Zircons entrained in mantle-derived magmas offer a prime opportunity to reveal cryptic magmatic episodes in the deep crust. We have investigated zircons from mantle-derived uhrapotassic veins in the Xuena area, southern Lhasa subterrane. Zircons in the Xuena uhrapotassic rocks reveal four major magmatic pulses around 〈 100Ma, 300 - 400Ma, 450 - 500Ma, and 700 - 850Ma. The high U/Yb ratios and low Y contents of these zircons demonstrate their continental origin. Cenozoic-Mesozoic and Late Paleozoic magmatism have been widely identified from the southern Lhasa subterrane, suggesting the contribution from overlying juvenile crust. But similar Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic age distributions (450 -500Ma and 700 -850Ma) between these zircon xenocrysts and those dating records in the Himalayan orogenic belt corroborate the input from underthrusted Indian continental crust. Furthermore, the increasing (Dy/Yb) N ratio since - 60Ma and rapid decreasing zircon εHf (t) values, from + 10 - + 5 to - 10 - - 25, are interpreted to reflect significant and progressive crustal thickening in response to India-Asia convergence and the contribution from subducted Indian continental crust to postcollisional magmatism in the southern Lhasa sub-terrane.
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