Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science) ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (5): 740-747.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2022.05.019

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Petrogenesis for Late Neoarchean Era High Magnesian Andesites in the Anshan-Benxi Area

GUO Rong-rong, LI Zong-hui, HUANG Xiao   

  1. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education on Safe Mining of Deep Metal Mines, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
  • Revised:2021-02-21 Accepted:2021-02-21 Published:2022-06-20
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Abstract: The high magnesian andesites(HMAs)are first recognized from the Anshan-Benxi area, which comprise mineral assemblages of amphibole+plagioclase+mica+quartz+minor pyroxene. The Anshan-Benxi HMAs are interlayered with ~2.55~2.52Ga BIF and supracrustal rocks, therefore indicating that they are late Neoarchean products. Whole-rock major and trace geochemical results reveal that the Anshan-Benxi HMAs represent primary magmas with high MgO, Cr and Ni contents, low FeOT/MgO ratios and calc-alkaline features, and are characterized by typical island arc compositions with strongly fractionated REE patterns and negative Nb-Ta-Ti anomalies. Besides, the Anshan-Benxi HMAs are geochemically analogous to ~2.7Ga HMA in the Wawa greenstone belt and Phanerozoic sanukoid HMA in the Setouchi. Taken together, the Anshan-Benxi HMAs are interpreted products of partial melting of mantle peridotites which are previously metasomatized by subducting slab released melts, consisting with a late Neoarchean subduction geodynamic setting in the Anshan-Benxi area.

Key words: Anshan-Benxi area; late Neoarchean era; high magnesian andesite; active plate margin; petrogenesis

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