Early Ordovician island‐arc‐type Manite granodiorite pluton from the Buqingshan Tectonic Mélange Belt in the southern margin of the East Kunlun Orogen: constraints on subduction of the Proto‐Tethyan Ocean

The Buqingshan Tectonic Mélange Belt in the south margin of the East Kunlun Orogen, located in west section of Buqingshan–A'nyemaqen Suture Zone, is one of the key areas to understand continental tectonics and continental dynamics of China. This paper reports zircon U–Pb dating results and geochemistry of the Manite granodiorite (rock mass) in the Buqingshan Tectonic Mélange Belt. Zircons from the granodiorite show oscillatory zoning structures...