with the formation background of the Early Permian volcanic rocks in this region.

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SHANGGUAN Yunfei, ZHUANG Xinguo, LI Baoqing, LI Jing, QUEROL Xavier, LIU Shunbin.2021. Geochemical Characteristics of Early Permian Pyroclastic Rocks in the Jimunai Basin, West Junggar, Xinjiang (NW China): Implications for Provenance and Tectonic Setting[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),95(3):794-809

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  • Received:May 10,2019
  • Revised:October 24,2019
  • Online: June 23,2021
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