Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints from eastern Transhimalayan batholiths on the precollisional magmatic and tectonic evolution in southern Tibet

Tectonophysics

Volumn 477, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 3-19

  Chiu, Han Yi ^a   Chung, Sun Lin ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^b   Liu, Dunyi ^c   Liang, Yu Hsuan ^a   Lin, I Jhen ^a   Iizuka, Yoshiyuki ^d   Xie, Lie Wen ^b   Wang, Yanbin ^c   Chu, Mei Fei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Tectonic evolution; Tethyan subduction; Tibet; Transhimalayan batholiths; U Pb and Hf isotope; Zircon

Indexed keywords

TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYAN SUBDUCTION; TIBET; TRANSHIMALAYAN BATHOLITHS; U-PB AND HF ISOTOPE;

CAVITY RESONATORS; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; PETROLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

TECTONICS;

BATHOLITH; CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; PETROGENESIS; S-TYPE ROCK; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 67349216848     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.02.034     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Allègre C.J., et al. Structure and evolution of the Himalaya-Tibet orogenic belt. Nature 307 (1984) 17-22
2. Allmendinger R.W., Jordan T.E., Kay S.M., and Isacks B.L. The evolution of the Altiplano-Puna Plateau of the Central Andes. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 25 (1997) 139-174
3. 204Pb. Chem. Geol. 192 (2002) 59-79
4. Black L.P., and Gulson B.L. The age of the Mud Tank carbonatite, Strangways Range, Northern Territory. BMR J. Aust. Geol. Geophys. 3 (1978) 227-232
5. Booth A.L., Zeitler P.K., Kidd W.S.F., Wooden J., Liu Y., Idleman B., Hren M., and Chamberlain C.P. U-Pb zircon constraints on tectonic evolution of southeastern Tibet, Namche Barwa area. Am. J. Sci. 304 (2004) 889-929
6. Chang C., et al. Preliminary conclusions of the Royal Society and Academia Sinica 1985 geotraverse of Tibet. Nature 323 (1986) 501-507
7. Chu, M.-F., 2006. Application of ICP-MS to the Study of Transhimalayan Petrogenesis. Ph.D. thesis, National Taiwan University.
8. Chu M.-F., Chung S.-L., Song B., Liu D., O'Reilly S.Y., Pearson N.J., Ji J., and Wen D.-J. Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotope constraints on the Mesozoic tectonics and crustal evolution of southern Tibet. Geology 34 (2006) 745-748
9. Chu, M.-F., Chung, S.-L., O'Reilly, S.Y., Pearson, N.J., Wu, F.-Y., Li, X.-H., Liu, D., Ji, J., Chu, C.-H., Gallet, S., in press. Tibetan orogeny with India's hidden inputs revealed by Hf isotopes of Transhimalayan zircons and host rocks.
10. Chung S.-L., Liu D., Ji J., Chu M.-F., Lee H.-Y., Wen D.-J., Lo C.-H., Lee T.-Y., Qian Q., and Zhang Q. Adakites from continental collision zones: melting of thickened lower crust beneath southern Tibet. Geology 31 (2003) 1021-1024
11. Chung S.-L., Chu M.-F., Zhang Y., Xie Y., Lo C.-H., Lee T.-Y., Lan C.-Y., Li X., Zhang Q., and Wang Y. Tibetan tectonic evolution inferred from spatial and temporal variations in post-collisional magmatism. Earth-Sci. Rev. 68 (2005) 173-196
12. 40Ar dating, petrological characteristics and geodynamical significance. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 79 (1986) 281-302
