湘北华容地区小墨山花岗岩体SHRIMPU—Pb年龄及地球化学特征

小墨山岩体侵位于中元古代冷家溪群中,由两期侵人体组成,早期为粗中粒-中粒斑状黑云母二长花岗岩;末期为细粒黑（二）云母二长花岗岩。通过锆石SHRIMPU—Pb法测得岩体侵位年龄为122．5±2．1Ma（20）,MSWD=1．9,成岩时代为早白垩世。主元素中,SiO2变化于67．20％～75．16％,K20含量高,且K2O〉Na2O,K2O／Na2O为1．16～1．72;ASI值变化于0．96～1．10之间,平均1．02,属准铝质-微过铝质、高钾钙碱性系列。岩石明显富集大离子亲石元素,亏损高场强元素,Rb／Sr=0．27～15．13;Nb／Ta=15．9～17．1,为锶和铌亏损型。EREE总体较高,重稀土含量相对较高,轻重稀土分馏稍弱,∑Ce／∑Y为0．49～6．18,（La／Yb）。为0．66～15．54。有较高的εNd（t）,为-6．8～-8．7;T2DM相对较小（1．47～1．62Ga）。综合研究表明,小墨山花岗岩石为壳源型富黑云母过铝花岗岩类（CPG）,其成因应为下地壳物质和上地壳物质混合而成,与花岗岩底侵作用或注入地壳中的幔源岩浆有关,形成的构造背景为陆内挤压造山向非造山转换的后造山拉张环境,是在紧随侏罗纪挤压造山运动之后的构造松驰和拉张减薄条件下所形成。     

皖南新元古代花岗闪长岩地球化学特征及构造环境

皖南新元古代花岗闪长岩沿祁门-歙县-三阳深断裂呈串珠状出露。本文在对其岩石学、地球化学细致分析的基础上,探讨了岩体的岩石成因和产出环境。皖南新元古代花岗闪长岩主要由石英、钾长石和斜长石组成,普遍含富铝矿物黑云母和堇青石,副矿物包括锆石、磷灰石、钛铁矿、独居石、磷钇矿、极少的磁铁矿等。地球化学分析数据显示,岩石总体具高硅、高钾、高铝和低钠、低镁、低钙的特征;岩石富碱（ALK=6．63％）,高K2O／Na2O比值（1．33）。里特曼指数δ为0．8～2．91,碱度率AR为1．56～3．14,属高钾钙碱性系列。岩石铝饱和指数（A／CNK-1．31）大于1．1,具强过铝质S型花岗岩的特征。岩石稀土元素呈轻稀土富集、重稀土亏损的特征,∑LREE／∑HREE比值为5．36～8．36,具较强的负铕异常（δEu=0．39～0．7）,配分模式为右倾“V”字形态;微量元素明显富集Rb、Th而亏损Ba、Nb、Ta、Sr等,为低Sr高Yb型花岗岩。地球化学特征显示其岩浆源于围岩-中元古代牛屋组浅变质千枚岩的部分熔融,反映陆-陆碰撞挤压造山环境,为晋宁运动晚期华夏板块向北俯冲与扬子板块碰撞造山的火山弧产物。     

安徽石台中生代花岗岩类地球化学特征

安徽石台地区出露的牯牛降（东库）、谭山岩体可划分为4个侵入期次,从早到晚岩性变化趋势为中粒似斑状（二长）花岗岩→中（中粗）粒正长花岗岩→中细粒似斑状（正长）花岗岩→细（微）粒似斑状钾长花岗岩.岩石化学特征显示均为高钾钙碱性系列;微量元素地球化学特征表明,牯牛降（东库）、谭山岩体微量元素总体具相似特征,都富集大部分亲石元素,K/Rb比值低而Rb/Sr比值高;微量元素原始地幔标准化蛛网图总体略显右倾,均具有高Rb低Ba、Sr、Ti的特征.牯牛降（东库）和谭山岩体稀土元素球粒陨石标准化配分模式图均为右倾海鸥型,均具有较强的Eu亏损.研究认为牯牛降（东库）岩体和谭山岩体成岩物质主要来源于上地壳的部分熔融,成岩的地球动力学背景为碰撞造山后挤压收缩向拉张伸展的转变,与中国东部此时发生构造大转折、岩浆活动和成矿作用大爆发基本一致.     

