Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2022, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 218-233.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2021.7.11

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Geochronology and geochemistry of 830 Ma gabbro in the western segment of the Jiangnan Orogen and constraint on its petrogenesis

KOU Caihua1(), LIU Yanxue1,*(), LI Jiang2, LI Tingdong1, DING Xiaozhong1, LIU Yong1, JIN Shengkai3   

  1. 1. Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
    2. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Geological Survey Institute, Nanning 530023, China
    3. China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2021-04-30 Revised:2021-06-02 Online:2022-03-25 Published:2022-03-31
  • Contact: LIU Yanxue

Abstract:

We report gabbro discovered in the western segment of the Jiangnan Orogen Belt, Sibao area, northern Guangxi Province. The gabbro contains mostly plagioclase and clinopyroxene and a small amount of olivine and Fe-Ti oxide minerals, indicating likely fractionation of plagioclase, clinopyroxene and some olivine within the magma chamber. The gabbro specimen has a zircon SIMS U-Pb age of (830±7) Ma, suggesting gabbro emplacement at ~830 Ma. The bulk-rock is characterized by relatively low SiO2 (48.46%-53.99%) and high MgO (9.27%-25.22%) contents with Mg# of 62-79. It belongs to typical calc-alkalic arc rock, characterized by enrichments of light rare earth elements and large-ion lithophile elements relative to heavy rare earth elements ((La/Yb)N=2.2-3.7, (La/Sm)N=2.5-2.9), significantly negative Nb, Ta and Ti anomalies, and relatively high Th/Nb (0.7-0.8) and low Nb/La (0.4-0.6) ratios. The gabbro specimen has negative εNd(t) (-6.3--3.0) and positive εHf(t) (8.0-12.1), indicating it is sourced from depleted mantle with the addition of enriched components. In combination with the regional geology, we infer the gabbro is derived from depleted mantle wedge metasomatized by sediment-derived fluids and formed in the active continental margin in a subduction setting.

Key words: western Jiangnan Orogen, Neoproterozoic mafic intrusion, Zircon SIMS U-Pb dating, petrogenesis, tectonic setting

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