The present study is the first report of a Miocene mafic dyke from the Dahuichang, in the Western Hills of Beijing. The dyke cuts the fossil-dated Changxindian Formation of Eocene sequences and yields K-Ar ages of 14-...The present study is the first report of a Miocene mafic dyke from the Dahuichang, in the Western Hills of Beijing. The dyke cuts the fossil-dated Changxindian Formation of Eocene sequences and yields K-Ar ages of 14-15 Ma. The dyke is fine-grained diabase and has 49.84%-50.81% SiO2 and 3.56-3.97% Na2O＋K2O, high TiO2 （1.65%-1.93%） and MgO （7.36%-9.85%）, and low K2O （〈1.22%） contents, with Na2O〉K2O and slightly varied magnesium numbers （Mg#=55.54-62.74）. In trace elements geochemistry, the dyke is very similar to the Miocene basalts from Jining and Hanuoba. The enrichment of light rare earth elements （[La/Yb]N=5.03-6.12） and large ion lithophile elements （LILEs）, no negative Eu anomalies, relatively high Cr （265-326 ppm） and Ni （155-262 ppm）, and almost constant V concentrations （194-213 ppm） reveal that the composition close to the primary basaltic magma from an enriched-mantle source, with little crustal contamination and fractional crystallization. The basaltic magma was possibly derived from the upwelling asthenosphere mantle beneath eastern China during the Miocene lithospheric thinning.展开更多
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文摘The present study is the first report of a Miocene mafic dyke from the Dahuichang, in the Western Hills of Beijing. The dyke cuts the fossil-dated Changxindian Formation of Eocene sequences and yields K-Ar ages of 14-15 Ma. The dyke is fine-grained diabase and has 49.84%-50.81% SiO2 and 3.56-3.97% Na2O＋K2O, high TiO2 （1.65%-1.93%） and MgO （7.36%-9.85%）, and low K2O （〈1.22%） contents, with Na2O〉K2O and slightly varied magnesium numbers （Mg#=55.54-62.74）. In trace elements geochemistry, the dyke is very similar to the Miocene basalts from Jining and Hanuoba. The enrichment of light rare earth elements （[La/Yb]N=5.03-6.12） and large ion lithophile elements （LILEs）, no negative Eu anomalies, relatively high Cr （265-326 ppm） and Ni （155-262 ppm）, and almost constant V concentrations （194-213 ppm） reveal that the composition close to the primary basaltic magma from an enriched-mantle source, with little crustal contamination and fractional crystallization. The basaltic magma was possibly derived from the upwelling asthenosphere mantle beneath eastern China during the Miocene lithospheric thinning.
