Abstract
Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr whole-rock isochron dating of the samples of cumulated gabbro, diabase and andesitic porphyrite from the Armantai ophiolite, Xinjiang, yielded the ages of 561 ± 41 Ma (eNd(t) = 6.1) and 392 ± 17 Ma [(87Sr/86Sr)i = 0.7041], which stand for the ages of creation and later metamorphism of the ophiolites, respectively. The creation environment of the Armantai ophiolites seems to a back-arc basin caused by the southward subduction of the palaeo-Asia Ocean.
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