SHRIMP Ion Microprobe Zircon U—Pb Age and Sm—Nd Isotopic Characteristics oof the NE Jiangxi Ophiolite and Its Tectonic Implications

SHRIMP ion microprobe zircon U-Pb Age and Sm-Nd isotopic characteristics of the NE Jiangxi ophiolite and its tectonic implications

The new SHRIMP zircon U-Pb isotopic study suggests that the crystallization age of a highly fractionated magma in the NE Jiangxi ophiolite suite is 968±23 Ma. Re-calculated Sm-Nd isochron age of 955±44 Ma is within analytical errors. consistent with the zircon U-Pb age. With the exception of two anomalous Sm-Nd data, the remaining 15 analyses so far obtained for the ophiolite gave^εNd (T) values falling into a limited range from +4.3 to +6.7, indicating that the ophiolite was derived from a relatively strongly depleted mantle source. Sm-Nd isotopic systematics in some samples may have been strongly affected by post-magmatic events, such as alteration, deformation and metamorphism, resulting in anomalous^εNd (T) values. Combined with published⁴⁰Ar³⁹Ar age data, it can be concluded that the collision between the Yangtze and South China Blocks occurred during 0.97-0.80 Ga. This work was financially supported by the President Grant of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.