Impact of residual zircon on Nd-Hf isotope decoupling during sediment recycling in subduction zone |
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| Authors: | Chen Zhang M Santosh Qun Luo Shu Jiang Luofu Liu Dongdong Liu |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum Beijing, Beijing 102249, China;2. Basin and Reservoir Research Center, China University of Petroleum Beijing, Beijing 102249, China;3. Energy & Geoscience Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84108, UT, USA;4. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;5. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA, 50005, Australia;6. Unconventional Natural Gas Institute, China University of Petroleum Beijing, Beijing 102249, China |
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| Abstract: | The subduction factories in convergent plate margins exert crucial control on recycling terrestrial components and returning to the overlying crust. The Nd and Hf isotopic systems provide potential tracers to evaluate these processes. Here we present a case where these isotopic systems are decoupled in a suite of granites from the Chinese Altai, showing a wide range of εHf(t) values (from ?4.7 to +10.8) in contrast to a limited range of εNd(t) values (from ?5.8 to ?1.9). The zircon xenocrysts occurring frequently in these rocks show markedly negative εHf(t) values (from ?34.3 to ?6.5) and positive δ7Li values (from +12.5 to +18.2). We propose a model to explain the observed relationship between residual zircon and Nd–Hf isotope decoupling. We suggest that the Altai granites originated from partial melting of subducted slab components under relatively low temperature conditions which aided the residual zircon from oceanic sediments to inherit and retain a significant amount of 177Hf in the source, thereby elevating the 176Hf/177Hf ratio of the melt, and decoupling from the 143Nd/144Nd ratio during the subsequent magmatic processes. Our study illustrates a case where sediment recycling in subduction zone contributes to decoupling of Nd and Hf isotopic systems, with former providing a more reliable estimate of the source characteristics of granitic magmas. |
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| Keywords: | Nd and Hf isotope systematics Subduction tectonics Oceanic sediment melting Geochemical recycling Chinese Altai |
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