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Evolution of calc-alkaline to alkaline magmatism through Carboniferous convergence to Permian transcurrent tectonics, western Chinese Tianshan

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Continuous magmatic activity occurred in the western Chinese Tianshan, Central Asia, from the Carboniferous to the Permian, i.e. before and after the Late Carboniferous amalgamation of Junggar and the Yili Blocks. Zircon U–Pb LA-ICPMS and Ar–Ar data reveal a coincidence in time between regional wrench faulting and granitoid emplacement. Permian post-collisional granitoids crop out within or at the margins of large-scale dextral strike-slip shear zones, some of them show synkinematic fabrics. The whole rock geochemical features of the Early-Middle Permian granitoids indicate an evolution from high-K calc-alkaline towards alkaline series. In other places of the North Tianshan, alkaline magmatism occurred together with deep marine sedimentation within elongated troughs controlled by wrench faults. Therefore, in contrast with previous interpretations that forwarded continental rift or mantle plume hypotheses, the coexistence of diverse magmatic sources during the same tectonic episode suggests that post-collisional lithosphere-scale transcurrent shearing tightly controlled the magmatic activity during the transition from convergent margin to intraplate anorogenic processes.

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The authors are grateful to Dr. W.J. Xiao for inviting this contribution. We acknowledge the accurate work by Dr. M.B. Allen and another anonymous reviewer, their comments and suggestions have been extremely useful for improving our manuscript. The research work was financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Nos. 2007CB411301 and 2001CB409804). French Embassy in Beijing, the French-Chinese Advanced Research Program (PRA T05-02) and Taiwanese CREATE project (Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica) are appreciated for financing part of research of the first author.

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  1. State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China

    Bo Wang & Liangshu Shu

  2. ISTO UMR 6113, University of Orléans, 45067, Orléans, Cedex 2, France

    Bo Wang, Dominique Cluzel, Michel Faure, Jacques Charvet, Yan Chen & Koen de Jong

  3. Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan, ROC

    Bo Wang

  4. School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

    Sebastien Meffre

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Wang, B., Cluzel, D., Shu, L. et al. Evolution of calc-alkaline to alkaline magmatism through Carboniferous convergence to Permian transcurrent tectonics, western Chinese Tianshan. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 98, 1275–1298 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-008-0408-y

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