| Abstract: | LA-ICP MS zircon U-Pb dating results of granites from Sawuer Mountains in North Xinjiang, NW China, are reported based on 1:50 000 regional geologic surveys. Zircon U-Pb dating shows that the granitoids have magmatic crystallization age of 320 ±2 Ma. In addition, zircons with ages of 341 ～358 Ma could be subdi- vided into two groups, i.e. , Group 1 with a weighted mean age of 342 + 3 Ma and Group 2 with a weighted mean age of 354 + 2 Ma. The petrology and geochemistry of granitoids from Sawuer Mountains suggest their mixed origin. The granite from Sawuer Mountains occurred in an extensional setting, most probably related to post-orogenic processes during the closure of the Peo-Asian Ocean; namely, represent the tectonic setting shif- ted from compress to post-collisional setting. |
