C. Rapela, M. García, F. Hervé, R. Pankhurst, M. Calderon, C. Fanning, S. Verdecchia
{"title":"Late Paleozoic magmatism and foreland deformation associated with opening and closing of marginal basins in the North Patagonian Andes","authors":"C. Rapela, M. García, F. Hervé, R. Pankhurst, M. Calderon, C. Fanning, S. Verdecchia","doi":"10.1144/jgs2023-171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-171","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Remnants of coeval Devonian oceanic and continental foreland rocks are preserved in the basement of the North Patagonian Andes. Our previous studies of igneous rocks have shown the primitive oceanic and continental igneous rocks are coeval, and belong to a marginal basin that opened and closed over 50 Myr. A structural study and four new U-Pb SHRIMP ages and zircon Hf-O determinations allow identification of three metamorphic episodes, the first one M\u0000 1\u0000 (D\u0000 1\u0000 -S\u0000 1\u0000 ) coeval with Andean type granite intrusion in the foreland (405–380 Ma). This activity was simultaneous with development of an oceanic ridge and a marginal basin, at the outer edge of which a primitive granitic oceanic arc formed (380–385 Ma; zircon δ\u0000 18\u0000 O 3.6–5.2 δ\u0000 18\u0000 ‰). Ridge extinction initiated under-thrusting of the oceanic crust below the continent and an important mid-to-high grade metamorphic event M\u0000 2\u0000 (D\u0000 2\u0000 -S\u0000 2;\u0000 375–360 Ma), its peak dated by metamorphic zircon rims in migmatite at 365 ± 3 Ma. Basin closure occurred after intrusion of S-type granites (357 ± 2 Ma; zircon δ\u0000 18\u0000 O 7.4–10.4‰) in the foreland, and accretion of gabbros, cumulate gabbros and trondhjemites at the proto-Pacific margin. Compression prevailed for 20 Myr in the foreland, causing a mylonitic medium-grade M\u0000 3\u0000 (D\u0000 3\u0000 -S\u0000 3\u0000 ) event.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Supplementary material:\u0000 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6989873\u0000","PeriodicalId":17320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geological Society","volume":"65 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139385447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Jurassic ophiolitic mélanges in Serbia - a review and new insights","authors":"N. Djerić, H. Gawlick, M. Sudar","doi":"10.1144/jgs2023-165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-165","url":null,"abstract":"In Serbia ophiolitic mélanges occur widespread below ophiolites. These ophiolites are interpreted to derive from different oceanic domains and are therefore attributed to different tectonic units. We revisited all existing data from matrix ages and blocks in the mélanges, studied the relictic sedimentological features and dated new sections and blocks from various ophiolitic mélanges. On base of these results we can distinguish three different ophiolitic mélanges: 1. Intra-oceanic ophiolitic mélanges (OM1); 2. Ophiolitic mélanges formed during ophiolite obduction with continental blocks (OM2), and 3. Ophiolitic mélanges with fluviatile transported sedimentary rocks or tectonically incorporated much younger blocks at the base (OM3). These three types of ophiolitic mélanges resemble the polyphase history of shortening and ophiolite emplacement on the wider Adria plate of Serbia. All ophiolitic mélanges contain the same Triassic component spectrum of oceanic sedimentary cover rocks and have similar matrix ages. It can be concluded that all different ophiolites/ophiolitic mélanges derive from the same Triassic-Jurassic oceanic domain, the Neotethys Ocean which western part obducted during Middle-Late Jurassic times on wider Adria.\u0000 \u0000 Thematic collection:\u0000 This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at:\u0000 https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists\u0000","PeriodicalId":17320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geological Society","volume":"44 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139451989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A salty snapshot: extreme variations in basal erosion patterns preserved in a submarine channel","authors":"J. Casagrande, David M. Hodgson, Jeffrey Peakall","doi":"10.1144/jgs2023-006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-006","url":null,"abstract":"Active submarine channel bases are marked by large erosional features, such as knickpoints and plunge pools. Their presence in ancient channel-fills has rarely been documented, meaning their importance in submarine channel morphodynamics requires investigation. Using seismic reflection data calibrated by wells from a buried submarine channel-fill, we document erosional features 100s m long and 10s m deep, here interpreted as knickpoints and a plunge pool, and provide a mechanistic process for their transfer into the stratigraphic record for the first time. Channel incision patterns are interpreted to record a transient uplift in an otherwise subsiding depocentre. Local structural complexities in the channel slope formed zones of preferential scouring. A switch to a depositional regime preserved the irregular channel base inhibiting their upstream migration and smoothing of the channel base. Their formation and preservation record responses to salt tectonics and provide a unique snapshot of the formative processes of an ancient submarine channel. The presence of these exceptional basal scours indicates that headward erosion processes did not operate rapidly, challenging the paradigm that knickpoint migration controls channel evolution. Our results show that the primary erosion of the main channel surface, and long-term channel evolution, are dominated by far more gradual processes.","PeriodicalId":17320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geological Society","volume":"7 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139450842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexandra E. Pye, K. Hodges, Todd A. Ehlers, M. V. van Soest, Christopher S. McDonald, Basant Bhandari
