Abstract
Emplacement ages of lamproites that comprise lamproite and olivine lamproite in Zhenyuan County, Guizhou Province, China, have been constrained by the whole-rock Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr isochron methods and the whole rock K-Ar method. Intrusive activities of lamproites in the Sinantang area of Zhenyuan County, Guizhou Province, took place during the Late Cambrian, as indicated by the Sm-Nd isochron ages (t) = (503±17) (2σ) Ma and by the Rb-Sr isochron ages (t) = (501.2±4.6) (2σ) Ma. Intrusive activities of olivine lamproites at the Maping with II-type diamond and Xitou in Zhenyuan County, Guizhou Province, took place from the Late Cambrian to the Early Ordovician, as evidenced by the Sm-Nd isochron ages (t) = (502±27) (2σ) Ma and by the Rb-Sr isochron age (t) = (502±27) (2σ) Ma. This suggests that the upwelling hot materials derived from the deep mantle were emplaced from the Late Cambrian to the Early Ordovician (503–497 Ma), while the time terminal of cooling of the geothermal event of magmatism-tectonism probably was at 442.64–435.54 Ma, as dated by the whole rock K-Ar method.
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Fang, W., Hu, R., Su, W. et al. On emplacement ages of lamproites in Zhenyuan County, Guizhou Province, China. Chin.Sci.Bull. 47, 874–880 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1360/02tb9196
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