Abstract:
Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating for diabase from Jiangshiqiao in Taojiang City of Hu'nan Province yielded an emplace-ment age of 229±2.3Ma (
n=8, MSWD=1.8, 2σ).The diabase is characterized by low values of potassium (K
2O/Na
2O=0.14~0.16), and alkali (K
2O+Na
2O=2.89%~2.96%), enrichment of large ion lithophile elements and LREE and depletion of high field strength el-ements, low (
87Sr/
86Sr)
i ratios (0.70606~0.70644), low positive
ε Nd(
t) values (1.55~1.87) and enrichment of radioactive Pb, suggesting a mixed source of the depleted mantle (DM) and the lower crustal.In combination with previous studies, the authors hold that the di-abase was formed through partial melt of the mantle and lower crustal components by the upwelling asthenosphere during the Indo-sinian post-orogenic lithosphere extension in Hu'nan Province.