Rb-Sr dating for the Jiaodong gneiss of the Su-Lu ultra-high pressure province, eastern China

Abstract Gneiss samples were collected from the Shandong Peninsula, eastern China, in order to carry out Rb-Sr dating using whole rock powder and biotite mineral separates. Middle Proterozoic whole rock age (1808 ± 71 Ma) and Middle to Late Proterozoic biotite ages (1312 and 729 Ma) were obtained for country gneisses in the northwestern part of the peninsula. Late Proterozoic whole rock age (707 ± 61 Ma) and Mesozoic biotite ages (172 and 222 Ma) were obtained for orthogneisses in the southeastern part of the peninsula. These new age data, as well as recent petrological results and published radiometric data, support the subdivision of the Shandong Peninsula into two geological districts: (i) a northwestern area of Proterozoic age represented by a low- and middle-pressure metamorphic sequence belonging to the Sino-Korean craton; and (ii) a southeastern area of Late Proterozoic and Mesozoic age accompanied by ultra-high pressure eclogite.