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Early Cretaceous highly positive ε Nd felsic volcanic rocks from the Hinggan Mountains, NE China: origin and implications for Phanerozoic crustal growth

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An early Cretaceous (135 ± 2 Ma) felsic volcanic suite of dacite and rhyolite from Huolinhe, NE China is characterized by large ion lithophile element and light REE enrichment and high field strength element (HFSE, e.g., Nb and Ta) and Ti–P depletion, and bulk silicate earth-like Sr [87Sr/86Sr(i) = 0.70409–0.70481], quite radiogenic Nd [ε Nd(t) = +3.98 to +5.88], Pb [e.g., 206Pb/204Pb(i) = 18.46–18.55] and Hf [ε Hf(t) ~+9.2] isotope compositions. Compared with contemporaneous mafic rocks in the region, these felsic rocks have even higher Nd and Hf isotopic ratios, precluding an origin through differentiation of coeval mantle-derived magmas. Isotope calculation results suggest that these magmas were derived from a preexistent mixture composed of mainly juvenile crust (70–80%), and a subordinate recycled crustal component (20–30%) having highly radiogenic Sr and Pb and unradiogenic Nd and Hf. About 25–30% melting of such a mixed source produced the primary dacitic magma. The rhyolites, which have relatively low MgO, FeO*, Al2O3, CaO, TiO2, P2O5, Na2O, Ba, Sr, REE, HFSE and Y, were differentiates of the dacites after removal of a fractional assemblage of hornblende + plagioclase + K-feldspar + apatite + zircon. Considering the prolonged events (from 262 to 130 Ma) that produced such highly positive ε Nd felsic igneous rocks in the region, we prefer a pre-Mesozoic crustal growth model related to arc accretion associated with the Paleo-Asian Ocean subduction.

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The authors would like to thank Profs. X.H. Zhou, F.Y. Wu, X.L. Xiong and HR Smithies for providing valuable suggestions on an earlier version of the manuscript. Constructive reviews by Simon Wilde and an anonymous reviewer greatly improve the manuscript. Thanks are also due to Mr L. Qi, Dr Liang and Dr J.H. Yang for their help in trace element ICP-MS, Sr–Nd and zircon Hf isotope analyses, respectively. Prof. D.Y. Liu is thanked for help with the SHRIMP zircon U–Pb dating.

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Guo, F., Fan, W., Li, C. et al. Early Cretaceous highly positive ε Nd felsic volcanic rocks from the Hinggan Mountains, NE China: origin and implications for Phanerozoic crustal growth. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 98, 1395–1411 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-008-0362-8

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