13. Debon F., Le Fort P., Sheppard S.M.F., and Sonet J. The four plutonic belts of the Transhimalaya-Himalaya: a chemical, mineralogical, isotopic, and chronological synthesis along a Tibet-Nepal section. J. Petrol. 27 (1986) 219-250
14. Ding L., Kapp P., Zhong D., and Deng W. Cenozoic volcanism in Tibet: evidence from a transition from oceanic to continental subduction. J. Petrol. 44 (2003) 1833-1865
15. Driver L.A., Creaser R.A., Chacko T., and Erdmer P. Petrogenesis of the Cretaceous Cassiar batholith, Yukon-British Columbia, Canada: implications for magmatism in the North American Cordilleran Interior. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 112 (2000) 1119-1133
16. Eggins S.M., Kinsley L.P.J., and Shelley J.M.G. Deposition and element fractionation processes during atmospheric pressure laser sampling for analysis by ICP-MS. Appl. Surf. Sci. 127-129 (1998) 278-286
17. Griffin W.L., Wang X., Jackson S.E., Pearson N.J., O'Reilly S.Y., Xu X., and Zhou X. Zircon chemistry and magma mixing, SE China: in-situ analysis of Hf isotopes, Tonglu and Pingtan igneous complexes. Lithos 61 (2002) 237-269
18. Günther D., and Heinrich C.A. Enhanced sensitivity in laser ablation-ICP mass spectrometry using helium-argon mixtures as aerosol carrier. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 14 (1999) 1363-1368
19. Harris N.B.W., Xu R.H., Lewis C.L., and Jin C. Plutonic rocks of the 1985 Tibet Geotransverse: Lhasa to Golmud. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A327 (1988) 263-285
20. Harris N.B.W., Inger S., and Xu R. Cretaceous plutonism in Central Tibet: an example of post-collision magmatism?. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 44 (1990) 21-32
21. Hoskin P.W.O., and Schaltegger U. The Composition of Zircon and Igneous and Metamorphic Petrogenesis. In: Manchar J.M., and Hoskin P.W.O. (Eds). Zircon, Reviews of Mineralogy and Geochemistry vol. 53 (2003) 27-62
22. Ireland T.R., and Williams I.S. Considerations in Zircon geochronology by SIMS. In: Manchar J.M., and Hoskin P.W.O. (Eds). Zircon, Reviews of Mineralogy and Geochemistry vol. 53 (2003) 215-241
23. Jackson S.E., Pearson N.J., Griffin W.L., and Belousova E.A. The application of laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry to in situ U-Pb zircon geochronology. Chem. Geol. 211 (2004) 47-69
24. Kapp P., Yin A., Manning C.E., Harrison T.M., and Taylor M.H. Tectonic evolution of the early Mesozoic blueschist-bearing Qiangtang metamorphic belt, central Tibet. Tectonics 22 (2003) 1043
25. Kapp P., Yin A., Harrison T.M., and Ding L. Cretaceous-Tertiary shortening, basin development, and volcanism in central Tibet. Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 117 (2005) 865-878
26. Kapp J.L.D., Harrison T.M., Kapp P., Grove M., Lovera O.M., and Ding L. Nyainqentanglha Shan: a window into the tectonic, thermal, and geochemical evolution of the Lhasa block, southern Tibet. J. Geophys. Res. 110 (2005) B08413
27. Lee H.-Y., Chung S.-L., Wang Y., Zhu D., Yang J., Song B., Liu D., and Wu F.-Y. Age, petrogenesis and geological significance of the Linzizong volcanic successions in the Linzhou basin, southern Tibet: evidence from zircon U-Pb dates and Hf isotopes. Acta Petrol. Sin. 23 (2007) 493-500
28. Lee H.-Y., Chung S.-L., Lo C.-H., Ji J., Lee T.-Y., Qian Q., and Zhang Q. Eocene Neotethyan slab breakoff in southern Tibet inferred from the Linzizong volcanic record. Tectonophysics 477 (2009) 20-35 (this volume)
