Huang, Han‐Xiao, Dai, Zuo-Wen, Liu, Hong, Li, Guang‐Ming, Huizenga, Jan Marten, Zhang, Lin‐Kui, Huang, Yong, Cao, Hua‐Wen, and Fu, Jian‐Gang (2021) Zircon U–Pb ages, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotopes of the Mugagangri monzogranite in the southern Qiangtang of Tibet, western China: implications for the evolution of the Bangong Co‐Nujiang Meso‐Tethyan Ocean. Geological Journal, 56 (6). pp. 3170-3186.

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Abstract

We present in-situ zircon laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U–Pb ages, whole-rock geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotopes of the Mugagangri monzogranite in the southern margin of the Qiangtang Block, Tibet, western China. The zircons yield a U–Pb age of ca. 123 Ma. The hornblende-bearing monzogranite shows metaluminous to weak peraluminous and high-K calc-alkaline characteristics exemplified by high silica (SiO2 = 67.57–70.57 wt%), high aluminium (Al2O3 = 14.68–15.78 wt%), high potassium (K2O = 4.00–5.14 wt%), high alkali (K2O + Na2O = 7.88–8.62 wt%), and low calcium contents (CaO = 1.72–2.17 wt%), with the aluminium saturation index (A/CNK) ranging from 0.98 to 1.09, suggesting that the Mugagangri monzogranite is a metaluminous to weak peraluminous I-type high-K calc-alkaline granite. Geochemically, similar to the arc magmas, the monzogranite is enriched in large-ion lithophile elements, and relatively depleted in high-field-strength elements. The monzogranite displays relatively high(87Sr/86Sr)i values (0.70972–0.71240), uniform εNd(t) values (−2.24 to −3.40), variable zircon εHf(t) values (−14.1 to +8.0), and high radiogenic Pb isotopic values (206Pb/204Pb = 18.588–18.790, 207Pb/204Pb = 15.616–15.642, and 208Pb/204Pb = 38.838–39.053). These geochemical characteristics indicate that the monzogranite was derived from a mixed source comprising ancient crustal and mantle materials, and experienced frac- tional crystallization during emplacement. We propose that the parental magma of the Mugagangri monzogranite was most likely generated during northward subduction of the Bangong Coujiang Meso-Tethys Ocean.

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