The new whole rock major and trace elemental and isotopic geochemistry, mineral chemistry and zircon U/Pb age date presented here and data from previously published works suggest that the East Taiwan Ophiolite has characteristics that are typically found in the oceanic crust that formed at a spreading ridge of an ocean basin.
The Cr# of spinel from the peridotite and bulk rock Al and Mg content are consistent with the oceanic ridge setting. The relatively high 143Nd/144Nd isotope ratio and the N-MORB-like REE pattern of the ETO gabbro also suggest a mid-ocean ridge environment. The mid Miocene zircon U/Pb age of the ETO gabbro is about ~1 Ma younger than the last magnetic anomaly of South China Sea (i.e. 5c) and suggests the tectonomagmatic activity was still ongoing at that time. The age result and assuming a 5-8 cm/yr moving rate, the possible emplacement distance is between 500 and 800 km which corresponds to an area of ~100 000 km2.
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