eCite Digital Repository
Palaeozoic collision between the North and South China blocks, Triassic intracontinental tectonics, and the problem of the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism
Citation
Faure, M and Lin, W and Monie, P and Meffre, SJM, Palaeozoic collision between the North and South China blocks, Triassic intracontinental tectonics, and the problem of the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism, Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 340, (2-3) pp. 139-150. ISSN 1631-0713 (2008) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.crte.2007.10.007
Abstract
The Qinling-Dabie Belt represents the boundary between the North and South China blocks (NCB, SCB, respectively), where ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) rocks are widespread. A structural study in eastern Qinling and zircon LA ICPMS dating of the migmatites that form the core of the Central Qinling Unit allows us to argue that continental collision occurred in the Silurian, before 400 Ma. In the Late Palaeozoic, from the Devonian to the Permian, the northern margin of SCB experienced a continental rifting. From the Late Permian to Middle Triassic, northward continental subduction of SCB is responsible for the development of a high-pressure metamorphism. The age of the UHP metamorphism remains unsettled yet. A two-time genesis, Early Palaeozoic and Early Triassic, is often preferred, but a single Palaeozoic age followed by a Triassic resetting cannot be ruled out. © 2007 Académie des sciences.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
| Research Group: | Geology |
| Research Field: | Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences |
| Author: | Meffre, SJM (Dr Sebastien Meffre) |
| ID Code: | 56632 |
| Year Published: | 2008 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 49 |
| Deposited By: | Centre for Ore Deposit Research - CODES CoE |
| Deposited On: | 2009-05-18 |
| Last Modified: | 2009-05-21 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
Repository Staff Only: item control page