The Qilian Block(QB)is a Precambrian micro-continent located in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau.Prevalent Lower Paleozoic granitic magmatic rocks crop out in the QB.A new integrated study of zircon U-Pb ages a...The Qilian Block(QB)is a Precambrian micro-continent located in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau.Prevalent Lower Paleozoic granitic magmatic rocks crop out in the QB.A new integrated study of zircon U-Pb ages and systematic whole-rock geochemical data for the Xindian,Dongjiazhuang and Xiaogaoling granites in the eastern segment of the QB constrains their emplacement ages,petrogenesis,and regional evolutionary history.U-Pb dating reveals that the Xindian granite was emplaced 454 Ma,and both the Dongjiazhuang and Xiaogaoling granites were emplaced ca.440 Ma.Geochemical study shows that all granites belong to the high-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic series and are S-type granites formed by partial melting of continental crust,mainly metagraywacke.We infer that these ca.454–445 Ma granites formed in a syn-collisional setting during the continental collisional between the Qaidam and Qilian blocks.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Qinghai Science and Technology Department(Grant No.2016-ZJ752)Qinghai Salt Lake Industry(Grant No.E050DZ0801)。
文摘The Qilian Block(QB)is a Precambrian micro-continent located in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau.Prevalent Lower Paleozoic granitic magmatic rocks crop out in the QB.A new integrated study of zircon U-Pb ages and systematic whole-rock geochemical data for the Xindian,Dongjiazhuang and Xiaogaoling granites in the eastern segment of the QB constrains their emplacement ages,petrogenesis,and regional evolutionary history.U-Pb dating reveals that the Xindian granite was emplaced 454 Ma,and both the Dongjiazhuang and Xiaogaoling granites were emplaced ca.440 Ma.Geochemical study shows that all granites belong to the high-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic series and are S-type granites formed by partial melting of continental crust,mainly metagraywacke.We infer that these ca.454–445 Ma granites formed in a syn-collisional setting during the continental collisional between the Qaidam and Qilian blocks.
