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Magmatic Event at the End of the Archean in Eastern Hebei Province and Its Geological Implication

ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA (ENGLISH EDITION), Issue 6 2006
GENG Yuansheng
Abstract: By using the SHRIMP U-Pb and single zircon stepwise evaporation methods, the authors have obtained some results for granitoids from eastern Hebei Province. The Yuhuzhai hyperthene tonalitic granite was formed 2550 Ma ago, the Qingyangshu gabbroic gneiss 2536 Ma, the Yinmahe granodioritic gneiss near Lücao, Lulong County, 2533 Ma, the gabbro-dioritic gneiss near Longwan, Qianxi County, 2518-2515 Ma, the Qiuhuayu trondjemitic gneiss at Zunhua 2515 Ma, the Xiaoguanzhuang tonalitic gneiss at Zunhua 2495 Ma, and the Cuizhangzi gneiss in Qianxi County 2492 Ma. These geochronilogical data demonstrate that, though diverse in composition, type and origin, the granitic gneisses in eastern Hebei Province were emplaced and crystallized in a rather short period of magmatic activity. The formation of such a great amount of gneisses in this small time gap suggests that it was a critical crust accretion stage at the end of Neoarchean. The fact that granitoids of various types occurred at the same time implies a large-scale underplating (mantle plume) activity, which was then responsible for the crust accretion. [source]

Distribution of ,34S and ,18O in SO2,4 in Groundwater from the Ordos Cretaceous Groundwater Basin and Geological Implications

ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA (ENGLISH EDITION), Issue 2 2010
Yuncheng YANG
Abstract: The Ordos Cretaceous Groundwater Basin, located in an arid-semiarid area in northwestern China, is a large-style groundwater basin. SO2,4 is one of the major harmful components in groundwater. Dissolved SO2,4 concentrations, and ,34S-SO2,4 and ,18O-SO2,4 in groundwater from 14 boreholes and in gypsum from aquifer were analyzed. Results show that SO2,4 in shallow groundwaters originates from precipitation, sulfide oxidation, and dissolution of stratum sulphate, with a big range of ,34S values, from ,10.7, to 9.2,, and addition of SO2,4 in deep groundwater results from dissolution of stratum sulphate, with bigger ,34S values, from 7.8, to 18.5,, compared with those in shallow groundwater. This research also indicates that three types of sulphate are present in the strata, and characterized by high ,34S values and high ,18O values-style, high ,34S values and middle ,18O values-style, middle ,34S values and low ,18O values-style, respectively. The ,34S-SO2,4 and ,18O-SO2,4 in groundwater have a good perspective for application in distinguishing different groundwater systems and determining groundwater circulation and evolution in this area. [source]

Discovery of a Miocene Mafic Dyke from the Western Hills of Beijing and its Geological Implications

ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA (ENGLISH EDITION), Issue 3 2009
Zhicheng ZHANG
Abstract: The present study is the first report of a Miocene mafic dyke from the Dahuichang, in the Western Hills of Beijing. The dyke cuts the fossil-dated Changxindian Formation of Eocene sequences and yields K-Ar ages of 14,15 Ma. The dyke is fine-grained diabase and has 49.84%,50.81% SiO2 and 3.56,3.97% Na2O+K2O, high TiO2 (1.65%,1.93%) and MgO (7.36%,9.85%), and low K2O (<1.22%) contents, with Na2O>K2O and slightly varied magnesium numbers (Mg#=55.54,62.74). In trace elements geochemistry, the dyke is very similar to the Miocene basalts from Jining and Hanuoba. The enrichment of light rare earth elements ([La/Yb]N=5.03,6.12) and large ion lithophile elements (LILEs), no negative Eu anomalies, relatively high Cr (265,326 ppm) and Ni (155,262 ppm), and almost constant V concentrations (194,213 ppm) reveal that the composition close to the primary basaltic magma from an enriched-mantle source, with little crustal contamination and fractional crystallization. The basaltic magma was possibly derived from the upwelling asthenosphere mantle beneath eastern China during the Miocene lithospheric thinning. [source]

SHRIMP Zircon U-Pb and Molybdenite Re-Os Datings of the Superlarge Donggou Porphyry Molybdenum Deposit in the East Qinling, China, and Its Geological Implications

ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA (ENGLISH EDITION), Issue 1 2008
YE Huishou
Abstract: Located in the eastern part of the East Qinling molybdenum belt, the Donggou deposit is a superlarge porphyry molybdenum deposit discovered in recent years. The authors performed highly precise dating of the mineralized porphyry and ores in the Donggou molybdenum deposit. A SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of the Donggou aluminous A-type granite-porphyry gave a rock-forming age of 112±1 Ma, and the ICP-MS Re-Os analyses of molybdenite from the molybdenum deposit yielded Re-Os model ages ranging from 116.5±1.7 to 115.5±1.7 Ma for the deposit. The ages obtained by the two methods are quite close, suggesting that the rocks and ores formed approximately at the same time. The Donggou molybdenum deposit formed at least 20 Ma later than the Jinduicheng, Nannihu, Shangfanggou and Leimengou porphyry molybdenum deposits in the same molybdenum belt, implying that these deposits were formed in different tectonic settings. [source]

SHRIMP zircon and EPMA monazite dating of granitic rocks from the Maizuru terrane, southwest Japan: Correlation with East Asian Paleozoic terranes and geological implications

ISLAND ARC, Issue 3 2008
Masahiro Fujii
Abstract The Maizuru terrane, distributed in the Inner Zone of southwest Japan, is divided into three subzones (Northern, Central and Southern), each with distinct lithological associations. In clear contrast with the Southern zone consisting of the Yakuno ophiolite, the Northern zone is subdivided into the western and eastern bodies by a high-angle fault, recognized mainly by the presence of deformed granitic rocks and pelitic gneiss. This association suggests an affinity with a mature continental block; this is supported by the mode of occurrence, and petrological and isotopic data. Newly obtained sensitive high mass-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) zircon U,Pb ages reveal the intrusion ages of 424 ± 16 and 405 ± 18 Ma (Siluro,Devonian) for the granites from the western body, and 249 ± 10 and 243 ± 19 Ma (Permo,Triassic) for the granodiorites from the eastern body. The granites in the western body also show inherited zircon ages of around 580 and 765 Ma. In addition, electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) monazite U,Th,total Pb dating gives around 475,460 Ma. The age of intrusion, inherited ages, mode of occurrence, and geological setting of the Siluro,Devonian granites of the Northern zone all show similarities with those of the Khanka Massif, southern Primoye, Russia, and the Hikami granitic rocks of the South Kitakami terrane, Northeast Japan. We propose that both the Siluro,Devonian and Permo,Triassic granitic rocks of the Northern zone are likely to have been juxtaposed through the Triassic,Late Jurassic dextral strike-slip movement, and to have originated from the Khanka Massif and the Hida terrane, respectively. This study strongly supports the importance of the strike-slip movement as a mechanism causing the structural rearrangement of the Paleozoic,Mesozoic terranes in the Japanese Islands, as well as in East Asia. [source]