Phlogopite40Ar/39Ar geochronology of mantle xenoliths from the North China Craton: Constraints on the eruption ages of Cenozoic basalts

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 208-219

  Zhao, Xin Miao ^a   Zhang, Hong Fu ^a   Su, Fei ^a   Hu, Zhao Chu ^b   Lo, Ching Hua ^c   Wang, Ying ^a   Yang, Sai Hong ^a   Guo, Jing Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Basalt; Mantle Xenolith; North China Craton; Phlogopite

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; CENOZOIC; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOST ROCK; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PHLOGOPITE; PRECISION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; XENOLITH;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84869874320     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Brey G.P., Köhler T. Geothermobarometry in four-phase lherzolites II. New thermobarometers, and practical assessment of existing thermobarometers. Journal of Petrology 1990, 31:1353-1378.
2. Chen S.H., O'Reilly S.Y., Zhou X.H., Griffin W.L., Zhang G.H., Sun M., Feng J.L., Zhang M. Thermal and petrological structure of the lithosphere beneath Hannuoba, Sino-Korean Craton, China: evidence from xenoliths. Lithos 2001, 56:267-301.
3. Chen W.J., Li D.M., Dai T.M. K-Ar age of Quaternary Datong volcanic rocks and excess argon in them,Chronology and Geochemistry of Cenozoic Volcanic Rocks in China 1992, 81-100. Seismological Press, Beijing, (in Chinese).
4. Clay P.L., Kelley S.P., Sherlock S.C., Barry T.L. Partitioning of excess argon between alkali feldspars and glass in a young volcanic system. Chemical Geology 2011, 289(1-2):12-30.
5. Dodson M.H. Cooling temperature in cooling geochronological and petrological systems. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 1973, 40:259-274.
6. Fan Q., Hooper P.R. The Cenozoic basaltic rocks of eastern China: petrology and chemical composition. Journal of Petrology 1991, 32:765-810.
7. Fan W.M., Zhang H.F., Baker J., Jarvis K.E., Mason P.R.D., Menzies M.A. On and off the North China Craton: where is the Archaean keel?. Journal of Petrology 2000, 41:933-950.
8. Flisch M. Potassium-argon analysis. Numerical Dating in Stratigraphy 1982, 151-158. Wiley, Chichester. G.S. Odin (Ed.).
9. He H.Y., Wang X.L., Zhou Z.H., Wang F., Boven A., Shi G.H., Zhu R.X. Timing of the Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group) in Liaoning, northeastern China and its implications. Geophysical Research Letters 2004, 31(12):L12605. 10.1029/2004GL019790.
10. 39Ar-ages of phlogopite in mantle xenoliths from South African kimberlites: evidence for metasomatic mantle impregnation during the Kibaran orogenic cycle. Lithos 2008, 106:351-364.
11. Jäger E., Chen W.J., Hurford A.J., Liu R.X., Hunziker J.C., Li D.M. A Quaternary age standard for K-Ar dating. Chemical Geology 1985, 52:257-279.
12. 39Ar dating standard using primary K-Ar standards. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2007, 71(2):387-402.
13. 39Ar analyses of phlogopite nodules and phlogopitebearing peridotites in South African kimberlites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1978, 40:119-129.
14. Kelley S.P., Wartho J.A. Rapid kimberlite ascent and the significance of Ar-Ar ages in xenolith phlogopites. Science 2000, 289:609-611.
15. 39Ar age calculations. Computers & Geosciences 2002, 28(5):605-619.
16. Kusky T.M. Geophysical and geological tests of tectonic models of the North China Craton. Gondwana Research 2011, 20:26-35.
17. Kröner A., Composton W., Zhang G.W., Guo A.L., Todt W. Ages and tectonic setting of Late Archean greenstone-gneiss terrain in Henan Province, China as revealed by single-grain zircon dating. Geology 1988, 16:211-215.
18. Gao S., Rudnick R.L., Carlson R.W., McDonough W.F., Liu Y.S. Re-Os evidence for replacement of ancient mantle lithosphere beneath the North China craton. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2002, 198:307-322.
