The paper discusses generation of volatile-bearing plumes in the mantle transition zone(MTZ) in terms of mineral-fluid petrology and their related formation of numerous localities of intra-plate bimodal volcanic serie...The paper discusses generation of volatile-bearing plumes in the mantle transition zone(MTZ) in terms of mineral-fluid petrology and their related formation of numerous localities of intra-plate bimodal volcanic series in Central and East Asia.The plume generation in the MTZ can be triggered by the tectonic erosion of continental crust at Pacific-type convergent margins and by the presence of water and carbon dioxide in the mantle.Most probable sources of volatiles are the hyclrated/carbonated sediments and basalts and serpentinite of oceanic slabs,which can be subducted down to the deep mantle.Tectonic erosion of continental crust supplies crustal material enriched in uranium and thorium into the mantle,which can serve source of heat in the MTZ.The heating in the MTZ induces melting of subducted slabs and continental crust and mantle upwelling,to produce OIB-type mafic and felsic melts,respectively.展开更多
The Ospino-Kitoi and Kharanur ultrabasic massifs represent the northern and southern ophiolite branches respectively of the Upper Onot ophiolitic nappe and they are located in the southeastern part of the Eastern Saya...The Ospino-Kitoi and Kharanur ultrabasic massifs represent the northern and southern ophiolite branches respectively of the Upper Onot ophiolitic nappe and they are located in the southeastern part of the Eastern Sayan(SEPES ophiolites).Podiform chromitites with PGE mineralization occur as lensoid pods within dunites and rarely in harzburgites or serpentinized peridotites.The chromitites are classified into type I and type Ⅱ based on their Cr~#.Type I(Cr~# = 59-85) occurs in both northern and southern branches,whereas type Ⅱ(Cr~# = 76-90) occurs only in the northern branch.PGE contents range from ∑PGE 88-1189 ppb,Pt/Ir0.04-0.42 to ∑PGE 250-1700 ppb,Pt/Ir 0.03-0.25 for type I chromitites of the northern and southern branches respectively.The type Ⅱ chromitites of the northern branch have ∑PGE contents higher than that of type Ⅰ(468-8617 ppb,Pt/Ir 0.1-0.33).Parental melt compositions,in equilibrium with podiform chromitites,are in the range of boninitic melts and vary in Al_2O_3,TiO_2 and FeO/MgO contents from those of type I and type Ⅱ chromitites.Calculated melt compositions for type Ⅰ chromitites are(Al_2O_3)_(melt) = 10.6—13.5 wt.%,(TiO_2)_(melt) = 0.01-0.44 wt.%,(Fe/Mg)_(melt) = 0.42-1.81;those for type Ⅱ chromitites are:(Al_2O_3)_(melt) = 7.8-10.5 wt.%,(TiO_2)_(melt) = 0.01-0.25 wt.%,(Fe/Mg)_(melt) = 0.5-2.4.Chromitites are further divided into Os-Ir-Ru(Ⅰ) and Pt-Pd(Ⅱ) based on their PGE patterns.The type Ⅰ chromitites show only the Os-Ir-Ru pattern whereas type Ⅱ shows both Os-Ir-Ru and Pt-Pd patterns.PGE mineralization in type Ⅰ chromitites is represented by the Os-Ir-Ru system,whereas in type Ⅱ it is represented by the Os-Ir-Ru-Rh-Pt system.These results indicate that chromitites and PGE mineralization in the northern branch formed in a suprasubduction setting from a fluid-rich boninitic melt during active subduction.However,the chromitites and PGE mineralization of the southern branch could have formed in a spreading zone environment.Mantle peridotites have been exposed in the area with remnants of mantle-derived reduced fluids,as indicated by the occurrence of widespread highly carbonaceous graphitized ultrabasic rocks and serpentinites with up to 9.75 wt.%.Fluid inclusions in highly carbonaceous graphitized ultrabasic rocks contain CO,CO_2,CH4,N_2 and the δ^(13)C isotopic composition(-7.4 to-14.5‰) broadly corresponds to mantle carbon.展开更多
We designed the mantle transects using the PTXFO2 diagrams(Ashchepkov et al.,2010,2013,2017)constructed(Figs.1 a–c)for mantle columns beneath kimberlite and sections of the lithospheric mantle(SCLM)under the Kaapvaal...We designed the mantle transects using the PTXFO2 diagrams(Ashchepkov et al.,2010,2013,2017)constructed(Figs.1 a–c)for mantle columns beneath kimberlite and sections of the lithospheric mantle(SCLM)under the Kaapvaal and the Congo cratons.The set of the pipes is in(Zinchenko et al.,2020,2021).展开更多
