Zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Jiaodong Terrane: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block of the North China Craton

Zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopes and geochemistry of two contrasting Neoarchean charnockitic rock series in Eastern Hebei, North China Craton: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic setting

“…Many investigations suggested that the interior of the Eastern Block was under a plume tectonic setting (Geng et al, 2012;Polat et al, 2006;Wu et al, 2014aWu et al, , 2014bZhai and Santosh, 2013;Zhao et al, 2005, whereas the north margin (including Chengde, Zunhua-Qinglong microblock of Eastern Hebei, and Chaoyang-Fuxin and Fushun-Qingyuan ranges of Liaoning) is considered to be formed in subduction-related environments in Neoarchean (Bai et al, 2014a(Bai et al, , 2014bGuo et al, 2013;Liu et al, 2010Liu et al, , 2011aLiu et al, , 2011bNutman et al, 2011;Wang et al, 2011Wang et al, , 2012bWang et al, , 2013b. Our new whole-rock geochemical, in situ orthopyroxene trace element, and zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic data suggest that the charnockitic plagioclase gneiss series was derived from partial melting of depleted mantle components that were metasomatized by slab-derived melts/fluids, and the charnockite series originated from slab-derived melts that were strongly contaminated by depleted mantle peridotites.…”

Archean crustal evolution in the southeastern North China Craton: New data from the Huoqiu Complex

“…Unlike many other cratons worldwide where ∼2.7 Ga records the most prominent peak of tectonomagmatic events (Condie, 2000), the NCC is characterized by major tectono-thermal events at ∼2.5 Ga (Gao et al, 2005;Geng et al, 2006Geng et al, , 2010Yang et al, 2008;Diwu et al, 2011;Wan et al, 2010bWan et al, , 2011bWan et al, , 2012bWu et al, 2012Wu et al, , 2013aWu et al, , 2014a. In particular, ∼2.5 Ga tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorites (TTGs) and calc-alkaline granitoids were considered to constitute about 80% of the exposure of the NCC (Zhao et al, 2001;Zhao, 2014).…”

Late Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the southern North China Craton: Constraints from detrital zircon dating and Hf–O isotopic compositions of the Benxi Formation, Sanmenxia area, North China Craton

“…Relative probability diagrams showing the variations in zircon U–Pb ages within terranes adjacent to the study area: (a) magmatic and detrital zircons of the NCC; (b) magmatic zircons of the NQO; and (c) detrital zircons during this study and the Benxi Formation within the southern of the NCC. Data for the NCC are from M. L. Wu et al (), Faure et al (), Jahn et al (), Zhou et al (), Tam et al (), J. H. Liu et al (), and Liu, Li, et al (), with data for the NQO from Cai () [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”