Ultrahigh-Temperature Pelitic Granulites from Kontum Massif, Central Vietnam: Evidence for East Asian Juxtaposition at ca. 250 Ma
Ultrahigh-Temperature Pelitic Granulites from Kontum Massif, Central Vietnam: Evidence for East Asian Juxtaposition at ca. 250 Ma
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10.1016/s1342-937x(05)70518-9
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发表时间:
2001-10
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Y. Osanai;M. Owada;T. Tsunogae;T. Toyoshima;T. Hokada;T. V. Long;K. Sajeev;N. Nakano
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作者:
Y. Osanai;M. Owada;T. Tsunogae;T. Toyoshima;T. Hokada;T. V. Long;K. Sajeev;N. Nakano
The largest segment of the Neoproterozoic Mozambique orogenic belt in Kenya occurs east of the north-south oriented rift system. Geological investigations carried out in the country during the last few decades have revealed the complexity of the geology, structures and tectonics of the Mozambique Belt in the region. Important high-grade tectonothermal events in the belt took place between ca. 845 and 715 Ma, The tectonothermal events attained P/T conditions of 6.5-7.0 kbars and 500-750" C. The subsequent cooling and uplift of the basement has been traced by K-Ar dates on biotites, which range between 528 and 438 Ma.New lithological units established in the last two decades include widespread granitoid, anorthositic, gabbroic to ultramafic intrusions and limited andesitic volcanics in the central region of this eastern segment of the Mozambique belt. Previously the geology of this central region had been considered to consist predominantly of monotonous pelitic and semi-pelitic schists and gneisses, migmatites, and amphibolites. Further north in the Chanler's Falls and Archer's Post areas, this segment is dominated by paragneisses and schists, marbles and calc-silicate rocks, granulites, as well as metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rocks. A similar lithological metamorphic assemblage as the one in the north is repeatedly noted in the southern part of this belt. Here in the Taita Hills region, close to the Tanzania border, paragneisses, marbles, amphibolites and metamorphosed ultramafic rocks, with ophiolitic signatures are widespread. West