Geochemistry of Granitoids in Central Sumatra: An Identification of Plate Extension during Triassic

Abstract

Previous investigations of granitoids in Sumatra were focused on age dating with minimum geochemistry composition analysis. The purpose of this study is to define the geochemistry classification of the intrusions in central Sumatra and to explain the rocks' correlation to Southeast Asia tectonic activities. A polarizing microscope was used for petrography description while XRF and ICP-MS were applied for geochemistry measurements. According to the geochemistry, almost all of the intrusions are the I-type volcanic arc granitoids. The oldest studied rock is the Late Permian Ombilin Granite that should have been formed before West Sumatra and West Burma move away from the Cathaysia. Sulit Air Granite and Tanjung Gadang Granite intrusion were triggered by the subduction of Meso-Tethys beneath West Sumatra while Lassi Pluton and Lolo Pluton due to Indo-Australia and West Sumatra convergency. The Triassic Sijunjung Granite depicts A-type granite natures to suggest an extension in the West Sumatra plate.