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dc.contributor.authorLong, X.
dc.contributor.authorYuan, C.
dc.contributor.authorSun, M.
dc.contributor.authorKröner, A.
dc.contributor.authorZhao, G.
dc.contributor.authorWilde, Simon
dc.contributor.authorHu, A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-15T22:04:53Z
dc.date.available2017-03-15T22:04:53Z
dc.date.created2017-02-24T00:09:19Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationLong, X. and Yuan, C. and Sun, M. and Kröner, A. and Zhao, G. and Wilde, S. and Hu, A. 2011. Reworking of the Tarim Craton by underplating of mantle plume-derived magmas: Evidence from Neoproterozoic granitoids in the Kuluketage area, NW China. Precambrian Research. 187: pp. 1-14.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49413
dc.description.abstract

Most Neoproterozoic granitoids in the Kuluketage area, northern Tarim Craton are characterized bystrongly depleted HREE abundances and high Sr/Y and (La/Yb)N ratios, showing typical geochemical features of adakitic rocks. Zircon U–Pb dating of three adakitic plutons yielded Neoproterozoic ages (754±4, 790±3 and 798±3 Ma). The adakitic granitoids exhibit low MgO and TiO2 contents. Their low Cr, Co and Ni abundances, low eHf(t) values (-21 to -11) and high FeOT/MgO ratios (mostly 2.2–2.9) preclude the possibility of being derived from partial melts of delaminated lower crust. The relatively low eHf(t) values and old Hf two-stage model ages (T2 DM = 2.42–3.02 Ga) of the adakitic granitoids are similar to those of the basement rocks in the northern Tarim Craton, suggesting that the adakitic rocks were generated by partial melting of basement rocks in a thickened lower crust. Apart from the adakitic granitoids, Neoproterozoic normal I-type granitoids with low Sr/Y and (La/Yb)N ratios are also exposed in this area, and their geochemistry indicates a crustal origin at a shallower depth. Zircon U–Pb dating of the I-type granitoids also yielded a Neoproterozoic age of 785±8 Ma. The petrogenesis of the Neoproterozoic adakitic granitoids suggests that Neoproterozoic crustal thickness in the northern Tarim Craton must have been over 50 km. In combination with the occurrence of coeval mantle-derived dykes and bimodal volcanic rocks, a partial melting scheme triggered by underplating of mantle plume-derived magmas is proposed to interpret the formation of the Neoproterozoic adakitic and I-type granitoids. This model provides an alternative interpretation for the Neoproterozoic craton reworking happened in the Rodinia supercontinent.

dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.subjectTarim
dc.subjectAdakitic rocks
dc.subjectUnderplating
dc.subjectCraton reworking
dc.subjectMantle plume
dc.titleReworking of the Tarim Craton by underplating of mantle plume-derived magmas: Evidence from Neoproterozoic granitoids in the Kuluketage area, NW China
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume187
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage14
dcterms.source.issn0301-9268
dcterms.source.titlePrecambrian Research
curtin.departmentDepartment of Applied Geology
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