Paleoproterozoic to Cenozoic zircon U–Pb ages with Hf signatures from metamorphic rocks and granodiorite of Tokunoshima: constraints on the geotectonic subdivision of the Ryukyu island arc, Southwest Japan

LA-ICP-MS U–Pb and Hf isotope analysis was conducted on zircons from the metamorphic unit of Omo Formation and a granodorite body of Tokunoshima in the Amami Islands, Southwest Japan. Zircons from dioritic gneiss (S9, S46) and pelitic schist (S99) yielded Paleoproterozoic upper intercept and Early Jurassic lower intercept ages. The positive ε_Hf(t) values of the Paleoproterozoic zircons (between +12.7 and 0.8) and the negative ε_Hf(t) values of the Jurassic zircons (−19.6 and −22.8) indicate Early Jurassic reworking of the older continental crust. The results suggest that the Omo Formation is an eastern equivalent of Cathaysia of the South China block. Zircons from granodiorite (S62) yielded a ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U mean age of 61.3 ± 1.0 Ma with positive ε_Hf(t) values of +12.0 and +12.6. The ε_Hf(t) values indicate juvenile magmatic activity, which is correlated with that in the San-in batholith belt of Southwest Japan. Dioritic gneiss (S30) and psammitic schist (P91) yielded zircon U–Pb ages comparable to that of granodiorite (S62) with positive ε_Hf(t) values (from +6.4 to +10.4). This suggests that the intrusion of the granodiorite induced the crystallization of zircon grains in the host rocks.