湘西南兰蓉岩体锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及构造背景

湘西南兰蓉岩体为一加里东期小侵入体,由黑云母二长花岗岩和二云母二长花岗岩组成.（443.5±8.1）Ma的锆石SHRIMP U Pb年龄表明花岗岩形成于早志留世早期.主量元素组成表明岩体总体属钙碱性高钾钙碱性系列强过铝质花岗岩类.该侵入体Ba、（Ta＋Nb）、Sr、P、Ti强烈亏损,Rb、（Th＋U＋K）、（La＋Ce）、Nd、（Zr＋Hf＋Sm）、（Y＋Yb＋Lu）等相对富集;稀土元素含量较高、轻稀土富集明显、Eu显著亏损;Isr值为0.71299,εSr（t）值为120,εNd （t）值为 8.11和-8.89,t2DM为1.82和1.84Ga.C/MF-A/MF图解显示其源岩为泥质岩和砂屑岩.上述地球化学特征表明兰蓉岩体为陆壳碎屑岩石部分熔融形成的S型花岗岩.基于岩石成因、构造环境判别以及区域构造演化过程,推断兰蓉岩体的具体形成机制为：奥陶纪末志留纪初的北流运动（板内造山运动）导致地壳增厚、升温,尔后在挤压减弱、应力松弛的后碰撞减压构造环境下,中、上地壳酸性岩石发生部分熔融并向上侵位而形成兰蓉岩体.     

马鞍桥金矿床中香沟岩体锆石U-Pb定年、地球化学及其与成矿关系研究

摘要对出露马鞍桥金矿床中香沟二长花岗斑岩进行了单颗粒锆石U-Pb定年和岩石地球化学研究．结果表明,锆石的LA-ICPMS U-Pb年龄值为（242．0±0．8）Ma,与前人确定的秦岭造山带的主造山时间（（242±21）Ma）致,显示香沟岩体可能和印支期华北与扬子板块的碰撞事件有关．香沟岩体以高硅富碱为特征,属于高钾钙碱性系列花岗岩类．香沟岩体高A1（Al2O3=14．49％～15．61％）和Sr（457．10～630．82gg／g）、亏损Y（〈16μg／g）和HREE（Yb〈0．45μg／g）,并具有较高的Sr／Y（76．24～97．34）和（La／Yb）N（29．65～46．10）比值及强分异的稀土元素组成模式,其地球化学特征显示香沟岩体花岗岩类属于C型埃达克质（adakitic）岩石．岩石初始Sr同位素比值Isr=0．70642-0．70668,CNd（t）=-4．5～-4．0,TDM=1152～1220Ma．香沟岩体具有较低的εNd（t）,Isr值和较高的TDM值,同时其Na2O／K2O接近1（Na2O／K2O=0．95～1．10）,显示香沟花岗岩不是俯冲洋壳部分熔融形成的Ⅰ型埃达岩或底侵玄武质下地壳熔融所产生的埃达克质岩,而为增厚下地壳非底侵成因的玄武质下地壳部分熔融的产物．香沟岩体锆石Hf同位素组成均一,εHr（t）=-9．7～-5．9,均小于0,指示其成岩物质主要来自古老地壳物质的熔融,并非来自亏损地幔源区．香沟二长花岗斑岩富集大离子亲石元素和轻稀土,亏损高场强元素、重稀土和Y,微量元素和稀土元素分布与同碰撞花岗岩相似．香沟岩体的岩石产出地质特征及地球化学共同揭示,它是在陆．陆挤压碰撞和壳内构造剪切作用的地球动力学条件下,由大陆碰撞作用所诱发的加厚下地壳玄武质岩石发生部分熔融的产物．由于香沟花岗岩浆侵入于242Ma的挤压造山环境,而金矿化集中发生于170Ma左右的挤压-伸展环境,金矿化比岩浆侵入事件滞后约70Ma,同?     

