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Main Tectonic Events and Metallogeny of the North China CratonLower Crustal Accretion and Reworking Beneath the North China Craton: Evidences from Granulite Xenoliths

Main Tectonic Events and Metallogeny of the North China Craton: Lower Crustal Accretion and... [How has the Earth’s deep continental crust evolved? Most of our knowledge is derived from surface exposures, but xenoliths carried in igneous rocks can be an important source of information. The North China Craton (NCC) is one of the oldest cratons in the world and Phanerozoic igneous rocks with abundant xenoliths are widespread, making it an ideal area to study the formation and evolution of continental crust. Abundant data of U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes in zircons were obtained for lower crustal xenoliths from over ten localities to constrain the history beneath the craton. The oldest components of the NCC may be ~4.0 Ga. The craton experienced complex accretion and reworking processes in its deep crust, accompanied by the formation and differentiation of the ancient continental nucleus. The small size of the NCC, compared with many other cratons worldwide, made it more susceptible to the effects of marginal subduction and collision with surrounding blocks. In the lower crust, the ancient components of the craton were reworked in Paleoarchean (3.80–3.65 Ga) time. The craton also experienced two important accretionary episodes, in the Neoarchean (2.8–2.5 Ga) and the Paleoproterozoic (2.3–1.8 Ga). Asthenospheric upwelling in Neoproterozoic time (0.6 Ga) locally modified the lower crust. Subduction and collision of the surrounding blocks, such as the Yangtze Craton, in Paleozoic and in early Mesozoic time also strongly modified the lower crust, especially along the cratonic margins. Accretion and modification of the lower crust during late Mesozoic–Paleogene were obvious due to the addition of depleted-mantle materials (underplating).] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Main Tectonic Events and Metallogeny of the North China CratonLower Crustal Accretion and Reworking Beneath the North China Craton: Evidences from Granulite Xenoliths

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Publisher
Springer Singapore
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© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
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978-981-10-1063-7
Pages
527 –540
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-1064-4_22
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Abstract

[How has the Earth’s deep continental crust evolved? Most of our knowledge is derived from surface exposures, but xenoliths carried in igneous rocks can be an important source of information. The North China Craton (NCC) is one of the oldest cratons in the world and Phanerozoic igneous rocks with abundant xenoliths are widespread, making it an ideal area to study the formation and evolution of continental crust. Abundant data of U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes in zircons were obtained for lower crustal xenoliths from over ten localities to constrain the history beneath the craton. The oldest components of the NCC may be ~4.0 Ga. The craton experienced complex accretion and reworking processes in its deep crust, accompanied by the formation and differentiation of the ancient continental nucleus. The small size of the NCC, compared with many other cratons worldwide, made it more susceptible to the effects of marginal subduction and collision with surrounding blocks. In the lower crust, the ancient components of the craton were reworked in Paleoarchean (3.80–3.65 Ga) time. The craton also experienced two important accretionary episodes, in the Neoarchean (2.8–2.5 Ga) and the Paleoproterozoic (2.3–1.8 Ga). Asthenospheric upwelling in Neoproterozoic time (0.6 Ga) locally modified the lower crust. Subduction and collision of the surrounding blocks, such as the Yangtze Craton, in Paleozoic and in early Mesozoic time also strongly modified the lower crust, especially along the cratonic margins. Accretion and modification of the lower crust during late Mesozoic–Paleogene were obvious due to the addition of depleted-mantle materials (underplating).]

Published: Jul 23, 2016

Keywords: Accretion and reworking; Lower crust; Xenoliths; North China Craton

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