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SHRIMP Zircon U‐Pb Dating of Alkaline Dykes in the Pobei Area, Beishan Rift, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China: Implications for Tectonic Setting and Mantle Plume Events

SHRIMP Zircon U‐Pb Dating of Alkaline Dykes in the Pobei Area, Beishan Rift, Xinjiang Autonomous... Abstract: In the Beishan rift in the eastern Tianshan orogen, Xinjiang Province, a N‐S‐trending dyke swarm is present in the Pobei area. The swarm cuts through the 270–290 Ma mafic‐ultramafic intrusions associated with Ni‐Cu sulphide mineralization. These mafic‐ultramafic intrusions are typically found along E‐W major faults in the Tianshan orogenic belts. We report SHRIMP U‐Pb dating of zircons from a dyke of alkaline composition, which yielded a mean age of 252±9 Ma. Alkaline dykes of the same age are found in the Altay region of Siberia. This age is younger than the 270–290 Ma intraplate magmatic events that produced the mafic‐ultramafic intrusions in the region, but in general agreement with the 250–260 Ma Permian plume event that gave rise to the Siberian traps and the Emeishan flood basalts in SW China. We suggest that there is a link between the Emeishan event and the dyke swarm in the Beishan rift and that the intraplate magmatism at 270–290 Ma reflects an early stage of mantle plume activity. The N‐S trending dyke swarm in the Beishan rift may represent a later stage in the evolution of mantle plume activity in the NW and SW of China. We also speculate that in Beishan rift and possibly elsewhere in the Tianshan region, the dykes fed basaltic volcanism, whose products have since been eroded due to the strong uplift of the Tianshan orogen as a result of the India‐Eurasia collision in the Cenozoic. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) Wiley

SHRIMP Zircon U‐Pb Dating of Alkaline Dykes in the Pobei Area, Beishan Rift, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China: Implications for Tectonic Setting and Mantle Plume Events

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Wiley
Copyright
© 2012 Geological Society of China
ISSN
1000-9515
eISSN
1755-6724
DOI
10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00713.x
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Abstract

Abstract: In the Beishan rift in the eastern Tianshan orogen, Xinjiang Province, a N‐S‐trending dyke swarm is present in the Pobei area. The swarm cuts through the 270–290 Ma mafic‐ultramafic intrusions associated with Ni‐Cu sulphide mineralization. These mafic‐ultramafic intrusions are typically found along E‐W major faults in the Tianshan orogenic belts. We report SHRIMP U‐Pb dating of zircons from a dyke of alkaline composition, which yielded a mean age of 252±9 Ma. Alkaline dykes of the same age are found in the Altay region of Siberia. This age is younger than the 270–290 Ma intraplate magmatic events that produced the mafic‐ultramafic intrusions in the region, but in general agreement with the 250–260 Ma Permian plume event that gave rise to the Siberian traps and the Emeishan flood basalts in SW China. We suggest that there is a link between the Emeishan event and the dyke swarm in the Beishan rift and that the intraplate magmatism at 270–290 Ma reflects an early stage of mantle plume activity. The N‐S trending dyke swarm in the Beishan rift may represent a later stage in the evolution of mantle plume activity in the NW and SW of China. We also speculate that in Beishan rift and possibly elsewhere in the Tianshan region, the dykes fed basaltic volcanism, whose products have since been eroded due to the strong uplift of the Tianshan orogen as a result of the India‐Eurasia collision in the Cenozoic.

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Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)Wiley

Published: Aug 1, 2012

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