何家庄岩体的年龄和成因及其对南秦岭早三叠世构造演化的制约

何家庄岩体位于勉略带以北的南秦岭构造带北部,主体岩性为花岗闪长岩．LA—ICP-MS锆石u—Pb同位素定年结果揭示这些花岗闪长岩侵位于～248Ma．岩浆锆石的gnf（t）值在-4．8-8．8之间变化,Hf亏损地幔模式年龄（ToM）为537—1061Ma．何家庄岩体花岗闪长岩属于中钾到高钾钙碱性系列,具有与埃达克岩相似的地球化学特征．所有样品均表现为高的Si02（66．6％～70．0％）,A1203（15．04％-16．10％）,Na20（3．74％~4．33％）含量和Mg#（54．2-61．7）值,高的Sr（627-751ppm）,Cr（55-373ppm）和Ni（17．2-182ppm）含量,低的Y（5．42—8．41ppm）和Yb（0．59～0．74ppm）含量,轻重稀土强烈分异（（La／Yb）N：18．9～34．0）,但重稀土相对平坦,明显的正Eu异常（δEu=1．10～2．22）,富集大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb,Ta,P和Ti．岩石成因研究表明这些花岗闪长岩形成于岛弧环境下俯冲洋壳残片和沉积物构成的混合源的部分熔融,其熔体受到了地幔楔物质的污染．何家庄岩体年龄及岩石成因证明勉略洋壳俯冲从-248Ma之前就已经开始,并且南秦岭地区在早三叠世仍处于洋壳俯冲动力学背景．     

桂北苗儿山-越城岭地区独石岭钨(铜)矿床研究:对复式岩体多时代差异性成矿的启示

独石岭钨(铜)多金属矿床位于苗儿山-越城岭岩体北东部,为一个大型蚀变岩型+矽卡岩型钨(铜)多金属矿床.矿区坑道内见有两种类型的花岗岩:中粒似斑状黑云母花岗岩和中细粒黑云母花岗岩,两类花岗岩在时空上与矿体关系密切,应属于独石岭钨(铜)矿成矿母岩.矿区顶部地表见有中细粒似斑状黑云母花岗岩.本文对矿区坑道内花岗岩及顶部露头花岗岩进行了锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年,结果表明,矿区坑道内中粒似斑状黑云母花岗岩的成岩年龄约为423Ma,中细粒黑云母花岗岩的成岩年龄约为421Ma,而矿区顶部露头花岗岩的成岩年代约为217Ma,表明矿区存在加里东期、印支期两期岩浆活动.对矿区坑道内两类花岗岩岩石地球化学特征研究表明,在主量元素方面:两类花岗岩均属于钙碱性、过铝质花岗岩;微量元素蛛网图表明,两类花岗岩相对富集Cs、Rb、U、REE,而亏损Sr、Ba、P、Ti;稀土元素配分曲线表明,两类花岗岩具有向右倾斜、富集轻稀土,且还具有从中粒似斑状黑云母花岗岩到中细粒黑云母花岗岩,ΣREE总体呈降低、其中轻稀土含量降低,重稀土含量略有升高,Eu亏损越来越强烈的趋势.由此表明二者属于同源、不同阶段岩浆演化的产物,与成矿关系密切,属于独石岭钨(铜)矿的成矿母岩.利用钨矿石中的白钨矿,首次对独石岭钨(铜)矿进行了Sm-Nd同位素定年分析,获得成矿年龄为(417±35)Ma,同时还利用蚀变花岗岩型和矽卡岩型矿石中的榍石进行U-Pb定年,其结果为蚀变花岗岩型矿石中的榍石年龄为425~423Ma,而矽卡岩型中榍石年龄约为218Ma.由此表明,独石岭矿区白钨矿主要形成于加里东晚期,但印支期岩浆热液也对其有一定的影响.大型独石岭钨(铜)矿成矿母岩与矿化年龄的确定,证明南岭西段越城岭地区的北端,在加里东期也曾经发生过较强烈的成矿作用,结合南端的牛塘界钨矿,这为进一步在南岭西部寻找加里东期和印支期矿集区,提供了科学依据和典型范例.     

