Linking magmatism with collision in an accretionary orogen

A compilation of U-Pb age, geochemical and isotopic data for granitoid plutons in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), enables evaluation of the interaction between magmatism and orogenesis in the context of Paleo-Asian oceanic closure and continental amalgamation. These constraints, in...

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Main Authors: Li, S., Chung, S., Wilde, Simon, Wang, T., Xiao, W., Guo, Q.
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Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9759
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author Li, S.
Chung, S.
Wilde, Simon
Wang, T.
Xiao, W.
Guo, Q.
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Chung, S.
Wilde, Simon
Wang, T.
Xiao, W.
Guo, Q.
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description A compilation of U-Pb age, geochemical and isotopic data for granitoid plutons in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), enables evaluation of the interaction between magmatism and orogenesis in the context of Paleo-Asian oceanic closure and continental amalgamation. These constraints, in conjunction with other geological evidence, indicate that following consumption of the ocean, collision-related calc-alkaline granitoid and mafic magmatism occurred from 255 ± 2 Ma to 251 ± 2 Ma along the Solonker-Xar Moron suture zone. The linear or belt distribution of end-Permian magmatism is interpreted to have taken place in a setting of final orogenic contraction and weak crustal thickening, probably as a result of slab break-off. Crustal anatexis slightly post-dated the early phase of collision, producing adakite-like granitoids with some S-type granites during the Early-Middle Triassic (ca. 251-245 Ma). Between 235 and 220 Ma, the local tectonic regime switched from compression to extension, most likely caused by regional lithospheric extension and orogenic collapse. Collision-related magmatism from the southern CAOB is thus a prime example of the minor, yet tell-tale linking of magmatism with orogenic contraction and collision in an archipelago-type accretionary orogen.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-97592017-09-13T14:53:17Z Linking magmatism with collision in an accretionary orogen Li, S. Chung, S. Wilde, Simon Wang, T. Xiao, W. Guo, Q. A compilation of U-Pb age, geochemical and isotopic data for granitoid plutons in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), enables evaluation of the interaction between magmatism and orogenesis in the context of Paleo-Asian oceanic closure and continental amalgamation. These constraints, in conjunction with other geological evidence, indicate that following consumption of the ocean, collision-related calc-alkaline granitoid and mafic magmatism occurred from 255 ± 2 Ma to 251 ± 2 Ma along the Solonker-Xar Moron suture zone. The linear or belt distribution of end-Permian magmatism is interpreted to have taken place in a setting of final orogenic contraction and weak crustal thickening, probably as a result of slab break-off. Crustal anatexis slightly post-dated the early phase of collision, producing adakite-like granitoids with some S-type granites during the Early-Middle Triassic (ca. 251-245 Ma). Between 235 and 220 Ma, the local tectonic regime switched from compression to extension, most likely caused by regional lithospheric extension and orogenic collapse. Collision-related magmatism from the southern CAOB is thus a prime example of the minor, yet tell-tale linking of magmatism with orogenic contraction and collision in an archipelago-type accretionary orogen. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9759 10.1038/srep25751 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Nature Publishing Group fulltext
spellingShingle Li, S.
Chung, S.
Wilde, Simon
Wang, T.
Xiao, W.
Guo, Q.
Linking magmatism with collision in an accretionary orogen
title Linking magmatism with collision in an accretionary orogen
title_full Linking magmatism with collision in an accretionary orogen
title_fullStr Linking magmatism with collision in an accretionary orogen
title_full_unstemmed Linking magmatism with collision in an accretionary orogen
title_short Linking magmatism with collision in an accretionary orogen
title_sort linking magmatism with collision in an accretionary orogen
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9759