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A large amount of granites widely distributes in Halasen area in the East Kunlun Mountains. The study of the granites not only help us to understand the tectono-magmatic evolution history of East Kunlun orogenic belt in the Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic, but also provides constraints for the subduction and closed time limit of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean. In this paper, we constrain geochronology and petrogenesis of the Halasen granites by zircon U-Pb dating and geochemical analyses. The LA-ICP-MS U-Pb analyses show that the formation ages of K-feldspar granite and fine-grained monzogranite are 239.2±1.7 Ma (MSWD=0.19) and 232.4±1.2 Ma (MSWD =0.76), respectively, which are the products of the Middle Triassic granitic magmatism. The geochemistry data show that granites are high-potassium calcalkaline-shoshonite, peraluminous rock which is characterized by high silicon and aluminum, enriched alkali, low titanium, as well as enriched light rare earth elements (LREE) and large ion lithophile elements (LILE, e. g., K, Th and Rb), and depleted in high field-strength elements (HFSE, e. g., Nb, Ti, P, and Ta) with obvious Eu negative anomaly (the value of δEu is between 0.27 and 0.65). Halasen granites belong to highly fractionated I-type granite. It is suggested that the Halasen granites were most likely derived from parental magma by mixing of depleted mantle-derived magma and induced crustal-melted felsic magma in the deep crust, and then suffered further differentiation during magma ascent. The subduction of the East Kunlun Paleo-Tethys Ocean lasted to the Early Triassic, and the Middle Triassic witnessed the intracontinental collision. © 2018, Editorial Department of Earth Science. All right reserved.
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Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences
ISSN: 1000-2383
CN: 42-1874/P
Year: 2018
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Page: 1207-1218
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