CHEN, BIN, JAHN, BOR-MING (2002) Geochemical and isotopic studies of the sedimentary and granitic rocks of the Altai orogen of northwest China and their tectonic implications. Geological Magazine, 139 (1) 1-13 doi:10.1017/s0016756801006100
| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ||
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| Title | Geochemical and isotopic studies of the sedimentary and granitic rocks of the Altai orogen of northwest China and their tectonic implications | ||
| Journal | Geological Magazine | ||
| Authors | CHEN, BIN | Author | |
| JAHN, BOR-MING | Author | ||
| Year | 2002 (January) | Volume | 139 |
| Issue | 1 | ||
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) | ||
| DOI | doi:10.1017/s0016756801006100Search in ResearchGate | ||
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 258836 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:258836:4 |
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| Full Reference | CHEN, BIN, JAHN, BOR-MING (2002) Geochemical and isotopic studies of the sedimentary and granitic rocks of the Altai orogen of northwest China and their tectonic implications. Geological Magazine, 139 (1) 1-13 doi:10.1017/s0016756801006100 | ||
| Plain Text | CHEN, BIN, JAHN, BOR-MING (2002) Geochemical and isotopic studies of the sedimentary and granitic rocks of the Altai orogen of northwest China and their tectonic implications. Geological Magazine, 139 (1) 1-13 doi:10.1017/s0016756801006100 | ||
| In | (2002, January) Geological Magazine Vol. 139 (1) Cambridge University Press (CUP) | ||
| Abstract/Notes | The Altai orogen (northwest China) represents the southwestern margin of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Geochemical and NdâSr isotope analyses were carried out on the Palaeozoic sedimentary and granitic rocks in order to trace their sources and to evaluate the pattern of continental growth of the orogen. Nd isotopic data for both the granites and sediments suggest a significant proportion of middle Proterozoic crust beneath the Altai orogen. However, addition of juvenile material (arc/back-arc oceanic crust) during Palaeozoic times is also significant. Trace elements and isotopic data of sediments suggest their sources were immature. They represent mixtures between a Palaeozoic juvenile component and an evolved continental crust. The early Palaeozoic sediments show ΔNd(T) = â3.4 to â5.0, TDM = 1.5â1.8 Ga, and ISr = 0.710â0.712. They represent a passive margin setting, with a predominance of evolved crustal material in the source. The Devonian sequences, however, might have been deposited in a back-arc basin setting, produced by subduction of the Junggar oceanic crust along the Irtysh fault. A significant addition of arc material into the sedimentary basin is responsible for the highly variable ΔNd values (â6 to 0) and ISr (0.711â0.706). The Carboniferous rocks were also deposited in a back-arc basin setting but with predominantly arc material in the source as suggested by an abrupt increase in ΔNd(T) (+6 to +3) and decrease in ISr (0.7045â0.7051). Voluminous syn-orogenic granitoids have ΔNd(T) = +2.1 to â4.3, ISr = 0.705â0.714 and TDM = 0.7â1.6 Ga. They were not derived by melting of local metasedimentary rocks as suggested by previous workers, but by melting of a more juvenile source at depth. Post-orogenic granites have higher ΔNd(T) (⌠+4.4) than the syn-orogenic granitoids, indicating their derivation from a deeper crustal level where juvenile crust may predominate. | ||
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