The discovery of Paleoproterozoic mafic-ultramafic rocks in the Wuyishan Block:Description of profile and characteristics of petrology, petrography and isotope geochronology
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    A suite of Paleoproterozoic mafic-ultramafic rocks was discovered in the Wuyishan Block in southwest Zhejiang Province through 1:250000 regional geological survey of Quzhou Sheet. These mafic-ultramafic rocks comprising mainly pyroxene hornblendite, hornblendite, plagioclase actinolite, plagioclase pyroxenite and amphibolite are exposed perfectly in Zhangcun Village of Jinhua County and spatially exhibit planar-shaped distribution in Jinhua County and Longyou County. Zircon U-Pb dating with LA-ICP-MS shows that the formation age of pyroxene hornblendite is 1 834±14 Ma (MSWD=0.23, N=16), and that of actinolite is 1 839±17 Ma(MSWD =0.22, N=11), which suggest that these mafic-ultramafic rocks formed during the Paleoproterozoic magmatism. This discovery reveals that the Wuyishan Block was experiencing intraplate extension process at about 1 830 Ma and that the Wuyishan Block might have been a rigid continent at that time so that large-sized brittle fractures could be formed in the interior of the Wuyishan Block and induced basic magmatism resulting from mantle convection. Based on these facts and inference, the authors hold that the Wuyishan Block already had been cratonized at about 1.83 Ga.

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汪建国,余盛强,赵旭东,吴鸣,顾明光,胡艳华,2014,武夷地块中古元古代镁铁质-超镁铁质岩石的发现——剖面介绍及岩石学、岩相学、年代学特征[J].岩石矿物学杂志,33(4):617~629. WANG Jian-guo, YU Sheng-qiang, ZHAO Xu-dong, WU Ming, GU Ming-guang, HU Yan-hua,2014,The discovery of Paleoproterozoic mafic-ultramafic rocks in the Wuyishan Block:Description of profile and characteristics of petrology, petrography and isotope geochronology[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,33(4):617~629.

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  • Received:November 25,2013
  • Revised:June 06,2014
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