Middle Neoarchean magmatism in western Shandong, North China Craton: SHRIMP zircon dating and LA-ICP-MS Hf isotope analysis

Western Shandong Province is a typical area of the North China Craton (NCC) where Neoarchean plutonic and supracrustal rocks are widely distributed. Early studies documented that similar to 2.7 Ga and similar to 2.5 Ga magmato-tectono-thermal events are well developed in the area. Here we report SHRIMP U-Pb ages and Hf-in-zircon isotopic data from ten samples of different magmatic rock types including hornblendite, gneissic tonalite, gneissic trondhjemite and gneissic granite. Magmatic zircon grains have (207)pb/(206)pb ages ranging from 2667 to 2598 Ma. Some rocks contain similar to 2.5 Ga metamorphic rims and similar to 2.7 Ga zircon cores. The magmatic zircon grains have epsilon(Hf)(t) values and Hf crustal model ages of -1.1 to +11.3 and 3.02-2.4 Ga, respectively. Combined with an earlier study, our main conclusions are that the middle Neoarchean rocks mainly occur together with early Neoarchean rocks in the northeastern portion of the central belt. Juvenile additions to continental crust and crustal recycling played important roles in the middle Neoarchean of western Shandong Province, and the entire Neoarchean tectonic evolution can be divided into middle to early Neoarchean (2.75-2.6 Ga) and late Neoarchean (2.6-2.5 Ga) events. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.