摘要：AbstractWe present new U-Pb and Hf zircon isotope data on a suite of granitoids from a hitherto unstudied area of the Palaeoproterozoic Lupa terrane of the Ubendian belt in SW Tanzania. The major part of the area comprises a sequence of upper amphibolite grade paragneisses and migmatites. Subsequently, the field relations show a complex history of granitoid emplacement from early pre-tectonic strongly foliated diorite-tonalite-granodiorite orthogneiss to late tectonic, weakly deformed ellipsoidal granitoid plutons. These were followed by emplacement of undeformed K-feldspar rich porphyritic alkali granite. U-Pb zircon data on the granitoids show their emplacement ages span the period ∼1925 Ma to 1890 Ma and constrain the culmination of the Ubendian orogeny in the Lupa terrane to about 1900 Ma. The undeformed K-feldspar rich Chimala granite, previously considered to be unconformably overlain by the Buanji Group volcano-sedimentary rocks (recently shown to be ∼1675 Ma, not Neoproterozoic as originally thought) was dated at ∼1407 Ma showing that it must intrude the sedimentary rocks, although the age relationships are not exposed in the mapping area. This is the first record of early Irumide/Kibaran-aged post-tectonic granites in this part of East Africa. Hf isotope data from the zircons show that the granitoids have a long crustal pre-history stretching back to as far as ∼3.9 Ga, and showing that the Lupa terrane may form part of the “metacratonic” margin of an originally much more extensive Tanzania Craton.Graphical abstractDisplay OmittedHighlights•Mapping in Lupa terrane (Ubendian belt) described.•Granitoids analysed for U-Pb-Hf isotopes.•Ubendian granitoids dated between ∼1925 and 1890 Ma.•∼1400 Ma granite recognised.•Implications for evolution of Tanzania metacraton discussed.
