Detrital zircon geochronology of Devonian quartzite from tectonic mélange in the Mianlue Suture Zone, Central China: provenance and tectonic implications
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2016
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Ji, X.
Yang, L.
Santosh, M.
Li, N.
Zhang, C.
Zhang, Z.
Han, R.
Li, Z.
Wu, C.
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International Geology Review, 2016; 58(12):1510-1527
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Xing-Zhong Ji, Li-Qiang Yang, M. Santosh, Nan Li, Chuang Zhang, Zhi-Chao
Zhang, Ri Han, Zai-Chun Li and Chun-Jun Wu
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Devonian quartzite occurs as blocks within a phyllite matrix in Puziba area of the Mianlue Suture Zone (MLSZ) in central China. The depositional time of the quartzite is younger than 425 Ma (mainly Early Devonian), constrained by the zircon U–Pb geochronology data from the quartzite, cross-cutting relationships with granite, and palaeontology evidence. The detrital zircons in the quartzite show typical magmatic features with four main age peaks at: 2676–2420 Ma (11.6% of the population), 1791–1606 Ma (4.8%), 997–817 Ma (26.5%), and 597–425 Ma (17.5%). In combination with the zircon εHf(t) values, we propose that the quartzite in the MLSZ was sourced from Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic magmatic and sedimentary rocks in the South Qinling Block and the South China Block (particularly from the Bikou Terrane), with minor contributions from Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic magmatic units from both of the South and North China blocks. The blocks of quartzite, slate, marble, metasandstone, and chert blocks in the phyllite matrix in the Puziba area show a typical block-in-matrix texture in a tectonic mélange, and provide significant evidence from sedimentary rock blocks rather than ophiolite or volcanic rock for the existence of the MLSZ.
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