Magmatic recycling of accretionary wedge: A new perspective on Silurian-Devonian I-type granitoids generation in the Chinese Altai

The mechanism for generation of Silurian-Devonian hornblende-bearing I-type granitoids in the Chinese Altai still remains rather obscure. The possibility that they are derived from the regional anatexis of the Ordovician accretionary wedge, i.e., the Habahe Group, is investigated. The Habahe Group contains a large number of intermediate-to-basic components. These components occur mainly as interlayered volcanogenic bands or admixtures and less...