Episodic crustal growth in the Tanzania Craton:evidence from Nd isotope compositions

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摘要 TheanalysisofavailableNdisotopedatafromtheTanzaniaCratonplacesimportantconstraintsonthecrest-mantleseparationages,andeventsmarkingjuvenilecrustaladditionandcrustalrecycling.Ndmodelagesdatetheoldestcrustextractionto3.16GaintheTanzaniaCraton,althougharockrecordofsuchantiquityisyettobefoundthere.Themostsignificantperiodofjuvenilecrustaladditionaswellascrustalrecyclingis2.7-2.6Ga.TheNdisotopesofmariesamplesshowthatchemicalheterogeneityexistedinthemantlebeneaththeTanzaniaCraton,withsomesamplesoriginatingfromsignificantlydepletedmantle,andmostsamplesoriginatingfromthemixtureofprimitivemantleanddepletedmantle.TheNdisotopesectionrevealssignificantdifferencesinNdisotopesbetweenthenortheratonandcentralcraton;comparedtothenorthcraton,thecentralcratonyieldsaNdmodelagethatisapproximately100Maolder,anditsεNd(t)valuesaremorenegative,indicatingthatthetwopartsofthecratonhavedifferentmantlesourceregions.DifferenttypesofgranitoidsaredistributedintheTanzaniaCraton,suchashigh-Kandlow-Algranite,ealc-alkalinegranite,peraluminousgraniteandtransitionaltypesoftonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorites(TTGs).Mostofthegranitoidsformedlaterthanthemarierocksinsyn-collisionandpostcollisionevents.
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出处 《中国地质(英文)》 2018年2期
出版日期 2018年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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