Abstract
Zircons from 71 diverse rocks from the Qinling-Tongbai-Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt in east-central China and, for comparison, eight from adjoining areas in the South China and North China blocks, have been analyzed for in situ 18O/16O ratio and/or U–Pb age to further constrain the spatial distribution and genesis of Neoproterozoic low-δ 18O magmas, that is, δ 18O(zircon) ≤4 ‰ VSMOW. In many metaigneous rock samples from Tongbai-Dabie-Sulu, including high-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure eclogites and associated granitic orthogneisses, average δ 18O values for Neoproterozoic “igneous” zircon cores (i.e., 800–600 Ma) vary from −0.9 to 6.9 ‰, and from −9.9 to 6.8 ‰ for Triassic metamorphic rims (i.e., 245–200 Ma). The former extend to values lower than zircons in primitive magmas from the Earth’s mantle (ca. 5–6 ‰). The average Δ 18O (metamorphic zircon − “igneous” zircon) values vary from −11.6 to 0.9 ‰. The large volume of Neoproterozoic low-δ 18O igneous protoliths at Tongbai-Dabie-Sulu is matched only by the felsic volcanic rocks of the Snake River Plain hotspot track, which terminates at the Yellowstone Plateau. Hence, the low-δ 18O values at Tongbai-Dabie-Sulu are proposed to result from shallow subcaldera processes by comparison with Yellowstone, where repeated caldera-forming magmatism and hydrothermal alteration created similar low-δ 18O magmas. However, the possibility of involvement of meltwaters from local continental glaciations, rather than global Neoproterozoic glaciations, cannot be precluded. Our data indicate that Neoproterozoic low-δ 18O magmas that are either subduction- or rift-related are present locally along the western margin of the South China Block (e.g., Baoxing Complex). It appears that Neoproterozoic 18O-depletion events in the South China Block as the result of hydrothermal alteration and magmatism affected a much larger area than was previously recognized.
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D.G. Chen, Z.H. Hou, S.B. Hu, B.P. Kohn, Y.T. Tian, S. Wallis, and Y.-F. Zheng provided many of the zircon separates or grain mounts. This work was supported initially by the U.S. National Science Foundation (EAR-0509639) and U.S. Department of Energy (93ER14389) and later by the University of Melbourne (ECR-600838). The WiscSIMS Laboratory is partly supported by NSF (EAR-0319230, EAR-0516725, EAR-0744079). BF gratefully acknowledges technical assistance of the AMMRF Flagship Ion Probe Facility (CMCA) at the University of Western Australia, funded by the University, State and Commonwealth Governments. Earlier versions of this manuscript have benefited greatly from thorough reviews by J.W. Valley, Y.-F. Zheng, and several anonymous referees.
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Fu, B., Kita, N.T., Wilde, S.A. et al. Origin of the Tongbai-Dabie-Sulu Neoproterozoic low-δ 18O igneous province, east-central China. Contrib Mineral Petrol 165, 641–662 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-012-0828-3
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