Accretionary orogenesis of the Chinese Altai: Insights from Paleozoic granitoids

Chemical Geology

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 22-39

  Yuan, Chao ^a,b   Sun, Min ^b   Xiao, Wenjiao ^c   Li, Xianhua ^a   Chen, Hanlin ^d   Lin, Shoufa ^e   Xia, Xiaoping ^b   Long, Xiaoping ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accretionary orogenesis; Active continental margin; CAOB; Chinese Altai; Dehydration melting; Granitoids

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BATHOLITH; CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEHYDRATION MELTING; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 34250701722     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

References (91)

1. Barbarin B. A review of the relationships between granitoid types, their origins and their geodynamic environments. Lithos 46 (1999) 605-626
2. Barker F. Trondhjemite: definition, environment and hypotheses of origin. In: Barker F. (Ed). Trondhjemite, Dacite and Related Rocks (1979), Elsevier, Amsterdam 1-12
3. Barnes C.G., Yoshinobu A.S., Prestvik T., Nordgulen Ø., Karlsson H.R., and Sundvoll B. Mafic magma intraplating: anatexis and hybridization in arc crust, Bindal batholith, Norway. Journal of Petrology 43 (2002) 2171-2190
4. Beard J.S., and Lofgren G.E. Effect of water on the composition of partial melts of greenstone and amphibolite. Science 244 (1989) 195-197
5. Beard J.S., and Lofgren G.E. Dehydration melting and water-saturated melting of basaltic and andesitic greenstones and amphibolites at 1, 3 and 6.9 kb. Journal of Petrology 32 (1991) 365-401
6. Borg L.E., and Clynne M.A. The petrogenesis of felsic calc-alkaline magmas from the southernmost Cascades, California: origin by partial melting of basaltic lower crust. Journal of Petrology 39 (1998) 1197-1222
7. Breeding C.M., Ague J.J., and Bröcker M. Fluid-metasedimentary rock interactions in subduction-zone mélange: implications for the chemical composition of arc magma. Geology 32 (2004) 1041-1044
8. Brown M. The generation, segregation, ascent and emplacement of granite magma: the migmatite-to-crustally-derived granite connection in the thickened orogens. Earth-Science Reviews 36 (1994) 83-130
9. Busby C. Continental growth at convergent margins facing large ocean basins: a case study from Mesozoic convergent-margin basins of Baja California, Mexico. Tectonophysics 392 (2004) 241-277
10. Castillo P.R., Hawkins J.W., Lonsdale P.F., Hilton D.R., Shaw A.M., and Glascock M.D. Petrology of Alarcon Rise lavas, Gulf of California: Nascent intracontinental ocean crust. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 107 B10 (2002) AR 2222 DI ARTN 2222
11. Chen B. Characteristics and genesis of the Bayan Bold Pluton in the southern Sonid Zuoqi, Inner Mongolia: typical island arc magma instead of adakitic rocks. Geological Review 48 (2002) 261-266
12. Chen B., and Jahn B.M. Geochemical and isotopic studies of the sedimentary and granitic rocks of the Altai orogen of northwest China and their tectonic implications. Geological Magazine 139 (2002) 1-13
13. Chen B., and Arakawa Y. Elemental and Nd-Sr isotopic geochemistry of granitoids from the West Junggar foldbelt (NW China), with implications for Phanerozoic continental growth. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69 (2005) 1307-1320
14. Chen L.H., and Han B.F. Geochronology, geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic composition of mafic intrusive rocks in Wuqiagou area, north Xinjiang: constraints for mantle sources and deep processes. Acta Petrologica Sinica 22 (2006) 1201-1214 (in Chinese with English abstract)
15. Clemens J.D., and Vielzeuf D. Constraints on melting and magma production in the crust. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 86 (1987) 287-306
16. Collins W.J. Hot orogens, tectonic switching, and creation of continental crust. Geology 30 (2002) 535-538
17. Didier J., and Barbarin B. The different types of enclaves in granites - nomenclature. In: Didier J., and Barbarin B. (Eds). Enclaves and Granite Petrology (1991), Elsevier, Amsterdam 19-23
