简介：UltrabasicrocksintheMianxian-LueyangophioliticmelangezoneincludeharzburgiteanddunitewhichexhibitLREEdepletionwithremarkablepositiveEuanomaly.ThediabasedikeswarmshowsLREEenrichmentbutslightlynegativeEuanomaly.MetamorphosedvolcanicrockscanbedividedintotwogroupsintermsoftheirREEgeochemistryandtraceelementratiosofTi/V,Th/Ta,Th/YbandTa/Yb.OneisthsMORB-typebasaltwithLREEdepletion,representingthefragmentsofoceaniccrustandimplyinganassociationoftheMORB-typeophioliteandanancientoceanbasinbetweentheQinlingandYangtzeplatesduringtheMiddlePaleozoic-EarlyMesozoicera.Theotercomprisestheisland-arcvolcanicrocksincludingtholeiiticbasaltandalargeamountofcalc-alkalineintermediate-acicvolcanicrock,whichcouldnotbethecomponentoftheancientoceaniccrustbuttheresultofmagmatismatthecontinentalmargin.ThisindicatesthattheMianxian-Lueyanglimitedoceanbasinhadundergoneawholeprocessofdevelopment,evolutionandvanishingfromDevonian-CretaceoustoPermian.AndtheQinlingareahadbeconeanindependentlithosphericmicroplate,onthesouthernsideofwhichtherewereexhibitedthetectoniccharacteristicsofactivecontinentalmarginsduringtheLatePaleozoic-EarlyMesozoic.Thatistosay.theQinlingcannotbesimplyconsideredasaresultofcollisionbetweentheYangtzeandNorthChinaplates.