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U–Pb detrital zircon geochronology from the basement of the Central Qilian Terrane: implications for tectonic evolution of northeastern Tibetan Plateau

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The Tuolai Group dominates the Central Qilian Terrane, and there are different opinions on the age and tectonic attribute of the Tuolai Group. Based on large-scale geologic map** and zircon dating, the Tuolai Group is divided into four parts: metamorphic supracrustal rocks, Neoproterozoic acid intrusive rocks, early–middle Ordovician acid intrusive rocks and middle Ordovician basic intrusive rocks. The metamorphic supracrustal rocks are the redefined Tuolai complex-group and include gneiss and schist assemblage by faulting contact. Zircon U–Pb LA-MC-ICP-MS dating was conducted on these samples of gneiss and migmatite from the gneiss assemblage, quartzite, two-mica schist and slate from the schist assemblage. The five detrital samples possess similar age spectra; have detrital zircon U–Pb main peak ages of 1.7 Ga with youngest U–Pb ages of ~1150 Ma. They are intruded by Neoproterozoic acid intrusive rocks. Therefore, the Tuolai Group belonging to late Mesoproterozoic and early Neoproterozoic. With this caveat in mind, we believe that U–Pb detrital zircon dating, together with the geologic constraints obtained from this study and early work in the neighboring regions. We suggest that the formation age of the entire crystalline basement rocks of metasedimentary sequence from the Central Qilian Terrane should be constrained between the Late Mesoproterozoic and the Late Neoproterozoic, but not the previous Paleoproterozoic. The basement of the Central Qilian Terrane contains the typical Grenville ages, which indicates the Centre Qilian Terrane have been experienced the Grenville orogeny event.

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Constructive reviews by four anonymous reviewers led to significant improvements of the original manuscript. We thank Professor Su Wenbo from China University of Geosciences (Bei**g) for their assistance in the field work. This work was supported by the Qilian Map** Program (Project No. 1212011121188) awarded to Wencan Liu and administered by the Institute of Geological Survey, China University of Geosciences (Bei**g). Field work was also supported by the China University of Geosciences (Bei**g), a grant from the SINO-Probe Program administered by the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (SinoProbe-08-01).

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    Chen Wu, Zhiguang Zhou, Zhijie Song, **n Yang & Hongyuan Zhang

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Liu, C., Wu, C., Zhou, Z. et al. U–Pb detrital zircon geochronology from the basement of the Central Qilian Terrane: implications for tectonic evolution of northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 107, 673–686 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-017-1522-5

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