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2. Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of late Mesozoic granitic and adakitic rocks from inland South China: constraints from geochemistry, zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes.
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Wang, J. Q., Liangshu Shu, and Santosh, M.
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PETROGENESIS , *PLATE tectonics , *GRANITE , *URANIUM-lead dating , *HYDROFLUORIC acid - Abstract
Widespread late Mesozoic Yanshanian magmatic rocks exposed in the South China Block are of critical importance for unravelling the geodynamic setting of palaeo-Pacific subduction. However, available information on magmatic rocks from inland South China is inadequate to constrain the petrogenesis and tectonic setting of late Mesozoic magmatism. This study focuses on the late Jurassic granitic batholiths and stocks exposed in NW Guangdong, and further inland areas at the boundary region of Hunan (Xiang), Hubei (E) and Jiangxi (G) (abbreviated as XEG). Zircon U-Pb geochronology reveals that the studied granitic rocks were emplaced during latest Jurassic at 153-145 Ma. Geochemically, the Daping and Taibao plutons in NW Guangdong exhibit features of adakite-like melts, such as high Sr, SiO2, Al2O3 contents, and low Yb content, without an Eu anomaly. This suggests that these rocks were most likely derived from partial melting of a high Sr/Y source at a normal lower continental crustal depth (30-40 km). Combined with the data from the coeval A-type granites in the late Mesozoic Qinhang metallogenic zone, we suggest that the Daping and Taibao adakitic granites were probably generated in low pressure environments related with the extension of the Qinhang zone in response to the late Jurassic roll-back of the palaeo-Pacific slab. The XEG granites, characterized by peraluminous geochemical signatures and enrichment of light rare earth elements and negative εHf(t) values, are classified as highly fractionated I- and S-types, I-type to S-type, formed at an intraplate setting. If correct, this interpretation indicates that the slab roll-back of the palaeo-Pacific plate probably has not reached the XEG region, updating current models for the subduction of the palaeo-Pacific plate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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3. Early Mesozoic intracontinental orogeny and stress transmission in South China: evidence from Triassic peraluminous granites.
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Meijia Song, Liangshu Shu, and Santosh, M.
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OROGENY , *MAGMAS , *GEOLOGICAL time scales , *ROCK deformation , *ZIRCON , *URANIUM , *LEAD , *GRANITE - Abstract
The Early Mesozoic tectonic and magmatic events in South China are considered to represent intracontinental orogeny, although the mechanism and geodynamic setting remain debated. Here we report zircon U-Pb geochronology, Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry from four granitic plutons in the Nanling and Yunkai domains. The zircon data define seven groups of weighted mean 206Pb/238U ages as 218 ± 2, 222 ± 4, 225 ± 3, 227 ± 3, 221 ± 2, 224 ± 3 and 231 ± 3 Ma, representing the magmatic crystallization ages. These intrusions are characterized by a peraluminous nature, with high A/CNK values (>1.1), negative Eu, Ba, Sr, Nb and Ti anomalies, and enrichment in LREE, Rb, Th, U and Pb. Zircon grains from all the samples show variably negative εHf(t) values (-3.8 to -18.6) with two-stage Hf model ages clustered in the range 1.4-2.5 Ga. Our data indicate that the Early Mesozoic granitic magmas were generated by the partial melting of crustal rocks with insignificant input of mantle materials. In conjunction with other geological evidence, we suggest that Triassic intracontinental deformation was triggered by far-field stress propagation from the plate boundary of South China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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4. Intracontinental subduction: a possible mechanism for the Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China.
