Abstract
Migmatites can be produced in different stages of orogeny and thus have a great significance to constrain the evolution of an orogenic belt. Migmatites widely occur in the Tongbai orogen, but their formation ages and geological significance have not been well constrained. In this study, a combination of cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging, U-Pb-Hf-O isotopes and trace elements of zircons were carried for migmatites in the Tongbai orogen. Most inherited cores in a melanosome show variable UPb ages and Hf isotope compositions with high δ18O values, suggesting they might be detrital zircons from its protolith. Whereas other relict cores in this sample have nebulously zoning or no zoning, flat HREE patterns with insignificant Eu anomalies and relatively low formation temperatures, indicating their formation under eclogite-facies conditions. They yield UPb ages of 228 ± 3 Ma, providing direct evidence for the involvement of Triassic subducted continental materials. The overgrowth rims and some new grown grains in the migmatites show euhedral shapes, low CL luminescence, high Th/U ratios, clear negative Eu anomalies and steep HREE patterns, suggesting they are anatectic zircons formed during partial melting. They yield UPb ages from 139 ± 2 to 132 ± 1 Ma. Combined with previous studies, we suggest that migmatization mainly occurred at 139–130 Ma in the Tongbai orogen. The anatectic zircons in the leucosomes show much lower δ18O values (5.79 ± 0.23‰ vs. 8.94 ± 0.16‰) and higher 176Hf/177Hf ratios (0.282302–0.282648 vs. 0.281728–0.282504) than the zircons in adjacent melanosomes, suggesting that the leucosomes might be externally sourced. According to a compilation of the geochronological information of migmatite and magmatism, the Tongbai-Dabie-Sulu orogens have a spatial and temporal variation of partial melting and magma activities in the post-collisional stage. These might result from the diachronical tectonic switch and collapse of the orogenic lithospheric keels caused by the subduction and rollback of the Paleo-Pacific slab.
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