Oxygen isotope study of the Suzhou granite

Oxygen isotope studies of the Suzhou granite have been made based on drill-hole samples. In the inner part, the δ¹⁸O values are less variable either in the whole-rock, quartz or in feldspar. Oxygen isotopic compositions are in equilibrium between coexisting quartz and feldspar. Data points from the inner part are plotted in a small area in the δ¹⁸O_Q-δ¹⁸O_f diagram, indicating that this part has not been affected by meteoric hydrothermal fluids. But the whole-rock δ¹⁸O values of the marginal part vary greatly. Oxygen isotopic compositions are in extreme disequilibrium between quartz and feldspar. Data points from the marginal part are displayed with a nearly vertical slope in the δ¹⁸O_Q-δ¹⁸O_f diagram, implying that rocks of this part are affected by the meteoric hydrothermal fluids. Extreme water-rock interactions lead to mineralizations of rare-elements (Nb, Ta, as well as Zr, Hf, Th) in the marginal part. Source materials of the Suzhou granite are also discussed in this paper.