TY - JOUR
T1 - Lu-Hf and O isotopic compositions on single zircons from the North Eastern Desert of Egypt, Arabian-Nubian Shield
T2 - Implications for crustal evolution
AU - Ali, Kamal A.
AU - Zoheir, Basem A.
AU - Stern, Robert J.
AU - Andresen, Arild
AU - Whitehouse, Martin J.
AU - Bishara, Wagih W.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Siri Simonsen at the Department of Gesciences at the University of Oslo (Norway) for supervision when zircon Hf-isotope analyses were carried out. We sincerely thank Swedish Museum of Natural History for analyzing O isotope. The NordSIM ion microprobe facility is financed and operated under an agreement between the research councils of Denmark, Sweden, and the Geological Survey of Finland and the Swedish Museum of Natural History. We sincerely thank Dr. Yaron Be'eri-Shlevin and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments and suggestions that greatly helped to improve the manuscript. Great thanks go to Prof. Alan Stephen Collins for handling the manuscript.
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PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Neoproterozoic juvenile crust is exposed in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, between the Nile and the Red Sea, forming the basement to Cambrian and younger sedimentary strata in the northernmost part of the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS). In order to reveal how the crust of this vast region was formed, four examples of widespread Neoproterozoic (653-595 Ma) calc-alkaline and alkaline intrusive rocks in the northwestern most exposures, in the NE Desert of Egypt (NED) were studied. Single zircon Hf-O isotopic compositions of these intrusives were used to characterize the Neoproterozoic syn- and post-collisional granitoids in the NED. The ~653 Ma Um Taghir syn-tectonic granodiorite (I-type) displays isotopic characteristics of a depleted mantle source, such as high εHf(t) (+9.1 to +11.2) and mantle δ18O (mean = +5.12‰). In contrast, the ca. ~600 Ma post-collision A-type granites (Al-Missikat, Abu Harba, and Gattar) show slightly higher δ18O values (+5.15 to 6.70) and slightly lower εHf(t) values (+6.3 to +10.6, mean = +8.6). We interpret these isotopic data to reflect melting of a juvenile Neoproterozoic mantle source that assimilated slightly older Neoproterozoic crustal material during magma mixing. The involvement of crustal component is also supported by Hf-crustal model ages (0.67-0.96 Ga) and by the occurrence of xenocrystic zircons with U-Pb ages older than the crystallization ages, indicating melting of predominantly Late Neoproterozoic crustal protoliths.
AB - Neoproterozoic juvenile crust is exposed in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, between the Nile and the Red Sea, forming the basement to Cambrian and younger sedimentary strata in the northernmost part of the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS). In order to reveal how the crust of this vast region was formed, four examples of widespread Neoproterozoic (653-595 Ma) calc-alkaline and alkaline intrusive rocks in the northwestern most exposures, in the NE Desert of Egypt (NED) were studied. Single zircon Hf-O isotopic compositions of these intrusives were used to characterize the Neoproterozoic syn- and post-collisional granitoids in the NED. The ~653 Ma Um Taghir syn-tectonic granodiorite (I-type) displays isotopic characteristics of a depleted mantle source, such as high εHf(t) (+9.1 to +11.2) and mantle δ18O (mean = +5.12‰). In contrast, the ca. ~600 Ma post-collision A-type granites (Al-Missikat, Abu Harba, and Gattar) show slightly higher δ18O values (+5.15 to 6.70) and slightly lower εHf(t) values (+6.3 to +10.6, mean = +8.6). We interpret these isotopic data to reflect melting of a juvenile Neoproterozoic mantle source that assimilated slightly older Neoproterozoic crustal material during magma mixing. The involvement of crustal component is also supported by Hf-crustal model ages (0.67-0.96 Ga) and by the occurrence of xenocrystic zircons with U-Pb ages older than the crystallization ages, indicating melting of predominantly Late Neoproterozoic crustal protoliths.
KW - A-type granites
KW - Arabian-nubian shield
KW - Single zircon hf-O isotopes
KW - Sm-nd isotopes
KW - U-pb zircon dating
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gr.2015.02.008
DO - 10.1016/j.gr.2015.02.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84927139389
SN - 1342-937X
VL - 32
SP - 181
EP - 192
JO - Gondwana Research
JF - Gondwana Research
ER -