Single-Grain Detrital Apatite Sr Isotopic Composition as an Indicator to Trace Sedimentary Sources: A Case Study of Sedimentary Rocks in the Hui-Cheng Basin, South Qinling, China
Sediments or clastic rocks can record the evolution history of basins, orogenic processes, crustal uplift and erosion, and even paleo-environments. Detrital minerals such as zircon, garnet, and apatite are useful media for studies of sedimentary sources and basin evolution. Detrital zircon has been...
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description | Sediments or clastic rocks can record the evolution history of basins, orogenic processes, crustal uplift and erosion, and even paleo-environments. Detrital minerals such as zircon, garnet, and apatite are useful media for studies of sedimentary sources and basin evolution. Detrital zircon has been widely taken as an indicator for provenances and tectonic evolution of geological terrenes via age distribution patterns. Apatite can remain stable during erosion and transportation and is also considered as an ideal object for source tracing. This mineral normally contains high Sr and negligible Rb. Its Sr isotopic composition can remain almost unchanged after crystallization. Unlike isotopic ages of detrital minerals, Apatite isotopic compositions have been less frequently used for tracing the provenance of sedimentary rocks in the last few decades. In the present study, we report on the Sr isotopic composition of individual apatite grains of Neogene and Jurassic conglomerates from the Hui-Cheng basin in the South Qinling orogenic belt, obtained via thermal ionization mass spectrometry. Detrital apatite grains of Jurassic rocks have narrow ranges of <sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr values from 0.7076 to 0.7100, but those of Neogene rocks gave variant <sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr values from 0.7055 to 0.7534, providing distinct evidence for complex sources of Neogene sedimentary rocks. Analytical results show that the distribution patterns of <sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr values of single-grain detrital apatite fit the distribution patterns of detrital zircon U-Pb from the isotopic ages very well. Detrital apatite Sr isotopic composition can provide essential information for tracing the origins and evolution of sedimentary sources. |
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spelling | doaj.art-8585390702ef482a9df9391f6f31cba02023-11-19T02:20:09ZengMDPI AGMinerals2075-163X2023-07-01138101010.3390/min13081010Single-Grain Detrital Apatite Sr Isotopic Composition as an Indicator to Trace Sedimentary Sources: A Case Study of Sedimentary Rocks in the Hui-Cheng Basin, South Qinling, ChinaRisheng Ye0Jingxin Zhao1Zhiyi Wang2Weiyong Li3Jun He4Fukun Chen5CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, ChinaSediments or clastic rocks can record the evolution history of basins, orogenic processes, crustal uplift and erosion, and even paleo-environments. Detrital minerals such as zircon, garnet, and apatite are useful media for studies of sedimentary sources and basin evolution. Detrital zircon has been widely taken as an indicator for provenances and tectonic evolution of geological terrenes via age distribution patterns. Apatite can remain stable during erosion and transportation and is also considered as an ideal object for source tracing. This mineral normally contains high Sr and negligible Rb. Its Sr isotopic composition can remain almost unchanged after crystallization. Unlike isotopic ages of detrital minerals, Apatite isotopic compositions have been less frequently used for tracing the provenance of sedimentary rocks in the last few decades. In the present study, we report on the Sr isotopic composition of individual apatite grains of Neogene and Jurassic conglomerates from the Hui-Cheng basin in the South Qinling orogenic belt, obtained via thermal ionization mass spectrometry. Detrital apatite grains of Jurassic rocks have narrow ranges of <sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr values from 0.7076 to 0.7100, but those of Neogene rocks gave variant <sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr values from 0.7055 to 0.7534, providing distinct evidence for complex sources of Neogene sedimentary rocks. Analytical results show that the distribution patterns of <sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr values of single-grain detrital apatite fit the distribution patterns of detrital zircon U-Pb from the isotopic ages very well. Detrital apatite Sr isotopic composition can provide essential information for tracing the origins and evolution of sedimentary sources.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/13/8/1010South Qinlingdetrital mineralzirconU-Pb ageapatitesingle-grain |
spellingShingle | Risheng Ye Jingxin Zhao Zhiyi Wang Weiyong Li Jun He Fukun Chen Single-Grain Detrital Apatite Sr Isotopic Composition as an Indicator to Trace Sedimentary Sources: A Case Study of Sedimentary Rocks in the Hui-Cheng Basin, South Qinling, China Minerals South Qinling detrital mineral zircon U-Pb age apatite single-grain |
title | Single-Grain Detrital Apatite Sr Isotopic Composition as an Indicator to Trace Sedimentary Sources: A Case Study of Sedimentary Rocks in the Hui-Cheng Basin, South Qinling, China |
title_full | Single-Grain Detrital Apatite Sr Isotopic Composition as an Indicator to Trace Sedimentary Sources: A Case Study of Sedimentary Rocks in the Hui-Cheng Basin, South Qinling, China |
title_fullStr | Single-Grain Detrital Apatite Sr Isotopic Composition as an Indicator to Trace Sedimentary Sources: A Case Study of Sedimentary Rocks in the Hui-Cheng Basin, South Qinling, China |
title_full_unstemmed | Single-Grain Detrital Apatite Sr Isotopic Composition as an Indicator to Trace Sedimentary Sources: A Case Study of Sedimentary Rocks in the Hui-Cheng Basin, South Qinling, China |
title_short | Single-Grain Detrital Apatite Sr Isotopic Composition as an Indicator to Trace Sedimentary Sources: A Case Study of Sedimentary Rocks in the Hui-Cheng Basin, South Qinling, China |
title_sort | single grain detrital apatite sr isotopic composition as an indicator to trace sedimentary sources a case study of sedimentary rocks in the hui cheng basin south qinling china |
topic | South Qinling detrital mineral zircon U-Pb age apatite single-grain |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/13/8/1010 |
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