Abstract
Palaeoproterozoic granites accompanied with granulite‐facies gneisses can be recognized in the Kuandian area, northern Jiao‐Liao‐Ji Belt (JLJB). This study highlights two episodes of Palaeoproterozoic magmatism, identified by granites and biotite monzogranitic gneisses herein. Zircon grains from biotite monzogranitic gneiss with homogeneous oscillatory zoning yielded a U–Pb age of 2,153 ± 16 Ma, in accordance with the age of zircon cores from the monzogranitic gneiss. Zircon grains from the two granites yielded upper intercept ages of 1,892 ± 38 Ma and 1,859 ± 36 Ma respectively. Monzogranitic gneiss samples are enriched in Th, Rb, Pb, U, and REE, but depleted in Sr and P. They have high 1,000 × Ga/Al ratios versus Zr, Ce, Nb, Y contents, which are usually interpreted as the features of classical A‐type granite that originated in a lithospheric extension setting. The ~1.89–1.86 Ga granite samples have relatively high Al, Rb, Th, U and low Sr, Zr, and Hf contents. These features, combined with the observation of minor apatite grains under the microscope are similar with the I‐type granites. In situ zircon Lu–Hf isotopic analyses revealed that ~1.89–1.86 Ga granite had a similar range and TDM2 ages with the monzogranitic gneiss, but with much lower εHf(t) values. The monzogranitic gneiss may have originated from an Archean crust, while the later granite may be derived from melting of the partial melting of the monzogranitic gneiss or the Archean crust that generated the monzogranitic gneiss. The ~1.89–1.86 Ga granites, together with the coeval S‐type granites in the JLJB, represent an orogeny process that may involve a Palaeoproterozoic subduction.
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