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Mineral compositions of syn-collisional granitoids and their implications for the formation of juvenile continental crust and adakitic magmatism

Xiao, Y.Y.; Chen, S.; Niu, Yaoling; Wang, X.H.; Xue, Q.Q.; Wang, G.D.; Gao, Y.J.; Gong, H.M.; Kong, J.J.; Shao, F.L.; Sun, P.; Duan, M.; Hong, D.; Wang, D.

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Authors

Y.Y. Xiao

S. Chen

Yaoling Niu

X.H. Wang

Q.Q. Xue

G.D. Wang

Y.J. Gao

H.M. Gong

J.J. Kong

F.L. Shao

P. Sun

M. Duan

D. Hong

D. Wang



Abstract

Continental collision zones have been proposed as primary sites of net continental crustal growth. Therefore, studies on syn-collisional granitoids with mafic magmatic enclaves (MMEs) are essential for testing this hypothesis. The Baojishan (BJS) and Qumushan (QMS) syn-collisional plutons in the North Qilian Orogen (NQO) on the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau have abundant MMEs in sharp contact with host granitoids, sharing similar constituent minerals but with higher modal abundances of mafic minerals in MMEs. The QMS host granitoids have high Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios showing adakitic compositions, different from the BJS granitoids. Based on bulk-rock compositions and zircon U-Pb age dating, recent studies on these two plutons proposed that MMEs represent cumulates crystallized early from the same magmatic system as their host granitoids, and their parental melts are best understood as andesitic magmas produced by partial melting of the underthrusting upper ocean crust upon collision with some terrigenous sediments under amphibolite facies. Here, we focus on trace element geochemistry of the constituent mineral phases of both MMEs and their host granitoids of the QMS and BJS plutons. We show that different mineral phases preferentially host different trace elements, e.g., most rare earth elements (REEs and Y) reside in titanite (only found in the QMS pluton), amphibole, apatite, epidote and zircon (mostly heavy-REEs), and high field strength elements (HFSEs) reside in biotite, titanite, amphibole and zircon. Based on the mineral chemical data, we testify that for these two plutons, MMEs are of similar cumulate origin, crystallized from primitive andesitic melts in the early stage of granitoid magmatism. The primitive andesitic melts for these syn-collisional granitoids are most likely produced by partial melting of the oceanic crust, supporting the hypothesis of continental crustal growth considering the syn-collisional granitoids represent juvenile continental crust. As evidenced by distinct mineral compositions, the two plutons have different parental magma compositions, e.g., higher TiO2 content, higher Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios in the QMS parental magmas, a signature best understood as being inherited from the source. The higher TiO2 content of the parental magma for the QMS pluton leads to the common presence of titanite in the QMS pluton (absent in the BJS pluton), crystallization of which in turn controls the trace element (REE, Y, Nb, Ta and others) systematics in the residual melts towards an adakitic signature. Therefore, parental magmas with high TiO2 content and high Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios, as well as their further fractionation of titanite, are important factors in the development of adakitic compositions, as represented by the QMS host granitoids. This model offers a new perspective on the petrogenesis of adakitic rocks. The present study further demonstrates that in general, mineral chemistry holds essential information for revealing the petrogenesis of granitoid rocks.

Citation

Xiao, Y., Chen, S., Niu, Y., Wang, X., Xue, Q., Wang, G., …Wang, D. (2020). Mineral compositions of syn-collisional granitoids and their implications for the formation of juvenile continental crust and adakitic magmatism. Journal of Petrology, 61(3), Article egaa038. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egaa038

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 5, 2020
Online Publication Date Mar 10, 2020
Publication Date 2020-03
Deposit Date Mar 6, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Petrology
Print ISSN 0022-3530
Electronic ISSN 1460-2415
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 61
Issue 3
Article Number egaa038
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egaa038

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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of petrology following peer review. The version of record Xiao, Y.Y., Chen, S., Niu, Y.L., Wang, X.H., Xue, Q.Q., Wang, G.D., Gao, Y.J. Gong, H.M., Kong, J.J., Shao, F.L., Sun, P., Duan, M., Hong, D. & Wang, D. (2020). Mineral compositions of syn-collisional granitoids and their implications for the formation of juvenile continental crust and adakitic magmatism. Journal of Petrology 61(3): egaa038 is available online at: http://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egaa038





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