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Article: Detrital zircon age and Hf isotopic studies for metasedimentary rocks from the Chinese Altai: Implications for the Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

TitleDetrital zircon age and Hf isotopic studies for metasedimentary rocks from the Chinese Altai: Implications for the Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Authors
Issue Date2007
PublisherAmerican Geophysical Union. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.agu.org/journals/tc/
Citation
Tectonics, 2007, v. 26 n. 5 How to Cite?
AbstractThe Chinese Altai, a typical region of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), has been envisaged as subduction-accretion complex or Precambrian microcontinent. Thick metasedimentary rocks crop out extensively in the Central Altai and Qiongkuer domains, but their depositional age is not well constrained. Most workers have regarded these sedimentary rocks as passive continental margin sediments deposited on a Precambrian microcontinent. However, our studies of U-Pb and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons separated from these rocks reveal that a predominant population has 206Pb/ 238U ages between 460 and 540 Ma and most grains of this population possess positive ε Hf(t) values. Zircons of the population have oscillatory zoning, possess high Th/U ratios, and are enhedral to subhedral crystals with sharp edges, showing short distance of transportation from an igneous provenance. The above results indicate that these metasedimentary rocks were deposited on an active continental margin not prior to the Middle Ordovician. Therefore the Chinese Altai orogen was an active continental margin in the Early Paleozoic, which is inconsistent with a Precambrian microcontinent model and reveals an arc accretionary history. Copyright 2007 by the American Geophysical Union.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/73024
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dc.contributor.authorLong, Xen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSun, Men_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuan, Cen_HK
dc.contributor.authorXiao, Wen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLin, Sen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWu, Fen_HK
dc.contributor.authorXia, Xen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCai, Ken_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T06:47:20Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T06:47:20Z-
dc.date.issued2007en_HK
dc.identifier.citationTectonics, 2007, v. 26 n. 5en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0278-7407en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThe Chinese Altai, a typical region of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), has been envisaged as subduction-accretion complex or Precambrian microcontinent. Thick metasedimentary rocks crop out extensively in the Central Altai and Qiongkuer domains, but their depositional age is not well constrained. Most workers have regarded these sedimentary rocks as passive continental margin sediments deposited on a Precambrian microcontinent. However, our studies of U-Pb and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons separated from these rocks reveal that a predominant population has 206Pb/ 238U ages between 460 and 540 Ma and most grains of this population possess positive ε Hf(t) values. Zircons of the population have oscillatory zoning, possess high Th/U ratios, and are enhedral to subhedral crystals with sharp edges, showing short distance of transportation from an igneous provenance. The above results indicate that these metasedimentary rocks were deposited on an active continental margin not prior to the Middle Ordovician. Therefore the Chinese Altai orogen was an active continental margin in the Early Paleozoic, which is inconsistent with a Precambrian microcontinent model and reveals an arc accretionary history. Copyright 2007 by the American Geophysical Union.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Union. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.agu.org/journals/tc/en_HK
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dc.rightsTECTONICS. Copyright © American Geophysical Union.en_HK
dc.titleDetrital zircon age and Hf isotopic studies for metasedimentary rocks from the Chinese Altai: Implications for the Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belten_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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