Detrital zircon ages of the Jiageda and Woduhe formations: Constrains on the tectonic attribute of the Xing’ an terrane in the central Great Xing’ an Range, NE China

To ascertain the late Early Paleozoic tectonic attribute of the Xing’ an terrane, and the distribution and nature of the “Precambrian” basement in NE China, we studied the geochronology, petrology, and geochemistry of the metamorphic rocks of the Jiageda and Woduhe formations in the central Great Xing’ an Range. U–Pb ages of detrital zircons from the Jiageda and Woduhe formations vary from 963 to 374 Ma, and can be divided into three groups...