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Duobagou Permian–Triassic granites from the Dunhuang orogenic belt, NW China: implications for the tectonic evolution of the southernmost Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2020

Zhendong Wang Open the ORCID record for Zhendong Wang [Opens in a new window] ,
Yuanyuan Zhang Open the ORCID record for Yuanyuan Zhang [Opens in a new window] ,
Xiangjiang Yu  and
Zhaojie Guo
Zhendong Wang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University,Beijing100871, China
Yuanyuan Zhang*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University,Beijing100871, China
Xiangjiang Yu
Affiliation:
College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University,Changchun130061, China
Zhaojie Guo
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University,Beijing100871, China
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Author for correspondence: Yuanyuan Zhang, Email: yy-zhang@pku.edu.cn
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Abstract

The Duobagou Permian–Triassic granites of the Dunhuang orogenic belt are of great importance in understanding the tectonic evolution of the southernmost Central Asian Orogenic Belt. LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon ages indicate that Permian–Triassic granitic intrusions from the Duobagou area formed at 276–274 Ma and 246 ± 1 Ma. These granites have high SiO2, Na2O and K2O, but low Al2O3, CaO and MgO contents and belong mainly to the high-K calc-alkaline I-type granite series. Based on whole-rock geochemistry and Sr–Nd and zircon Hf isotopes, the Duobagou Permian–Triassic granites were dominantly derived from the partial melting of lower continental crust formed during late Palaeoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic times in a post-collisional extensional setting. Permian granites with zircon ϵHf(t) values of −5.4 to +3.1 and Hf model ages of TDM2 = 1.14–1.70 Ga indicate the involvement of a mantle component in their petrogenesis. Triassic granites with higher zircon ϵHf(t) values (+0.5 to +3.8) and TDM2 = 1.08–1.31 Ga suggest more juvenile sources caused by a greater contribution of mantle-derived melts, indicating a significant crustal growth. Regional extension from lithospheric delamination and heating from asthenospheric upwelling were proposed to have triggered the partial melting of lower crust, resulting in the generation of the Permian–Triassic magmatism. This may have been the mechanism for the significant crustal growth during Permian and Triassic times in the southernmost Central Asian Orogenic Belt.

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Permian–Triassicpost-collisional granitezircon Hf isotopesDunhuang tectonic beltCentral Asian Orogenic Belt
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Geological Magazine , Volume 158 , Issue 4 , April 2021 , pp. 656 - 672
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