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Early Mesozoic metamorphism and tectonic significance of the eastern segment of the Lhasa terrane,south Tibet

Author:
Lin, Yan-Hao  Zhang, Ze-Ming  Dong, Xin  Xiang, Hua  Yan, Rong  


Journal:
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES


Issue Date:
2013


Abstract(summary):

The metamorphic belt in the Basongco area, the eastern segment of Lhasa terrane, south Tibet, occurs as the tectonic blocks in Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. The Basongco metamorphic rocks are mainly composed of paragneiss and schist, with minor marble and orthogneiss, and considered previously to be the Precambrian basement of the Lhasa terrane. This study shows that the Basongco metamorphic belt experienced medium-pressure amphibolite-facies metamorphism under the conditions of T =3D 640-705 degrees C and P =3D 6.0-8.0 kbar. The inherited detrital zircon of the metasedimentary rocks yielded widely variable Pb-206/U-238 ages ranging from 3105 Ma to 500 Ma, with two main age populations at 1150 Ma and 580 Ma. The magmatic cores of zircons from the orthogneiss constrain the protolith age as ca. 203 Ma. The metamorphic zircons from all rocks yielded the consistent metamorphic ages of 192-204 Ma. The magmatic cores of zircons in the orthogneiss yielded old Hf model ages (T-DM2 =3D 1.5-2.1 Ga). The magmatic zircons from the mylonitized granite yielded a crystallization age of ca. 198 Ma. These results indicate that the high-grade metamorphic rocks from the Basongco area were formed at early Jurassic and associated with coeval magmatism derived from the thickening crust. The Basongco metamorphic belt, together with the western and coeval Sumdo and Nyaincientanglha metamorphic belts, formed a 400-km-long tectonic unit, indicating that the central segment of the Lhasa terrane experienced the late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic collisional orogeny. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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