Sm-Nd isotopic ages of Tiqiushan eclogites in Xinyi region and its geological significance

GEOLOGICAL scientists have paid much attention to the suture zones formed by collision between the Sino-Korean and Yangtze blocks because of the discovery of the ultrahigh pressue metamorphic (UHPM) rocksfrom northern Jiangsu Province (Su), southern Shandong Province (Lu) and the Dabie Mountains.Although the age of 200-240 Ma is probably the best estimation for UHPM metamorphism in the DabieMountains, the primary intrusive and metamorphic ages of the complex from northern Jiangsu Provincehave not been determined before. Using the Sm-Nd isotopic dating method, our study is aimed at datingthe UHPM metanorphic event of northern Jiangsu Province and researching a probable relation between theUHPM rocks from the Dabie Mountains and the UHPM rocks from northern Jiangsu Province.