| Ordovician Proto–basin in South China and its Tectonic Implications: Evidence from the Detrital Zircon U–Pb Ages
of the Ordovician in Central Hunan, China |
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| 作者姓名： | ZHANG Jibiao NI Jingbo LIU Yanxue ZHANG Heng BU Ling |
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| 基金项目： | This research was financially supported by the China Geological Survey (Nos. DD20190370, 121201111120117 and 121201102000150012–32). We are grateful to Wang Yan of the Key Laboratory of Mineralization and Resource Evaluation, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and He Rong of Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences as well as other workers for their assistance. |
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| 摘 要： | Caledonian orogeny is another important tectonic event in South China Block after the breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent. With a view to constrain the tectonic evolution and proto–basin in South China, this paper reports the geochemical and zircon U-Pb dating data of the Ordovician strata in central Hunan, South China. Geochemical features and paleocurrent directions suggest that the lower Ordovician deposited in a passive continental margin basin with a provenance of quartzose components and showing an affinity with the Yangtze Block. U-Pb age data for 260 detrital zircons from upper Ordovician identify three major age populations as: 900–1200 Ma, 1400–1800 Ma and 2400–2700 Ma. The detrital zircon age spectrum as well as the paleocurrent directions suggest that upper Ordovician deposited in a foreland basin and showing a close affinity with the Cathaysia Block. It is also suggest that the lower Ordovician continuously accepted the mineral from the Yangtze Block, whereas the provenance of the upper Ordovician sedimentary basin changed from the Yangtze Block to the Cathaysia Block. This change implies a tectonic movement, which caused the transformation of the proto–basin in the Hunan area in SCB from passive continental margin basin to foreland basin probably took place during late Ordovician. This fact also demonstrate that the Caledonian orogeny in South China Block began no later than 453 Ma, and a new crustal evolution model is proposed.
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| 关 键 词： | U-Pb chronology Ordovician Proto–basin Caledonian orogeny South China |
| 收稿时间： | 2019/4/7 0:00:00 |
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