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Zircon Hf isotope of Yingfeng Rapakivi granites from the Quanji Massif and ∼2.7 Ga crustal growth

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The Quanji (全吉) Massif is located in the Northwest China, which is interpreted as a micro-continent that is composed of metamorphic basement and stable cover strata. There are some controversies of genetic relationship between the Quanji Massif and the major cratons in China. In this study, we obtained in situ zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic compositions of the Yingfeng (鹰峰) rapakivi granites from the northwest Quanji Massif by application of LA-MC-ICP-MS technique. Twenty U-Pb age measurements points are concordant or near concordant, and their weighted mean 207Pb/206Pb age is 1 793.9±6.4 Ma (MSWD= 1.09), yields an upper intercept age of 1 800±17 Ma (MSWD=0.41); 19 Hf isotope measurements yield a two-stage Hf model ages (T DM2) of 2.63 to 2.81 Ga, with a weighted average age of about 2.70±0.02 Ga and ɛHf(t) values variate between -8.91 to -5.35. This indicates that magma source of the Yingfeng rapakivi granites were produced from partial melting of late stage of Neoarchean juvenile crust, and suggests a significant crustal growth event occurred in the Quanji Massif at that time. The Quanji Massif might be an ancient continental segment detached from the Tarim Craton based on the crustal growth history and other geological records. The Tarim Craton (including the Quanji Massif) and the North China Craton had a similar or homological early crustal evolution around ∼2.7 Ga, which implies that Tarim Craton might be one of the component parts of North China Craton.

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    Nengsong Chen  (陈能松)

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    Songlin Gong  (龚松林) & Timothy M. Kusky

  3. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Xiaoping Xia  (夏小平), Hongyan Geng  (耿红燕) & Min Sun  (孙敏)

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    Lu Wang  (王璐) & Timothy M. Kusky

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Chen, N., Gong, S., Xia, X. et al. Zircon Hf isotope of Yingfeng Rapakivi granites from the Quanji Massif and ∼2.7 Ga crustal growth. J. Earth Sci. 24, 29–41 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-013-0309-2

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