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Geochronology and petrogenesis of Carboniferous and Triassic volcanic rocks in NW Laos: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Loei Fold Belt
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Shi, M and Zaw, K and Liu, S and Xu, B and Meffre, S and Cong, F and Nie, F and Peng, Z and Wu, Z, Geochronology and petrogenesis of Carboniferous and Triassic volcanic rocks in NW Laos: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Loei Fold Belt, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 208 Article 104661. ISSN 1367-9120 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104661
Abstract
The Loei Fold Belt is one of the most significant tectonic and metallogenic belts in the Indochina Block. However, origin and tectonic significance of volcanic rocks in several volcanic belts of this fold belt remain ambiguous. In this paper, we present new petrochemical data, zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopic data for volcanic rocks from the Loei Fold Belt in northwestern Laos. The basaltic and andesitic tuffaceous rocks have Late Carboniferous zircon U-Pb ages (304 ± 2.1 Ma and 299 ± 1.8 Ma respectively), and display both MORB-like and arc-like geochemical signatures. Zircon Lu-Hf isotopic analyses give highly positive εHf(t) values of 8.99–14.24, indicative of a metasomatic mantle source which formed in a back-arc basin environment. On the other hand, the andesite and rhyolite samples have zircon U-Pb ages ranging from 236 Ma to 224 Ma, erupted during the Late Triassic, and formed in a continental margin arc setting (e.g., enrichment of LREE, depletion in Nb-Ta, Sr, and positive εHf(t) values of 9.87–12.25). With a synthesis of available geochronological, petrochemical and isotopic data, magmatic events in the Loei Fold Belt occurred in four periods: Ordovician-Silurian (450–400 Ma), Late Devonian-Middle Permian (ca. 361–265 Ma), Early-Middle Triassic (250–237 Ma) and Late Triassic (ca. 236–200 Ma), with peaks in Triassic and Carboniferous. Accordingly, we propose a tectonic-magmatic evolution model for the Loei Fold Belt. The Luang Prabang-Loei belt was a spreading back-arc basin during the Late Devonian-Middle Permian, and connected with the Nan back-arc basin. The basin expanded to its largest extent in the Permian period and started subduction in the earliest Triassic; the successive subduction did not terminate until the Late Triassic.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | Loei Fold Belt, zircon U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry, volcanic rock, Laos, Thailand |
| Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
| Research Group: | Geology |
| Research Field: | Geochronology |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Zaw, K (Professor Khin Zaw) |
| UTAS Author: | Meffre, S (Professor Sebastien Meffre) |
| ID Code: | 144255 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 10 |
| Deposited By: | CODES ARC |
| Deposited On: | 2021-05-04 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-11-05 |
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