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Geochemistry of Late Permian basalts from boreholes in the Sichuan Basin, SW China: Implications for an extension of the Emeishan large igneous province

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The emplacement of the Late Permian Emeishan large igneous province (ELIP) in the Upper Yangtze craton, SW China, is considered to be a crucial factor that triggered the end-Guadalupian biodiversity crisis. However, the contribution of ELIP remains debated because of its relatively modest known size. The restricted assessment of its areal extent is, in part, due to the lack of study of the potential volcanic rocks concealed beneath younger strata. Here we present the first geochemical and isotopic variations and detailed spatial distribution of Late Permian basaltic rocks penetrated by deep exploratory boreholes in the Sichuan Basin. The Late Permian basaltic rocks are mainly distributed in the western and northeastern parts of the Sichuan Basin and are positioned at the same stratigraphic level as the Emeishan flood basalts. Petrography, whole-rock trace elements and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions demonstrate that these rocks are alkaline basalts and have oceanic island basalt - like characteristics, indicating a similar origin as the Emeishan flood basalts. The trace element and isotope ratios suggest that the basaltic magmas in the western Sichuan Basin were derived by low degrees of partial melting of a garnetbearing source. In contrast, the basalts in the northeastern part of the basin were generated by higher degrees of melting of a shallower mantle source in the spinel-garnet transition zone. Varying amounts of contamination by lower continental crustal melts are suggested by rough correlations between isotope and immobile trace element ratios. The spatial changes in composition and origin of the basaltic rocks in the Sichuan Basin can be interpreted as the result of varying extents of Emeishan mantle plume-lithosphere interaction under different lithospheric stress backgrounds, such that the reactivation of pre-existing basement faults controlled the emplacement of basaltic magma in the periphery of the ELIP. Our work reveals a substantially broader extent of the ELIP in buried sedimentary strata, which might have contributed to the abrupt end-Guadalupian climatic change.

Sichuan BasinBorehole basaltsGeochemistryEmeishan large igneous provinceMantle plumeENERGY-CONSTRAINED ASSIMILATIONPLUME-LITHOSPHERE INTERACTIONTRACE-ELEMENT COMPOSITIONDRONNING MAUD LANDFLOOD BASALTSMANTLE-PLUMEFRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATIONCRUSTAL CONTAMINATIONMASS EXTINCTIONHIGH-TI

Liu, Xiaoyu、Qiu, Nansheng、Soager, Nina、Fu, Xiaodong、Liu, Ran

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China Univ Petr

Univ Copenhagen

PetroChina Hangzhou Res Inst Geol

2022

10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120636

Chemical geology

Chemical geology

EISCI
ISSN：0009-2541
年,卷(期)：2022.588
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