SUN-LIN CHUNG2018-09-102018-09-102013http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884349589&partnerID=MN8TOARShttp://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/380860The dominantly Triassic Main Range Granite of Peninsular Malaysia that occurs west of the Paleo-Tethyan Bentong-Raub suture zone was regarded exclusively as an S-type granite. The Main Range dominantly biotite granites are of batholithic proportion and host one of the world's largest tin provinces. The S-type characteristics include high initial 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios (>0.710), a narrow range in silica, presence of ilmenite and occasional cordierite and andalusite, and the presence of pelitic or quartzose meta-sedimentary xenoliths. However, the present review shows that the Main Range Granites also have many features that are more characteristic of I-type granites such as the very large scale of plutonism, the presence of primary titanite and amphibole, occurrence of hornblende-bearing mafic enclaves, increasing peraluminosity towards the more differentiated end-members of the suite and decreasing P2O5 with increasing SiO2 contents. The moderately peraluminous nature of the bulk Main Range Granite, without containing cordierite, Fe-Mg garnet or sillimanite, is consistent with derivation from a meta-sedimentary protolith that was itself undersaturated with respect to Al2SiO5. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.[SDGs]SDG15journal article10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.05.0132-s2.0-84884349589WOS:000326255500020