Middle Devonian picrites of south margin of Altay orogenic belt and implications for tectonic setting and petrogenesis

Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-297

  Zhang, Zhao Chong ^a,b   Yan, Sheng Hao ^c   Chen, Bai Lin ^c   Zhou, Gang ^d   He, Yong Kang ^d   Chai, Feng Mei ^a   He, Li Xin ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d Xinjiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Altay orogenic belt; Geochemistry; Island arc; Middle Devonian; Picrite

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; TECTONICS;

ALTAY OROGENIC BELT; ANDESITE; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; PETROGENESIS; PICRITES; TECTONIC SETTING;

PETROLOGY;

EID: 21144431734     PISSN: 10002383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Anderson, D. L., 1994. Komattites and picrites: Evidence that plume source is depleted. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 128: 303-311.
2. Davidson, J. P., 1996. Deciphering mantle and crustal signatures in subduction zone magmatism. Subduction top to bottom. Geophys. Monogr., 96, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 251-262.
3. Green, D. H., Falloon, T., Eggins, S. M., et al., 2001. Primary magmas and mantle temperatures. European Journal of Mineralogy, 13: 37-451.
4. Han, B. F., 1991. The Middle Devonian bimodal association of volcanic rocks in the northern area of east Junggar, Xinjiang. Acta Geologica Sinica, 65: 317-326 (in Chinese with English abstract).
5. Hawakesworth, C. J., Gallagher, K., Hergt, J. M., et al., 1993. Mantle and slab contributions in arc magmas. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 21: 175-204.
6. Hawakesworth, C. J., Turner, S., McDermott, F., et al., 1997. U-Th isotopes in arc magmas for element transfer from the subducted crust. Science, 276: 551-555.
7. He, G. Q., Li, M. S., Liu, D. Q., et al., 1994. Paleozoic crust and its evolution of Xinjiang, China. Xinjiang People's Press, Wulumuqi (in Chinese).
8. Le Bas, M. J., 2000. IUGS reclassification of the high-Mg and picritic volcanic rocks. J. Petrol., 41(10): 1467-1470.
9. Li, J. Y., 1991. On evolution of Paleozoic plate tectonics of east Junggar, Xinjiang, China. In: Xiao, X. C., Tang, Y. Q., eds., Tectonic evolution of the southern margin of the paleo-Asian composite megasuture. Beijing Scientific and Technical Publishing House, Beijing, 92-108 (in Chinese with English abstract).
10. Li, J. Y., Xu, X., 2004. Major problems on geologic structures and metanogenesis of northern Xinjiang, Northwest China. Xinjiang Geology, 22(2): 119-124 (in Chinese with English abstract).
11. Macdonald, R., Hawkesworth, C. J., Heath, E., 2000. The Lesser Antilles volcanic chain: A study in arc magmatism. Earth Sci. Rev., 49: 1-76.
12. McCulloch, M. T., Gamble, J. A., 1991. Geochemical and geodynamic constraints on subduction zone magmatism. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 102: 358-374.
13. Miller, D. M., Goldstein, S. L., Langmuir, C. H., 1995. Cerium/lead and lead isotope ratios in arc magmas and the enrichment in lead of the contents. Nature, 368: 514-520.
14. Miyashiro, A., 1974. Volcanic rock series in island arcs and active continental margins. Am. J. Sci., 274: 321-355.
15. Morris, J. D., Leeman, W. P., Tera, F., 1990. The subducted component in island arc lavas: Constraints from Be isotope and B-Be systematics. Nature, 344: 31-36.
16. Pearce, J. A., Parkinson, I. J., 1993. Trace-element models for mantle melting: Application to volcanic arc petrogenesis. Geo. Soc. London, Spec. Publ., 76: 373-403.
17. Pearce, J. A., Peate, D. W., 1995. Tectonic implications of the composition of volcanic arc magmas. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 76: 373-403.
18. Plank, T., Langmuir, C. H., 1993. Tracing trace-elements from sediment input to volcanic output at subduction zones. Nature, 362: 739-743.
19. Plank, T., Langmuir, C. H., 1998. The chemical composition of subducting sediment and its consequences for the crust and mantle. Chem. Geol., 145: 325-394.
20. Rapp, R. P., Watson, E. B., Miller, C. F., 1991. Partial melting of amphibolite/ecolgite and the origin of Archean trondhjemites and tonalities. Precambrian Res., 51: 1-25.
21. Rea, D. K., Ruff, L. J., 1996. Composition and mass flux of sediment entering the world's subduction zones: Implications for global sediment budgets, great earthquakes and volcanism. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 140: 1-12.
22. Sun, S. S., McDonough, W. F., 1989. Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: Implications for mantle composition and processes. In: Saunders, A. D., Norry, M. J., eds., Magmatism in the ocean basins. Geological Society London, Special Publication, 42: 313-345.
23. Thirlwall, M. F., Smith, T. E., Graham, A. M., et al., 1994. High field strangth element anomalies in arc lavas: Source or process? J. Petrol., 35: 819-838.
24. Wang, D. H., Chen, Y. C., Xu, Z. G., et al., 2002. Metallogenic series and regularities in Altay metallogenic province. Atomic Energy Press, Beijing, 493 (in Chinese).
25. Wang, J. B., Zhang, J. H., Ding, R. F., et al., 2000. Tectonic-metallogenic system in the Altay orogenic belt, China. Acta Geologica Sinica, 74(3): 485-491.
26. Wei, G. Y., Ni, Z. Y., 1990. Preliminary study of the rift volcanic rocks of the Irtysh volcanic area, Xinjiang. J. Mineral. Petrol., 10(3): 15-23 (in Chinese with English abstract)..
27. Wilson, M., 1989. Igneous Petrogenesis. London Unwin Hyman, London.
28. Xu, J. F., Mei, H. J., Yu, X. Y., et al., 2001. Adakites related to subduction in the northern margin of Junggar arc for the Late Paleozoic: Products of slab melting. Chinese Science Bulletin, 46: 684-688 (in Chinese).
29. Yang, W. P., Zhou, G., Zhang, Z. C., et al., 2005. Discovery of the Xileketehalsu porphyry copper deposit in the south margin of the Altay metallogenic belt. Geology in China, 32(1): 107-114 (in Chinese with English abstract).
30. Ye, Q. T., Fu, X. J., Wang, B. L., 1998. Metallogeny of poly-metallic belts on the southern margin of the Altay mountains, Xinjiang, China. Acta Geologica Sinica, 72(4): 349-357 (in Chinese with English abstract).
31. Yu, X. Y., Mei, H. J., Yang, X. C., et al., 1993. Volcanic rocks and tectonic evolution of the Irytish region. In: Tu, G. C., ed., New progress of solid earth sciences of the northern Xinjiang. Science Press, Beijing, 185-198 (in Chinese).
32. Zhang, Z. C., Hao, Y. L., Wang, F. S., 2003. Picrites in large igneous province and implications. Earth Science Frontiers, 10(3): 347-358 (in Chinese with English abstract).