Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2020, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 1-16.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2019.12.5

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Comparison of the geochronological frameworks and preliminary study on key geological events during the Neoproterozoic Late Tonian period in the Hunan-Guizhou-Guangxi area

ZHANG Jiawei1,2(), CHEN Jianshu1, WU Tao1, YE Taiping3, CHEN Minghua1, DAI Yaran1, DENG Xiaojie1, MU Jun1   

  1. 1. Guizhou Geological Survey, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550081, China
    2. Technology Innovation Center of Mineral Resources Exploration Engineering in Bedrock Zone, Ministry of Natural Resources, Guiyang 550081, China
    3. Guizhou Central Laboratory of Geology and Mineral Resources, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550018, China
  • Received:2019-03-11 Revised:2019-05-22 Online:2020-07-25 Published:2020-07-25

Abstract:

The Neoproterozoic Late Tonian stratum (the Xiajiang Group and its time-equivalent stratum) is well exposed in the Hunan-Guizhou-Guangxi area. It is an important research subject for studying the evolution of the rift basin in South China after the collision between the Yangtze Craton and the Cathaysia Block. Here, we report the zircon U-Pb ages of the tuffs and tuffite in the upper part of the Qingshuijiang Formation and the bottom and middle parts of the Pinglue Formation in the Wanshan area, Tongren City, Guizhou Province to be 763.8±5.5 Ma (N=24, MSWD=0.29), 760.2±4.1 Ma (N=25, MSWD=0.39), and 759.1±3.9 Ma (N=26, MSWD=0.38), respectively. By compiling the area's volcanic, volcanic-sedimentary and tuffeous rock ages, we further determined the deposition periods of the Xiajiang Group and its equivalence to be around 822-715 Ma. We propose that the basalt within the Sanmenjie Formation of the Danzhou Group in northern Guangxi formed in an extensional setting after the Wuling movement, as a result of maximum extension of the Hunan-Guizhou-Guangxi rift basin. A large amount of volcanic materials in the Qingshuijiang and Pinglue Formations are mainly sourced from the intermediate-acidic extrusive rocks (800-760 Ma) in the eastern section of the Jiangnan Orogen. Combined with regional stratigraphy, lithology and geochronology, we restore the Neoproterozoic Late Tonian evolutionary history of the Hunan-Guizhou-Guangxi basin and propose to establish the Xiajiang System.

Key words: Banxi Group, Xiajiang Group, Gaojian Group, Danzhou Group, Tonian, Precambrian, Yangzte Craton, Jiangnan Orogen

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