19. Giletti B.J. Studies in diffusion, I, Argon in phlogopite mica. Geochemical Transport and Kinetics 1974, 107-115. Carnegie Inst, Washington, DC. A.W. Hofmann (Ed.).
20. Liu C.Q., Masuda A., Xie G.H. Major- and trace-element compositions of Cenozoic basalts in eastern China: petrogenesis and mantle source. Chemical Geology 1994, 114:19-42.
21. Liu R., Chen W., Sun J., Li D. K-Ar age and tectonic environment of Cenozoic volcanic rock in China. Age and Geochemistry of Cenozoic Volcanic Rock in China 1992, 1-43. Seismology Published House, Beijing. R. Liu (Ed.).
22. Liu D.Y., Nutman A., Compston W., Wu J., Shen Q. Remnants of ≥3800Ma crust in the Chinese part of the Sino-Korean craton. Geology 1992, 20(4):339.
23. Li S., Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Zhang J., Sun M., Zhang G., Dai L. Deformation history of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping Complexes: implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen. Gondwana Research 2010, 18:611-631.
24. Liu S., Santosh M., Wang W., Bai X., Yang P. Zircon U-Pb chronology of the Jianping Complex: implications for the Precambrian crustal evolution history of the northern margin of North China Craton. Gondwana Research 2011, 20:48-63.
25. Luo X.Q., Chen Q. Preliminary study on geochronology for Cenozoic basalts from Inner Mongolia. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 1990, 9:36-46. (in Chinese).
26. 39Ar dating of mantle metasomatism: a noble approach or all hot air?. 8th International Kimberlite Conference Long Abstract 2003.
27. Mu Z.G., Liu Y.L., Huang B.L. Influence of olivine grains on K-Ar dating of Late-Cenozoic olivine basalts in Eastern China. Chinese Science Bulletin 1998, 43(1):764-766.
28. 39Ar dating of phlogopites from southern African and Siberian kimberlites and their xenoliths: constraints on eruption ages melt degassing and mantle volatile compositions. Russian Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1997, 38(1):106-117.
29. Phillips D., Onstott T.C. Argon isotopic zoning in mantle phlogopite. Geology 1988, 16:542-546.
30. Rudnick R.L., Gao S., Ling W.L., Liu Y.S., McDonough W.F. Petrology and geochemistry of spinel peridotite xenoliths from Hannuoba and Qixia, North China Craton. Lithos 2004, 77:609-637.
31. Santosh M., Tsunogae T., Li J.H., Liu S.J. Discovery of sapphirine-bearing Mg-Al granulites in the North China Craton: implications for Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh temperature metamorphism. Gondwana Research 2007, 11:263-285.
32. Santosh M., Wilde S.A., Li J.H. Timing of Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in the North China Craton: evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology. Precambrian Research 2007, 159:178-196.
33. Santosh M., Wan Y., Liu D., Chunyan D., Li J. Anatomy of zircons from an ultrahot orogen: the amalgamation of the North China craton within the supercontinent Columbia. Journal of Geology 2009, 117:429-443.
34. Santosh M., Sajeev K., Li J.H., Liu S.J., Itaya T. Counterclockwise exhumation of a hot orogen: the Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature granulites in the North China Craton. Lithos 2009, 110(1-4):140-152.
35. Santosh M. Assembling North China Craton within the Columbia supercontinent: the role of double-sided subduction. Precambrian Research 2010, 178:149-167.
36. Santosh M., Liu S.J., Tsunogae T., Li J.H. Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature granulites in the North China Craton: implications for tectonic models on extreme crustal metamorphism. Precambrian Research 2011, 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.1005.1003.
37. Song Y., Frey F.A. Geochemistry of peridotite xenoliths in basalt from Hannuoba, eastern China: implications for subcontinental mantle heterogeneity. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1989, 53:97-113.
38. Song Y., Frey F.A., Zhi X. Isotopic characteristics of Hannuoba basalts, eastern China: implications for their petrogenesis and the composition of subcontinental mantle. Chemical Geology 1990, 88:35-52.