18. Dobertsov N.L., Berzin N.A., and Buslov M.M. Opening and tectonic evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. International Geology Review 37 (1995) 335-360
19. Gerdes A., Montero P., Bea F., and Fershater G. Peraluminous granites frequently with mantle-like isotope compositions: the continental-type Murzinka and Dzhabyk batholiths of the eastern Urals. International Journal of Earth Sciences 91 (2002) 3-19
20. Han B.F., Ji J.Q., Song B., Chen L.H., and Li Z. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb ages of kalatongke No. 1 and Huangshandong Cu-Ni-bearing mafic-ultramafic complexes, North Xinjiang, and geological implications. Chinese Science Bulletin 49 (2004) 2424-2429
21. Han B.F., Wang S.G., Jahn B.M., Hong D.W., Kagami H., and Sun Y.L. Depleted-mantle source for the Ulungar River A-type granites from Xinjiang, China: geochemistry and Nd-Sr isotopic evidence, and implications for Phanerozoic crustal growth. Chemical Geology 138 (1997) 135-159
22. Haschke M., and Günther A. Balancing crustal thickening in arcs by tectonic vs. magmatic means. Geology 31 (2003) 933-936
23. He G.Q., Liu D.Q., Li M.S., Tang Y.L., and Zhou R.H. The five-stage model of crustal evolution and metallogenic series of chief orogenic belts in Xinjiang. Xinjiang Geology 13 (1995) 99-194 (in Chinese with English abstract)
24. Helo C., Hegner E., Kröner A., Badarch G., Tomurtogoo O., Windley B.F., and Dulski P. Geochemical signature of Paleozoic accretionary complexes of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in South Mongolia: constraints on arc environments and crustal growth. Chemical Geology 227 (2006) 236-257
25. Heubeck C. Assembly of Central Asia during the middle and late Paleozoic. In: Hendrix M.S., and Davis G.A. (Eds). Paleozoic and Mesozoic Tectonic Evolution of Central and Eastern Asia. Geological Society of America memoirs vol. 194 (2001) 1-22
26. Hu A., Jahn B.M., Zhang G., Chen Y., and Zhang Q. Crustal evolution and Phanerozoic crustal growth in northern Xinjiang: Nd isotopic evidence. Part I. Isotopic characterization of basement rocks. Tectonophysics 328 (2000) 15-51
27. Huppert H.E., and Sparks R.S.J. The generation of granitic magmas by intrusion of basalt into continental crust. Journal of Petrology 29 (1988) 599-624
28. Jahn B.M. The central Asian Orogenic Belt evolution and growth of the continental crust in the Phanerozoic. In: Malpas J., Fletcher C.J.N., Ali J.R., and Aichison J.C. (Eds). Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China. Geological Society, London, Special Publications vol. 226 (2004) 73-100
29. Jahn B.M., Capdevila R., Liu D.Y., Vernon A., and Badarch G. Sources of Phanerozoic granitoids in the transect Bayanhongor-Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia: geochemical and Nd isotopic evidence, and implications for Phanerozoic crustal growth. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 23 (2004) 629-653
30. Kang X., and Wang S.Z. Characteristics of granites in Koktokay region, Xinjiang. Acta Petrologica Sinica 8 (1992) 399-404 (in Chinese with English abstract)
31. Khain E.V., Bibikova E.V., Salnikova E.B., Kröner A., Gibsher A.S., Didenko A.N., Degtyarev K.E., and Fedotova A.A. The Palaeo-Asian ocean in the Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic: new geochronologic data and palaeotectonic reconstructions. Precambrian Research 122 (2003) 329-358
32. Kröner A., Windley B.F., Badarch G., Tomurtogoo O., Hegner E., Liu D.Y., and Wingate M.T.D. Accretionary growth in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt of Mongolia during the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic and comparison with the Arabian-Nubian Shield and the present Southwest Pacific. Geophysical Research Abstracts 7 (2005) 06650 SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU05-A-06650
33. Lamb M.A., and Badarch G. Paleozoic sedimentary Basin and volcanic arc systems if southern Mongolia: new stratigraphic and sedimentologic constraints. In: Ernst W.G., and Coleman R.G. (Eds). Tectonic Studies of Asia and the Pacific Rim (2000), Bellwether Publishing Ltd for the Geological Society of America 107-141
