简介：Ceriumisoneofmultivalentrearearthelements,whichcantransferfromtrivalencetotretavalenceatoxidizingenvironment.ThisprocessmaycausevariabledegreesoffractionationofCefromothertrivalentrearearthelements,andthusmayprovidespecificinsightintothegeologicalprocessesassociatedwithmarkedredoxomorphism.MultiplegeochemicaltracingofSr-Nd-CeisotopesareperformedonthefelsicandmaficintrusivesoftheNeoproterozoic(~800Ma)HuanglingcomplexlocatedattheeasternThreeGorges,SouthChina.TheintrusiverocksexclusivelyshowvariousextentsofnegativeCeanomalies.OntheεCe-εNdplot,mostsamplesfromthemaficintrusionsscatterwithinthesecondquadrant,whereasthosefromthefelsicintrusionswithinthefourthQuadrant.Bothofthetwogroupsexhibitrelativelylargerangeof?Ce(t)variationbutlimited?Nd(t)range,whichcauseadeviationfromthe'crustalarray'andrevealadecoupledNd-Ceisotopecorrelation.Theintermediate-felsicsuitehavevariedCe/Ce*ratiosbutbroadlyproximateεCe(t)values,indicatingthattheirnegativeCeanomaliesweregeneratedduringthemagmatism;onthecontrary,apositivecorrelationbetweenεCe(t)andCe/Ce*isobservedfortheintermediate-maficsuite,anindicationofanoriginofpost-magmaticalterationormetamorphismfortheirCeanomalies.Calculationofmodelage,theoccurrenceageofnegativeCeanomalies(TCe)fortheintermediate-maficsamplesinfersthatthealterationeventstookplace>350Ma.DatashowedthatnegativeCeanomaliesofthefelsicintrusionsmayreflectanincreaseofoxygenfugacityduringmagmaascending,ratherthananinheritancefromtheirsourcerocks.ThisexplanationimpliesthattheNeoproterozoicmagmatismoccurredatthecontinentalnucleusoftheYangtzeblockweredevelopingatageodynamiccontextofrapidlyregionaluplifting.