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SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating for Chibaisong No.1 gabbro in the Tonghua area, Jilin Province, is discussed in the paper. The cathodoluminescence (CL) images of the zircons indicate that they can be divided into two major types, i.e. euhedral-subhedral one with striped absorption and round one with obvious oscillatory zoning rims. The dating results of the zircons suggest that Chibaisong gabbro in the Tonghua area was formed at 134 ± 7Ma—the Early Cretaceous. The concordia ages of 2497 ± 13Ma, 787 ± 35Ma, 321 ± 10Ma, 217 ± 11Ma of zircons imply that the Tonghua area might geologically be located in the convergent region of the Yangtze Block (YB) and the North China Block (NCB) in the early Mesozoic and the zircons should be caught during magma intrusion. The existence of the Early Cretaceous basic dyke swarm in the Tonghua area shows that an intensive extensional environment occurred in the Early Cretaceous. It is suggested that the magmatism and lithospheric extension in the Tonghua area should be related to the subduction of the Pacific plate.
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Pei, F., Xu, W., Yang, D. et al. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating and its geological significance of Chibaisong gabbro in Tonghua area, Jilin Province, China. SCI CHINA SER D 49, 368–374 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-006-0368-7
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