Thermobarometric calculations for mineral diamond inclusions and associations(DIA)provide a systematic comparison of PTXFO2 conditions for different cratons worldwide,using a database of 4440 mineral EPMA analyses(Ash...Thermobarometric calculations for mineral diamond inclusions and associations(DIA)provide a systematic comparison of PTXFO2 conditions for different cratons worldwide,using a database of 4440 mineral EPMA analyses(Ashchepkov et al.,2021).展开更多
In the last decade,researchers have been particularly interested in IIa CLIPPIR type diamonds,which differ in composition and physical characteristics from diamonds of peridotite related"P"and eclogite relat...In the last decade,researchers have been particularly interested in IIa CLIPPIR type diamonds,which differ in composition and physical characteristics from diamonds of peridotite related"P"and eclogite related"E"generations.Moore(Moore,2009)sought them as mantle kimberlite related megacrysts,but light C isotopy and chemical features needs special explanation.展开更多
The first data on P-T metamorphic conditions coupled with U-Pb monazite and zircon age obtained for the Neoarchean Kitoy granulite-gneiss terrane(SW Siberian Craton).Alumina gneisses of the Kitoy terrane indicate two-...The first data on P-T metamorphic conditions coupled with U-Pb monazite and zircon age obtained for the Neoarchean Kitoy granulite-gneiss terrane(SW Siberian Craton).Alumina gneisses of the Kitoy terrane indicate two-staged metamorphic evolution.The first stage of regional metamorphism(M1)occurred at high-amphibolite facies conditions at T=780-800℃ and P=8-9 kbar.The second stage(M2)belongs to MT-HT/LP type of metamorphism with the wide temperature interval 600-750℃ and pressure 2-4 kbar.Two age peaks were established on the basis of U-Pb monazite and zircon dating in garnet-anthophyllite gneisses.Both of them correspond to the Neoarchean age:the age of M1 falls into the interval of ca.2489-2496 Ma,the age of M2-ca.2446-2456 Ma.The high-temperature metamorphism of the Kitoy block and nearly coeval granitoid magmatism can be an evidence for the Neoarchean collision in SW Siberian craton.展开更多
The early Paleozoic Terskey Suture zone,located in the southern part of the Northern Tien Shan domain in Kyrgyzstan,comprises tectonic slivers of dismembered ophiolites and associated primitive volcanics and deepmarin...The early Paleozoic Terskey Suture zone,located in the southern part of the Northern Tien Shan domain in Kyrgyzstan,comprises tectonic slivers of dismembered ophiolites and associated primitive volcanics and deepmarine sediments.In the Lake Songkul area,early-middle Cambrian pillow basalts are crosscut by the Songkultau intrusion of coarse-grained gneissose quartz diorites and tonalites with geochemical characteristics typical for high-SiO2 adakites(SiO2>56 wt.%,Al2O3>15 wt.%,Na2 O>3.5 wt.%and high Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios).The Songkultau granitoids have positive initialεNd(+3.8 to+6.4)andεHf(+12.3 to+13.5)values indicating derivation from sources with MORB-like isotopic signature.Volcanic formations,surrounding the Songkultau intrusion,have geochemical affinities varying from ocean floor to island arc series.This rock assemblage is interpreted as a relic of an early-middle Cambrian primitive arc where the adakite-like granitoids were derived from partial melting of young and hot subducted oceanic crust.An age of 505 Ma,obtained for the Songkultau intrusion,shows that hot subduction under the Northern Tien Shan continued until middle Cambrian.The primitive arc complexes were obducted onto the Northern Tien Shan domain,where the Andean type continental magmatic arc developed in Cambrian and Ordovician.Formation of the Andean type arc was accompanied by uplift,erosion and deposition of coarse clastic sediments.A depositional age of ca.470 Ma,obtained for the gravellites in the Lake Songkul area,is in agreement with the timing of deposition for lower Ordovician conglomerates elsewhere in the Northern Tien Shan,and corresponds to the main phase of the Andean type magmatism.The Songkultau adakites in association with surrounding ocean floor and island arc formations constitute a relic of a primitive Cambrian arc and represent a juvenile domain of substantial size identified so far within the predominantly crustal-derived terranes of Tien Shan.On a regional scale this primitive arc can be compared with juvenile Cambrian arcs of Kazakhstan,Gorny Altai and Mongolia.展开更多
