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Article: The role of Fe-Ti oxide crystallization in the formation of A-type granitoids with implications for the Daly gap: An example from the Permian Baima igneous complex, SW China

TitleThe role of Fe-Ti oxide crystallization in the formation of A-type granitoids with implications for the Daly gap: An example from the Permian Baima igneous complex, SW China
Authors
KeywordsA-type granitoid
Daly gap
Emeishan large igneous province
Fe-Ti-V deposit
Layered mafic intrusion
Permian
SW China
Issue Date2009
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/chemgeo
Citation
Chemical Geology, 2009, v. 259 n. 3-4, p. 204-217 How to Cite?
AbstractThe Baima igneous complex (BIC) is a member of the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China, and is composed of a layered gabbroic unit and an isotropic syenitic unit. The gabbroic unit consists of four distinct zones, 1) lower cumulate zone, 2) massive Fe-Ti-V oxide ore zone, 3) olivine gabbro zone and 4) upper gabbro zone. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating results yield an age of 261 ± 2 Ma for the gabbroic unit, contemporaneous with the spatially associated syenitic unit. The gabbroic rocks show slightly LREE enriched patterns with (La/Yb)N values between 1.6 and 12.1 and positive Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 1.1-3.6). In contrast, the syenites display stronger enrichments of LREE (La/YbN = 6.8-51.3) and negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.3-1.1). Rocks of the syenitic unit are chemically similar to the ferroan alkalic A-type granitoids (K2O/Na2O = 0.58-0.80, FeOt/(FeOt +MgO) = 0.80-0.91) and have a within-plate geochemical signature. Both units have similar trace element ratios (Zr/Nb, Th/U, Ni/Co, Cu/Ni, Hf/Ta and Zn/Ga) resembling an ocean-island basalt source. The εNd(T) values for the gabbroic unit (εNd(T) = + 1.6-+ 4.2) and syenitic unit (εNd(T) = + 2.5-+ 3.2) are within the range of the high-Ti Emeishan flood basalts. The geochemical and geochronological data indicate that the gabbroic and syenitic units are comagmatic and cogenetic. Geochemical modeling suggests that the two units originated by fractional crystallization of a common parental magma that resembles the high-Ti Emeishan flood basalts. The formation of the two units by fractional crystallization was likely responsible for the enrichment of Fe-Ti-V oxide minerals in the gabbroic unit and thus the development of the Daly gap. The results of this study indicate that silica saturated peralkaline A-type granitoids can be formed by fractionation of mantle derived mafic magmas. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/58649
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
Academia Sinica post-doctoral Fellowship
Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, SARHKU7065/06P
Chinese 973 project2007CB411401
National Science Council of Taiwan96-2116 M-001-006
Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica
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We acknowledge the constructive reviews and comments of two anonymous reviewers and Editor Bernard Bourdon. We thank Professor Paul T. Robinson and Dr. Christina Y. Wang for reading earlier drafts of this manuscript. The authors would like to thank Professor Ma Yuxiao and Mr. Zhao Hao both from Chengdu University of Science and Technology for their field support and Mr. Liang QJ and Ms. Xiao Fu for their analytical support at the University of Hong Kong. This study is supported by Academia Sinica post-doctoral Fellowship to JGS and grants to MFZ from the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, SAR (HKU7065/06P), Chinese 973 project (2007CB411401) and to GFZ from the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC grant 96-2116 M-001-006) and the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica.

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dc.description.abstractThe Baima igneous complex (BIC) is a member of the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China, and is composed of a layered gabbroic unit and an isotropic syenitic unit. The gabbroic unit consists of four distinct zones, 1) lower cumulate zone, 2) massive Fe-Ti-V oxide ore zone, 3) olivine gabbro zone and 4) upper gabbro zone. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating results yield an age of 261 ± 2 Ma for the gabbroic unit, contemporaneous with the spatially associated syenitic unit. The gabbroic rocks show slightly LREE enriched patterns with (La/Yb)N values between 1.6 and 12.1 and positive Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 1.1-3.6). In contrast, the syenites display stronger enrichments of LREE (La/YbN = 6.8-51.3) and negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.3-1.1). Rocks of the syenitic unit are chemically similar to the ferroan alkalic A-type granitoids (K2O/Na2O = 0.58-0.80, FeOt/(FeOt +MgO) = 0.80-0.91) and have a within-plate geochemical signature. Both units have similar trace element ratios (Zr/Nb, Th/U, Ni/Co, Cu/Ni, Hf/Ta and Zn/Ga) resembling an ocean-island basalt source. The εNd(T) values for the gabbroic unit (εNd(T) = + 1.6-+ 4.2) and syenitic unit (εNd(T) = + 2.5-+ 3.2) are within the range of the high-Ti Emeishan flood basalts. The geochemical and geochronological data indicate that the gabbroic and syenitic units are comagmatic and cogenetic. Geochemical modeling suggests that the two units originated by fractional crystallization of a common parental magma that resembles the high-Ti Emeishan flood basalts. The formation of the two units by fractional crystallization was likely responsible for the enrichment of Fe-Ti-V oxide minerals in the gabbroic unit and thus the development of the Daly gap. The results of this study indicate that silica saturated peralkaline A-type granitoids can be formed by fractionation of mantle derived mafic magmas. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en_HK
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dc.subjectDaly gapen_HK
dc.subjectEmeishan large igneous provinceen_HK
dc.subjectFe-Ti-V depositen_HK
dc.subjectLayered mafic intrusionen_HK
dc.subjectPermianen_HK
dc.subjectSW Chinaen_HK
dc.titleThe role of Fe-Ti oxide crystallization in the formation of A-type granitoids with implications for the Daly gap: An example from the Permian Baima igneous complex, SW Chinaen_HK
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