29. Leier A.L., Kapp P., Gehrels G.E., and DeCelles P.G. Detrital zircon geochronology of Carboniferous-Cretaceous strata in the Lhasa terrane, Southern Tibet. Basin Res. 19 (2007) 361-378
30. Liang Y.-H., Chung S.-L., Liu D., O'Reilly S.Y., Chu M.-F., Ji J., Song B., and Pearson N.J. Detrital zircon study along the Tsangpo River, SE Tibet. Eos Trans. AGU 85 47 (2004) Fall Meeting Abstract T53A-0466
31. Liang Y.-H., Chung S.-L., Liu D., Xu Y., Wu F.-Y., Yang J.-H., Wang Y., and Lo C.-H. Detrital zircon evidence from Burma for reorganization of the eastern Himalayan river system. Am. J. Sci. 308 (2008) 618-638
32. Lin, I.-J., 2007. Geochemical Constraints on the Petrogenesis of Cretaceous to Paleocene Granitoids and Volcanic Rocks from SE Tibet. MSc Thesis, National Taiwan University.
33. Lin I.-J., Chung S.-L., Chu C.-H., Gallet S., and Ji J. The petrogenesis of Cretaceous A-type granites, SE Tibet: geochemical and Nd isotopic constraints. Eos Trans. AGU 88 52 (2007) Fall Meeting Abstract T31B-0468
34. Ludwig K.R. Isoplot v. 3.0: A Geochronological Toolkit for Microsoft Excel. Special Publication No. 4 (2003), Berkeley Geochronology Center 70 pp.
35. McDermid I.R.C., Aitchison J.C., Davis A.M., Harrison T.M., and Grove M. The Zedong terrane: a Late Jurassic intra-oceanic magmatic arc within the Yarlung-Tsangpo suture zone, southeastern Tibet. Chem. Geol. 187 (2002) 267-277
36. Miller C., Schuster R., Kotzli U., Frank W., and Grasemann B. Late Cretaceous-Tertiary magmatic and tectonic events in the Transhimalayan batholith (Kailas area, SW Tibet). Schweiz Mineral. Petrol. 80 (2000) 1-20
37. Mo X.X., Dong G., Zhao Z., Zhou S., Wang L., Qiu R., and Zhang F. Spatial and temporal distribution and characteristics of granitoids in the Gangdese, Tibet and implication for crustal growth and evolution. Geol. J. Chinese University 11 (2005) 281-190
38. Mo X.X., Hou Z., Niu Y., Dong G., Qu X., Zhao Z., and Yang Z. Mantle contributions to crustal thickening during continental collision: evidence from Cenozoic igneous rocks in southern Tibet. Lithos 96 (2007) 225-242
39. Murphy M.A., Yin A., Harrison T.M., Dürr S.B., Chen Z., Ryerson F.J., Kidd W.S.F., Wang X., and Zhou X. Did the Indo-Asian collision alone create the Tibetan Plateau?. Geology 25 (1997) 719-722
40. Pan, G., Ding, J., Yao, D., Wang, L., chief compilers, 2004, Guidebook of 1:1,500,000 geologic map of the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) plateau and adjacent areas. Chengdu Cartographic Publ. House, Chengdu, China. 48 p.
41. Pearce J.A., and Mei H. Volcanic rocks of the 1985 Tibet Geotraverse: Lhasa to Golmud. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A327 (1988) 169-201
42. Scherer E., Münker C., and Mezger K. Calibration of the lutetium-hafnium clock. Science 293 (2001) 683-687
43. Schwab M., Ratschbacher L., Siebel W., McWilliams M., Minaev V., Lutkov V., Chen F., Stanek K., Nelson B., Frisch W., and Wooden J.L. Assembly of the Pamirs: age and origin of magmatic belts from southern Tien Shan to the southern Pamirs and their relation to Tibet. Tectonics 23 (2004) TC4002
44. Searle M.P., Windley B.F., Coward M.P., Cooper D.J.W., Rex D., Li T., Xiao X., Jan M.Q., Thakur V.C., and Kumar S. The closing of Tethys and the tectonics of Himalaya. Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 98 (1987) 678-701