34. Le Maitre R.W., Bateman P., Dudek A., Keller J., Le Bas M.J., Sabine P.A., Schmid R., Sorensen H., Streckeisen A., Woolley A.R., and Zanettin B. A Classification of Igneous Rocks and Glossary of Terms (1989), Blackwell, Oxford
35. Li H.Q., Xie C.F., Chang H.L., Cai H., Zhu J.P., and Zhou S. Study on Metallogenetic Chronology of Nonferrous and Precious Metallic Pre Deposits in North Xinjiang, China (1998), Geological Publication House, Beijing
36. Li X.H., Liu D.Y., Sun M., Li W.X., Liang X.R., and Liu Y. Precise U-Pb and Sm-Nd isotopic dating of the supergiant Shizhuyuan polymetallic deposit and its host granite, SE China. Geological Magazine 141 (2004) 225-231
37. 144Nd and Sm/Nd ratios using multiple collectors inductively coupled plasma spectrometry (MC-ICPMS). Geochimica 32 (2003) 91-96 (in Chinese with English abstract)
38. Long X.P., Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W.J., Wu F.Y., Xia X.P., and Cai K.D. The early Paleozoic sedimentary environment and tectonic evolution in the Chinese Altai: evidence from U-Pb ages and Hf isotopic composition of detrital zircons. The Third National Petrology and Geodynamics Meeting of China, Abstract (2006) 232-233 (in Chinese)
39. Lou F.S. Characteristics of Late Caledonian granites in the Nuerte area, Altay. Jiangxi Geology 11 (1997) 60-66 (in Chinese with English abstract)
40. Ludwig K.R. Users manual for a Geochronological Toolkit for Microsoft Excel. Berkeley Geochronology Center. Special Publication vol. 1a (2001) 59
41. Maniar P.D., and Piccoli P.M. Tectonic discrimination of granitoids. Geological Society of America Bulletin 101 (1989) 635-643
42. Matthews S.J., Sparks R.S.J., and Gardeweg M.C. The Piedras Grandes-Soncor eruptions, Lascar Volcano, Chile; evolution of zoned magma chamber in the central Andean upper crust. Journal of Petrology 40 (1999) 1891-1919
43. Montel L.M., and Vielzeuf D. Partial melting of metagreywackes, part II. Compositions of minerals and melts. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 128 (1997) 176-196
44. Patiño Douce A., and Beard J.S. Dehydration-melting of biotite and quartz amphibolite from 3 to 15 kb. Journal of Petrology 36 (1995) 707-738
45. 2O content on the compositions of primary crustal melts. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Earth Science 87 (1996) 11-21
46. Patiño Douce A.E. What do experiments tell us about the relative contributions of crust and mantle to the origin of granitic magmas?. In: Carstro A., Fernandez C., and Vigneresse J.L. (Eds). Understanding Granites: Integrating New and Classic Techniques. Geological Society, London, Special Publications vol. 168 (1999) 55-75
47. Petcovic H.L., and Grunder A.L. Texture and thermal history of partial melting in tonalitic country rock at the margin of a basalt dike, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon. Journal of Petrology 44 (2003) 2287-2312
48. Petford N., Cruden A.R., McCaffrey K.J.W., and Vigneresse J.L. Granite magma formation, transport and emplacement in the Earth's crust. Nature 408 (2000) 669-673
49. Petford N., and Gallagher K. Partial melting of mafic (amphibolitic) lower crust by periodic influx of basaltic magma. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 193 (2001) 483-499
50. Qi L., Hu J., and Gregorie D.C. Determination of trace elements in granites by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Talanta 51 (2000) 507-513
51. Qu G., and Zhang J. Oblique thrust systems in the Altay orogen, China. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 9 (1994) 277-287
52. Rapp R.B. Amphibole-out phase boundary in partially melted metabasalt, its control over liquid fraction and composition, and source permeability. Journal of Geophysical Research 100 15 (1995) 601-615
53. Rapp R.P., and Watson E.B. Dehydration of metabasalt at 8-32 kbar: implications for continental growth and crust-mantle recycling. Journal of Petrology 36 (1995) 891-931
