Geochemical and isotopic studies of the sedimentary and granitic rocks of the Altai orogen of northwest China and their tectonic implications

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Chen, B [1 ]
Jahn, BM
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[1] Peking Univ, Dept Geol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Rennes 1, CNRS, Geosci Rennes, Rennes, France
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10.1017/S0016756801006100
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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The Altai orogen (northwest China) represents the southwestern margin of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Geochemical and Nd-Sr isotope analyses were carried out on the Palaeozoic sedimentary and granitic rocks in order to trace their sources and to evaluate the pattern of continent, tal growth of the orogen. Nd isotopic data for both the granites and sediments suggest a significant proportion of middle Proterozoic crust beneath the Altai orogen. However, addition of juvenile material (are/back-are oceanic crust) during Palaeozoic times is also significant. Trace elements and isotopic data of sediments suggest their sources were immature. They represent mixtures between a Palaeozoic juvenile component and an evolved continental crust. The early Palaeozoic sediments show epsilon(Nd)(T) = -3.4 to -5.0, T-DM = 1.5-1.8 Ga, and I-Sr = 0.710-0.712. They represent a passive margin setting, with a predominance of evolved crustal material in the source. The Devonian sequences, however, might have been deposited in a back-arc basin setting, produced by subduction of the Junggar oceanic crust along the Irtysh fault. A significant addition of arc material into the sedimentary basin is responsible for the highly variable epsilon(Nd) values (-6 to 0) and I-Sr (0.711-0.706). The Carboniferous rocks were also deposited in a back-arc basin setting but with predominantly arc material in the source as suggested by an abrupt increase in epsilon(Nd)(T) (+6 to +3) and decrease in I-Sr (0.7045-0.7051). Voluminous syn-orogenic granitoids have epsilon(Nd)(T) = +2.1 to -4.3, I-Sr = 0.705-0.714 and T-DM = 0.7-1.6 Ga. They were not derived by melting of local metasedimentary rocks as suggested by previous workers, but by melting of a more juvenile source at depth. Post-orogenic granites have higher epsilon(Nd)(T) (similar to +4.4) than the syn-orogenic granitoids, indicating their derivation from a deeper crustal level where juvenile crust may predominate.
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