Late Mesoproterozoic to earliest Neoproterozoic basin record of the Sibao orogenesis in western South China and relationship to the assembly of Rodinia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 79-100

  Greentree, Matthew R ^a   Li, Zheng Xiang ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^b   Wu, Huaichun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alkali basalts; Detrital provenance; Foreland basin; Kunyang Group; Mesoproterozoic; Rodinia; Sibao Orogeny; Yangtze

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; OROGENIC BELT; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANO; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 33750429274     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Adams D.C., and Keller G.R. Possible extension of the Midcontinent Rift in west Texas and eastern New Mexico. Can. J. Earth Sci. 31 (1994) 709-720
2. Adams D.C., and Keller G.R. Precambrian basement geology of the Permian Basin region of west Texas and eastern New Mexico: a geophysical perspective. AAPG Bull. 80 (1996) 410-431
3. Barrat J.A., Fourcade S., Jahn B.M., Chemineé J.L., and Capdevila R. Isotope (Sr, Nd, Pb, O) and trace-element geochemistry of volcanism from the Erta'Ale range (Ethiopia). J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res. 80 (1998) 85-100
4. Barrat J.A., Jahn B.M., Fourcade S., and Joron J.L. Magma genesis in an ongoing rifting zone: the Tadjoura Gulf (Afar area). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57 (1993) 2291-2302
5. Belousova E.A., Griffin W.L., Shee S.R., Jackson S.E., and O'Reilly S.Y. Two age populations of zircons from the Timber Creek kimberlites, Northern Territory, as determined by laser-ablation ICP-MS analysis. Aust. J. Earth Sci. 48 (2001) 757-765
6. Burchfiel B.C., and Wang E. Northwest-trending, middle Cenozoic, left-lateral faults in southern Yunnan, China, and their tectonic significance. J. Struct. Geol. 25 (2003) 781-792
7. Chen H., and Ran C. Isotope Geochemistry of Copper Deposits in Kangdian Axis (1992), Geological Publishing House p. 100 (Chinese with English abstract)
8. Dalziel I.W.D., Mosher S., and Gahagan L.M. Laurentia-Kalahari collision and the assembly of Rodinia. J. Geol. 108 (2000) 499-513
9. In: Dewey J.F., and Windley B.F. (Eds). Palaeocene-Oligocene Tectonics of NW Europe. Early Tertiary Volcanism and the Opening of the NE Atlantic vol. 39 (1988), Geological Society of London, London 25-31 (special publication)
10. Frey F.A., Green D.H., and Roy S.D. Integrated models of petrogenesis: a study of quartz tholeiites to olivine melilites from southeastern Australia utilizing geochemical and experimental petrologic data. J. Petrol. 19 (1978) 463-513
11. Hanson R.E., Crowley J.L., Bowring S.A., Ramezani J., Gose W.A., Dalziel I.W.D., Pancake J.A., Seidel E.K., Blenkinsop T.G., and Mukwakwami J. Coeval large-scale magmatism in the Kalahari and Laurentian cratons during Rodinia assembly. Science 304 (2004) 1126-1129
12. Hao J., Li Y., and Hu Y. On the Jinning Movement and the Sinian System. Reg. Geol. China 2 (1992) 131-140 (Chinese with English abstract)
13. Hu A., Zhu B., Mao C.u., Zhu N., and Hunang R. Geochronology of the Dahongshan Group. Chin. J. Geochem. 10 3 (1991) 195-203
14. Huili, 1967. 1:200,000 geological map sheet. Sichuan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources.
15. Humphris S.E., and Thompson G.M. Hydrothermal alteration of oceanic basalts by seawater. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 42 (1978) 107-125
16. Jahn B.M., Zhou X.H., and Li J.L. Formation and tectonic evolution of South Eastern China and Taiwan: isotopic and geochemical constraints. Tectonophysics 183 (1990) 145-160
17. Keller G.R., Hills J.M., Baker M.R., and Wallin E.T. Geophysical and geochronological constraints on the extent and age of mafic intrusions in the basement of west Texas and eastern New Mexico. Geology 17 (1989) 1049-1052
