Geochemistry and detrital zircon records of the Ruyang-Luoyu groups, southern North China Craton: Provenance, crustal evolution and Paleo–Mesoproterozoic tectonic implications

Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rocks in the southern margin of the North China Craton (NCC) are represented by the Ruyang and Luoyu groups. We studied the sedimentary rocks from the Yunmengshan and Beidajian formations of the Ruyang Group and the Cuizhuang and Sanjiaotang formations of the Lu...

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Published in:Di xue qian yuan. 2020-03, Vol.11 (2), p.679-696
Main Authors: Li, Xi-Yao, Li, Sanzhong, Wang, Tong-Shan, Dong, Yunpeng, Liu, Xiao-Guang, Zhao, Shu-Juan, Wang, Kun, Sun, Jiao-Peng, Dai, Li-Ming, Suo, Yan-Hui
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Language:English
Subjects:
Detrital zircon
Extrusion
Formations
Geochemistry
Geological time
Hf isotope
Isotopes
North China craton
Proterozoic
Radiometric dating
Sedimentary rocks
Sedimentation
Sediments
Tectonics
U–Pb ages
Zircon
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Summary:Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rocks in the southern margin of the North China Craton (NCC) are represented by the Ruyang and Luoyu groups. We studied the sedimentary rocks from the Yunmengshan and Beidajian formations of the Ruyang Group and the Cuizhuang and Sanjiaotang formations of the Luoyu Group. Detrital zircon grains from these formations have U–Pb age populations of 3.64–3.31 ​Ga, 2.96–2.86 ​Ga, 2.72–2.59 ​Ga, 2.56–2.47 ​Ga, 2.45–2.0 ​Ga, 1.99–1.85 ​Ga and 1.84–1.65 ​Ga. The geochemical features of the sedimentary rocks suggest that some of the sediments were sourced from intermediate to felsic magmatic rocks. The age groups of the detrital zircon are roughly consistent with the tectono-thermal events in the southern margin of the NCC. The Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircon from the sedimentary rocks in Ruyang and Luoyu groups suggest that significant crustal growth and reworking of the NCC took place during the Neoarchean and early- to mid-Paleoproterozoic, while crustal reworking at the Paleoarchean and late-Paleoproterozoic, and crustal growth at the Mesoarchean. We suggest the depositional times of the Ruyang Group and Luoyu Group are constrained to no older than 1.75–1.7 ​Ga and 1.7–1.65 ​Ga, respectively. Formation of late-Paleoproterozoic basins related to the strike slip and extrusion tectonics that cross-cut the NCC during the late Paleoproterozoic (
ISSN:1674-9871
2588-9192
DOI:10.1016/j.gsf.2019.08.003