Sawuer region is located in west Junggar, Jimunai County of Altay district and Hefeng county of Tacheng district, Xinjiang province. The region is along the north margin of the Kazakstan-Junggar Plate. I- and A-type granites are widespread in Sawuer region. The Tasite pluton is an important multiple granitic intrusion which has close relationship with the Cu and Au mineralization. According to the LA-ICP MS age dating result of zircon, the crystallization age of Tasite intrusion is 337 ± 4Ma(1σ), corresponding to the early Carboniferous. The previous study on geological and geochemical characteristics has indicated that the Tasite pluton belongs to post-collisional granite. Therefore the west Junggar was in the post-collisional setting in early Carboniferous. The zircon U-Pb age of the Tasite pluton in this paper is one of the eldest ages of post-collisional granites in Junggar reported so far, providing a new evidence for confining the time framework of post-collisional period in Junggar.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Research Division:	Earth Sciences
Research Group:	Geology
Research Field:	Geochronology
Objective Division:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:	Expanding knowledge
Objective Field:	Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
UTAS Author:	Cooke, DR (Professor David Cooke)
UTAS Author:	Meffre, S (Dr Sebastien Meffre)
ID Code:	51598
Year Published:	2007
Web of Science® Times Cited:	34
Deposited By:	Centre for Ore Deposit Research - CODES CoE
Deposited On:	2007-08-01
Last Modified:	2008-04-21
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