Abstract:
The gneissic granodiorite in northern Lenghu of Qinghai Province is characterized by low SiO
2 and MgO, and high Al
2O
3, Na
2O and CaO, with alumina saturation index A/CNK of 0.92~0.797. These features suggest that this gneissic granodiorite belongs to the high-K calci-alkaline peraluminous rocks and metaluminous rocks. The chondrite-normalized REE values show right-in-clined patterns with slightly negative Eu anomaly. The primitive mantle normalized trace element spidergrams are characterized by en-riched LILE(such as Rb, Th and U) and depleted HFSE(such as Nb, Ta and Zr), which is comparable with the characteristics of oro-genic magmatic rocks, suggesting a volcanic arc tectonic setting associated with subduction. Moreover, the gneissic granodiorite is characterized by rich Na
2O and A1
2O
3, high Sr, Sr/Yb and LREE, and inconspicuous differentiation of HREE. These features imply that the rocks in northern Lenghu of Qinghai were probably formed by the melting of basaltic rocks with amphibole as a residua phase. With the U-Pb isotopic age of 470.2±1.2Ma(
n=19, MSWD=0.68) of granodiorite, the authors believe that north Al-tun oceanic crust subducted toward Oulongbuluke block in Early Ordovician.