signature=bff8fe34d93e292ff22c82b3f3891bb6,Paleoproterozoic Nbeenriched meta-gabbros in the Quanji M...

摘要：

Diverse models have been proposed for the role of the Tarim Craton within the Paleoproterozoic Columbia supercontinent assembly. Here we report a suite ofw1.71 Ga Nb-enriched metaegabbro lenses in the eastern Quanji Massif, within the Tarim Craton in NW China. The metaegabbroic rocks have Nbcontents of 11.5e16.4 ppm with Nb/La ratios varying from 0.84 to 1.02 ((Nb/La)N ?0.81e0.98) and Nb/U ratios from 38.0 to 47.2. They show low SiO2 (45.1e48.5 wt.%) and MgO (5.96e6.81 wt.%) and Mg# (Mg# ?Mg/(Mg t Fe) ?43.5e47.7), high FeOt (13.0e15.7 wt.%) and moderate TiO2 (1.70e2.51 wt.%), with tholeiitic affinities. These rocks possess low fractionated REE patterns without obvious Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* ?0.87e1.02). Their primitive mantle-normalized elements patterns display significant Zr eHf troughs, positive Nb anomalies, weak negative Ti and P anomalies, and high contents of Rb and Ba, resembling Nb-enriched basalts generated in arc-related tectonic settings. Their arcelike geochemical signatures together with whole rock 3Nd(t) values of 0.4e2.1 and corresponding old TDM (2.22e2.37 Ga) as well as (143Nd/144Nd)t and (87Sr/86Sr)t (t ?1712 Ma) values of 0.5104e0.5105 and 0.7030e0.7058, respectively, suggest that their precursor magma originated from mantle wedge peridotite metasomatised by subduction-derived melts. The results from our study reveal subduction along the eastern periphery of the Tarim Craton and marginal outgrowth continuing to w1.7 Ga within the Columbia supercontinent.

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