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Faure, Michel, Liangshu Shu, Bo Wang, Charvet, Jacques, Choulet, Flavien, and Monie, Patrick
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METAMORPHISM (Geology) , *PETROLOGY , *GEOLOGY , *EARTH sciences - Abstract
The Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China consists of three litho-tectonic elements, from top to bottom: a sedimentary Upper Unit, a metamorphic Lower Unit and a gneissic basement. The boundaries between these units are flat lying, south directed, ductile decollements. The lower one is coeval with an amphibolite facies metamorphism (M1). The belt is reworked by migmatite–granite domes, high-temperature metamorphism (M2) and granitic plutons related to post-orogenic crustal melting. We date here the syn-M1 ductile shearing at 453 ± 7 Ma by U-Th/Pb method on monazite. Previous ages and our new 40Ar/39Ar ages of biotites and muscovites show that the metamorphic rocks experienced syn-M2 exhumation from 440 to 400 Ma. The Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China is an intracontinental belt in which decollements accommodated the north-directed subduction of the Cathaysian continent. This orogen is an example of intracontinental subduction that was not preceded by oceanic subduction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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5. Palaeozoic metamorphism of the Neoproterozoic basement in NE Cathaysia: zircon U-Pb ages, Hf isotope and whole-rock geochemistry from the Chencai Group.
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JINLONG YAO, LIANGSHU SHU, SANTOSH, M., and ZHIQIN XU
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PALEOZOIC Era , *PROTEROZOIC Era , *URANIUM-lead dating , *HAFNIUM isotopes , *GEOCHEMISTRY , *METAMORPHIC rocks - Abstract
The protoliths of the metamorphic suite of the Chencai Group in the northeastern margin of the Cathaysia Block in South China are composed of Neoproterozoic argillaceous-arenaceous rocks of turbidite facies, marine carbonates, gabbro and basalt. Here, we present zircon U-Pb ages, Hf isotopes, and whole-rock geochemical data on migmatites and metagabbros from the Chencai Group and the surrounding hornblende gneisses. The gabbroic enclaves in the migmatites and hornblende gneiss are characterized by subductionrelated geochemical characteristics, which differentiate them from the migmatites. Zircons from the hornblende gneiss, migmatite and gabbro yielded weighted mean 206Pb/238U ages of 879 ± 10 Ma, 438 ± 3 Ma and 453.2 ± 3.5 Ma, respectively. Hf isotopic analysis reveals eHf(t) values of +0.02 to -2.55 for zircons from the migmatite, whereas those from the hornblende gneisses and gabbros show positive eHf(t) values (+3.41 to +13.36 and +1.80 to +5.25, respectively). Our data correlate the protoliths of the hornblende gneiss and metagabbros to subduction-related magmatism prior to the assembly of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks. The migmatite and gabbro record a Palaeozoic tectonothermal event that led to migmatization and resetting of Neoproterozoic ages. Our results suggest that the Palaeozoic event was initiated before c. 453 Ma with metamorphism at c. 438 Ma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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6. Appalachian-style multi-terrane Wilson cycle model for the assembly of South China.
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Liangshu Shu, Meijia Song, and Jinlong Yao
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MULTIPHASE flow , *TRIASSIC paleoecology , *TRIASSIC Period , *SILURIAN paleoecology - Abstract
The article focuses on a study based on appalachian-style multi-terrane Wilson cycle model for the assembly of South China. It mentions that South China underwent a polyphase accretion-collision history in the form of an Appalachian-style Wilson cycle. It also mentions that Silurian nor Triassic plutons do not show any belt-type geometric features.
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- 2018
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7. Neoproterozoic ages of the Kuluketage diabase dyke swarm in Tarim, NW China, and its relationship to the breakup of Rodinia.
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ZHIYONG ZHANG, WENBIN ZHU, LIANGSHU SHU, JINBAO SU, and BIHAI ZHENG
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PERMIAN stratigraphic geology , *DIABASE , *IGNEOUS rocks ,RODINIA (Supercontinent) - Abstract
The widely exposed Kuluketage diabase dyke swarm, Tarim Block, NW China, has been considered to have been emplaced in Permian times. New precise zircon U-Pb SHRIMP ages for two samples from the dyke swarm yield Neoproterozoic ages of 823.8α8.7 Ma and 776.8α8.9 Ma. Correlated with peaks of magmatism in South China and Australia at c. 825 Ma and c. 780 Ma, these two new ages provide significant information for palaeocontinental reconstructions. The prolonged duration of the magmatic events, combined with regional stratigraphic relationships, imply that the Tarim Block may have been affected by a mantle plume during the breakup of Rodinia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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8. Mesozoic-Cenozoic thermal history of Turpan-Hami Basin: apatite fission track constraints.
