Neo-Tethyan magmatism and metallogeny in Myanmar - An Andean analogue?
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Plate margin tectonism, magmatic and hydrothermal processes, and the genesis of mineral deposits are intricately linked. In Myanmar two near-parallel magmatic belts, that together contain a significant proportion of that country's mineral wealth, have contrasting metallogen...
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| author | Gardiner, Nicholas Searle, M. Robb, L. Morley, C. |
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| description | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Plate margin tectonism, magmatic and hydrothermal processes, and the genesis of mineral deposits are intricately linked. In Myanmar two near-parallel magmatic belts, that together contain a significant proportion of that country's mineral wealth, have contrasting metallogenic endowments. The Mogok-Mandalay-Mergui Belt hosts crustal melt S-type granites with significant tin-tungsten mineralization, while the Wuntho-Popa Arc comprises I-type granites and granodiorites with copper-gold mineralization. The spatial juxtaposition of the two belts and their distinct but consistent metallogenic endowment bears strong similarities to the metallogenic belts of the South American Cordillera. Recent U-Pb age dating has shown the potential for the two belts to be near-contemporary from the Late Cretaceous to Eocene. Here we investigate whether an Andean-type setting during subduction of Neo-Tethys could explain the observed magmatism and mineralization within these two belts. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-49172017-09-13T14:44:02Z Neo-Tethyan magmatism and metallogeny in Myanmar - An Andean analogue? Gardiner, Nicholas Searle, M. Robb, L. Morley, C. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Plate margin tectonism, magmatic and hydrothermal processes, and the genesis of mineral deposits are intricately linked. In Myanmar two near-parallel magmatic belts, that together contain a significant proportion of that country's mineral wealth, have contrasting metallogenic endowments. The Mogok-Mandalay-Mergui Belt hosts crustal melt S-type granites with significant tin-tungsten mineralization, while the Wuntho-Popa Arc comprises I-type granites and granodiorites with copper-gold mineralization. The spatial juxtaposition of the two belts and their distinct but consistent metallogenic endowment bears strong similarities to the metallogenic belts of the South American Cordillera. Recent U-Pb age dating has shown the potential for the two belts to be near-contemporary from the Late Cretaceous to Eocene. Here we investigate whether an Andean-type setting during subduction of Neo-Tethys could explain the observed magmatism and mineralization within these two belts. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4917 10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.03.015 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Gardiner, Nicholas Searle, M. Robb, L. Morley, C. Neo-Tethyan magmatism and metallogeny in Myanmar - An Andean analogue? |
| title | Neo-Tethyan magmatism and metallogeny in Myanmar - An Andean analogue? |
| title_full | Neo-Tethyan magmatism and metallogeny in Myanmar - An Andean analogue? |
| title_fullStr | Neo-Tethyan magmatism and metallogeny in Myanmar - An Andean analogue? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neo-Tethyan magmatism and metallogeny in Myanmar - An Andean analogue? |
| title_short | Neo-Tethyan magmatism and metallogeny in Myanmar - An Andean analogue? |
| title_sort | neo-tethyan magmatism and metallogeny in myanmar - an andean analogue? |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4917 |