Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of Upper Triassic appinite dykes in the East Kunlun orogenic belt, northern Tibetan Plateau

This paper presents geochronological, mineralogical, geochemical, and Sr-Nd isotopic data for recently identified Upper Triassic appinite dyke swarms in the East Kunlun orogenic belt (EKOB), northern Tibetan Plateau. Zircon U-Pb isotopic analyses using SHRIMP and LA-ICP-MS techniques yield 206Pb/238U ages of 226.1 ± 1.9 Ma and 226.4 ± 3.5 Ma, which can be interpreted as the crystallization ages of the appinite dykes. All the samples are...