39. Steiger R.H., Jäger E. Subcommision on Geochronology: convention on the use of decay constants in geo- and cosmochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1977, 36:359-362.
40. Tang Y.J., Zhang H.F., Ying J.F. Asthenosphere-lithospheric mantle interaction in an extensional regime: implication from the geochemistry of Cenozoic basalts from Taihang Mountains, North China Craton. Chemical Geology 2006, 233:309-327.
41. Tang Y.J., Zhang H.F., Nakamura E., Moriguti T., Kobayashi K., Ying J.F. Lithium isotopic systematics of peridotite xenoliths from Hannuoba, North China Craton: implications for melt-rock interaction in the considerably thinned lithospheric mantle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2007, 71:4327-4341.
42. Tang Y.J., Zhang H.F., Nakamura E., Ying J.F. Multistage melt/fluid-peridotite interactions in the refertilized lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton: constraints from the Li-Sr-Nd isotopic disequilibrium between minerals of peridotite xenoliths. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2011, 161:845-861.
43. Tang Y.J., Zhang H.F., Ying J.F., Su B.X., Chu Z.Y., Xiao Y., Zhao X.M. Highly heterogeneous lithospheric mantle beneath the Central Zone of the North China Craton evolved from Archean mantle through diverse melt refertilization. Gondwana Research 2012, 10.1016/j.gr.2012.01.006.
44. Tatsumoto M., Basu A.R., Huang W.K., Wang J.W., Xie G.H. Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopes of ultramafic xenoliths in volcanic rocks of eastern China: enriched components EMI and EMII in subcontinental lithosphere. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1992, 113:107-128.
45. Trap P., Faure M., Lin W., Augier R., Fouassier A. Syn-collisional channel flow and exhumation of Paleoproterozoic high pressure rocks in the Trans-North China Orogen: the critical role of partial-melting and orogenic bending. Gondwana Research 2011, 20:498-515.
46. Tsunogae T., Liu S.J., Santosh M., Shimizu H., Li J.H. Ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in Daqingshan, Inner Mongolia Suture Zone, North China Craton. Gondwana Research 2011, 20:36-47.
47. Wang F., Zhou X.H., Zhang L.C., Ying J.F., Zhang Y.T., Wu F.Y., Zhu R.X. Late Mesozoic volcanism in the Great Xing'an Range (NE) China: timing and implications for the dynamic setting of NE Asia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2006, 251:179-198.
48. 39Ar ages in mantle xenolith phlogopites:determining the ages of multiple lithospheric mantle events and diatreme ascentrates in southern Africa and Malaita, Solomon Islands. Geologic Society 2003, vol. 220:231-248. Special Publication, London. D. Vance, W. Müller, I. Villa (Eds.).
49. Xu X.S., Griffin W.L., O'Reilly S.Y., Pearson N.J., Geng H.Y., Zheng J.P. Re-Os isotopes of sulfides in mantle xenoliths from eastern China: progressive modification of lithospheric mantle. Lithos 2008, 102:43-64.
50. Xu Y.G., Chung S.L., Ma J.L., Shi L.B. Contrasting Cenozoic lithospheric evolution and architecture in the western and eastern Sino-Korean craton: constraints from geochemistry of basalts and mantle xenoliths. Journal of Geology 2004, 112:593-605.
51. 39Ar dating on Moshishan Group, eastern Zhejiang Province. Chinese Science Bulletin 2008, 53(24):3876-3882.
52. Zhai M.G., Santosh M. The early Precambrian odyssey of the North China Craton: A synoptic overview. Gondwana Research 2011, 20:6-25.
53. Zhai M.G., Guo J.H., Yan Y.H., Li Y.G., Zhang W.H. Discovery and preliminary study of Archaean high-pressure basic granulites in North China. Science in China D 1992, 12:1325-1330.
54. Zhai M.G., Guo J.H., Li J.H., Yan Y.H., Li Y.G., Zhang W.H. The discovery of Achaean retrograde eclogites in the North China craton. Chinese Science Bulletin 1995, 40:1590-1594.
