Single zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of the Guandimiao and Wawutang granitic plutons in Hunan, South China and its petrogenetic significance

The Guandimao and Wawutang plutons are located at the center of Hunan, South China. The former is mainly composed of biotite monzonitic granites/granodiorites and two-mica monzonitic granites, but the latter only consists of biotite monzonitic granites. The zircon ages of 203.0 +/- 1.6 Ma (biotite monzonitic granites) and 208.0 +/- 3.2 Ma (two-mica monzonitic granites) for the Guandimao pluton and 204 +/- 3 Ma for the Wawutang pluton obtained with the LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating indicate that they were formed during the late Indosinian. In consideration of other geochronological data from Indosinian rocks of South China and adjacent regions, it is inferred that the two plutons were derived from crustal materials by decompressional melting in a post-collisional tectonic setting during spontaneous thinning of the thickened curst. Moreover, the inherited zircon age of 1273 +/- 57 Ma from the Wawutang pluton indicates that the source of the two plutons is related to the early Proterozoic crustal basement.