Geochronology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of Early Cretaceous acid volcanic rocks in Shuidong area, Xuancheng City, in the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River
DOI:
CSTR:
Author:
Affiliation:

Clc Number:

Fund Project:

  • Article
  • |
  • Figures
  • |
  • Metrics
  • |
  • Reference
  • |
  • Related
  • |
  • Cited by
  • |
  • Materials
  • |
  • Comments
    Abstract:

    There is a suite of acid rocks consisting of rhyolitic breccia, rhyolite and perlite in Shuidong area, Xuancheng City, in the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In this paper, the authors reported detailed studies of the LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating, major elements, trace elements, whole-rock Nd isotopic compositions and zircon Hf isotopic compositions of the acid rocks. The results of zircon LA-ICPMS U-Pb dating are 133.2±0.8 Ma (rhyolitic breccia), 133.4±0.8 Ma (rhyolite) and 131.5±0.9 Ma (perlite), respectively. Geochemical researches indicate that the acid volcanic rocks are rich in silica (SiO2=72.51%~81.79%), K (K2O/Na2O=2.04~14.93, 6.72 on average) and poor in calcium (CaO=0.19%~1.57%) and magnesium (MgO=0.06%~0.29%), implying a typical high-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic series with weakly peraluminous features (A/CNK=1.02~1.24). The rocks are enriched in LREE, LILEs (Rb, Ba, Th and K) but depleted in HFSE, especially Nb, Sr, P and Ti. The Eu/Eu* ratios vary from 0.44 to 0.60, with most rocks having prominent negative Eu anomalies. Based on integration of the geological characteristics of the study area, the authors proposed that the acid rocks were formed by anatexis of the Neoproterozoic middle and upper crust. The petrogenetic event probably occurred in an intraplate extensional environment after the subdutiion of the Pacific Plate at~135 Ma.

    Reference
    Related
    Cited by
Get Citation

王存智,黄志忠,赵希林,褚平利,黄文成,宋世明,陈志洪,2018,长江中下游宣城水东地区早白垩世酸性火山岩年代学、地球化学及岩石成因[J].岩石矿物学杂志,37(5):697~715. WANG Cun-zhi, HUANG Zhi-zhong, ZHAO Xi-lin, CHU Ping-li, HUANG Wen-cheng, SONG Shi-ming, CHEN Zhi-hong,2018,Geochronology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of Early Cretaceous acid volcanic rocks in Shuidong area, Xuancheng City, in the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,37(5):697~715.

Copy
Share
Article Metrics
  • Abstract:
  • PDF:
  • HTML:
  • Cited by:
History
  • Received:October 26,2017
  • Revised:
  • Adopted:
  • Online: September 20,2018
  • Published:
Article QR Code