55. Zhang H.F., Sun M., Zhou X.H., Ying J.F. Geochemical constraints on the origin of Mesozoic alkaline intrusive complexes from the North China Craton and tectonic implications. Lithos 2005, 81:297-317.
56. Zhang H.F., Goldstein S.L., Zhou X.H., Sun M., Cai Y. Comprehensive refertilization of lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton: further Os-Sr-Nd isotopic constraints. Journal of the Geological Society of London 2009, 166:249-259.
57. Zhang H.F., Ying J.F., Tang Y.J., Li X.H., Feng C., Santosh M. Phanerozoic reactivation of the Archean North China Craton through episodic magmatism: Evidence from zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes from the Liaodong Peninsula. Gondwana Research 2011, 19:446-459.
58. Zhang H.F., Tang Y.J., Xiao Y., Sun Y.L., Zhang W.H., Zhao X.M., Santosh M. Melt- peridotite interaction in the Pre-Cambrian mantle beneath the western North China Craton: Petrology, geochemistry and Sr, Nd and Re isotopes. Lithos 2012, 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.01.027.
59. Zhang J., Zhao G.C., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z., Liu S.W. High-pressure mafic granulites in the Trans-North China Orogen: tectonic significance and age. Gondwana Research 2006, 9:349-362.
60. Zhang W.H., Han B.F. K-Ar chronology and geochemistry of Jining Cenozoic basalts, Inner Mongolia, and geodynamic Implications. Acta Petrologica Sinica 2006, 22:1597-1607.
61. Zhao G.C., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M. Metamorphism of basement rocks in the Central Zone of the North China craton: implications for Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution. Precambrian Research 2000, 103:55-88.
62. Zhao G.C., Wilde S.A., Cawood P.A., Sun M. Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: lithological, geochemical, structural and P-T path constraints and tectonic evolution. Precambrian Research 2001, 107:45-73.
63. Zhao G.C., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited. Precambrian Research 2005, 136(2):177-202.
64. Zhao G.C., Wilde S.A., Guo J.H., Cawood P.A., Sun M., Li X.P. Single zircon grains record two Paleoproterozoic collisional events in the North China Craton. Precambrian Research 2010, 177:266-276.
65. Zhao X.M., Zhang H.F., Zhu X.K., Zhang W.H., Yang Y.H., Tang Y.J. Metasomatism of Mesozoic and Cenozoic lithospheric mantle beneath the North China craton: Evidence from phlogopite-bearing mantle xenoliths. Acta Petrologica Sinica 2007, 23(6):1281-1293.
66. Zhao X.M., Zhang H.F., Zhu X.K., Tang S.H., Tang Y.J. Iron isotopic variations in spinel peridotite xenoliths from North China Craton: implications for mantle metasomatism. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2010, 160(1):1-14.
67. Zhao X.M., Zhang H.F., Zhu X.K., Tang S.H., Yanbin Fe isotope evidence for multistage melt-peridotite interactions in the lithospheric mantle of the eastern China. Iron isotope evidence for multistage melt-peridotite interactions in the lithospheric mantle of eastern China. Chemical Geology 2012, 292-293(23):127-139.
68. Zheng J.P., O'Reilly S.Y., Griffin W.L., Lu F.X., Zhang M., Pearson N.J. Relic refractory mantle beneath the eastern North China block: significance for lithosphere evolution. Lithos 2001, 57:43-66.
69. Zheng J.P., Griffin W.L., O'Reilly S.Y., Yu C.M., Zhang H.F., Pearson N., Zhang M. Mechanism and timing of lithospheric modification and replacement beneath the eastern North China Craton: Peridotitic xenoliths from the 100 Ma Fuxin basalts and a regional synthesis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2007, 71:5203-5225.
70. Zhi X.C., Song Y., Frey F.A., Feng J., Zhai M.G. Geochemistry of Hannuoba basalts Eastern China: constraints on the origin of continental alkali and tholeiitic basalt. Chemical Geology 1990, 88:1-33.
71. Zhou X.H., Armstrong R.L. Cenozoic volcanic rocks of eastern China-secular and geographic trends in chemistry and strontium isotopic composition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1982, 58:301-329.