High Sr/Y magmas generated through crystal fractionation: Evidence from Mesozoic volcanic rocks in the northern Taihang orogen, North China Craton

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• 作者：Yongfeng Gao^a ; ^{gaoyf1955@163.com} ; M. Santosh^b ; Zengqian Hou^c ; Ruihua Wei^a ; Guoxi Ma^d ; Zhikuan Chen^d ; Jinluan Wu^d
• 关键词：High Sr/Y magma ; Geochemistry ; Crystal fractionation ; Lithospheric thinning ; Tectonics ; North China Craton
• 刊名：Gondwana Research
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：3_1342937X
• 类别：ear
• 出版时间：July, 2012
• 卷：22
• 期：1
• 页码：152-168
• 文件大小：2504 K

摘要

Among the Phanerozoic magmatic pulses that substantially modified the structure and composition of the subcontinental lithosphere of the North China Craton (NCC), the Mesozoic suite includes a wide variety of high Sr/Y and La/Yb rocks. The spatio-temporal distribution and characterization of these rocks are fundamental to evaluating the various models of decratonization of the NCC. Here we report petrologic, geochemical, Sr-Nd-Pb and U-Pb zircon isotopic data on the Mesozoic volcanic rocks from northern Taihang orogen in the eastern NCC. The magmatic zircons in these rocks display high Th/U values (0.4-1.7) and yield a ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U age range of 152 Ma to 138 Ma, with a weighted mean of 145.6 Ma. The cores of inherited zircon xenocrysts yield discordant ages of 1840 Ma and 2013 Ma suggesting derivation from ancient crustal sources. Most of the volcanic rocks of our study posses moderately high initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios ranging from 0.7060 to 0.7062, and relatively low initial ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd values from 0.5116 to 0.5117, defining a tight cluster in ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr versus ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd plots. They show low initial ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb (16.590-16.807), ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb (15.247-15.269) and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb (36.656-36.820) values. The associated hornblendites have isotopic compositions identical to those of the volcanic rocks and define continuous variation trends reflecting common parent magma. Geochemical modeling shows that the high Sr/Y and La/Yb signatures of the Mesozoic volcanic rocks from the northern Taihang orogen are primarily the result of fractional crystallization of mantle-derived melts. We evaluate the magma tectonics through the MASH (melting, assimilation, storage, homogenization) model with subsequent evolution of the hybrid magmas and their emplacement controlled by structural conduits. Our interpretation is in deviation from previous models involving partial melting in a thickened lower crust, and crustal delamination, but provides a more robust mechanism to account for the field relations including the occurrence of a wide compositional variety of lithologies in the same region, distinct petrological features such as reverse zoning of some phenocryst phases, geochemical characteristics including smooth fractionation trends, as well as the presence of multiple age populations of inherited zircons.