10.6084/m9.figshare.5035727 Zejia Ji Zejia Ji Zhicheng Zhang Zhicheng Zhang Baofu Han Baofu Han Haifei Yu Haifei Yu Yan Chen Yan Chen Zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopes and geochemistry analyses of the Huyu igneous rocks in northwestern Beijing, China: possible new evidence for the initial destruction of the North China Craton Taylor & Francis Group 2017 Intraplate extensional magmatism Late Triassic igneous rocks Initial destruction Northwestern Beijing North China Craton 2017-05-24 10:37:54 Dataset https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Zircon_U_Pb_Hf_isotopes_and_geochemistry_analyses_of_the_Huyu_igneous_rocks_in_northwestern_Beijing_China_possible_new_evidence_for_the_initial_destruction_of_the_North_China_Craton/5035727 <p>The timing and extent of cratonic destruction are crucial to understanding the crustal evolution of the North China Craton (NCC). Zircon U–Pb–Hf isotope data and the whole-rock major and trace element characteristics of the Huyu igneous rocks in northwestern Beijing, China, provide possible new evidence for the initial destruction of the NCC. The igneous rocks occur as several sills and dikes, including lamprophyre, monzonite porphyry, and aplite. The lamprophyres have high Mg<sup>#</sup> and K<sub>2</sub>O contents. The monzonite porphyries have high Mg<sup>#</sup>, high K<sub>2</sub>O contents, and negative <i>ε</i><sub>Hf</sub>(<i>t</i>) values with zircon U–Pb ages of 225.5–227.7 Ma. These two types of rocks are both enriched in large ion lithosphere elements (LILEs) and light rare earth elements (LREEs) but are depleted in high field strength elements (HFSEs) and high rare earth elements (HREEs) and have almost no Eu anomalies and relatively high total rare earth element (ΣREE) contents. In contrast, the aplites exhibit high silica and K<sub>2</sub>O contents, low MgO contents, and more negative <i>ε</i><sub>Hf</sub>(<i>t</i>) values with a zircon U–Pb age of 206.2 Ma. The aplites are also enriched in LILEs and LREEs but are depleted in HFSEs and HREEs, with strongly negative Eu, Ti, P, La, Ce, and Sr anomalies and relatively low ΣREE contents. These results indicate that the lamprophyres and monzonite porphyries represent a continuous cogenetic magma evolution series after melt derived from an enriched metasomatized lithospheric mantle experienced crust assimilation and fractional crystallization. The aplites were produced by the fractional crystallization of low-Mg parental magma derived from melting of the ancient Archaean crust. The occurrence of the Huyu intrusive rocks with many other plutons of similar ages on the northern margin of the NCC suggests that the northern NCC entered an intraplate extensional tectonic environment in the Late Triassic.</p>