简介：EarlyOrdovicianA-typegranitesinthenortheastern(NE)SongnenBlockNEChinawerestudiedtobetterunderstandthegeodynamicsettingsinthisregion.ThisresearchpresentsnewzirconU-PbagesandwholerockgeochemicaldatafortheEarlyOrdoviciangranitesintheNESongnenBlock.ZirconU-PbdatingindicatesthatthegraniteintheCuibei,Hongxing,andMeixiareasintheNESongnenBlockformedintheEarlyOrdovicianwithagesof471-479Ma.ThegranitesshowgeochemicalcharacteristicsofhighSiO2andK2OcompositionsandlowFeOT,MgO,CaO,andP2O5compositions.TheybelongtoahighKcalc-alkalineseriesanddisplayaweakperaluminousfeaturewithA/CNKvaluesof0.98-1.14.TherockshaveaΣREEcompositionof249.98-423.94ppm,andareenrichedinLREEwith(La/Yb)Nvaluesof2.87-9.87,anddisplayobviousEuanomalies(δEu=0.01-0.29).TraceelementsofthestudiedgranitesarecharacterizedbyenrichmentinRb,Th,U,Pb,Hf,andSm,anddepletionofBa,Nb,Ta,andSr.TheydisplaygeochemicalfeaturesofhighZr+Y+Nb+Cevalues(324-795ppm)andGa/AlratiosconsistentwithA-typegranites.Basedonparticulargeochemicalfeatures,suchashighRb/Nb(7.98-24.19)andY/Nb(1.07-3.43),thestudiedA-typegranitescanbefurtherclassifiedasanA2-typesubgroup.ThisresearchindicatesthattheEarlyOrdovicianA-typegraniteswereformedbythepartialmeltingofancientcrustinanextensionalsetting.LowerSr/Yand(Ho/Yb)Nratiosindicatethatplagioclaseandamphiboleareresidualinthesource,andgarnetisabsent,implyingthatthemagmawasgeneratedatlowlevelsofpressure.Bycontrast,thecontemporaneousgranitesintheSEXing'anBlocksuggestasubduction-relatedtectonicsetting,anditsadakiticpropertyindicatesathickenedcontinentalcrust.WesuggestthatthePaleo-AsianOceanplatebetweentheXing'anandSongnenblockssubductednorthwardduringtheEarlyOrdovician.Meanwhile,theNESongnenBlockwasexposedtoapassivecontinentalmargintectonicsetting.