New versions of the universal Jd-Di exchange clinopyroxene barometer for peridotites,pyroxenites and eclogites,and also garnet barometer for eclogites and peridotites were developed.They were checked using large exper...New versions of the universal Jd-Di exchange clinopyroxene barometer for peridotites,pyroxenites and eclogites,and also garnet barometer for eclogites and peridotites were developed.They were checked using large experimental data sets for eciogitic(~530) and peridotitic systems(〉650).The precision of the universal Cpx barometer for peridotites based on Jd-Di exchange is close to Cr-Tschermal展开更多
The Biochemical Reduction Of Both Nitrate And Sulfate In U-Containing Aquifers Of The Novosibirsk Plant Of Chemical Concentrates (NPCC) Was Investigated Experimentally And Thermodynamically. It Was Observed That Decre...The Biochemical Reduction Of Both Nitrate And Sulfate In U-Containing Aquifers Of The Novosibirsk Plant Of Chemical Concentrates (NPCC) Was Investigated Experimentally And Thermodynamically. It Was Observed That Decrease In Eh Up To -397 Mv Has A Distinct Effect On The Denitrification And Uranium Precipitation As UO2(S). Nitrate Was Denitrified With A Temporary Accumulation Of The Intermediate Nitrite On The Day 4th. According To The X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis And Thermodynamic Calculations, More Than Half Of The Uranium Is Deposited In The First Stage As UO2+X oxides, And The Rest, Together With The Sulfides In The Reducing Environment. Findings Suggest That Accurately Thermodynamic Predicting Of Groundwater NO3-;?And SO42- Fate Is Primarily Limited By Failing To Account For A Kinetic Of Redox Fluctuations In The Experiment: 1) Measured Eh +190 Mv Is Low Despite The High Amount Of Nitrates (1124 Mg/L), But NH4+ Predominates In Solution According To Calculations, 2) Sulfate Reduction Lagged Behind Nitrate Reduction By Approximately 50 Days Unlike Model Simulation.展开更多
In the last decade there has been a considerable effort to better understand the joint evolution of mafic and ultramafic magmatic systems and their deep mantle roots,through integrated petrological and thermo-barometr...In the last decade there has been a considerable effort to better understand the joint evolution of mafic and ultramafic magmatic systems and their deep mantle roots,through integrated petrological and thermo-barometric studies.Magma generation is regarded as the result of complex processes including melting,creation of channels for melt transfer,and interaction with the wall-rocks.展开更多
Reconstruction of periods and sources of continental arc magmatism provides critical insights for deciphering the thermal evolution and geodynamics of the continental lithosphere and unveiling subduction-related episo...Reconstruction of periods and sources of continental arc magmatism provides critical insights for deciphering the thermal evolution and geodynamics of the continental lithosphere and unveiling subduction-related episodes of accretion and orogeny.The Dunhuang Block,located in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt,is built upon a Precambrian metamorphic crystalline basement that is intruded by numerous Paleozoic granitoids.In this paper,we present new zircon U-Pb ages,wholerock geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopes from the Hanxiakouzi and Shuangta granodiorite plutons outcropped in the central and northern Dunhuang Block,respectively.The U-Pb zircon dating indicate that the Hanxiakouzi and Shuangta granodiorites were emplaced at ca.366–363 Ma,i.e.,in the late Devonian.Geochemically,the Hanxiakouzi granodiorites are medium-to high-K,I-type granites possessing high Sr and Sr/Y,i.e.,similar to adakites.The Hanxiakouzi granodiorites show negativeε_(Nd)(t)values(-8.2 to-6.6),significant positive eHf(t)values(+0.7 to+8.1),and evolved Pb isotope features suggesting their derivation by melting of subducted terrigenous sediments,interaction of melts with mantle peridotite,and assimilation of ancient crust during magma ascent.The Shuangta granodiorites belong to high-K calc-alkaline I-type granites with medium Sr and low Sr/Y.The Shuangta granodiorites yield negativeε_(Nd)(t)values(-2.9 to-3.1)and negative to positive zircon eHf(t)values(-1.8 to+3.6),suggesting their formation by partial melting of ancient mafic crust with addition of minor mantle-derived melt and subducted terrigenous sediments.In general,Hf-in-zircon isotopes characteristics of the late Paleozoic granitic rocks in the Dunhuang Block indicate that the southern Dunhuang area carries more ancient crust materials than the central and northern Dunhuang areas,indicating a lateral heterogeneity of the middle Paleozoic crust.Conclusively,the middle Paleozoic granitoids of the Dunhuang Block were emplaced at an active continental margin of the southern Paleo-Asian Ocean.展开更多
