Origin of the Late Permian gabbros and Middle Triassic granodiorites and their mafic microgranular enclaves from the Eastern Kunlun Orogen Belt: Implications for the subduction of the Palaeo‐Tethys Ocean and continent–continent collision

The geodynamic evolution of the Eastern Kunlun Orogen Belt (EKOB) during the late Palaeozoic–Early Mesozoic remains controversial. Here, we present new zircon UPb, element geochemical, and SrNdHf isotopic data for the Kaerqueka gabbros, granodiorites, and their mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs) in the Qiman Tahg area of Qinghai Province (QTQP), western EKOB, with a view to constrain their petrogenesis and tectonic setting. New LA–ICP–MS...