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Wenbin, Zhu, Jinglin, Wan, Liangshu, Shu, Yan, Sun, Jichun, Guo, and Feng, Wang
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CRETACEOUS stratigraphic geology , *CRETACEOUS paleoecology , *THERMAL analysis , *ANALYTICAL chemistry , *JURASSIC paleopedology , *RESEARCH - Abstract
Apatite fission track dating is carried out on nine samples collected from the central part (Lianmuqin section) and from both northern and southern margins of Turpan-Hami Basin. The fission-track ages of seven Jurassic samples are distinctly younger than depositional ages. In contrast, the fission-track ages of two Cretaceous samples are older than, or as old as depositional ages. These observations indicate that the Jurassic samples have been annealed or partially annealed, whereas the Cretaceous samples have not been annealed. The further thermal modelling results show that Turpan-Hami Basin experienced a Late Cretaceous period (120-100 Ma) of tectonic up- lift with rapid cooling and exhumation of sediments. The samples underwent a Cenozoic period of reburial and re-heating and were exhumed again at 10-8 Ma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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9. LATE PALEOZOIC PRE-AND SYN-KINEMATIC PLUTONS OF THE KANGGUER-HUANGSHAN SHEAR ZONE: INFERENCE ON THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE EASTERN CHINESE NORTH TIANSHAN.
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BO WANG, CLUZEL, DOMINIQUE, BOR-MING JAHN, LIANGSHU SHU, YAN CHEN, YAZHONG ZHAI, BRANQUET, YANNICK, BARBANSON, LUC, and SIZARET, STANISLAS
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MAGMATISM , *IGNEOUS rocks , *GRANITE , *GEOLOGIC faults - Abstract
Permian large-scale transcurrent tectonics and massive magmatism are prominent features of the Tianshan belt and neighboring regions of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Structural, geochronological and geochemical analyses of Carboniferous and Permian intrusive rocks associated with the Kangguer-Huangshan Shear Zone (eastern Chinese North Tianshan) provide constraints on their tectonic setting and the tectonic evolution of the Tianshan belt as well. Carboniferous granitic rocks were emplaced at 338 ± 4 Ma and 347 ± 2 Ma, respectively, and show geochemical features typical of the calc-alkaline series. These arc-type granites do not display ductile deformation, probably because they were completely cooled at the time of shearing tectonics, and are only offset by brittle strike-slip faults. In contrast, Permian granitoids display pervasive ductile tectonic features diagnostic of synkinematic emplacement. Four gabbro and diorite samples from the East Huangshan intrusive complex yielded zircon U-Pb ages of 267 to 275 Ma, and a granitic dike is dated at 290 ± 1 Ma. The granitic dike is cut by en-echelon right-lateral strike-slip faults, and the mafic intrusive complex displays a sigmoidal shape with mylonitic foliation localized at its margins. Other specific pluton shapes (such as tongue and tadpole-like) and syn-magmatic deformation can be observed in intrusions of the same age, showing similar fabrics and kinematics consistent with that of the Kangguer-Huangshan Shear Zone. Numerous mafic to felsic dikes occur within and off the shear zone with a dominant SE-NW orientation and minor varieties in N-S or NNE-SSW directions. One gabbro dike that intrudes the early Carboniferous granite of the East Kanggurtag area yielded a magmatic age of 274 ± 4 Ma, and contains older zircons (~340 Ma, ~390 Ma, ~450 Ma, and 1.3-2.2 Ga) probably inherited from intruded rocks. The Permian intrusive rocks have variable chemical compositions suggesting derivation of these rocks from depleted and undepleted (or enriched) mantle sources with involvement of subduction-related components. We conclude from our integrated analysis of the geological, structural, geochemical and geochronological data that the Permian magmatic rocks were formed in a post-collisional/post-orogenic setting from multiple sources, and were emplaced under the control of large-scale dextral transcurrent tectonics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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10. Grenvillian orogeny in the Southern Cathaysia Block: Constraints from U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopes in zircon from metamorphic basement.
