Calcite U-Pb Geochronology Revealing Late Ediacaran–Early Paleozoic Hydrothermal Alteration in the Stenian-Tonian Carbonate of Northeastern North China Craton

Rong Cao; Hanqing Zhao; Zhongwu Lan

doi:10.1007/s12583-023-1859-6

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Rong Cao, Hanqing Zhao, Zhongwu Lan. Calcite U-Pb Geochronology Revealing Late Ediacaran–Early Paleozoic Hydrothermal Alteration in the Stenian-Tonian Carbonate of Northeastern North China Craton. Journal of Earth Science, 2023, 34(6): 1724-1731. doi: 10.1007/s12583-023-1859-6

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Rong Cao, Hanqing Zhao, Zhongwu Lan. Calcite U-Pb Geochronology Revealing Late Ediacaran–Early Paleozoic Hydrothermal Alteration in the Stenian-Tonian Carbonate of Northeastern North China Craton. Journal of Earth Science, 2023, 34(6): 1724-1731. doi: 10.1007/s12583-023-1859-6

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Rong Cao, Hanqing Zhao, Zhongwu Lan. Calcite U-Pb Geochronology Revealing Late Ediacaran–Early Paleozoic Hydrothermal Alteration in the Stenian-Tonian Carbonate of Northeastern North China Craton. Journal of Earth Science, 2023, 34(6): 1724-1731. doi: 10.1007/s12583-023-1859-6

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Calcite U-Pb Geochronology Revealing Late Ediacaran–Early Paleozoic Hydrothermal Alteration in the Stenian-Tonian Carbonate of Northeastern North China Craton

doi: 10.1007/s12583-023-1859-6

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Hanqing Zhao³,
Zhongwu Lan^{1, 4, 5
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State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430078, China

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Corresponding author: Zhongwu Lan, lzw1981@126.com
Received Date: 07 Feb 2023
Accepted Date: 24 May 2023

Available Online: 08 Dec 2023

Issue Publish Date: 30 Dec 2023

Abstract

Abstract

Two calcite LA-ICP-MS U-Pb ages of 534 ± 26 Ma (MSWD = 5.9) and 456 ± 43 Ma (MSWD = 3.8) were obtained from the Nanfen Formation, Xihe Group in the southern Liaoning Province, northeastern China, which significantly postdate the theoretical depositional age of sampling horizon. This means they represent timing of post-depositional hydrothermal event possibly induced by synchronous far-field magmatism in the South Qinling. Occurrence of common Pb enriched muddy components coupled with input of "mantle"-like common Pb could account for the relatively low U contents and high common Pb contents in the dated muddy carbonates. We recommend that micro-domains of carbonates are prescreened by rapid in situ carbonate U-Pb geochronology to demonstrate whether they are of primary or secondary origin before utilizing them for chemostratigraphic study.
- carbonates,
- geochronology,
- LA-ICP-MS,
- Xihe Group,
- hydrothermal origin

Electronic Supplementary Materials: Supplementary materials (carbonate LA-ICP-MS U-Pb age data) are available in the online version of this article at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-023-1859-6.
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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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