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Geochronology, Geochemistry and Hf Isotope of the Late Mesozoic Granitoids from the Lushi Polymetal Mineralization Area: Implication for the Destruction of Southern North China Craton

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The North China Craton (NCC) is the best example of an Archean craton that has lost its stability in the Late Mesozoic. Although the cratonic destruction is generally considered to have occurred in the Eastern Block and reached a peak in the Early Cretaceous, the exact areal extent of cratonic destruction is debated, especially the southern and northern margin of the NCC. Here we report geochronology, geochemical and Hf isotopic data of the Late Mesozoic granitoids from Lushi polymetal mineralization area (LPMA) in the southern margin of NCC. These results provide new insights into the destruction in the southern margin of the NCC during the Late Mesozoic. Zircon U-Pb dating indicates that eight granitoids intruded in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (136.8–154.1 Ma), respectively. Geochemical signatures define these granitoids being A-type or I-type granite that formed in an extension setting. In addition, Hf isotopic compositions of zircons from these granitoids vary in a relatively large range, with εHf(t) values and TDM2 ages ranginge from -26.1 to +15.2 and 215 to 2 849 Ma, respectively. The parental magmas were likely derived from diverse sources, including materials of the partial melting of ancient lower crust and mantle-derived mafic magmas in various proportions. Combining with previous studies on the contemporaneous magma-tectonic activities in circum of NCC, we suggest that the rim of NCC was already unstabilized from the Late Jurassic in the LPMA. The subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate was the main trigger to the destruction of the southern margin of NCC, which was responsible for the lithospheric extension and thinning, extensive magmatism and mineralization.

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Acknowledgments

Yueheng Yang from the laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) laboratory at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences is thanked for U-Pb zircon dating and Hf isotope analyses. We are also grateful to Dingshuai Xue of the Rock-Mineral Preparation and Analysis Lab, IGGCAS, for their advice in the major element analysis, and Wuhan Sample Solution Analytical Technology Co. Ltd., for their assistance in the trace element analysis. Two anonymous reviewers are thanked for their constructive and valuable comments which greatly contributed to the improvement of the manuscript. This work was financially supported by the National Key R & D Program of China (No. 2016YFC0600109) and the State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, IGGCAS (No. SKL-Z201905). This work was also financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41602099), and the State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, IGGCAS (No. SPECIAL201606). The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-020-1277-y.

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    Yuanyuan Zhai, Shuai Gao, Qingdong Zeng & Shaoxiong Chu

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    Yuanyuan Zhai, Shuai Gao, Qingdong Zeng & Shaoxiong Chu

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Zhai, Y., Gao, S., Zeng, Q. et al. Geochronology, Geochemistry and Hf Isotope of the Late Mesozoic Granitoids from the Lushi Polymetal Mineralization Area: Implication for the Destruction of Southern North China Craton. J. Earth Sci. 31, 313–329 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-020-1277-y

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