Crustal evolution of Paleozoic-Mesozoic granitoid in Dakrong-A Luoi area, Truong Son belt, central Vietnam: evidence from zircon U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry, and Hf isotope composition

The Dakrong-A Luoi area is located in the South Truong Son belt in the Indochina block and has been affected by multiple stages of magmatic-metamorphic events. In this paper, Paleozoic-Mesozoic granitoids from the Dakrong-A Luoi area were studied using LA ICP-MS U-Pb zircon geochronologies, Hf isotopes on zircon and whole-rock geochemistry of the Paleozoic to examine the tectonic-magmatic history of the Southern Truong Son belt. The magmatism history of the area can be divided into three phases, at similar to 452 Ma (Ordovician), similar to 259 Ma (Permian), and similar to 243 Ma (Triassic). The Ordovician granites were exposed in the narrow belt of NW-SE trending, while the later two granite phases were exposed in E-W trending. The Ordovician granites show consistent LA-ICP-MS zircon (sic)(Hf)(t) values from + 6.2 to + 8.3. Their corresponding Hf model ages (T-DM2) from 0.9 Ga to 1.0 Ga suggest that the Ordovician granite was derived from the partial melting of ancient crustal rocks, which is related to the subduction of the Tam Ky-Phuoc Son (TKPS) ocean beneath the Truong Son belt. The Permian granites have Hf isotopic natures ((sic)(Hf)(t)=-1.6 to 1.3, T-DM2 = 1.2-1.3 Ga) of partial melting from ancient mantle components with minor Paleoproterozoic ancient continental crust The Triassic granites have negative epsilon(Hf)(t) values ranging from -11.9 to -7.0 and Hf model ages of 1.7-2.0 Ga suggesting that they were a product of partial melting from the Paleoproterozoic crust, corresponding to subduction/collision of the Paleo-Tethys ocean beneath the Indochina block along the Song Ma suture.