18. Kunming, 1971. 1:200,000 geological map sheet. Yunnan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources.
19. Li X.H. Timing of the Cathaysia Block formation: constraints from SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology. Episodes 20 3 (1997) 188-192
20. Li X.H., Li Z.X., Zhou H., Liu Y., and Kinny P.D. U-Pb zircon geochronology, geochemistry and Nd isotopic study of Neoproterozoic bimodal volcanic rocks in the Kangdian Rift of South China: implications for the initial rifting of Rodina. Precamb. Res. 113 (2002) 135-154
21. Li Z.X., Li X.H., Zhou H., and Kinny P.D. Grenvillian continental collision in South China: new SHRIMP U-Pb zircon results and implications for the configuration of Rodinia. Geology 30 2 (2002) 163-166
22. Li Z.X., Li X.H., Kinny P.D., Wang J., Zhang S., and Zhou H. Geochronology of Neoproterozoic syn-rift magmatism in the Yangtze Craton, South China and correlations with other continent: evidence for a mantle superplume that broke up Rodinia. Precamb. Res. 122 (2003) 85-109
23. Li X.H., Liu D., Sun M., Li W.X., Liang X.R., and Liu Y. Precise Sm-Nd and U-Pb isotopic dating of the supergiant Shizhuyan polymetallic deposit and its host granite, SE China. Geol. Mag. 141 2 (2004) 225-231
24. Li Z.X. Tectonic history of the major East Asian lithospheric blocks since the Mid-Proterozoic-A synthesis. In: Martin F.J., Chung S.L., Lo C.H., and Lee T.Y. (Eds). Mantle Dynamics and Plate Interactions in East Asia (1998), American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC 221-243
25. Li Z.X., and Powell C.M. An outline of the palaeogeographic evolution of the Australasian region since the beginning of the Neoproterozoic. Earth Sci. Rev. 53 3-4 (2001) 237-277
26. Li Z.X., Zhang L., and Powell C.M. South China in Rodina: part of the missing link between Australia-East Antarctica and Laurentia?. Geology 23 (1995) 407-410
27. Ludwig, K.R., 2001a. ISOPLOT/EX Version 2.49 A geochronological Toolkit for Microsoft Excel. Berkley Geochronological Centre Special Publication, No. 1a.
28. Ludwig, K.R., 2001b. SQUID Version 1.02 A geochronological Toolkit for Microsoft Excel, Berkley Geochronological Centre Special Publication, No. 2.
29. Ma X.Y., and Bai J. Precambrian Crustal Evolution of China (1998), Springer Verlag, Berlin p. 331
30. Mattinson, J.M., Graubard, C.M., Parkinson, D.L., McClelland, W.C. (Eds.), U-Pb reverse discordance in zircons: the role of fine scale oscillatory zoning and sub-micron transport of Pb. Earth Processes: Reading the Isotopic Code, Geophysics Monograph 95. American Geophysical Union, pp. 355-370.
