A ca. 2.2Ga Acidic Magmatic Event at the Northern Margin of the Yangtze Craton: Evidence from U-Pb Dating and Hf Isotope Analysis of Zircons from the Kongling Complex

Objective The Yangtze craton collisional orogeny at ca. extensional events at ca. 1 experienced Paleoproterozoic 1.95-2.0 Ga and post-orogenic 85 Ga related to amalgamation of the Columbia （Nuna） supercontinent （Zhao and Cawood, 2012）. A ca. 2.15 Ga suprasubduction zone ophiolitic melange was recongized in the Archean- Paleoproterozoic Kongling Complex of the northern Yangtze craton （Han et al., 2017）. However, the tectonic evolution in early Paleoproterozoic from 2.4 Ga to 2.2 Ga remains unclear. We report here the presence of a suite of Paleoproterozoic （2.2 Ga） granites in the Huangling dome, northern Yangtze craton, which may provide important insights into crustal growth processes in the craton prior to the assembly of Columbia.

Minto Large Igneous Province: A 2.00 Ga Mafic Magmatic Event in the Eastern Superior Craton Based on U-Pb Baddeleyite Geochronology and Paleomagnetism

A precise U-Pb baddeleyite age of 1999±2 Ma has been obtained for the NNW trending Lac Shpogan dyke swarm of the James Bay area of the eastern Superior craton.Previously the age of the swarm was only

夹皮沟片麻杂岩对吉林南部地区太古宙地壳演化的制约——来自岩相学、地球化学、锆石U-Pb年代学方面的证据

吉林南部地区是华北克拉通北缘重要的太古宇出露区。为探讨华北克拉通新太古代构造-岩浆热事件的性质及早前寒武地壳的形成与演化,选择吉林南部夹皮沟TTG片麻杂岩进行研究。研究表明这套岩石高Al(Al2O3=14.97%~16.28%),富Na(Na2O=3.73%~4.54%)、低Mg(MgO=1.96%~2.56%)且平均镁指数为43;富集LREE,亏损HREE,Eu异常并不明显;富集Sr(358×10^(-6)~1114×10^(-6))、Ba(613×10^(-6)~1200×10^(-6))等大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb(6.39×10^(-6)~11.2×10^(-6))、Ta(0.384×10^(-6)~0.679×10^(-6))等高场强元素;Yb(1.17×10^(-6)~1.89×10^(-6))和Y(9.93×10^(-6)~19.3×10^(-6))含量也很低,Sr/Y比值很高(36.0~57.7),以上地球化学特征表明其残留相主要为石榴子石、角闪石和含Ti矿物,没有斜长石,属于高压型TTG岩类。LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb结果表明其形成于~2509Ma,属于新太古代晚期的产物。结合以往TTG片麻岩类的地球化学研究及Nd模式年龄,这期岩浆事件可能代表古老地壳(~2.8Ga)的重熔。岩相学和锆石形态学研究表明研究区经历了多期变质作用,其中~2509Ma的高级变质事件与岩浆事件几乎同时,可能与地幔柱环境下的岩浆底侵作用有关。