The fragment of Paleo-Tethys ophiolite from central Qiangtang, Tibet: Geochemical evidence of metabasites in Guoganjianian
N-MORB-type metabasites are discovered in the Guoganjianian area, central Qiangtang, Tibet, which are mainly metagabbro with cumulate structure and metabasalt. The rocks are distributed nearly from west to east unconformably underlying the Wanghuling Group of upper Triassic. On the basis of geochemi...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Science China. Earth sciences 2007-09, Vol.50 (9), p.1302-1309 |
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Zusammenfassung: | N-MORB-type metabasites are discovered in the Guoganjianian area, central Qiangtang, Tibet, which are mainly metagabbro with cumulate structure and metabasalt. The rocks are distributed nearly from west to east unconformably underlying the Wanghuling Group of upper Triassic. On the basis of geochemical analysis, we find that the content of SiO2 is 43.03%―53.42%, and TiO2 1%―2.67%, Al2O3 16.75%―21.52%, CaO 7.03%―11.13%, K2O 0.05%―0.38%; the REE pattern is slight depletion or flat, and the trace spider diagram is like that of N-MORB, so we consider that the metabasite was formed under the setting of mid-ocean ridge or adult back-arc basin, and it is the fragment of Paleo-Tethys ophiolite. |
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ISSN: | 1674-7313 1006-9313 1869-1897 1862-2801 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11430-007-0051-7 |