31. McLaren A.C., Fitzgerald J.D., and Williams I.S. The microstructure of zircon and its influence on the age determination of from Pb/U isotopic ratios measured by ion microprobe. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 58 (1994) 993-1005
32. Moraes R., Fuck R.A., Pimentel M.M., Costa Lima Gioia S.M., and Graciano Figueiredo A.M. Geochemistry and Sm-Nd isotopic characteristics of bimodal volcanic rocks of Juscelandia, Goias, Brazil: Mesoproterozoic transition from continental rift to oceanic basin. Precamb. Res. 125 (2003) 317-336
33. Munyanyiwa H. Geochemical study of the Umkondo dolerites and lavas in the Chimanimani and Chipinge Districts (eastern Zimbabwe) and their regional implications. J. Afr. Earth Sci. 28 2 (1999) 349-365
34. Norman M.D., Pearson N.J., Sharma A., and Griffin W.L. Quantitative analysis of trace elements in geological materials by laser ablation ICPMS: instrumental operating conditions and calibration values of NIST glasses. Geostandard. Newslett. 20 (1996) 247-261
35. Pearce J.A. Basalt geochemistry used to investigate past tectonic environments on Cyprus. Tectonophysics 25 (1975) 41-67
36. Pearce J.A. Role of subduction lithosphere in magma genesis at active continental margins. In: Hawkesworth C.J., and Nory M.J. (Eds). Continental Basalts and Mantle Xenoliths (1983), Shiva, Cheshire, UK 230-249
37. Pearce J.A., and Cann J.R. Ophiolite Origin investigated by discriminate analysis using Ti, Zr and Y. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 12 (1971) 339-349
38. Pearce J.A., and Cann J.R. Tectonic setting of basic volcanic rocks using determined using trace element analysis. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 19 (1973) 290-300
39. Pidgeon, R.T., Furfaro, D., Kennedy, A.K., Nemchin, A.A., Van Bronswjk, W., 1994. Calibration of zircon standards for the Curtin SHRIMP II, Abstracts of the 8th International Conference on Geochronology, Cosmochronology and Isotope Geology. US Geological Survey Circular, Berkley, USA, p. 251.
40. Pik R., Deneil C., Coulon C., Yirgu G., and Marty B. Isotopic and trace element signatures of Ethiopian flood basalts: evidence for plume lithosphere interaction. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63 (1999) 2263-2279
41. Qiu Y.M., Gao S., McNaughton N.J., Groves D.I., and Ling W. First Evidence of >3.2 Ga continental crust in the Yangtze Craton of South China and its implications for Archean Crustal Evolution and Phanerozoic Tectonics. Geology 28 1 (2000) 11-14
42. Ran C. Sedimentological environment and diagenetic metallogenesis of Dongchuan-type stratiform copper deposits in western Sichuan and Yunnan. Geochemistry 2 4 (1983) 328-337 (English edition)
43. Ran C. Environmental significance of stromatolites and their relation to copper ore in the Louxue Formation of the Kunyang Group in Dongchuan, Yunnan, China. In: Boyle W., Brown C., Jefferson W., Jowett C., and Kirkham (Eds). Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Copper Deposits. Special Paper-Geological Association of Canada (1989), Geological Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada 679-685
44. Ran C. Geochemical data for the Dongchuan-Yimen strata-bound copper deposits, China. In: Parnell J., Lianjun Y., and Changming C. (Eds). Sediment-Hosted Mineral Deposits. Special Publication of the International Association of Sedimentologists (1990), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China 173-180
45. Ritter J.R.R., Jordan M., Christensen U.R., and Achauer U. A mantle plume below the Eifil volcanic fields, Germany. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 186 (2001) 7-14
46. Rogers N., Macdonald R., Fitton J.G., George R., Smith M., and Barreiro B. Two mantle plumes beneath the East African rift system: Sr, Nd, and Pb isotope evidence from Kenya Rift basalts. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 176 (2000) 387-400
47. Ruan H., Hua R., and Cox D.P. Copper deposition by fluid mixing in deformed strata adjacent to a salt diapir, Dongchuan area, Yunnan province, China. Econ. Geol. 86 (1991) 1539-1545
48. Rubatto D., and Gebauer D. Use of cathodoluminescence for U-Pb zircon dating by ion microprobe: some examples from the Western Alps. In: Pagel M., Barbin V., Blanc P., and Ohnenstetter D. (Eds). Cathodoluminescence in Geosciences (2000), Springer Verlag, Berlin 514
49. Sengor A.M.C., Burke K., and Dewey J.F. Rifts at high angles to orogenic belts: tests for their origin and the upper Rhine Graben as an example. Am. J. Sci. 278 (1978) 24-40
50. Shervias J.W. Ti-V plots and the Petrogenesis of modern and Ophiolitic lavas. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 59 (1982) 101-118
51. Sircombe K.N. AgeDisplay: an Excel workbook to evaluate and display univariate geochronological data using binned frequency histograms and probability density distributions. Comput. Geosci. 30 (2003) 21-31
52. Stacey J.S., and Kramers J.D. Approximation of terrestrial lead isotope evolution by a two-stage model. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 26 2 (1975) 207-221
53. Sun, S.S., McDonough, W.F. (eds.), 1989. Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalt: implications for mantle composition and processes. Magmatism in the Ocean Basins, vol. 42. Geological Society Special Publication.
