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The nature of Early Paleozoic Caledonian orogeny (Guangxi movement), as one of the key geolocial problems of tectonic evolution in South China, has been controversial for a long time. In this study we report a suite of deformed and metamorphosed basic rocks in tectonic slices that are exposed in epimetamorphic Ordovician strata, located at the Nuodong in the Cenxi area of the Southeast Guangxi, South China. This suite of rock is mainly composed of metamorphic basalt, diabase dike and minor pyroxenite. Petrogeochemical data of the metabasalt and metadiabase dike show the content of SiO2=49.20%-52.30%, MgO=6.78%-9.11%, Mg#=55-63, TiO2=1.02%-1.34%, indicating the low potassium tholeiitic series of basic rocks. The chondrite-normalized REE distribution patterns are flat type with light rare earths depleted, no obvious Eu anomaly, (La/Sm)N=0.72-1.05, (La/Yb)N=0.7-1.0, while the N-MORB normalized spider diagrams show slightly enrichment of LILEs (e. g. Rb, Ba, Th, U, K, Pb) and flat-slightly depletion of HFSEs (e. g. Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, Ti), Ti/V=21.30-25.12, Nb/Th=2.1-4.2. The geological and petrogeochemical features imply that this series of rocks represent a dismembered ophiolites formed in supra-subduction zone (SSZ) tectonic environment. The LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb age of the metadiabase is 437±5 Ma, indicating that the ophiolites were formed at the Early Silurian. Based on the above comprehensive study, we propose that the Nuodong metamorphic basic rock series are Early Paleozoic ophiolite fragments formed in a forearc tectonic environment in a supra-subduction zone (SSZ). The document of the Early Paleozoic Nuodong ophiolite provides key evidence for the existence of an Early Paleozoic oceanic basin and subduction-accretionary collisional orogenesis between Yangtze craton and Cathaysia blocks in South China. © 2016, Editorial Department of Earth Science. All right reserved.
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Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences
ISSN: 1000-2383
CN: 42-1874/P
Year: 2016
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Page: 765-778
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