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The Central Ailaoshan ophiolite and modern analogs

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posted on 2023-05-18, 01:10 authored by Lai, C-K, Sebastien MeffreSebastien Meffre, Anthony CrawfordAnthony Crawford, Khin ZawKhin Zaw, Jacqueline HalpinJacqueline Halpin, Xue, C-D, Salam, A
The Central Ailaoshan (CAL) ophiolite represents an important tectonic component of the Jinshajiang-Ailaoshan-Song Ma suture zone separating the South China and Indochina blocks in the mainland SE Asia. The CAL ophiolite occurs as a complex tectonic mélange, and preserves the history of the opening and closure of the once vast Jinshajiang-Ailaoshan-Song Ma branch of the Paleotethys. New and existing geological data indicate that the CAL ophiolite contains magmatic rocks generated by: (1) L. Devonian-E. Carboniferous (ca. 380-330 Ma) volcanic passive margin-breakup development in the NW Gondwana margin; (2) L. Permian (ca. 258 Ma) Emeishan large igneous province-related continental rift magmatism, together with (and intruded by) (3) earliest M. Triassic (ca. 244 Ma) continent-continent syn-collisional S-type granitoids. The Devono-Carboniferous suites of the CAL ophiolite are highly comparable with many continental margin-type Alpine Tethyan ophiolites. In addition, the various CAL magmatic suites have strong South China block-affinities with coeval magmatism particularly in the western South China block, Jinshajiang-, Song Ma-, and Song Da terranes.

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Publication title

Gondwana Research

Volume

26

Pagination

75-88

ISSN

1342-937X

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Int Assoc Gondwana Research

Place of publication

Kochi Univ, Faculty Science Akebono-Cho 2-5-1, Kochi, Japan, 780-8520

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Copyright 2013 Elsevier

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