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Geochronology and geochemistry of the Huilvshan gabbro in west Junggar (NW China): Implications for magma process and tectonic regime

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Gabbro plutons, consisting of clinopyroxene and plagioclase with trace amounts of magnetite, titanite, and apatite, intruded into Early Carboniferous volcanic-sedimentary strata in the Huilvshan gold mining region (west Junggar, China). Samples collected from two gabbro bodies are tholeiitic in composition with low concentrations of Na2O + K2O, showing weak depletions of light rare earth elements with insignificant Eu, Nb, and Ti anomalies. Zircon U-Pb analyses yield a weighted average U-Pb age of 296.1 ± 2.7 Ma (MSWD = 0.98), which could represent the time corresponding to mafic magma emplacement in the Huilvshan region. Geochemical calculations suggest that this mafic magma was derived from a depleted mantle source in a post-collisional tectonic setting corresponding to ~ 4% partial melting of spinel lherzolite.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41672047, 41372062). We are greatful to Dr. Trond Slagstad (Geological Survey of Norway) and Dr. Maarten A.T.M. Broekmans for their critical comments and suggestions, which helped us to improve this paper greatly. Dr. Tian Qiu and Prof. Xianhua Li helped with SIMS zircon U-Pb dating.

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Zhang, H., Zhu, Y. Geochronology and geochemistry of the Huilvshan gabbro in west Junggar (NW China): Implications for magma process and tectonic regime. Miner Petrol 112, 297–315 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-017-0543-x

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