U-PbAge of Zircon and Its Geological Significance in Suhongtu Depression, Yingen-Ejinaqi Basin

Key words: 
• detrital zircons /
• volcanic rock zircon /
• U-Pb dating /
• volcanic activity times /
• Suhongtu depression /
• Yingen-Ejinaqi Basin

Abstract: Suhongtu depression is in the northern part of the Yingen-Ejinaqi basin, stratigraphic framework here is still unclear because of the low degree of exploration, especially, there is a big controversy on the location of the deep stratum with volcanic rock. The volcanic rocks in the study area are very developed, volcanic activity has larger influence on hydrocarbon accumulation, but activity times of volcanic remains unclear. In this study, systematic sampling has been carried out from a drilling well in Suhongtu depression. The samples were both shallow sedimentary rocks and deep volcanic rocks. Then, the U-Pb geochronology of the samples was studied, expecting it will provide evidence for the solution of the above problem. The results showed that:①Whether detrital zircon or volcanic zircons, except that a few old age zircons belonged to metamorphic origin, and the rest younger zircons belonged to the magmatic origin. Zircon ages of each sample were concentrated in three groups, and some of the age groups overlapped in different samples. ②The formation age of deep volcanic rocks was early Cretaceous, it provided some restraints on the formation with deep volcanic rocks. ③The age of all the younger magmatic zircons for every samples can be divided into four age groups:132.6±0.7 Ma, 237.9±3.2 Ma, 255.4±6.2 Ma~263.7±2.2 Ma and 314.1±2.3 Ma~328.5 Ma. The four age groups represented four volcanic activities since late Paleozoic, and the corresponding age were early Carboniferous, late Permian, middle Triassic and early Cretaceous, respectively, among these the most widely and strongly volcanic activity was late Permian. The research provided a strong basis for stratigraphic division and volcanic prediction in the study area.