广东南山花岗岩形成时代、地球化学特征与成因

广东南山花岗岩体位于陂头复式岩体西端,锆石的SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为158.1±1.8Ma,是燕山早期岩浆活动的产物。岩石化学特征显示岩体以高硅、富碱、贫Ca和Mg以及高TFeO/MgO、低CaO/Na2O为特征。其K2O/Na2O〉1,A/NK=7.8~11.92,A/CNK=1.33~1.68,属过铝质碱性岩石。在稀土和微量元素组成上,岩石富含稀土元素（除明显的负Eu异常,δEu=0.09~0.16）以及Zr、Y、Th、U、Nb等高场强元素,贫Ba、Sr、Ti等,高10000x Ga/Al（比值大于2.6）。在Zr、Nb、Ce、Y对10000×Ga/Al以及TFeO/MgO-SiO2等A型花岗岩多种判别图上,投影点主要落在A型花岗岩区,而与高分异的I、S型花岗岩明显不同。这些特征均指示,南山岩体具有铝质A型花岗岩的特点。通过Y-Nb-3Ga和Y-Nb-Ce构造环境判别图解将其进一步划分为A2型花岗岩,代表其形成于拉张的构造背景之下。本文在此研究基础上,认为南山花岗质岩浆可能形成于相对挤压的中侏罗世。而在晚侏罗世早期相对拉张的作用下,岩石圈减薄,软流圈地幔上涌,地壳的泥质岩和少量砂质岩受到幔源流体富集后发生部分熔融后上侵形成铝质A型花岗岩,且有较强的结晶分异作用。     

都兰花岗岩锆石SHRIMP定年及柴北缘超高压带花岗岩年代学格架

柴北缘超高压带东端都兰地区花岗岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年结果表明,野马滩东岩体的年龄为（406.6±3.5）Ma,巴立给哈滩西岩体的年龄分别为（407.3±4.3）和（397±6）Ma,水文站北岩体的年龄分别为（404.5±4.0）和（397.0±3.7）Ma,水文站南岩体的年龄为（380.5±5.0）Ma,察察公麻岩体的年龄分别为（382.5±3.6）和（372.5±2.8）Ma.从年龄上看,这些花岗岩明显地分为两期：早期的为407-397 Ma,晚期的为383-373 Ma.它们主要为准铝质-弱过铝质的石英闪长岩、花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩.岩石地球化学研究表明,大多数样品为钙碱性系列,少数样品为钙性或碱钙性系列,其中,早期花岗岩的87Sr/86Sr比值（0.7082-0.7110）和模式年龄（T2DM=1.41-1.90 Ga）高于晚期花岗岩（0.7072-0.7091,T2DM=1.07-1.38 Ga）,但晚期花岗岩的εNd（t）值（0.6- -3.0）高于早期花岗岩（-3.2- -9.3）,表明早期花岗岩可能起源于早中元古代的大陆壳;而晚期花岗岩起源于晚中元古代玄武质地壳.结合区域地质构造特征,可以认为,早期花岗岩的形成与俯冲板块的断离并折返有关,而晚期花岗岩的形成与造山带岩石圈地幔拆沉作用有关.     