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LiJuan Wang, JinHa Yu, O'Reilly, S.Y., Griffin, W.L., Tao Sun, ZhenYang Wei, ShaoYong Jiang, and LiangShu Shu
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OROGENY , *ZIRCON , *METAMORPHIC rocks , *SEDIMENTS , *SEDIMENTATION & deposition - Abstract
Metamorphic basement rocks in the Cathaysia Block are composed mainly of meta-sediments with different ages. New zircon U-Pb geochronological results from the meta-sedimentary rocks exposed in the Zengcheng and Hezi areas, southern Cathaysia Block, show that they consist dominantly of early Neoproterozoic (1.0-0.9 Ga) materials with minor Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic and late Neoproterozoic (0.8-0.6 Ga) components, suggesting that the detritus mostly come from a Grenvillian orogen. The youngest detrital zircon ages place a constraint on the deposition time of these sediments in Late Neoproterozoic. Zircon Hf isotopic compositions indicate that the Grenvillian zircons were derived from the reworking of Mesoproterozoic arc magmatic rocks and Paleoproterozoic continental crust, implying an arc-continent collisional setting. Single-peak age spectra and the presence of abundant euhedral Grenvillian zircons suggest that the sedimentary provenance is not far away from the sample location. Thus, the Grenvillian orogen probably preexisted along the southern margin of the Cathaysia Block, or very close to the south. Similarity in the ages of Grenvillian orogeny and the influence of the assembly of Gondwana in South China with India and East Antarctic are discussed, with suggestion that South China was more likely linked with the India-East Antarctica continents in Early Neoproterozoic rather than between western Laurentia and eastern Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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11. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of Neoproterozoic Korla mafic dykes in the northern Tarim Block, NW China: implications for the long-lasting breakup process of Rodinia.
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Wenbin Zhu, Zhiyong Zhang, Liangshu Shu, Huafu Lu, Jinbao Su, and Wei Yang
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DIKES (Geology) , *ZIRCON , *GEOLOGICAL time scales , *MICROPROBE analysis - Abstract
Mafic dykes are observed in the Korla region along the northern Tarim Block, NW China. Our sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe U-Pb zircon ages, the first determined for these dykes, indicate that the mafic dykes were mainly formed at 650-630 Ma, and thus document the youngest known igneous activity associated with rifting in the Tarim Block during the Neoproterozoic. Combined with previous geochronological data, at least three pulses of magmatic activity, from c. 830 to 800 Ma, from c. 790 to 740 Ma and from c. 650 to 630 Ma, are recognized, which reveal that multiple episodes of rifting occurred within the Tarim Block, implying that the breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent in the Tarim Block may have been a long-lasting process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
12. Subducted Precambrian oceanic crust: geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic evidence from metabasalts of the Aksu blueschist, NW China.
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Bihai Zheng, Wenbin Zhu, Bor-Ming Jahn, Liangshu Shu, Zhiyong Zhang, and Jinbao Su
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GEOCHEMISTRY , *ISOTOPES , *SOIL crusting , *IGNEOUS rocks , *METAMORPHIC rocks , *METAMORPHISM (Geology) , *BASALT - Abstract
The Aksu Proterozoic blueschist terrane in northwestern China is regarded as one of the oldest well-substantiated Precambrian blueschist terranes in the world. Previous work has focused on the high-pressure metamorphism: both the age and P-T conditions of the metamorphic event have been well discussed. However, little attention has been paid to protolith identification of the blueschist terrane. In this paper, we present geochemical and Sr-Nd analyses of metabasalt samples from the blueschist terrane. The results show that the protoliths of these mafic schists were enriched mid-ocean ridge basalt (E-MORB). Crystal fractionation has led to differentiation of trace element concentrations. This provides the opportunity to obtain a protolith Sm-Nd isochron age of 890 ± 23 Ma (MSWD = 0.68). We conclude that the Aksu blueschist terrane represents part of an ocean crust at the NW edge of Rodinia around Tarim at c. 890 Ma. It experienced subduction and exhumation followed by accretion to the Tarim craton. If the north margin of present Tarim faced outboard of Rodinia during subduction, it might form one section of the arcuate subduction zone around the supercontinent. Alternatively, the subduction zone may have been located between Tarim and Australia and would later be closed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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