Multistage Formation of Neoarchean Potassic Meta-Granites and Evidence for Crustal Growth on the North Margin of the North China Craton

Xiaowei Zhang; Huafeng Zhang; Ying Tong

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Xiaowei Zhang, Huafeng Zhang, Ying Tong. Multistage Formation of Neoarchean Potassic Meta-Granites and Evidence for Crustal Growth on the North Margin of the North China Craton. Journal of Earth Science, 2023, 34(3): 658-673. doi: 10.1007/s12583-021-1419-x

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Xiaowei Zhang, Huafeng Zhang, Ying Tong. Multistage Formation of Neoarchean Potassic Meta-Granites and Evidence for Crustal Growth on the North Margin of the North China Craton. Journal of Earth Science, 2023, 34(3): 658-673. doi: 10.1007/s12583-021-1419-x

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Xiaowei Zhang, Huafeng Zhang, Ying Tong. Multistage Formation of Neoarchean Potassic Meta-Granites and Evidence for Crustal Growth on the North Margin of the North China Craton. Journal of Earth Science, 2023, 34(3): 658-673. doi: 10.1007/s12583-021-1419-x

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Multistage Formation of Neoarchean Potassic Meta-Granites and Evidence for Crustal Growth on the North Margin of the North China Craton

doi: 10.1007/s12583-021-1419-x

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Laboratory of National Land Space Planning and Disaster Emergency Management of Inner Mongolia, Chifeng University, Chifeng 024000, China
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Beijing SHRIMP Center, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
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School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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Key Laboratory of Earthprobe and Geodynamics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China

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Corresponding author: Huafeng Zhang, doctoria@sina.com; Ying Tong, Yingtong@pku.org.cn
Received Date: 29 Sep 2020
Accepted Date: 18 Jan 2021

Available Online: 08 Jun 2023

Issue Publish Date: 30 Jun 2023

Abstract

Abstract

The North China Craton (NCC) is one of the most complex cratons in the world. It underwent a series of tectonothermal events during the Neoarchean–Paleoproterozoic. The petrogenesis of potassic granitoids, the timing, and the style of Archean crustal growth are still debated. Systematic field and petrological stdudies on the potassic meta-granites from the Guyang-Chayouzhongqi region were carried out. New U-Pb ages, zircon Lu-Hf isotopic analyses, and whole-rock geochemical data were obtained. Two groups (~2.7 Ga and ~2.5 Ga) of potassic meta-granites were recognized. The ~2.7 Ga meta-granites are mainly A2-type, with variable ε_Hf(t) values (-8.4 to +3.3) and Archean one stage model ages (T_DM = ~3.0 Ga), indicating that their source was derived from ancient anatectic TTG-like granite and depleted mantle, which suggests that thin crust had formed in the Guyang-Chayouzhongqi region by ~3.0 Ga. Similar to the K-rich granites in the NCC, most of the ~2.5 Ga potassic meta-granites are typical of A1-type granite, and are enriched in Sm and Gd and depleted in Nb, Ta, P, and Ti. The ages and isotopic data indicate that the ~2.5 Ga meta-granites were generated from juvenile crustal sources with Neoarchean TTGs. The overall zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic data furthermore suggested that the ~2.7 Ga event is the most important stage of magmatic accretion in the NCC, similar to other cratons. In contrast, reworking or metamorphic alteration was the main crustal process in the NCC at ~2.5 Ga.
- zircon,
- U-Pb age,
- Lu-Hf isotope,
- geochemistry,
- potassic meta-granite,
- crustal growth,
- North China Craton

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