南岭中段骑田岭花岗岩基的锆石U-Pb年代学格架

骑田岭花岗岩体位于南岭中段,湖南省南部,总出露面积约520km2.根据本文已获得的25个及其他作者已发表的7个有效和相互协调的单颗粒锆石U-Pb定年数据,结合地质学、岩石学和空间分布等特征,认为骑田岭岩体是一个燕山早期多阶段形成的复式岩基,主要可分成3个侵入阶段：第一阶段,侵位于163～160Ma,峰值在161Ma左右,主要为角闪石黑云母二长花岗岩,有时为黑云母二长花岗岩,出露面积约占45%,分布在岩体东部、北部和西部的靠边缘部位,可进一步分解为菜岭、江口、竹枧水、蒋家洞和安源等岩体;第二阶段,侵位于157～153Ma,峰值在157～156Ma,主要为黑云母花岗岩,有时含不同数量角闪石,出露面积约占40%,主要分布在岩体的中部和南部,可进一步分解为芙蓉、将军寨、廖家洞和将军石等岩体;第三阶段,侵位于150～146Ma,峰值在149Ma左右,主要为细粒（有时含斑）黑云母花岗岩,出露面积约占12%,分布在岩体的中南部位,可进一步分解为荒塘岭、大山里和仙鹤抱蛋等岩体.其中前两个阶段花岗岩构成岩基的主侵入相,第三阶段花岗岩为补充侵入相.另有一些侵入到第一阶段和第二阶段岩体中的细粒花岗岩岩瘤（如回头湾、龙渡岭、屋场坪）和岩脉,出露面积约占3%,在岩基范围内零散分布,其侵位年龄主要在第二阶段花岗岩的范围内,他们是侵入到早些时间已固结岩石裂隙空间的晚阶段侵入相.根据不同阶段花岗岩结晶年龄的时间差和他们之间明显的侵入接触关系和冷凝-烘烤现象,可以认为,从骑田岭花岗岩基侵位、冷却、结晶、固结到产生裂隙的时间,不会超过2-6Ma.中晚侏罗世在骑田岭及其周边的南岭地区,广泛发育同时代的花岗质和中基性岩浆活动,反映了燕山早期是本区岩浆活动的高峰期,此时本区处于大陆内部岩石圈伸展、减薄的构造环境,壳幔相互作用对本区花岗岩?     

A study on the Dushiling tungsten-copper deposit in the Miao’ershan-Yuechengling area,Northern Guangxi,China: Implications for variations in the mineralization of multi-aged composite granite plutons

The polymetallic Dushiling W-Cu deposit is a large, altered, skarn-type deposit, located in the northeastern part of the Miao'ershan-Yuechengling pluton, China. Two types of granite have been identified in the deposit: a medium-grained porphyritic biotite granite, and a medium- to fine-grained biotite granite. Both are spatially and temporally related to ore bodies, suggesting they may be the source of mineralization in the deposit. A medium- to fine-grained porphyritic biotite granite is exposed at the surface in the region of mineralization. U-Pb dating of zircons yielded magmatic ages of 423 Ma for the medium-grained porphyritic biotite granite and 421 Ma for the medium- to fine-grained porphyritic biotite granite, while a younger age(217 Ma) obtained for surface samples indicates later diagenesis. Thus, magmatism occurred during the Caledonian and Indosinian, respectively. The petrological and geochemical characteristics of the two Caledonian granites show that both are calc-alkaline and peraluminous.They are moderately enriched in Cs, Rb, U, and REE, and strongly depleted in Sr,Ba,P,and Ti; they show similar REE behavior,including negative Eu anomalies. These geochemical similarities suggest that the two granites were derived from the same source,although they were emplaced during different stages of the evolution of the magma. Furthermore, the granites are associated with mineralization, suggesting they were the source of mineralization in the Dushiling W-Cu deposit. Sm-Nd ages of scheelite from the Dushiling W-Cu deposit indicate that metallogenesis occurred at 417±35 Ma, while the two types of titanite, intergrown with scheelite, yield U-Pb ages of 423–425 Ma(in altered granite sample) and 218 Ma(in skarn sample). These ages place the main mineralization event in the late Caledonian, and later magmatic-hydrothermal activity occurred in the Indosinian. The ages obtained for the Dushiling W-Cu deposit in the western Nanling Range, northern Yuechengling, together with the occurrence and ages of the Niutangjie W deposit in southern Yuechengling, provide insight into the process of ore concentration during the Caledonian and Indosinian.     

