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The Geochemical Characteristics and Tectonic Setting of the Lower Permian Basalts in Hongliuhe Area at the Border between Xinjiang and Gansu Provinces

ZHAO Ze-hui, GUO Zhao-jie, ZHANG Zhi-cheng, SHI Hong-yu, TIAN Jie   

  1. The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, Minstry of Education, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2004-12-20 Revised:2004-12-20 Online:2004-12-20 Published:2004-12-20

Abstract: The major elements geochemical characteristics of the Lower Permian tholeiitic basalts from Hongliuhe area show lower Mg,total alkali(Na2O+K2O),and higher Fe,Ti. large ion lithophile elements(LILE),such as Rb,K,Sr and Ba are enriched. The light rare earth elements(LILE)are enriched relative to heavy rare earth elements(LILE).In addition,La/Yb=10.61~16.87,,Th/Ta=1.03~1.99.Fe/Ti=5.3O~6.39,Ti/P=5.61~7.30,Ti/Zr=38.83~46.3O,Zr=(254~328)x1O-6, Zr/Y=5~10 and Y/Nb=1.52~2.45.These characteristics indicate that the magma source of the lower Permian basalts were derived from mixed components of depleted mantle(DM)and enriched mantle(EM).,The0 latter is the major end-member which reflects a low degree of partial melting of mantle source and a slight crustal contamination.