Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2022, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 164-179.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2021.7.27

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Late-Paleoanthics diabase from the eastern part of the Bangong Lake-Nujiang subduction belt: U-Pb geochronology, Hf isotopic composition and geological characteristics

REN Fei1(), YIN Fuguang1, PENG Zhimin1, PAN Guitang1, WEI Dong2   

  1. 1. Chengdu Center, China Geological Survey, Chengdu 610081, China
    2. Sichuan Institute of Geological Engineering Investigation Group Co., Ltd, Chengdu 610072, China
  • Received:2021-04-18 Revised:2021-07-20 Online:2022-03-25 Published:2022-03-31

Abstract:

The Jiayuqiao-Tongka mélanges are located within the eastern part of the Bangong Lake-Nujiang subduction-accretion complex belt from Jiayuqiao to Bangda area whose spatial distribution, material composition, tectonic setting and genesis have been discussed to some extent by previous researchers but have not been studied in detail. For example, the formation era of the subduction-accretion complex has been determined to be the Late Paleozoic by geological survey (1: 250000) but lacked precise geochronological and geochemical constraints. In this contribution, the diabase of the Bangda Formation is investigated through detailed petrographic, geochemical and chronologic analyses to shed light on the development time and tectonic setting of the Bangong Lake-Nujiang structural zone. The diabase was found to be enriched in LILEs (Rb, Ba) and depleted in high HFSEs (Nb, Zr) and exhibited the geochemical characteristics of N-MORB. Its LREE pattern indicated a depleted N-MORB mantle source, while geochemical analysis further suggested the diabase is sourced from 30% partial melting of spinel lherzolite formed in a back-arc rift basin. The LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of zircon from the diabase yielded an average zircon age of (330.9 ± 1.6) Ma, which represents the crystallization age of diabase, indicating the Bangda diabase is formed in the Early Carboniferous epoch, and supporting the notion that the Bangong Lake-Nujiang structural zone retains geological information of the residual Paleo-Tethys. The results of this study on the Early Carboniferous N-MORB diabase provided an important reference for the reconstruction of the regional tectonic setting as well as for future studies on the spatio-temporal evolution of the Paleo-Tethys in the Bangong Lake-Nujiang region.

Key words: Bangong Lake-Nujiang subduction-accretion complex belt, Jiayuqiao-Tongka mélange belt, U-Pb age, N-MORB, geotectonics

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