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SHRIMP zircon age of a Proterozoic rapakivi granite batholith in the Gyeonggi massif (South Korea) and its geological implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2005

MINGGUO ZHAI ,
ZHIYAO NI ,
CHANG WHAN OH ,
JINGHUI GUO  and
SEON GYU CHOI
MINGGUO ZHAI
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
ZHIYAO NI
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
CHANG WHAN OH
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, 561-576, South Korea
JINGHUI GUO
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
SEON GYU CHOI
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, 136-701, South Korea
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Abstract

A large rapakivi granite batholith in the Neo-Archaean/Palaeoproterozoic Odesan complex, northeastern Gyeonggi massif, South Korea, has been dated at 1839±10 Ma using SHRIMP U–Pb analysis of zircons. The age, petrological and geochemical characteristics of this batholith are similar to those of the rapakivi granite batholiths exposed in the Rangnim massif of North Korea and in the Miyun–Chengde complex of North China. The country rocks of these rapakivi granite batholiths are also comparable; all are composed of granitic gneisses and banded iron formation (BIF)-bearing supracrustal rocks metamorphosed to amphibolite- to granulite-facies. This study provides new evidence for the suggestion that the Gyeonggi and Rangnim massifs may share an affinity with the Precambrian basement of the North China craton. The study provides new insight into the possible eastward extension of the Sulu orogenic belt in the Korean peninsula and further provides evidence to correlate the Korea basement to a possible global 2.1–1.8 Ga supercontinent.

Keywords

rapakivigraniteSHRIMP datazirconSouth Korea
Type
Original Article
Information
Geological Magazine , Volume 142 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 23 - 30
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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