中国东部碱性花岗岩氢氧同位素特征及其地球动力学意义

对中国东部五个有代表性的碱性花岗岩体氢氧同位素研究表明,δ18O基本正常的苏州和福州碱性花岗岩D亏损分别受单阶段与连续岩浆去气作用的影响,后期大气降水的扰动相对较弱．D-18O同步亏损特征明显的碾子山和山海关碱性花岗岩则主要受岩浆期后大气降水高温亚固态同位素交换机理的制约青岛复式花岗岩基则较为复杂,可能受岩浆去气与晚期大气降水交换的联合作用．未明显受后期地质作用扰动、典型的中国东部碱性花岗岩浆氢氧同位素组成分别为δD＝（50±5）‰和δ18＝（7．5±1．0）‰这表明中国东部碱性花岗岩是由稳定同位素组成基本正常的内地壳或上地幔物质通过低程度部分熔融产生的,而不是由再循环亏损源区物质产生的低δ18O岩浆结晶分异形成的．中国东部碱性花岗岩总体上表现出的D亏损纬度效应,预示自中生代以来其所在板块位置未发生过大规模水平位移同时,碱性花岗岩与拉张环境之间的内在联系表明,至少在中生代中国东部大陆岩石圈地壳处于拉张减薄状态．     

秦岭造山带晚三叠世糜署岭岩体的岩石磁学及磁组构可靠性约束

近年来,针对秦岭造山带晚三叠世花岗岩体侵位机制的巨大争议,一些研究采用磁组构方法分析了岩体的内部组构特征及其与区域构造的关系,提出了具有重要意义的新认识.然而,目前这些研究均缺乏对岩体磁组构本质意义的分析,利用该方法约束岩体内部组构的可靠性并不十分清晰.针对这一问题,本文以秦岭造山带内具典型代表性意义的晚三叠世糜署岭花岗岩体为例,开展了该岩体的磁组构、岩石磁学、矿物形态组构和显微构造的综合研究.结果表明,糜署岭岩体的磁化率总体较低,属钛铁矿系列花岗岩.绝大部分样品的磁化率受控于顺磁性的黑云母等铁镁硅酸盐矿物,部分高磁化率样品包含了少量多畴磁铁矿等铁磁性组分的贡献,且随磁化率增大,铁磁性组分的贡献更为明显.样品的磁组构也主要是黑云母组构或由黑云母与磁铁矿的亚组构复合而成.由于样品中磁铁矿含量较低且与黑云母密切共生,磁组构与黑云母形态组构基本一致,因此,黑云母与磁铁矿的亚组构基本共轴.糜署岭岩体的磁组构本质上等同于黑云母组构,反映了黑云母等页硅酸盐矿物在岩体中的分布,可以有效的指示岩体的内部构造特征.宏观和显微构造观察还显示,糜署岭岩体的内部组构形成于岩浆侵位的晚期阶段,叠加了同岩浆期区域构造的关键信息,是从岩体构造角度开展区域构造演化的良好载体.     

Geochemistry,zircon U–PB ages and HF isotopes of the Muong Luan granitoid pluton,Northwest Vietnam and its petrogenetic significance

The Indosinian Orogeny plays a significant role in tectonic background and magmatic evolution in Indochina and surrounding regions. Being a part product of the Indosinian magmatism in northwest Vietnam during late Permian–middle Triassic period, Muong Luan granitoid pluton dominantly consists of granodiorite, less diorite and granite. This pluton is located in the Song Ma suture and assigned to the Dien Bien complex. Geochemically, the Muong Luan granitoid rocks are characterized by a wide range of SiO₂ contents (59.9–75.1 wt%) and high K₂O contents. They display typical features of I‐type granites. The presence of hornblende and no muscovite and cordierite in the rocks further supports for I‐type character of granitoids. The emplacement age of the Muong Luan pluton obtained by LA–ICP–MS U–Pb zircon is at 242–235 Ma, corresponding to Indosinian time. Zircon ε_Hf values of –5.6 to –10.4, in combination with moderate Mg values of 34–45 suggested that the Muong Luan granitoid was derived from partial melting of mafic crustal source rocks, which are probably Paleoproterozoic in age as revealed by Hf model ages (T_DM2 = 1624–1923 Ma).     

