Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2025, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6): 377-395.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2025.10.57

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Geochemistry and petrogenesis of Miocene dikes in the Shigatse area, southern Tibet

LI Lichan1(), ZHAO Zhidan1,*(), TANG Yan2, LIU Dong1, WANG Zhenzhen1, WANG Qing1, ZHU Dicheng1, MO Xuanxue1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, and School of Earth Science and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
    2. Chengdu Exploration and Development Research Institute of Daqing Oilfield, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Chengdu 610000, China
  • Received:2025-10-16 Revised:2025-10-20 Online:2025-11-25 Published:2025-11-12
  • Contact: ZHAO Zhidan

Abstract:

Dikes are small-scale intrusions with mineral compositions similar to those of contemporaneous magmatic rocks. The Miocene dikes in the southern Gangdese exhibit diverse modes and ages, recording information pertaining to both magmatism and tectonics. This study focuses on dikes in Xaitongmoin County, Shigatse, combining geochemistry, geochronology, and Lu-Hf isotopes to elucidate their petrogenesis, structural characteristics, source properties, and geodynamic implications. Zircon U-Pb dating indicates that the dikes were emplaced between 15.2 and 14.5 Ma, identifying them as post-collisional Miocene intrusions. Geochemically, these dikes exhibit high MgO, high Mg#, and elevated concentrations of incompatible elements. They also show adakitic characteristics, including high Sr, low Y and Yb, high Sr/Y ratios, enrichment in light rare earth elements (LREE) and large ion lithophile elements (LILE), and depletion in heavy rare earth elements (HREE) and high field strength elements (HFSE). Based on integrated geochemical and structural features, we propose a genetic model: delamination of the lower crust triggered gravitational collapse of the southern Lhasa terrane, leading to superimposed N-S and E-W extensional structures. The delaminated lower crust underwent partial melting upon reaching the asthenosphere and incorporated mantle components. The resulting melts ascended along the normal faults and rifts formed by extension, ultimately forming the Shigatse diorite porphyry dikes with two spatial orientations emplaced in close temporal proximity.

Key words: Gangdise batholith, South Lhasa Block, Miocene, dike rocks, adakitic rocks

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