Science China Earth Sciences

, Volume 56, Issue 1, pp 115–125 | Cite as

SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating of late Paleoproterozoic kondalites in the Daqing Mountains area on the North China Craton

  • ChunYan Dong
  • YuSheng Wan
  • ZhongYuan Xu
  • DunYi Liu
  • ZhenSheng Yang
  • MingZhu Ma
  • HangQiang Xie
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Abstract

The Daqing Mountains area comprises a typical occurrence of the Khondalite Belt in the Western Block of the North China Craton (NCC). In this area, both early and late Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks have been identified in what was originally called the Upper Wula Mountains “Subgroup”. Six metasedimentary rock samples yielded SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of 2.56–2.04 Ga for detrital and 1.96–1.83 Ga for metamorphic zircons. Based on these data and previously published results, the following conclusions can be drawn: 1) The source region for the late Paleoproterozoic detrital sedimentary rocks is mainly 2.55–2.4 and 2.2–2.04 Ga in age, consistent with the early Precambrian geological history identified widely in the basement of the NCC. 2) The majority of sedimentary rocks of the khondalite series were deposited between 2.04 and 1.95 Ga, and then in a protracted period (1.96 and 1.83 Ga) underwent a complex history of amphibolite to granulite-facies metamorphism.

Keywords

khondalite Paleoproterozoic zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating Daqing Mountains North China Craton 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • ChunYan Dong
    • 1
  • YuSheng Wan
    • 1
  • ZhongYuan Xu
    • 2
  • DunYi Liu
    • 1
  • ZhenSheng Yang
    • 2
  • MingZhu Ma
    • 1
  • HangQiang Xie
    • 1
  1. 1.Beijing SHRIMP Center, Institute of GeologyChinese Academy of Geological SciencesBeijingChina
  2. 2.College of Earth SciencesJilin UniversityChangchunChina

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