基金supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation(project No.14.B25.31.0032)Scientific Project of the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS,Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research No.23224012Global COE program"From the Earth to"Earths"(SM),and JSPS Grant-in-Aid No.14526(IS)
文摘The paper discusses generation of volatile-bearing plumes in the mantle transition zone(MTZ) in terms of mineral-fluid petrology and their related formation of numerous localities of intra-plate bimodal volcanic series in Central and East Asia.The plume generation in the MTZ can be triggered by the tectonic erosion of continental crust at Pacific-type convergent margins and by the presence of water and carbon dioxide in the mantle.Most probable sources of volatiles are the hyclrated/carbonated sediments and basalts and serpentinite of oceanic slabs,which can be subducted down to the deep mantle.Tectonic erosion of continental crust supplies crustal material enriched in uranium and thorium into the mantle,which can serve source of heat in the MTZ.The heating in the MTZ induces melting of subducted slabs and continental crust and mantle upwelling,to produce OIB-type mafic and felsic melts,respectively.
基金supported by RFBR grant Nos.16-05-00737 A,1605-00860 A,and 15-05-06950 Ascientific school-7201.2012.5, project SB RAS No.89
文摘The Ospino-Kitoi and Kharanur ultrabasic massifs represent the northern and southern ophiolite branches respectively of the Upper Onot ophiolitic nappe and they are located in the southeastern part of the Eastern Sayan(SEPES ophiolites).Podiform chromitites with PGE mineralization occur as lensoid pods within dunites and rarely in harzburgites or serpentinized peridotites.The chromitites are classified into type I and type Ⅱ based on their Cr~#.Type I(Cr~# = 59-85) occurs in both northern and southern branches,whereas type Ⅱ(Cr~# = 76-90) occurs only in the northern branch.PGE contents range from ∑PGE 88-1189 ppb,Pt/Ir0.04-0.42 to ∑PGE 250-1700 ppb,Pt/Ir 0.03-0.25 for type I chromitites of the northern and southern branches respectively.The type Ⅱ chromitites of the northern branch have ∑PGE contents higher than that of type Ⅰ(468-8617 ppb,Pt/Ir 0.1-0.33).Parental melt compositions,in equilibrium with podiform chromitites,are in the range of boninitic melts and vary in Al_2O_3,TiO_2 and FeO/MgO contents from those of type I and type Ⅱ chromitites.Calculated melt compositions for type Ⅰ chromitites are(Al_2O_3)_(melt) = 10.6—13.5 wt.%,(TiO_2)_(melt) = 0.01-0.44 wt.%,(Fe/Mg)_(melt) = 0.42-1.81;those for type Ⅱ chromitites are:(Al_2O_3)_(melt) = 7.8-10.5 wt.%,(TiO_2)_(melt) = 0.01-0.25 wt.%,(Fe/Mg)_(melt) = 0.5-2.4.Chromitites are further divided into Os-Ir-Ru(Ⅰ) and Pt-Pd(Ⅱ) based on their PGE patterns.The type Ⅰ chromitites show only the Os-Ir-Ru pattern whereas type Ⅱ shows both Os-Ir-Ru and Pt-Pd patterns.PGE mineralization in type Ⅰ chromitites is represented by the Os-Ir-Ru system,whereas in type Ⅱ it is represented by the Os-Ir-Ru-Rh-Pt system.These results indicate that chromitites and PGE mineralization in the northern branch formed in a suprasubduction setting from a fluid-rich boninitic melt during active subduction.However,the chromitites and PGE mineralization of the southern branch could have formed in a spreading zone environment.Mantle peridotites have been exposed in the area with remnants of mantle-derived reduced fluids,as indicated by the occurrence of widespread highly carbonaceous graphitized ultrabasic rocks and serpentinites with up to 9.75 wt.%.Fluid inclusions in highly carbonaceous graphitized ultrabasic rocks contain CO,CO_2,CH4,N_2 and the δ^(13)C isotopic composition(-7.4 to-14.5‰) broadly corresponds to mantle carbon.
