Rapid Exhumation of Earth's Youngest Exposed Granites Driven by Subduction of an Oceanic Arc

Exhumation of plutonic systems is driven by a range of mechanisms including isostatic, tectonic, and erosional processes. Variable rates of plutonic exhumation in active subduction systems may be driven by idiosyncrasies of regional geology or by first-order tectonic features. We report new age, iso...

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Main Authors: Spencer, Christopher, Danišík, M., Ito, H., Hoiland, C., Tapster, S., Jeon, H., McDonald, B., Evans, Noreen
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Geophysical Union 2019
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160102427
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73990
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author Spencer, Christopher
Danišík, M.
Ito, H.
Hoiland, C.
Tapster, S.
Jeon, H.
McDonald, B.
Evans, Noreen
author_facet Spencer, Christopher
Danišík, M.
Ito, H.
Hoiland, C.
Tapster, S.
Jeon, H.
McDonald, B.
Evans, Noreen
author_sort Spencer, Christopher
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description Exhumation of plutonic systems is driven by a range of mechanisms including isostatic, tectonic, and erosional processes. Variable rates of plutonic exhumation in active subduction systems may be driven by idiosyncrasies of regional geology or by first-order tectonic features. We report new age, isotope, and low-temperature thermochronology constraints of granitoids from the Hida Mountains of central Japan that constrain the highest rates and magnitude of plutonic rock exhumation within the Japan and one of the highest worldwide. This extreme exhumation is centered on the apex of a lithospheric scale anticlinorium associated with the subduction of the Izu-Bonin oceanic arc. The spatial and temporal relationship between the exhumation of these Pleistocene plutons and the subducting/accreting Izu-Bonin oceanic arc links the plate-scale geodynamics and regional exhumation patterns. Identifying thermochronological anomalies within magmatic arcs provides an opportunity to identify ancient asperities previously subducted and responsible for rapid exhumation rates within ancient subduction systems.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-739902022-09-06T03:09:31Z Rapid Exhumation of Earth's Youngest Exposed Granites Driven by Subduction of an Oceanic Arc Spencer, Christopher Danišík, M. Ito, H. Hoiland, C. Tapster, S. Jeon, H. McDonald, B. Evans, Noreen Exhumation of plutonic systems is driven by a range of mechanisms including isostatic, tectonic, and erosional processes. Variable rates of plutonic exhumation in active subduction systems may be driven by idiosyncrasies of regional geology or by first-order tectonic features. We report new age, isotope, and low-temperature thermochronology constraints of granitoids from the Hida Mountains of central Japan that constrain the highest rates and magnitude of plutonic rock exhumation within the Japan and one of the highest worldwide. This extreme exhumation is centered on the apex of a lithospheric scale anticlinorium associated with the subduction of the Izu-Bonin oceanic arc. The spatial and temporal relationship between the exhumation of these Pleistocene plutons and the subducting/accreting Izu-Bonin oceanic arc links the plate-scale geodynamics and regional exhumation patterns. Identifying thermochronological anomalies within magmatic arcs provides an opportunity to identify ancient asperities previously subducted and responsible for rapid exhumation rates within ancient subduction systems. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73990 10.1029/2018GL080579 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160102427 American Geophysical Union fulltext
spellingShingle Spencer, Christopher
Danišík, M.
Ito, H.
Hoiland, C.
Tapster, S.
Jeon, H.
McDonald, B.
Evans, Noreen
Rapid Exhumation of Earth's Youngest Exposed Granites Driven by Subduction of an Oceanic Arc
title Rapid Exhumation of Earth's Youngest Exposed Granites Driven by Subduction of an Oceanic Arc
title_full Rapid Exhumation of Earth's Youngest Exposed Granites Driven by Subduction of an Oceanic Arc
title_fullStr Rapid Exhumation of Earth's Youngest Exposed Granites Driven by Subduction of an Oceanic Arc
title_full_unstemmed Rapid Exhumation of Earth's Youngest Exposed Granites Driven by Subduction of an Oceanic Arc
title_short Rapid Exhumation of Earth's Youngest Exposed Granites Driven by Subduction of an Oceanic Arc
title_sort rapid exhumation of earth's youngest exposed granites driven by subduction of an oceanic arc
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160102427
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73990