Abstract
AbstractControversies remain as to the Permian tectonic setting in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), in particular, regarding the triggering of Permian magmatism. To address this issue, we carried out a geochemical study on Dananhu volcanics from the Tuha basin, southwestern CAOB. 40Ar/39Ar analyses for feldspar separates yield a Carboniferous age of 321.2 ± 9.8 Ma for the andesites and a Permian age of 278.9 ± 4.2 Ma for the basalts. Both the andesites and basalts geochemically resemble subduction‐related magmas in aspects of their trace element and Sr‐Nd‐Pb isotopic composition, but they may differ in petrogenesis. The andesites are typical adakites. Their high Cr and Ni contents, and low heavy rare earth element contents, and positive correlation between B/Nb ratios and δ11B values suggest that they were generated by interaction between slab‐derived melts/fluids and the mantle wedge. The Permian basalts are subdivided into two subgroups: alkali and tholeiitic basalts. High Ba/La and Ba/Zr ratios indicate that the source of the alkali basalts has been metasomatized by fluids/melts derived from altered oceanic crust. In contrast, a volatile‐free source metasomatized by sediment‐derived fluids/melts is inferred for the tholeiitic basalts given their high Th/Zr and Th/Ce ratios. Negative correlation between B/Nb and δ11B for the Permian basalts imply that the arc signatures were imposed by previous subduction events, and no direct slab‐derived fluids/melts participated in their petrogenesis. These geochemical characteristics alongside regional geologic records collectively suggest a tectonic shift in the southwestern CAOB from subduction‐related setting during the Late Carboniferous to an intraplate setting during the Early Permian.
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