基金supported by the RFBR grant 19-05-00788supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
文摘We designed the mantle transects using the PTXFO2 diagrams(Ashchepkov et al.,2010,2013,2017)constructed(Figs.1 a–c)for mantle columns beneath kimberlite and sections of the lithospheric mantle(SCLM)under the Kaapvaal and the Congo cratons.The set of the pipes is in(Zinchenko et al.,2020,2021).
基金supported by the RFBR grant 19-05-00788supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
文摘Thermobarometric calculations for mineral diamond inclusions and associations(DIA)provide a systematic comparison of PTXFO2 conditions for different cratons worldwide,using a database of 4440 mineral EPMA analyses(Ashchepkov et al.,2021).
基金supported by the RFBR grant 19-05-00788supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
文摘In the last decade,researchers have been particularly interested in IIa CLIPPIR type diamonds,which differ in composition and physical characteristics from diamonds of peridotite related"P"and eclogite related"E"generations.Moore(Moore,2009)sought them as mantle kimberlite related megacrysts,but light C isotopy and chemical features needs special explanation.
基金financial support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federationthe International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Grant No.132744KYSB20190039。
文摘The first data on P-T metamorphic conditions coupled with U-Pb monazite and zircon age obtained for the Neoarchean Kitoy granulite-gneiss terrane(SW Siberian Craton).Alumina gneisses of the Kitoy terrane indicate two-staged metamorphic evolution.The first stage of regional metamorphism(M1)occurred at high-amphibolite facies conditions at T=780-800℃ and P=8-9 kbar.The second stage(M2)belongs to MT-HT/LP type of metamorphism with the wide temperature interval 600-750℃ and pressure 2-4 kbar.Two age peaks were established on the basis of U-Pb monazite and zircon dating in garnet-anthophyllite gneisses.Both of them correspond to the Neoarchean age:the age of M1 falls into the interval of ca.2489-2496 Ma,the age of M2-ca.2446-2456 Ma.The high-temperature metamorphism of the Kitoy block and nearly coeval granitoid magmatism can be an evidence for the Neoarchean collision in SW Siberian craton.
基金supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation(Project No 14.Y26.31.0018-I.S.,D.K.)。
文摘The early Paleozoic Terskey Suture zone,located in the southern part of the Northern Tien Shan domain in Kyrgyzstan,comprises tectonic slivers of dismembered ophiolites and associated primitive volcanics and deepmarine sediments.In the Lake Songkul area,early-middle Cambrian pillow basalts are crosscut by the Songkultau intrusion of coarse-grained gneissose quartz diorites and tonalites with geochemical characteristics typical for high-SiO2 adakites(SiO2>56 wt.%,Al2O3>15 wt.%,Na2 O>3.5 wt.%and high Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios).The Songkultau granitoids have positive initialεNd(+3.8 to+6.4)andεHf(+12.3 to+13.5)values indicating derivation from sources with MORB-like isotopic signature.Volcanic formations,surrounding the Songkultau intrusion,have geochemical affinities varying from ocean floor to island arc series.This rock assemblage is interpreted as a relic of an early-middle Cambrian primitive arc where the adakite-like granitoids were derived from partial melting of young and hot subducted oceanic crust.An age of 505 Ma,obtained for the Songkultau intrusion,shows that hot subduction under the Northern Tien Shan continued until middle Cambrian.The primitive arc complexes were obducted onto the Northern Tien Shan domain,where the Andean type continental magmatic arc developed in Cambrian and Ordovician.Formation of the Andean type arc was accompanied by uplift,erosion and deposition of coarse clastic sediments.A depositional age of ca.470 Ma,obtained for the gravellites in the Lake Songkul area,is in agreement with the timing of deposition for lower Ordovician conglomerates elsewhere in the Northern Tien Shan,and corresponds to the main phase of the Andean type magmatism.The Songkultau adakites in association with surrounding ocean floor and island arc formations constitute a relic of a primitive Cambrian arc and represent a juvenile domain of substantial size identified so far within the predominantly crustal-derived terranes of Tien Shan.On a regional scale this primitive arc can be compared with juvenile Cambrian arcs of Kazakhstan,Gorny Altai and Mongolia.
