Determination of U-Pb age and rare earth element concentrations of zircons from Cenozoic intrusions in northeastern China by laser ablation ICP-MS.

Presents an analyzation about the use of the in situ zircon U-Pb dating method of LA-ICPMS. Consideration of the investigation of a 31 Ma old SHRIMP U-Pb age of the Yongsheng nepheline syenite from southern Jilin Province under different spot sizes; Reference to how the obtained ages are comparable with that of SHRIMP in both accuracy and precision; Findings that the age is also identical to that of the Yinmawanshan gabbro from the Liaodong Peninsula within error; Trend for both the Yongsheng nepheline syenite and the Yinmawanshan gabbro to represent the youngest known exposed intrusions in northeastern and even eastern China; Indication from the results that the Eocene mantle-derived magmatic underplating, and the rapid crustal uplifting of this region since 30 Ma; How the analyses also document extremely high LREE concentrations and relatively flat REE patterns for the zircons from the Yongsheng nepheline syenite, which represent a new type of zircon REE pattern.