YANGBA Formation of Bikou Group is located in south Qinling, a famous orogenic belt separating Chinesecontinent into two parts: North China plate and Yangzi plate. The Yangba Formation comprises the maficand felsic vo...YANGBA Formation of Bikou Group is located in south Qinling, a famous orogenic belt separating Chinesecontinent into two parts: North China plate and Yangzi plate. The Yangba Formation comprises the maficand felsic volcanic rocks formed in an ancient seafloor environment during the Proterozoic era. The suitesof mafic and felsic volcanic rocks are petrochemically divided into tholeiite and calc-alkaline dacite, respectively, showing characteristics of bimodal volcanic rock mainly by lithology and major element content, and a lack of typical intermediate rocks. These signatures indicate that the volcanic rocks of YangbaFormation were generated in rift tectonics setting. The tholeiites of Yangba Formation are similar in trace element content to mid-ridge basalt, displaying a slight depletion to enrichment in light rare earth elements (LREE’s) (La/Yb_n = 0.6-1.4), slightfractionation between LREE (La/Sm_n =0.55-1.14) and HREE (Gd/Lu_n = 1.09-1.50), and relative flat patterns in whole. The decoupling of Eu to its neighboring elements in two samples likely indicates an effect of fractional crystallization in magma evolution. The La-La/Sm, Ni-La, Ni-Th, Ni-Ta,and Ni-Hf diagrams all support a conclusion that the mafic rocks are generated by partial melting pro-展开更多
The geodynamic setting of the Bikou volcanic group is a critical question to trace the Precambrain tectonic framework and evolution for the Yangtze plate. This study has suggested that the Bikou volcanic group is comp...The geodynamic setting of the Bikou volcanic group is a critical question to trace the Precambrain tectonic framework and evolution for the Yangtze plate. This study has suggested that the Bikou volcanic group is composed of several residual oceanic crust units: MORB (mid-ocean ridge basalt), Alk-OIB (alkaline ocean island basalt) and Th-OIB (tholeiitic ocean island basalt) as well as subduction-related volcanic rocks. According to field observation, those distinct rocks occurred collectively in form of tectonic contact, implying that the Bikou volcanic group was an ophiolitic mélange. Coupled with geochronological data, a perished oceanic basin at the northern margin of the Yangtze block during Neoproterozoic was tested by this ophiolitic mélange. Meanwhile, the isogeochemical data suggest that the ocean occurred in the Southern Hemisphere identical to Indian, South Atlantic and South Pacific oceans in terms of their Dupal anomalies, and the original source of the rocks could be probably mixing by EMⅠand EMⅡ component caused by dehydration melting of subducting oceanic crust during subduction process. On the basis of geochemical characteristics of the studied rocks, the Bikou volcanic group could imply that a partial breakup event occurred in the northern margin of Yangtze plate during the Neoproterozoic era.展开更多
文摘YANGBA Formation of Bikou Group is located in south Qinling, a famous orogenic belt separating Chinesecontinent into two parts: North China plate and Yangzi plate. The Yangba Formation comprises the maficand felsic volcanic rocks formed in an ancient seafloor environment during the Proterozoic era. The suitesof mafic and felsic volcanic rocks are petrochemically divided into tholeiite and calc-alkaline dacite, respectively, showing characteristics of bimodal volcanic rock mainly by lithology and major element content, and a lack of typical intermediate rocks. These signatures indicate that the volcanic rocks of YangbaFormation were generated in rift tectonics setting. The tholeiites of Yangba Formation are similar in trace element content to mid-ridge basalt, displaying a slight depletion to enrichment in light rare earth elements (LREE’s) (La/Yb_n = 0.6-1.4), slightfractionation between LREE (La/Sm_n =0.55-1.14) and HREE (Gd/Lu_n = 1.09-1.50), and relative flat patterns in whole. The decoupling of Eu to its neighboring elements in two samples likely indicates an effect of fractional crystallization in magma evolution. The La-La/Sm, Ni-La, Ni-Th, Ni-Ta,and Ni-Hf diagrams all support a conclusion that the mafic rocks are generated by partial melting pro-
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40234041 and 40272042)
文摘The geodynamic setting of the Bikou volcanic group is a critical question to trace the Precambrain tectonic framework and evolution for the Yangtze plate. This study has suggested that the Bikou volcanic group is composed of several residual oceanic crust units: MORB (mid-ocean ridge basalt), Alk-OIB (alkaline ocean island basalt) and Th-OIB (tholeiitic ocean island basalt) as well as subduction-related volcanic rocks. According to field observation, those distinct rocks occurred collectively in form of tectonic contact, implying that the Bikou volcanic group was an ophiolitic mélange. Coupled with geochronological data, a perished oceanic basin at the northern margin of the Yangtze block during Neoproterozoic was tested by this ophiolitic mélange. Meanwhile, the isogeochemical data suggest that the ocean occurred in the Southern Hemisphere identical to Indian, South Atlantic and South Pacific oceans in terms of their Dupal anomalies, and the original source of the rocks could be probably mixing by EMⅠand EMⅡ component caused by dehydration melting of subducting oceanic crust during subduction process. On the basis of geochemical characteristics of the studied rocks, the Bikou volcanic group could imply that a partial breakup event occurred in the northern margin of Yangtze plate during the Neoproterozoic era.