45. Tu G., Zhang Y., and Wang Z. Geochemistry of Granitoids in Southern Xizang (Tibet) (1982), Sci. Publ. House, Beijing 190 pp. (in Chinese)
46. Volkmer J.E., Kapp P., Guynn J.H., and Lai Q. Cretaceous-Tertiary evolution of the north central Lhasa terrane, Tibet. Tectonics 26 (2007) TC6007
47. Wells M.L., and Hoisch T.D. The role of mantle delamination in widespread Late Cretaceous extension and magmatism in the Cordilleran orogen, western United States. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 120 (2008) 515-530
48. Wen D.-R., Liu D., Chung S.-L., Chu M.-F., Ji J., Zhang Q., Song B., Lee T.-Y., Yeh M.-W., and Lo C.-H. Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb ages of the Gangdese Batholith and implications for Neotethyan subduction in southern Tibet. Chem. Geol. 252 (2008) 191-201
49. Wen D.-R., Chung S.-L., Song B., Iizuka Y., Yang H.-J., Ji J., Liu D., and Gallet S. Late Cretaceous Gangdese intrusions of adakitic geochemical characteristics, SE Tibet: petrogenesis and tectonic implications. Lithos 105 (2008) 1-11
50. Wiendenbeck M., Allé P., Corfu F., Griffin W.L., Meier M., Oberli F., Von Quadt A., Roddick J.C., and Spiegel W. Three natural zircon standards for U-Th-Pb, Lu-Hf, trace element and REE analyses. Geostand. Newslett. 19 (1995) 1-23
51. Wu F.-Y., Yang Y.-H., Xie L.-W., Yang J.-H., and Xu P. Hf isotopic compositions of the standard zircons and baddeleyites used in U-Pb geochronology. Chem. Geol. 234 (2006) 105-126
52. Wu F.-Y., Ji W.-Q., Liu C.-Z., and Chung S.-L. Detrital zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints from the Xigaze fore-arc basin, southern Tibet on the source provenance and Transhimalayan magmatic evolution. J. Geophys. Res. (2009) in revision
53. Xu R., Scharer U., and Allègre C.J. Magmatism and metamorphism in the Lhasa Block (Tibet): a geochronological study. J. Geol. 93 (1985) 41-57
54. Xu Y.-G., Yang Q.-J., Lan J.-B., Huang X.-L., Luo Z.-Y., Shi Y.-R., and Xie L.-W. Zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotopes of batholiths in the Gaoligong-Tengliang belt, eastern Tibet: a comparison with the Lhasa terrane and tectonic implications. J. Geophys. Res. (2009) in revision
55. Yin A., and Harrison T.M. Geologic evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 28 (2000) 211-280
56. Zhang K.J., Xia B.D., Wang G.M., Li Y.T., and Ye H.F. Early Cretaceous stratigraphy, depositional environments, sandstone provenance, and tectonic setting of central Tibet, western China. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 116 (2004) 1202-1222
57. Zhang H.F., Xu W.C., Guo J.Q., Zong K.Q., Cai H.M., and Yuan H.L. Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic composition of deformed granite in the southern margin of the Gangdese belt, Tibet: evidence for early Jurassic subduction of Neo-Tethyan oceanic slab. Acta Petrol. Sin. 23 (2007) 1347-1353
58. Zhang H.F., Xu W.C., Guo J.Q., Zong K.Q., Cai H.M., and Yuan H.L. Indosinian orogenesis of the Gangdese terrane: evidences from zircon U-Pb dating and petrogenesis of granitoids. Earth Sci. J. China Univ. Geosci. 32 (2007) 155-166
59. Zhu D.-C., Pan G., Chung S.-L., Liao Z., Wang L., and Li G. SHRIMP zircon age and geochemical constraints on the origin of lower Jurassic volcanic rocks from the Yeba Formation, southern Gangdese, south Tibet. Int. Geol. Rev. 50 (2008) 442-471