基金supported by RBRF (Grant Nos.11-05-00060a,16-05-00860a)
文摘New versions of the universal Jd-Di exchange clinopyroxene barometer for peridotites,pyroxenites and eclogites,and also garnet barometer for eclogites and peridotites were developed.They were checked using large experimental data sets for eciogitic(~530) and peridotitic systems(〉650).The precision of the universal Cpx barometer for peridotites based on Jd-Di exchange is close to Cr-Tschermal
文摘The Biochemical Reduction Of Both Nitrate And Sulfate In U-Containing Aquifers Of The Novosibirsk Plant Of Chemical Concentrates (NPCC) Was Investigated Experimentally And Thermodynamically. It Was Observed That Decrease In Eh Up To -397 Mv Has A Distinct Effect On The Denitrification And Uranium Precipitation As UO2(S). Nitrate Was Denitrified With A Temporary Accumulation Of The Intermediate Nitrite On The Day 4th. According To The X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis And Thermodynamic Calculations, More Than Half Of The Uranium Is Deposited In The First Stage As UO2+X oxides, And The Rest, Together With The Sulfides In The Reducing Environment. Findings Suggest That Accurately Thermodynamic Predicting Of Groundwater NO3-;?And SO42- Fate Is Primarily Limited By Failing To Account For A Kinetic Of Redox Fluctuations In The Experiment: 1) Measured Eh +190 Mv Is Low Despite The High Amount Of Nitrates (1124 Mg/L), But NH4+ Predominates In Solution According To Calculations, 2) Sulfate Reduction Lagged Behind Nitrate Reduction By Approximately 50 Days Unlike Model Simulation.
文摘In the last decade there has been a considerable effort to better understand the joint evolution of mafic and ultramafic magmatic systems and their deep mantle roots,through integrated petrological and thermo-barometric studies.Magma generation is regarded as the result of complex processes including melting,creation of channels for melt transfer,and interaction with the wall-rocks.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41972200)Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M712629)+2 种基金Opening Foun-dation of State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics,Northwest University(21LCD13)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2682022CX029,2682023CX016)Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia,State Assignment Project(122041400044-2)。
文摘Reconstruction of periods and sources of continental arc magmatism provides critical insights for deciphering the thermal evolution and geodynamics of the continental lithosphere and unveiling subduction-related episodes of accretion and orogeny.The Dunhuang Block,located in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt,is built upon a Precambrian metamorphic crystalline basement that is intruded by numerous Paleozoic granitoids.In this paper,we present new zircon U-Pb ages,wholerock geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopes from the Hanxiakouzi and Shuangta granodiorite plutons outcropped in the central and northern Dunhuang Block,respectively.The U-Pb zircon dating indicate that the Hanxiakouzi and Shuangta granodiorites were emplaced at ca.366–363 Ma,i.e.,in the late Devonian.Geochemically,the Hanxiakouzi granodiorites are medium-to high-K,I-type granites possessing high Sr and Sr/Y,i.e.,similar to adakites.The Hanxiakouzi granodiorites show negativeε_(Nd)(t)values(-8.2 to-6.6),significant positive eHf(t)values(+0.7 to+8.1),and evolved Pb isotope features suggesting their derivation by melting of subducted terrigenous sediments,interaction of melts with mantle peridotite,and assimilation of ancient crust during magma ascent.The Shuangta granodiorites belong to high-K calc-alkaline I-type granites with medium Sr and low Sr/Y.The Shuangta granodiorites yield negativeε_(Nd)(t)values(-2.9 to-3.1)and negative to positive zircon eHf(t)values(-1.8 to+3.6),suggesting their formation by partial melting of ancient mafic crust with addition of minor mantle-derived melt and subducted terrigenous sediments.In general,Hf-in-zircon isotopes characteristics of the late Paleozoic granitic rocks in the Dunhuang Block indicate that the southern Dunhuang area carries more ancient crust materials than the central and northern Dunhuang areas,indicating a lateral heterogeneity of the middle Paleozoic crust.Conclusively,the middle Paleozoic granitoids of the Dunhuang Block were emplaced at an active continental margin of the southern Paleo-Asian Ocean.