The Eastern Qinling region, located in the southern margin of the North China Craton, is characterised by widespread granitoid intrusions. Precise geochronological constraints on the age and timing of these intrusions are lacking. In this paper, we report SHRIMP zircon U-Pb ages of
12 representative granitoid plutons, together with one syenite stock, dolerite, diorite and granitic dykes in Eastern Qinling. The results revealed two main magmatic events, which occurred in the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (158 ± 3 to 136 ± 2 Ma) and the
Early Cretaceous (134 ± 1 to 108 ± 2 Ma), respectively. The granitoids formed in the early magmatic event are similar in composition and are characterised by a mantle source mixed with variable amounts of crustal components, whereas those resulting from the
late-stage magmatism show characters of I-, S- and A-types granite and coexist with coeval dolerite dykes and syenite stocks. A similar magmatic age distribution is also recognised in other belts or regions in East China, and even in other parts of the East Eurasian continental margin. This
suggests that the Jurassic-Early Cretaceous magmatism was associated with the subduction of the Izanagi plate at a shallow angle or flat-slab subduction beneath the eastern China continent, whereas the Early Cretaceous magmatism was related to lithospheric thinning, asthenospheric upwelling
and partial melting of the lower crust, induced by a change in Izanagi plate motion parallel to the continent margin.
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Keywords:
China;
Cretaceous;
Eastern Qinling orogenic belt;
Jurassic;
SHRIMP;
magmatism;
uranium-lead dating
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations:
1:
MLR Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment, Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, PR, China
2:
Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA, Australia,University of Western Australia, School of Earth and Environment, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, Australia
3:
Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, PR, China
4:
State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Recourse, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, PR China
Publication date:
01 February 2010