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Article: Paleozoic multiple subduction-accretion processes of the southern Altaids

TitlePaleozoic multiple subduction-accretion processes of the southern Altaids
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Issue Date2009
PublisherAmerican Journal of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ajsonline.org
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American Journal Of Science, 2009, v. 309 n. 3, p. 221-270 How to Cite?
AbstractThe formation and development of the southern Altaids is controversial with regard to its accretionary orogenesis and continental growth. The Altay-East Junggar orogenic collage of North Xinjiang, China, offers a special natural laboratory to resolve this puzzle. Three tectonic units were juxtaposed, roughly from North to South, in the study area. The northern part (Chinese Altay), composed of variably deformed and metamorphosed Paleozoic sedimentary, volcanic, and granitic rocks, is interpreted as a Japan-type island arc of Paleozoic to Carboniferous-Permian age. The central part (Erqis), which consists of ophiolitic mélanges and coherent assemblages, is a Paleozoic accretionary complex. The southern part (East Junggar), characterized by imbricated ophiolitic mélanges, Nb-enriched basalts, adakitic rocks and volcanic rocks, is regarded as a Devonian-Carboniferous intra-oceanic island arc with some Paleozoic ophiolites, superimposed by Permian arc volcanism. A plagiogranite from an imbricated ophiolitic mélange (Armantai) in the East Junggar yields a new SHRIMP zircon age of 503 ± 7 Ma. Using published age constraints, we propose the presence of multiple subduction systems in this part of the Paloasian Ocean in the Paleozoic. The intraoceanic arcs became accreted to the southern active margin of the Siberian craton in the middle Carboniferous-Permian. During the long accretionary processes, in addition to large-scale southward-directed thrusting, large-scale, orogen-parallel, strikeslip movements (for example, Erqis fault) in the Permian translated fragments of these intraoceanic arcs and associated accretionary wedges. This new tectonic model has broad implications for the architecture and crustal growth of Central Asia and for other ancient orogens.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/58655
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.248
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Chinese State 973 Program2007CB41.1307
Natural Science Foundation Of China40725009
40523003
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We appreciate the assistance of staff in the Beijing SHRIMP Laboratory. Thanks are clue to many MSc and PhD students whose field and laboratory work provided many elements on which the present synthesis was built, in particular Q. G. Mao, Y. P. Long, K. Wong, and R. D. Cai. We are indebted to J.Y. Li J. Gao, Z.J. Guo, Z.L. Chen, A. M. C. Sengor, N. Arnaud, D. Alexeiev, A. S. Yakubchuk, and M. S. Hendrix for their generosity with time, ideas, and advice. Critical reviews by Richard Glen, and M. A. Lamb have significantly improved the original draft of the manuscript. Funds from the Chinese State 973 Program (2007CB41.1307) and the Natural Science Foundation Of China Projects (40725009 and 40523003) are gratefully acknowledged. This paper is a contribution to ILP (ERAs, Topo-Central Asia), IGCP 473 and IGCP 480.

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dc.description.abstractThe formation and development of the southern Altaids is controversial with regard to its accretionary orogenesis and continental growth. The Altay-East Junggar orogenic collage of North Xinjiang, China, offers a special natural laboratory to resolve this puzzle. Three tectonic units were juxtaposed, roughly from North to South, in the study area. The northern part (Chinese Altay), composed of variably deformed and metamorphosed Paleozoic sedimentary, volcanic, and granitic rocks, is interpreted as a Japan-type island arc of Paleozoic to Carboniferous-Permian age. The central part (Erqis), which consists of ophiolitic mélanges and coherent assemblages, is a Paleozoic accretionary complex. The southern part (East Junggar), characterized by imbricated ophiolitic mélanges, Nb-enriched basalts, adakitic rocks and volcanic rocks, is regarded as a Devonian-Carboniferous intra-oceanic island arc with some Paleozoic ophiolites, superimposed by Permian arc volcanism. A plagiogranite from an imbricated ophiolitic mélange (Armantai) in the East Junggar yields a new SHRIMP zircon age of 503 ± 7 Ma. Using published age constraints, we propose the presence of multiple subduction systems in this part of the Paloasian Ocean in the Paleozoic. The intraoceanic arcs became accreted to the southern active margin of the Siberian craton in the middle Carboniferous-Permian. During the long accretionary processes, in addition to large-scale southward-directed thrusting, large-scale, orogen-parallel, strikeslip movements (for example, Erqis fault) in the Permian translated fragments of these intraoceanic arcs and associated accretionary wedges. This new tectonic model has broad implications for the architecture and crustal growth of Central Asia and for other ancient orogens.en_HK
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