Recognition and tectonic implications of an extensive Neoproterozoic volcano-sedimentary rift basin along the southwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, northwestern China》.pdf

Precambrian Research 257 (2015) 65–82 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Precambrian Research j o u r n a l h o m ep a g e : w w w. elsev /locate/precamres Recognition and tectonic implications of an extensive Neoproterozoic volcano-sedimentary rift basin along the southwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, northwestern China Chao Wang a,∗ , Liang Liu b , Yong-He Wang a , Shi-Ping He a , Rong-She Li a , Meng Li a , Wen-Qiang Yang b , Yu-Ting Cao c , Alan S. Collins d , Chao Shi a , Zhong-Nan Wu a a MLR Key Laboratory of Genesis and Exploration of Magmatic Ore Deposits, Orogen Research Centre of China Geological Survey, Xi’an Center of China Geological Survey, Xi’an 710054, China b State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China c College of Geological Science Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266510, China d Centrefor Tectonics, Resources and Exploration (TRaX), Department of Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The Tiekelik Belt includes a large outcrop area of Precambrian continental crust, which is exposed along Received 3 June 2014 the southwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, NW China. It is characterized by the occurrence of high- Received in revised form 5 October 2014 grade metamorphic rocks and volcano-sedimentary successions. In this contribution, we present zircon Accepted 25 November 2014 U–Pb results from 10 samples of rocks from these volcano-sedimentary succe