Response of the North China Craton to the Rodinia supercontinent breakup: New evidence from petrochemistry, chronology and Hf isotope of the gabbro in Xiaosongshan area of northern Helan Moun-tain

ZHU Qiang; ZENG Zuoxun; LI Tianbin; WANG Cheng; LIU Gengsheng

2018 Vol. 37, No. 6

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ZHU Qiang, ZENG Zuoxun, LI Tianbin, WANG Cheng, LIU Gengsheng. Response of the North China Craton to the Rodinia supercontinent breakup: New evidence from petrochemistry, chronology and Hf isotope of the gabbro in Xiaosongshan area of northern Helan Moun-tain[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2018, 37(6): 1075-1086.

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ZHU Qiang, ZENG Zuoxun, LI Tianbin, WANG Cheng, LIU Gengsheng. Response of the North China Craton to the Rodinia supercontinent breakup: New evidence from petrochemistry, chronology and Hf isotope of the gabbro in Xiaosongshan area of northern Helan Moun-tain[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2018, 37(6): 1075-1086.

Response of the North China Craton to the Rodinia supercontinent breakup: New evidence from petrochemistry, chronology and Hf isotope of the gabbro in Xiaosongshan area of northern Helan Moun-tain

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Geological Survey of Anhui Province, Hefei 230001, Anhui, China
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Faculty of Earth Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
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Huazhong Tectonomechanical Research Center, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
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Ningxia Monitoring Institute of Land and Resources Survey, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, China
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Geological Survey of Ningxia, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, China

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Corresponding author: ZENG Zuoxun, zuoxun.zeng@126.com

Received Date: 29 September 2017

Revised Date: 16 October 2017

Publish Date: 25 June 2018

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Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating, petrochemistry and zircon Hf isotope study of the gabbros from Xiaoshongshan area of the North Helanshan show that the emplacement crystallization age is 835.5±5.3Ma, suggesting early Neoproterozoic. The gab-bros belong to intraplate tholeiite basalt series, and are slightly rich in LREE, rich in Rb, Ba, La, and slightly depleted in HFSE, Th, Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf; Hf isotopic data of the gabbros show high ε_Hf(t) values (5.83~7.87), the single stage model age t_DM1 is 1075~1155Ma, and the two stage model age t_DM2 is 1176~1289Ma. Comprehensive studies suggest that the magma of gabbros originated from an enriched mantle in the Mesoproterozoic, and was formed in an intraplate extension setting on the western margin of the North China continental blocks. The authors thus infer that this magma event was a response of the North China continental blocks to the breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent. Therefore, it was also a part of the supercontinent.
- gabbros /
- zircon U-Pb age /
- element geochemistry /
- Hf isotope /
- breakup of Rodinia /
- North China Craton /
- Neoproterozoic

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