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Geochemical and Nd isotopic constraints on provenance and depositional setting of the Shihuiding Formation in the Shilu Fe-Co-Cu ore district, Hainan Province, South China | |
Yu, Liangliang; Zou, Shaohao; Cai, Jianxin; Xu, Deru; Zou, Fenghui; Wang, Zhilin; Wu, Chuanjun; Liu, Meng; Xu, DR (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Geochem, Key Lab Mineral & Metallogeny, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, Peoples R China. | |
2016 | |
Source Publication | JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
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Volume | 119Pages:100-117 |
Abstract | The Shihuiding Formation, a subordinate succession hosting the Fe-Co-Cu ores, is a suite of Neoproterozoic terrigenous clastic rocks occurring in the Shilu Fe-Co-Cu ore district of the Hainan Island, South China. Integrated petrographical, geochemical, and Nd isotopic analyses have been carried out on 23 sandstone specimens of the Shihuiding Formation in order to understand their provenance and the tectonic setting of their deposition. The samples can be divided into two groups, quartzose sand-stones (13 samples) and ferruginous sandstones (10 samples). The ferruginous sandstones have average SiO2 and Fe-total contents of 77.23 wt.% and 18.09 wt.%, respectively, and this contrasts with the higher average SiO2 (94.04 wt.%) and lower Fetal (2.67 wt.%) contents of the quartzose sandstones. The bivariant Th/Sc and Zr/Sc ratios indicate a predominantly recycled sedimentary provenance, and the low to medium degrees of weathering are commonly indicated by an average chemical index of maturity (CIM) of 81 and an average chemical index of alteration (CIA) of 68. The Shihuiding Formation sandstones have REE contents of 21-249 ppm, with LREE/HREE = 9.18 and delta Eu = 0.67. The epsilon(Nd) (970 Ma) values of -5.7 to -3.4, and model (T-DM) ages of 2099-1773 Ma are compatible with a source mainly from the Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic Baoban Group, a suite of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks intruded by ca. 1450 Ma granites. Quantitative provenance modeling indicates that the Shihuiding Formation sandstones are best modeled with a mixture of 29% plagioclase-amphibole gneiss (29 P), 38% quartz-muscovite schist (38 Q), and 33% granite (33 G) detritus. Mixing the epsilon(Nd) values of the sandstones, calculated at 970 Ma, indicates that the sediment received 22-47% (average 34%) of its detritus from the Baoban Group quartz-muscovite schists. Components from hydrothermal fluids may also have been involved during deposition of the Shihuiding Formation sandstones, as revealed by a bivariant Al/(Al + Fe + Mn) vs. Fe/Ti plot, positive Eu anomalies, and negative Y anomalies relative to PAAS. Tectonic discrimination diagrams, such as La-Th-Sc and Th-Co-Zr/10, indicate a passive continental margin setting for the deposition of the Shihuiding Formation. In terms of its geological setting, we propose that the Shihuiding Formation was deposited in a peripheral foreland basin, supplied by detritus shed from the Grenville Orogenic Belt during the assemblage of the Rodinia Supercontinent. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Department | [Yu, Liangliang; Zou, Shaohao; Xu, Deru; Zou, Fenghui; Wu, Chuanjun; Liu, Meng] Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Geochem, Key Lab Mineral & Metallogeny, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, Peoples R China; [Yu, Liangliang; Zou, Shaohao; Zou, Fenghui; Liu, Meng] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China; [Cai, Jianxin; Wu, Chuanjun] Chinese Acad Sci, South China Sea Inst Oceanol, Key Lab Marginal Sea Geol, Guangzhou 510301, Guangdong, Peoples R China; [Wang, Zhilin] Cent S Univ, Sch Geosci & Infophys, Changsha 410083, Peoples R China ; 边缘海地质 |
Keyword | Shihuiding Formation Shilu Fe-co-cu Ore District Neoproterozoic Hainan Island South China |
Subject Area | Geology |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.scsio.ac.cn/handle/344004/15590 |
Collection | 中科院边缘海地质重点实验室 |
Corresponding Author | Xu, DR (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Geochem, Key Lab Mineral & Metallogeny, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, Peoples R China. |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Yu, Liangliang,Zou, Shaohao,Cai, Jianxin,et al. Geochemical and Nd isotopic constraints on provenance and depositional setting of the Shihuiding Formation in the Shilu Fe-Co-Cu ore district, Hainan Province, South China[J]. JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES,2016,119:100-117. |
APA | Yu, Liangliang.,Zou, Shaohao.,Cai, Jianxin.,Xu, Deru.,Zou, Fenghui.,...&Xu, DR .(2016).Geochemical and Nd isotopic constraints on provenance and depositional setting of the Shihuiding Formation in the Shilu Fe-Co-Cu ore district, Hainan Province, South China.JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES,119,100-117. |
MLA | Yu, Liangliang,et al."Geochemical and Nd isotopic constraints on provenance and depositional setting of the Shihuiding Formation in the Shilu Fe-Co-Cu ore district, Hainan Province, South China".JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES 119(2016):100-117. |
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