Petrogenesis and tectonic setting of the Queershan composite granitic pluton,eastern Tibetan Plateau: Constraints from geochronology,geochemistry and Hf isotope data

The Queershan composite granitic pluton is located in the north of the late Paleozoic Yidun arc collision-orogenic belt, eastern Tibetan Plateau. The main rock types are coarse-grained porphyritic alkalic-monzonite granite with minor fine-grained porphyritic monzogranite and granodiorite distributed in the eastern and southwestern regions. Here we report their zircon U-Pb ages and geo- chemical data. The intrusive contact relations indicate that granodiorite was formed earlier than the alkalic-monzonite granite(105.9±1.3 Ma) and monzogranite(102.6±1.1 Ma). These suggest that the Queershan composite granitic pluton was formed through three-stage magmatic events. The alkalic-monzonite granite(105.9±1.3 Ma) and monzogranite(102.6±1.1 Ma) are characterized by high SiO2(73.5%–77.7%), K2O+Na2O(6.9%–8.5%), Ga/Al ratios(2.6–3.4) and low Al2O3(11.8%–14.5%), CaO(0.25%–1.5%), MgO(0.18%–0.69%), negative Ba, Sr and Eu anomalies, showing A-type granite affinities. The granodiorite exhibits lower SiO2, P2O5 and K2O+Na2O contents, but higher Al2O3, CaO and MgO contents than alkalic-monzonite granite and monzogranite, showing I-type granite affinity. 176Hf/177 Hf ratios of the alkalic-monzonite granite and the monzogranite are 0.282692–0.282749 and 0.282685–0.282765, respectively, and with similar ?Hf(t) values(?0.56 to 1.43 and ?0.87 to 1.90 respectively). They also present similar TDM2 model ages(1.04–1.22 and 1.07–1.2 Ga respectively), indicating they may be sourced from a similar rock source, mostly like Kangding Complex. The homogeneity of the Hf isotopic compositions and the absence of the MMEs demonstrate that little depleted mantle materials have contributed to the source. We propose that the Mesoproterozoic crust materials of the Yangtze Craton exist beneath the Yidun arc terrane and support it was a dismembered part of the Yangtze Craton. The A-type granites of Queershan composite granitic pluton are most probably related to the closure of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethys ocean.     

Geochemical characteristics and origin of the Neoproterozoic high-K calc-alkaline granitoids in the northern part of Mandara hills,northeastern Nigeria

The high-K calc-alkaline granitoids in the northern part of the Mandara Hills are part of the wellexposed post-collisional plutons in northeastern Nigeria.The calc-alkaline rock association consists of quartz monzodiorite,hornblende biotite granite,biotite granites and aplite which intruded the older basement consisting mainly of low-lying migmatitic gneisses and amphibolites during the Neoproterozoic Pan-African Orogeny.Petrological and geochemical studies have revealed the presence of hornblende,iron oxide,and metaluminous to slightly peraluminous characteristics in the granitoids which is typical of I-type granite.The granitoids are also depleted in some high field strength elements(e.g.Nb and Ta) as well as Ti.Plots of Mg#versus SiO_2 indicate that the granite was derived from partial melting of crustal sources.Lithospheric delamination at the waning stage of the PanAfrican Orogeny possibly triggered upwelling of hot mafic magma from the mantle which underplated the lower crust.This,in turn,caused partial melting and magma generation at the lower to middle-crustal level.However,the peculiar geochemical characteristics of the quartz monzodiorite especially the enrichment in compatible elements such as MgO,Cr,and Ni,as well as LILE element(e.g.K,Ce,Cs,Ba,and Sr),signify that the rock formed from an enriched upper mantle source.The emplacement of high-K granites in the Madara Hill,therefore,marked an important episode of crustal reworking during the Neoproterozoic.However,further isotopic work is needed to confirm this model.