54. Ratajeski K., Sisson T.W., and Glazner A.F. Experimental and geochemical evidence for dehydration of the El Capitan Granite, California, by partial melting of hydrous gabbroic lower crust. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 149 (2005) 713-734
55. Rushmer T. Partial melting of two amphibolites: contrasting experimental results under fluid-absent conditions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 107 (1991) 41-59
56. Sengör A.M.C., and Natal'in B.A. Turkic-type orogeny and its role in the making of the continental crust. Annual Review Earth and Planetary Science 24 (1996) 263-337
57. Sengör A.M.C., Natal'in B.A., and Burtman V.S. Evolution of the Altaid tectonic collage and Paleozoic crustal growth in Eurasia. Nature 364 (1993) 299-307
58. Singh J., and Johannes W. Dehydration melting of tonalites. Part 1. Beginning of melting. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 125 (1996) 16-25
59. Sisson T.W., Ratajeski K., and Hankins W.B. Voluminous granitic magmas from common basaltic sources. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 148 (2005) 635-661
60. Skjerlie K.P., Patiño Douce A.E., and Johnston A.D. Fluid absent melting of a layered crustal protolith - implications for the generation of anatectic granites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 114 (1993) 365-378
61. Solar G.S., Pressley R.A., Brown M., and Tucker R.D. Granite ascent in convergent orogenic belts: testing a model. Geology 26 (1998) 711-714
62. Su Y.P., Tang H.F., Hou G.S., and Liu C.Q. Geochemistry of aluminous A-type granites along Dalabut tectonic belt in West Junggar, Xinjiang. Geochimica 35 (2006) 55-67
63. Sun S.S., and McDonough W.F. Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes. In: Saunders A.D., and Norry M.J. (Eds). Magmatism in the Ocean Basin. Geological Society Special Publication vol. 42 (1989), Blackwell Scientific Publications 313-346
64. Sun M., Yuan C., Xiao W.J., Long X.P., Xia X.P., and Lin S.F. Zircon U-Pb ages of granitic gneisses and intrusions in the Central Terrane of the Chinese Altai Orogen and tectonic implications. Symposium on Continental Growth and Orogeny in Asia (abstract) (2006) 99-100
65. Sylvester P.J., and Ghaderi M. Trace element analyses of scheelite by excimer laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ELA-ICP-MS) using a synthetic silicate glass standard. Chemical Geology 141 (1997) 49-65
66. Tanaka T., Togashi S., Kamioka H., Amakawa H., Kagami H., Hamamoto T., Yuhara M., Orihashi Y., Yoneda S., Shimizu H., Kunimaru T., Takahashi K., Yanagi T., Nakano T., Fujimaki H., Shinjo R., Asahara Y., Tanimizu M., and Dragusanu C. JNdi-1: a neodymium isotopic reference in consistency with LaJolla neodymium. Chemical Geology 168 (2000) 279-281
67. Taylor S.R., and McLennan S.M. The Continental Crust: its Composition and Evolution (1985), Blackwell, Oxford
68. Turpin L., Cuney M., Friedrich M., Bouchez J.L., and Aubertin M. Meta-igneous origin of Hercynian peraluminous granites in N. W. French Massif Central: implications for crustal history reconstructions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 104 (1990) 163-172
69. Vielzeuf D., and Holloway J.R. Experimental determination of the fluid-absent melting relations in the pelitic system. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 98 (1988) 257-276
70. Wang T., Hong D.W., Tong Y., Hang B.F., and Shi Y.R. Zircon U-Pb SHRIMP age and Origin of Post orogenic Lamazhao granitic pluton from Altai orogen: its implications for vertical continental growth. Acta Petrologica Sinica 21 (2005) 640-650
71. Wang T., Hong D.W., Jahn B.M., Tong Y., Wang Y.B., Hang B.F., and Wang X.X. Timing, Petrogenesis, and setting of Paleozoic synorogenic intrusions from the Altai Mountains, Northwest China: implications for the Tectonic evolution of an Accretionary orogen. Journal of Geology 114 (2006) 735-751
72. Wei G.J., Liang X.R., Li X.H., and Liu Y. Precise measurement of Sr isotope composition of liquid and solid base using (LP) MC-ICPMS. Geochimica 31 (2002) 295-299
