简介：InordertoinvestigatetheevolutionofShiquanhe-Yongzhu-Jialiophioliticmélangebelt,thegabbrosfromnewdiscoveredZhongcangophioliticmélangearestudiedthroughpetrology,whole-rockgeochemistry,zirconU-PbdatingandLu-Hfisotope.Thegabbrosinvestigatedinthispapercontaincumulategabbroandgabbrodike,andtheyhaveundergonegreenschist-amphibolitefaciesmetamorphism.Thechondritenormalizedrareearthelement(REE)patternsofmostoftheserocksshowflattypeswithslightlylightREE(LREE)depletionandtheN-MORBnormalizedincompatibleelementsdiagramsindicatedepletioninhighfieldstrengthelements(HFSE)(Nb,Ta)andenrichmentinlargeionlithophileelements(LILE).Thesegabbroshaveislandarcandmid-oceanridgebasaltaffinities,suggestingthattheywereoriginatedinanoceanicbackarcbasin.WholerockgeochemistryandhighpositiveεNd(t)valuesshowthatthesegabbroswerederivedfrom~30%partialmeltingofaspinellherzolitemantle,whichwasenrichedbyinteractionwithslab-derivedfluidsandmeltsfromsediment.U-Pbanalysesofzirconsfromcumulategabbroyieldaweightedmeanageof114.3±1.4Ma.Basedonourdataandpreviousstudies,weproposethatanintra-oceanicsubductionsystemandbackarcbasinoperatedintheNeo-TethyOceanofcentralTibetduringMiddleJurassicandEarlyCretaceous,resemblingmodernactiveintra-oceanicsubductionsystemsinthewesternPacific.