U-Pb zircon age and Hf isotope compositions of Mesoproterozoic;sedimentary strata on the western margin of the Yangtze massif

doi:10.1007/s11430-013-4590-9

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	U-Pb zircon age and Hf isotope compositions of Mesoproterozoic;sedimentary strata on the western margin of the Yangtze massif
	Li HuaiKun 3; Zhang ChuanLin 1; Yao ChunYan 1; Xiang ZhenQun
刊名	SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
	2013
卷号	56 期号:4 页码:628-639
关键词	western margin of the Yangtze massif Mesoproterozoic U-Pb zircon age Hf isotope tectonic significance
ISSN号	1674-7313
DOI	10.1007/s11430-013-4590-9
英文摘要	The Mesoproterozoic sedimentary strata on the western margin of the Yangtze massif are a clastic-carbonate rock association intercalated with a small amount of tuff and basalt and deposited in a relatively stable environment. They are termed as the Kunyang Group, the Huili Group, and the Dongchuan Group respectively in different regions. We performed zircon U-Pb dating of the tuff from the groups. The results, coupled with the detrital zircon U-Pb ages of clastic rocks from the Kunyang Group and the Dongchuan Group, indicate that the sedimentation ages of the Kunyang Group and the Huili Group range from 1050 to 1000 Ma and that the Kunyang Group and the Huili Group belong to a sedimentary association with contemporaneous heterotopic facies. The detrital zircon ages and Hf isotope compositions reveal that the clastic materials in the Kunyang Group and the Huili Group are derived primarily from the Cathaysia massif. Zircons of the tuff in the Dongchuan Group yields an age of ca.1.5 Ga and all the zircon ages of clastics in the Dongchuan Group are older than 1.5 Ga, indicating that the sedimentation of the Dongchuan Group occurred during the late Mesoproterozoic Changcheng Period. Age spectra of the detrital zircons indicate that the clastic materials of the Dongchuan Group are derived primarily from the ancient basement of the Yangtze massif. A systematic Hf isotope determination of various types of zircons in the above three stratigraphic units shows that there is a rapid elevation in the initial Hf value of zircon at similar to 1.5 and similar to 1.0 Ga. Previous studies on the sedimentary characteristics of the Kunyang Group and the Huili Group show that both were deposited in a foreland basin. Combining our data with previous studies, we suggest that the Kunyang Group and the Huili Group are foreland basin sedimentary successions formed along the southern side of the Yangtze massif after an amalgamation between the Yangtze massif and the Cathaysia massif during the Grenvillian. The assembly of the Yangtze massif and the Cathaysia massif developed gradually from the west to the east and was finally completed in the eastern segment of the Yangtze massif at 0.9 Ga, representing the last stage of the Rodinia supercontinent assembly. Hf isotope compositions in zircon indicate that the supercontinent cycle has an intimate relation with crustal growth.
学科主题	前寒武纪地质
WOS关键词	PRECAMBRIAN CONTINENTAL-CRUST ; SOUTH CHINA ; CATHAYSIA BLOCKS ; BREAK-UP ; RODINIA ; HISTORY ; GEOCHRONOLOGY ; CONSTRAINTS ; REWORKING ; CRATON
WOS研究方向	Geology
语种	英语
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:000317347200014
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.197/handle/2HKVOGP0/39926]
专题	中国地质调查局天津地质调查中心
作者单位	1.Tianjin Inst Geol & Mineral Resources, Tianjin 300170, Peoples R China. 2.Nanjing Inst Geol & Mineral Resources, Nanjing 210016, Peoples R China. 3.中国地质调查局天津地质调查中心
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li HuaiKun,Zhang ChuanLin,Yao ChunYan,et al. U-Pb zircon age and Hf isotope compositions of Mesoproterozoic;sedimentary strata on the western margin of the Yangtze massif[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2013,56(4):628-639.
APA	Li HuaiKun,Zhang ChuanLin,Yao ChunYan,&Xiang ZhenQun.(2013).U-Pb zircon age and Hf isotope compositions of Mesoproterozoic;sedimentary strata on the western margin of the Yangtze massif.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,56(4),628-639.
MLA	Li HuaiKun,et al."U-Pb zircon age and Hf isotope compositions of Mesoproterozoic;sedimentary strata on the western margin of the Yangtze massif".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES 56.4(2013):628-639.