{"title":"Constraining the exhumation history of the Greater Himalayan sequence, Kali Gandaki, Central Nepal","authors":"Alexandra E. Pye, K. Hodges, Todd A. Ehlers, M. V. van Soest, Christopher S. McDonald, Basant Bhandari","doi":"10.1144/jgs2023-100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-100","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding how the South Tibetan Detachment System (STDS) evolved through time and space is necessary for understanding the evolution of the Himalayan orogen. We present new (with previously published) thermochronologic results from a transect in the footwall and ductile shear zone of the basal structure of the STDS in the Kali Gandaki region: the Annapurna detachment. The exhumation history is interpreted from observations using 1D thermal-kinematic models that invert for the exhumation rate of samples. Recently published data suggested that high-temperature slip on the detachment persisted until at least ca. 12 Ma, more recently than is commonly assumed for STDS deformation. Our new data and modelling support those findings and suggest that the cessation of slip coincided with a dramatic, > 50% decrease in the exhumation rate of the shear zone and its footwall at ca. 12-10 Ma. Exhumation rates remained low until ca. 3 Ma, after which they increased to levels comparable with those that characterised STDS activity. Plausible causes of this late pulse of exhumation include an intensification of the Asian Winter monsoon and establishment of today's Indian Summer Monsoon, glaciation, and/or an internal structural reorganisation of the Himalayan orogenic wedge driving localised rock uplift in the hinterland.\u0000 \u0000 Supplementary material:\u0000 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6949467\u0000","PeriodicalId":17320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geological Society","volume":"20 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138977160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Lu, Cuiping Zhao, Jinyu Zhang, Qincai Wang, Xiao Sun, Fang Xu, Haoyue Sun
{"title":"3D fault model and seismotectonics indicate the potential seismic risk in the Daliang Mountains, southeastern Tibetan Plateau","authors":"R. Lu, Cuiping Zhao, Jinyu Zhang, Qincai Wang, Xiao Sun, Fang Xu, Haoyue Sun","doi":"10.1144/jgs2023-136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-136","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Area of active tectonics hosts many active faults and frequently experiences moderate to large earthquakes. The possibility of devastating earthquakes makes the development of major infrastructure projects in these areas risky. World-class large-scale step hydroelectric projects were built along the Jinsha River, such as the Xiangjiaba, Xiluodu, Baihetan, and Wudongde reservoirs in the Daliang Mountains of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Using the SKUA-GoCAD modeling platform, we created a thorough three-dimensional (3D) model of the active faults. Regional geological information, historical strong earthquake catalogs, small earthquakes with fine displacement, and 3D seismic tomography are all integrated in this model. The Mabian-Yanjin fault belt consists of a number of discontinuous faults that are either exposed on the surface or concealed, according to the 3D fault model. Some destructive earthquakes, including two enormous\u0000 M\u0000 7 and many moderate earthquakes, have occurred along this fault belt. Some pre-existing thrust faults, together with numerous immature faults in specific areas, may have been reactivated and changed into strike-slip faults. The Jinsha River basin's seismic and geological concerns must be carefully considered given the existence of such intricate fault networks and seismic activity.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Supplementary material:\u0000 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6949201\u0000","PeriodicalId":17320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geological Society","volume":"44 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139007126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dominique Cluzel, A. Montanini, A. Secchiari, E. Ferrari, M. Heizler, F. Jourdan, S. Meffre, R. Zhou, C. Teyssier
{"title":"New geochemical and age constraints (\u0000 40\u0000 Ar/\u0000 39\u0000 Ar and U-Pb) on forearc intrusive rocks from New Caledonia Ophiolite (SW Pacific): diversity of melts generated at hot subduction inception","authors":"Dominique Cluzel, A. Montanini, A. Secchiari, E. Ferrari, M. Heizler, F. Jourdan, S. Meffre, R. Zhou, C. Teyssier","doi":"10.1144/jgs2023-145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-145","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 New Caledonia Ophiolite is crosscut by coarse to medium grained pyroxenites and hornblende gabbros/diorites dykes intruded between 55.5Ma and 50Ma (U-Pb zircon and\u0000 40\u0000 Ar/\u0000 39\u0000 Ar hornblende), while finer-grained dolerites of tholeiitic affinity are younger (50-47 Ma). Production of hornblende-gabbros/diorites was modelled by moderate degree (20-40%) of partial melting of the HT amphibolites of the metamorphic sole. End-member compositions, hornblendites and anorthosites, resulted from solid-state phase segregation of crystal mushes within tectonically active magmatic conduits. Cascade reactions of slab melts with mantle wedge peridotites successively formed clinoenstatite-boninite magmas, which fed gabbronorite cumulate lenses at the mantle-crust transition, in turn clinoenstatite-boninite melts reacted with peridotites to form websterites. The youngest magmas of tholeiitic affinity, appeared about 6 Ma after subduction inception when the cooler subducting slab plunged more steeply. Incipient slab retreat allowed corner flow, triggering low pressure hydrous melting of the uplifted asthenosphere . The early stages of forearc magmatism were closely associated with transcurrent shear zones, which recorded oblique subduction inception. The lower Eocene tectonic and magmatic features of the New Caledonia ophiolite witness the existence of a north- or northeast-dipping hot (forced) subduction zone in the Southwest Pacific, which appears notably distinct from the slightly younger west-dipping Izu-Bonin-Marianna cold (spontaneous) subduction system.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Thematic collection:\u0000 This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at:\u0000 https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Supplementary material:\u0000 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6949265\u0000","PeriodicalId":17320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geological Society","volume":"31 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139007694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}