73. Windley B.F. The Evolving Continents. 3rd ed. (1995), Wiley, Chichester 526 pp
74. Windley B.F., Kröner A., Guo J.H., Qu G.S., Li Y.Y., and Zhang C. Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic geology of the Altai orogen, NW China: new zircon age data and tectonic evolution. Journal of Geology 110 (2002) 719-737
75. Wolf M.B., and Wyllie P.J. Dehydration-melting of amphibolite at 10 Kbar: the effect of temperature and time. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 115 (1994) 369-383
76. Wu F.Y., Jahn B.M., Wilde S., and Sun D.Y. Phanerozoic crustal growth: U-Pb and Sr-Nd isotopic evidence from the granites in the northern China. Tectonophysics 328 (2000) 89-113
77. Wyllie P.J., and Wolf M.B. Amphibolite dehydration-melting: sorting out the solidus. In: Prichard H.M., Alabaster T., Harris N.B.W., and Neary C.R. (Eds). Magmatic Processes and Plate Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Special Publications vol. 76 (1993) 405-416
78. Xia X.P., Sun M., Zhao G.C., Li H.M., and Zhou M.F. Spot zircon U-Pb isotope analyses by ICP-MS coupled with a frequency quintupled (213 nm) Nd-YAG laser system. Geochemical Journal 38 (2004) 191-200
79. Xiao W.J., Windley B.F., Badararch G., Sun S., Li J., Qin K., and Wang Z. Paleozoic accretionary and convergent tectonics of the southern Altaids: implications for the growth of central Asia. Journal of the Geological Society, London 161 (2004) 339-342
80. Xiao W.J., Windley B.F., Hao J., and Zhai M.G. Accretion leading to collision and the Permian Solonker suture, Inner Mongolia, China: termination of the central Asian orogenic belt. Tectonics 22 (2003) 1014 10.1029/2002TC001396
81. Xinjiang Bureau of Geology. Notes for Geological Map of the Fuyun Area (1:200,000) (1978) 94-115
82. Xu J.F., Castillo P.R., Chen F.R., Niu H.C., Yu X.Y., and Zhen Z.P. Geochemistry of late Paleozoic mafic igneous rocks from the Kuerti area, Xinjiang, northwest China: implications for backarc mantle evolution. Chemical Geology 193 (2003) 137-154
83. Yakubchuk A. Architecture and mineral deposit settings of the Altaid orogenic collage: a revised model. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 23 (2004) 761-779
84. Yu X.Y., Mei H.J., Jiang F.Z., Luo C.R., Liu T.G., Bai Z.H., Yang X.C., and Wang J.D. The Irtysh Volcanic Rocks and their Mineralization Processes (1995), Science Press, Beijing
85. Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W.J., Li X.H., Lin S.F., Xia X.P., Long X.P., and Cai K.D. Paleozoic Accretion of Chinese Altai: Geochronological Constraints from Granitoids. Abstract of Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, CD-ROM (2006), Beijing, China
86. Yuan C., Sun M., Xiao W.J., Li X.H., Lin S.F., Xia X.P., Long X.P., and Cai K.D. Geochronology and Geochemistry of granitoids in the south margin of Chinese Altai. Abstract of Symposium of Petrology and Geodynamics (2005), Hangzhou, China 219-418
87. Zhang J.H., Wang J.B., and Ding R.F. Characteristics and U-Pb ages of zircon in metavolcanics from the Kangbutiebao Formation in the Altay region, Xinjiang. Regional Geology of China 19 (2000) 281-287 (in Chinese with English abstract)
88. Zhang X.B., Sui J.X., Li Z.C., Liu W., Yang X.Y., Liu S.S., and Huang H.Y. Tectonic Evolution and Mineralization of the Irtysh Fold-belt (1996), Science Press, Beijing 205 (In Chinese)
89. Zhao Z.H., Wang Z.G., Zou T.R., and Masuda A. The REE, isotopic composition of O, Pb, Sr and Nd and petrogenesis of granitoids in Altai region. In: Tu G.C. (Ed). Progress of Solid-earth Science in Northern Xinjiang, China (1993) 239-266 (in Chinese with English abstract)
90. Zhuang Y.X. Tectonothermal Evolution in Space and Time and Orogenic Processes of the Altaid, China (1993), Jilin Science and Technology Press, Chuangchun 10-60 (in Chinese with English abstract)
91. Zou T.R., Cao H.Z., and Wu B.Q. Orogenic or anorogenic granitoids of the Altay Mountains, Xinjiang and their discrimination Criteria. Acta Geologica Sinica 62 (1988) 228-245 (in Chinese with English abstract)