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    SHRIMP zircon U-Pb geochronological and whole-rock geochemical evidence for an early Neoproterozoic Sibaoan magmatic arc along the southeastern margin of the Yangtze Block

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    Ye, M.
    Li, X.
    Li, W.
    Liu, Y.
    Li, Zheng-Xiang
    Date
    2007
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Ye, M. and Li, X. and Li, W. and Liu, Y. and Li, Z. 2007. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb geochronological and whole-rock geochemical evidence for an early Neoproterozoic Sibaoan magmatic arc along the southeastern margin of the Yangtze Block. Gondwana Research. 12: pp. 144-156.
    Source Title
    Gondwana Research
    DOI
    10.1016/j.gr.2006.09.001
    ISSN
    1342937X
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15529
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    It has been generally accepted that the South China Block was formed through amalgamation of the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks during the Proterozoic Sibaoan orogenesis, but the timing and kinematics of the Sibao orogeny are still not well constrained. We report here SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronological and geochemical data for the Taohong and Xiqiu tonalite–granodiorite stocks from northeastern Zhejiang, southeastern margin of the Yangtze Block. Our data demonstrate that these rocks, dated at 913±15 Ma and 905±14 Ma, are typical amphibole-rich calcalkaline granitoids formed in an active continental margin. Combined with previously reported isotopic dates for the ~1.0 Ga ophiolites and 0.97 Ga adakitic rocks from northeastern Jiangxi, the timing of the Sibao orogenesis is thus believed to be between ~1.0 and ~0.9 Ga in its eastern segment. It is noted that the Sibao orogeny in South China is in general contemporaneous with some other early Neoproterozoic (1.0– 0.9 Ga) orogenic belts such as the Eastern Ghats Belt of India and the Rayner Province in East Antarctica, indicating that the assembly of Rodinia was not finally completed until ~0.9 Ga.

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