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Early cretaceous lower crustal reworking in NE China: insights from geochronology and geochemistry of felsic igneous rocks from the Great Xing’an range

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This paper presents new zircon LA-ICP-MS U–Pb ages and whole-rock geochemical data for two granitic plutons and rhyolites of the Baiyingaolao Formation in the western Xing’an range (NE China). The two syenogranite granitic plutons yield identical zircon U–Pb age of 142 ± 1 Ma, and the Baiyingaolao rhyolites yield zircon U–Pb age of 138 ± 2 Ma. The granites contain some hornblendes, and show low Zr and Zr + Nb + Ce + Y contents, and low A/CNK (0.98–1.11), Mg# (6–55), and FeOT/MgO values. Rhyolite samples show similar geochemical characteristics with A/CNK of 0.99–1.10 and Mg# of 14–21. In combination with the high K2O contents (4.43–5.61 wt%) and negative correlations between P2O5 and SiO2, both the granites and rhyolites were classified as high-K calc-alkaline I-type granitoids. All samples give high zirconium saturation temperature of 794–964 °C with few initially inherited zircons, and belong to high-temperature I-type granitoids. They were generated by dehydration melting of biotite/muscovite from sub-alkaline meta-basalts in lower crust depth, leaving garnet, amphibole, and plagioclase as the major residual minerals. The syenogranites and rhyolites are likely formed in Mongol–Okhotsk oceanic subduction setting. Incorporating other lower crust-originated felsic rocks in Erguna and Xing’an massifs and Songliao basin, it is argued that lower crustal reworking is pronounced in NE China during Early Cretaceous.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Wolf-Christian Dullo, Wenjiao Xiao, Kaijun Zhang, and Xiaoping Xia for their constructive and helpful reviews. We would like to thank Jianwei Xiao, Tingting Zhang, Yinchun Su, Yuling Bai, Hongbin Li, and Hongyu Han for their help in field work and zircon U–Pb analyses. This study is financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (41502210) and Geological Survey projects of China Geological Survey (12120115031301 and DD20160047).

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  1. Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Magmatic Mineralization and Ore-Prospecting, Geological Survey Institute of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, 010020, China

    Yinglei Li, Hongyun He & Yongzheng Liu

  2. Key Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics, College of Earth Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Pengpeng Huangfu

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Li, Y., Liu, H., Huangfu, P. et al. Early cretaceous lower crustal reworking in NE China: insights from geochronology and geochemistry of felsic igneous rocks from the Great Xing’an range. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 107, 1955–1974 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-017-1581-7

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