54. Thompson R.N., Morrison M.A., Henry G.L., and Parry S.J. An assessment of the relative roles of crust and mantle in magma genesis: an elemental approach. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., A 310 (1984) 549-590
55. Ward S.E., Hall R.P., and Hughes D.J. Guruve and Mutare dykes: preliminary geochemical indication of complex Mesoproterozoic mafic magmatic systems in Zimbabwe. J. Afr. Earth Sci. 30 3 (2000) 689-701
56. Wiedenbeck M. An example of reverse discordance during ion microprobe zircon dating: an artefact of enhanced ion yields from a radiogenic labile Pb. Chem. Geol. 125 (1995) 197-218
57. Winchester J.A., and Floyd P.A. Geochemical discrimination of different magma series and their differentiation products using immobile elements. Chem. Geol. 20 (1977) 325-343
58. Wood D.A. The application of a Th-Hf-Ta diagram to problems of tectonomagmatic classification and to establishing the nature of crustal contamination of basaltic lavas of the British Tertiary volcanic province. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 50 (1980) 11-30
59. Wood D.A., Joron J.L., and Treuil M. A reappraisal of the use of trace elements to classify and discriminate between magma series erupted in different tectonic settings. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 45 (1979) 326-336
60. Wu M., Duan J., Song X., and Chen L. Geology of the Kunyang Group in Yunnan Province (1990), Yunnan Science and Technology Publishing House, Kunming p. 265 (Chinese with English abstract)
61. Xiong, X., Hou, S., Xue, S., 1995. Stratigraphy and the Deposit-Paleogeography of the Yinmin Formation of the Kunyang Group in Central Yunnan, vol. 3-5. China University of Geosciences Press, Wuhan, p. 96 (Chinese with English abstract).
62. Yang Z., Cheng Y., and Wang H. The geology of China. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics vol. 3 (1986), Oxford University Press, Oxford
63. Yongren, 1965. 1:200,000 scale geological map sheet. Sichuan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources.
64. Yunnan, 1987. Regional Geology of Yunnan Province. People's Republic of China Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources Geological Memoirs 1:500,000 Map and Explanatory Notes, vol. 21. Geological Publishing House, Beijing (Chinese with English summary).
65. Yuxi, 1973. 1:200,000 geological map sheet. Yunnan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources.
66. Zhang Y., Wang G., Jianfeng N., Zhao C., Xu C., Qiu J., and Hao W. Isotopic ages of the carbonatitic volcanic rocks in the Kunyang rift zone in central Yunnan, China. Acta Geol. Sinica-Engl. 77 2 (2003) 204-211
67. Zhang S.B., Zheng Y.F., Wu Y.B., Zhao Z.F., Gao S., and Wu F.Y. Zircon isotope evidence for >3.5 Ga continental crust in the Yangtze craton of China. Precamb. Res. 146 (2006) 16-34
68. Zhao G., and Cawood P.A. Tectonothermal evolution of the Mayuan assemblage in the Cathaysia Block: implications for Neoproterozoic collision related assembly of the North and South China Craton. Am. J. Sci. 299 (2000) 309-339
69. Zhou M., Yan D., Kennedy A.K., Li Y., and Ding J. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronological and geochemical evidence for Neoproterozoic arc-magmatism along the western margin of the Yangtze Block, South China. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 196 1-2 (2002) 51-67