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Petrogenesis of Kejie Granite in the Northern Changning‐Menglian Zone, Western Yunnan: Constraints from Zircon U‐Pb Geochronology, Geochemistry and Hf Isotope
Author(s) -
NIE Fei,
DONG Guochen,
MO Xuanxue,
WANG Xia,
FAN Wenyu,
DONG Meiling,
ZHU Huaping
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/1755-6724.12236
Subject(s) - zircon , pluton , geology , geochemistry , petrogenesis , geochronology , fractional crystallization (geology) , partial melting , mantle (geology) , mantle wedge , basalt , crust , petrology , subduction , tectonics , paleontology
The Kejie pluton is located in the north of the Changning‐Menglian suture zone. The rock types are mainly biotite‐granite. Zircon LA‐ICP‐MS U‐Pb dating indicates that the Kejie pluton emplaced at about 80–77 Ma, Late Cretaceous. The Kejie pluton samples are characterized by high SiO 2 (71.68%–72.47%), K 2 O (4.73%–5.54%), total alkali (K 2 O + Na 2 O = 8.21%–8.53%), K 2 O/Na 2 O ratios (1.36–1.94) and low P 2 O 5 (0.13%–0.17%), with A/CNK of 1.025–1.055; enriched in U, Th, and K, depleted in Ba, Nb, Sr, Ti, P and Eu. They are highly fractionated, slightly pet aluminous I‐type granite. The two samples of the Kejie pluton give a large variation of ε Hf ( t ) values (–5.04 to 1.96) and Hf isotope crustal model ages of 1.16–1.5 Ga. Zircon Hf isotopes and zircon saturation temperatures of whole‐rock (801°C–823°C) show that the mantle‐derived materials maybe have played a vital role in the generation of the Kejie pluton. The Kejie pluton was most likely generated in a setting associated with the eastward subduction of the neo‐Tethys ocean, where intrusion of mantle wedge basaltic magmas in the crust caused the anatexis of the latter, forming hybrid melts, which subsequently experienced high‐degree fractional crystallization.