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Article: Depositional age, provenance, and tectonic setting of the Neoproterozoic Sibao Group, southeastern Yangtze Block, South China

TitleDepositional age, provenance, and tectonic setting of the Neoproterozoic Sibao Group, southeastern Yangtze Block, South China
Authors
KeywordsDetrital Zircon
Geochemistry
Neoproterozoic
Provenance
Sibao Group
South China
U-Pb Geochronology
Yangtze Block
Issue Date2012
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/precamres
Citation
Precambrian Research, 2012, v. 192-195 n. 1, p. 107-124 How to Cite?
AbstractThe Sibao Group on the southeastern margin of the Yangtze Block of South China is composed mainly of flysch turbidites up to ca. 4000m thick. Sandstones from the Sibao Group have intermediate to high SiO 2 (58.6-80.0wt%, average 68.2wt%) and Al 2O 3 wt% (7.4-20.6wt%, average 15wt%), typical of immature lithic varieties. Both sandstones and mudstones contain high K 2O (1.41-6.28wt%) but extremely low Na 2O (0.03-1.49wt%). Positive correlations between Al 2O 3 and Fe 2O 3 (T), TiO 2, MgO and K 2O, significant depletion of Ca, Na and Sr relative to upper continental crust and high PIA and pre-metasomatism CIA values suggest that intensive chemical weathering of the source area. Variable Cr/Th (3.9-37.0) and Co/Th (0.2-3.2) ratios indicate a source with predominant felsic and minor mafic components. Discrimination diagrams involving Ti, Al, Fe, La, Th, Sc, Hf and Co reveal the source with multiple lithologies consisting mainly of TTG-like, granitic, andesitic and felsic volcanic rocks.Predominant detrital zircons have Neoproterozoic ages from 822 to 980Ma, whereas the remaining zircons define two age groups at 1.35-2.22Ga and 2.32-2.86Ga. Twenty-six of the youngest grains have a weighted mean age of 835.3±3.6Ma, tentatively interpreted as the maximum depositional age of the Sibao Group. Neoproterozoic zircon grains have variable 177Hf/ 176Hf ratios (0.281194 to 0.282564) and e{open} Hf(t) values (-35.9 to 9.8), indicative of the involvement of juvenile and ancient recycled components. The 1.4 and 1.8Ga zircon grains have variable 177Hf/ 176Hf ratios (0.280947-0.281874), probably reflecting the growth of the supercontinent Columbia and suggesting that the Yangtze Block was separated from Columbia as an independent terrane at around 1.4Ga. The complicated provenance involving felsic to intermediate rocks and Neoproterozoic juvenile to Neoarchean mature materials suggests that the Neoproterozoic Sibao Group was deposited in a back-arc foreland basin related to the northward (present coordinate) subduction of an oceanic lithosphere beneath the southeastern Yangtze Block. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/151342
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
Research Grant Council of Hong KongHKU 707210P
State Key Laboratory of Mineral Deposits200802
State Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral ResourcesGPMR200710
CAS/SAFEAKZCX2-YW-t004
Funding Information:

This study was supported by the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong (HKU 707210P), a project from the State Key Laboratory of Mineral Deposits (200802), an opening fund of the State Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources (GPMR200710) and the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams (KZCX2-YW-t004). We thank Jianfeng Gao, Xiao Fu, Liang Li, and Prof. Liang Qi for their assistance in the field and with the analyses. Constructive reviews by journal reviewers greatly improved this contribution.

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dc.contributor.authorLi, JWen_US
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dc.description.abstractThe Sibao Group on the southeastern margin of the Yangtze Block of South China is composed mainly of flysch turbidites up to ca. 4000m thick. Sandstones from the Sibao Group have intermediate to high SiO 2 (58.6-80.0wt%, average 68.2wt%) and Al 2O 3 wt% (7.4-20.6wt%, average 15wt%), typical of immature lithic varieties. Both sandstones and mudstones contain high K 2O (1.41-6.28wt%) but extremely low Na 2O (0.03-1.49wt%). Positive correlations between Al 2O 3 and Fe 2O 3 (T), TiO 2, MgO and K 2O, significant depletion of Ca, Na and Sr relative to upper continental crust and high PIA and pre-metasomatism CIA values suggest that intensive chemical weathering of the source area. Variable Cr/Th (3.9-37.0) and Co/Th (0.2-3.2) ratios indicate a source with predominant felsic and minor mafic components. Discrimination diagrams involving Ti, Al, Fe, La, Th, Sc, Hf and Co reveal the source with multiple lithologies consisting mainly of TTG-like, granitic, andesitic and felsic volcanic rocks.Predominant detrital zircons have Neoproterozoic ages from 822 to 980Ma, whereas the remaining zircons define two age groups at 1.35-2.22Ga and 2.32-2.86Ga. Twenty-six of the youngest grains have a weighted mean age of 835.3±3.6Ma, tentatively interpreted as the maximum depositional age of the Sibao Group. Neoproterozoic zircon grains have variable 177Hf/ 176Hf ratios (0.281194 to 0.282564) and e{open} Hf(t) values (-35.9 to 9.8), indicative of the involvement of juvenile and ancient recycled components. The 1.4 and 1.8Ga zircon grains have variable 177Hf/ 176Hf ratios (0.280947-0.281874), probably reflecting the growth of the supercontinent Columbia and suggesting that the Yangtze Block was separated from Columbia as an independent terrane at around 1.4Ga. The complicated provenance involving felsic to intermediate rocks and Neoproterozoic juvenile to Neoarchean mature materials suggests that the Neoproterozoic Sibao Group was deposited in a back-arc foreland basin related to the northward (present coordinate) subduction of an oceanic lithosphere beneath the southeastern Yangtze Block. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.subjectDetrital Zirconen_US
dc.subjectGeochemistryen_US
dc.subjectNeoproterozoicen_US
dc.subjectProvenanceen_US
dc.subjectSibao Groupen_US
dc.subjectSouth Chinaen_US
dc.subjectU-Pb Geochronologyen_US
dc.subjectYangtze Blocken_US
dc.titleDepositional age, provenance, and tectonic setting of the Neoproterozoic Sibao Group, southeastern Yangtze Block, South Chinaen_US
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