Paleocene-Eocene record of ophiolite obduction and initial India-Asia collision, south central Tibet

doi:10.1029/2004TC001729

	Paleocene-Eocene record of ophiolite obduction and initial India-Asia collision, south central Tibet
	Ding, L ; Kapp, P ; Wan, XQ
刊名	TECTONICS
	2005-05-06
卷号	24 期号:3
ISSN号	0278-7407
DOI	10.1029/2004TC001729
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	[1] Uppermost Cretaceous to Eocene marine sedimentary sequences occur both to the south and north of the Yarlung Zangbo suture in south central Tibet. They consist of Indian-margin strata of the northern Tethyan Himalaya and Asian-margin strata of the Gangdese forearc. Both assemblages are characterized by major changes in depositional environment and sedimentary provenance at similar to 65 Ma and an appearance of detrital chromium-rich spinel of ophiolite affinity (TiO2 generally < 0.1 wt%) during the Paleocene. Ophiolitic melange exposed along the suture could have provided a source for detrital spinel. The melange occurs in the hanging wall of a north dipping, south directed mylonitic shear zone which includes a tectonic sliver of mafic schist. Amphibole from the schist yields Ar-40/Ar-39 ages of similar to 63 Ma, which we attribute to cooling during slip along the shear zone and southward obduction of the melange. Melange obduction was coeval with the development of an angular unconformity within the Gangdese forearc basin to the north ( between late Maastrichtian time and similar to 62 Ma). Upper Paleocene to middle Eocene sandstones in the northern Tethyan Himalaya yield 200 - 120 Ma U-Pb detrital zircon ages and 190 - 170 Ma Ar-40/Ar-39 detrital mica ages. These detrital grains were most likely sourced from regions north of the Yarlung Zangbo suture, suggesting that onset of India-Asia collision in south central Tibet is middle Eocene or older in age. Collectively, our results support previous suggestions that oceanic rocks were obducted onto the northern margin of India during latest Cretaceous - earliest Tertiary time. Coeval changes in Gangdese forearc sedimentation raise the possibility that this obduction event marks onset of tectonic interaction between India and Asia at similar to 65 Ma. Alternatively, in concert with the conventional view of Eocene collision initiation, the obducted oceanic rocks may be of intraoceanic origin, while coeval changes in Gangdese forearc sedimentation may be a consequence of an increase in the rate of ocean-continent convergence following the demise of the intraoceanic subduction zone.
WOS关键词	TSANGPO SUTURE ZONE ; FORE-ARC BASIN ; EURASIA COLLISION ; CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTION ; XIGAZE OPHIOLITE ; TERTIARY CONVERGENCE ; TECTONIC EVOLUTION ; SOUTHEASTERN TIBET ; ISOTOPE EVOLUTION ; AMERICAN-WEST
WOS研究方向	Geochemistry & Geophysics
语种	英语
出版者	AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
WOS记录号	WOS:000229149700002
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/65680]
专题	中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
通讯作者	Ding, L
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 3.Univ Arizona, Dept Geosci, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA 4.China Geol Univ, Dept Geosci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ding, L,Kapp, P,Wan, XQ. Paleocene-Eocene record of ophiolite obduction and initial India-Asia collision, south central Tibet[J]. TECTONICS,2005,24(3).
APA	Ding, L,Kapp, P,&Wan, XQ.(2005).Paleocene-Eocene record of ophiolite obduction and initial India-Asia collision, south central Tibet.TECTONICS,24(3).
MLA	Ding, L,et al."Paleocene-Eocene record of ophiolite obduction and initial India-Asia collision, south central Tibet".TECTONICS 24.3(2005).