Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2025, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 388-404.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2024.11.81

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Petrogenesis of the Early Cretaceous Jiguanshan granite porphyry in the Liaodong Peninsula: Constraints from geochemistry and single mineral U-Pb-Hf-Nd isotopes

WU Ke1(), YAN Xiangyu1, YANG Donghong2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, China
    2. International Centre for Geoscience Research and Education in Northeast Asia, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China
  • Received:2024-03-01 Revised:2024-12-03 Online:2025-07-25 Published:2025-08-04

Abstract:

We systematically study the characteristics of zircon U-Pb geochronology, whole-rock major and trace elements, in-situ apatite trace elements and Nd isotopes, and in-situ zircon Hf isotopes of the Jiguanshan granite porphyry in the Liaodong Peninsula, northeastern North China Craton, aiming to reevaluate its emplacement age and petrogensis, and further to constrain its tectonic significance. The zircon grains in the Jiguanshan granite porphyry show euhedral to subhedral textures, typical oscillatory growth zoning, and high Th/U(0.27-1.12) ratios, indicating a magmatic origin. The zircon U-Pb dating results of fifteen magmatic zircon grains illustrate that the Jiguanshan granite porphyry formed in Early Cretaceous(126±1.4 Ma). The Jiguanshan granite porphyry shows relatively high SiO2(75.70%-76.07%) and alkali(Na2O+K2O, 7.88%-8.30%) but low MgO(0.08%-0.15%) contents (mass fraction). The aluminum saturation index of the Jiguanshan granite porphyry ranges from 1.19 to 1.30, with a peraluminous characteristics. In addition, the Jiguanshan granite porphyry is enriched in light rare earth elements(LREEs), but depleted in heavy rare earth elements(HREEs) with distinctly negative Eu anomalies(Eu/Eu*=0.36-0.51). Furthermore, the Jiguanshan granite porphyry exhibits a typical arc affinity, with enrichment in large ion lithophile elements(LILEs; e.g., Rb, Th, U) and depletion in high field strength elements(HFSEs; e.g., Nb, Ta). The apatite grains in the Jiguanshan granite porphyry are of magmatic origin. They are enriched in LREEs and LILEs, and depleted in HREEs and HFSEs, with distinctly negative Eu anomalies(Eu/Eu*=0.11-0.24), which are similar with its host rock. The Jiguanshan granite porphyry belongs to highly fractionated I-type granite. Combining with the relatively low zircon εHf(t) values(-15.5 to -20.1), and apatite εNd(t) values(-15.0 to -16.7), as well as relatively old two-stage Nd-Hf model age (2454-2135 Ma), we believe that the Jiguanshan granite porphyry originated from partial melting of the Paleoproterozoic lower crust that mainly consists of meta-igneous rocks of the Liaohe Group. In combination with the extensive distribution of A-type granites, metamorphic core complexes and large-scale extensional basins in the study area, as well as the migration of magmatic activity from inland to trench during the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, we conclude that the Jiguanshan granite porphyry formed in the extensional tectonic setting related to the roll-back of the subducted Paleo-Pacific plate towards the northeastern North China Craton.

Key words: Liaodong Peninsula, Early Cretaceous, granite porphyry, apatite, zircon

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