Metamorphosed mafic rocks with N-type MORB geochemical features in Hainan Island—Remnants of the Paleo-Tethys Oceanic Crust?
作者:Xianhua Li、Hanwen Zhou、Shijiang Ding、Chi-Yu Lee、Renjie Zhang、Yeming Zhang、Wenchun Ge
DOI:10.1007/bf02886208
日期:2000.5
A number of metamorphosed mafic rocks occurred within the Paleozoic strata in the Chenxing and Bangxi regions at the northern side of the Changjiang-Qionghai Fault in Central Hainan Island. These metamorphosed mafic rocks are tholeiites in chemistry. They are characterized by extreme depletion of Th, Nb, Ta and LREEs, resembling the depleted N-type mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB). Field relations suggest that the protolith of the metamorphosed mafic rocks were likely formed in Paleozoic, These metamorphosed mafic rocks with N-type MORB geochemical features were probably the remnants of the Paleo-Tethys oceanic crust.