Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb Age of Targen Monzogranite in Western Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China: Initial Time of Left-Lateral Slip of the Tuoli Fault
摘要
The Targen monzogranite was sheared by the Tuoli fault in the middle of western Junggar Basin and the maximum initial time of left-lateral slip of the Tuoli fault will be limited by the emplacement time of the monzogranite. According to the observation of the very similar CL images of the zircons, the weighted average value of 206Pb/238U age of(295.8±2.5) Ma was obtained by the calculation using 13 among the 31 data, which is interpreted as the emplacement time of the Targen monzogranite. Based on the fact of left-lateral slip sheared and the emplacement time of the Targen monzogranite, it is clearly indicated that the initiation of left-lateral slip of the Tuoli fault took place after 295 Ma.