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AN: T13C-0483 [Abstracts]
TI: The Danba domal metamorphic terrane, West Sichuan China
AU: * You, Z
EM: zdyou@263.net
AF: China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Rd., Wuhan, Hub 430074
China
AU: Cheng, S
EM: chengsh@pku.edu.cn
AF: Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871
China
AU: Lai, X
T13C-0483
AF: China university of Geosciences, 29 Xueyuan Rd., Beijing, 100083
China
AB:
There are more than ten domal metamorphic terranes in various size, from north southwards, scattering along the west margin
of the Yangtze block. The core of the dome is always occupied by Neo- proterozoic(ca 865¦785Ma) migmatite gneisses or is
emplaced by Mesozoic granites and they are in turn surrounded by intermediate-pressure rocks in various grades of Barrovian
metamorphic belts. However, for those domes developed in Yajiang Region, south of Danba, due to the intrusion of granitic
bodies, they are surrounded by low-pressure Buchan type of metamorphic belts. In addition, those domes to the southeast of
the Danba arc such as Gezong dome together with those located to the south of Muli arc are mostly surrounded by Low "Cgrade
metamorphic rocks in greenschist facies lack of prominent index minerals in them.
. The migmatites are mostly stromatitic, but occasionally agmatitic which are similar to those developed in the basement of
Yangtze block, suggesting the affinity of the basements between Yangtze and Songpan Garze orogenic belt (SGOB). In contrast
there are many domes with granite intrusion in its core such as those domes ,scattered in the north of Yajiang.
Petrochemical and geochemical study of some of these granites showed that they are S-type granites, resulted from the partial
melting of the continental crust with volcanic arc or syn collisional geotectonic setting.
The grade of metamorphism is higher in the northwestern part of Danba Region ( with Sill+ kfs assemblage) and is lower
towards the southeast ( sericite + chl). It is reasonable to conclude that there is a thermal axis in the south eastern
part of the SGOB shown as low -pressure Buchan-type metamorphic belt. Perpendicular to this axis the metamorphic temperature
is generally lowering.
The geochronological data published by previous authors showed that the Barrovian prograde metamorphism (M1) was initiated
in 210¦205 Ma with peak metamorphic stage at 204-190 Ma while the Buchan type metamorphism ( M2) is about 164Ma (
according to sphene U-Pb dating ) which is correspondent with the Zircon U-Pb dating of Manai Granite yielding 197+/- 6 Ma.
The difference in the grade of metamorphism between Muli and Danba regions is probably ascribed to the heterogeneity of the
regional geothermal flow during the continental crust thickening and to the top-south thrusting event in the SE part of
SGOB during the late Indosinian time previous to the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau..
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This program is sponsored by NSFC(No.40272032)
DE: 1213 Earth's interior: dynamics (1507, 7207, 7208, 8115, 8120)
DE: 8103 Continental cratons
DE: 8108 Continental tectonics: compressional
DE: 8109 Continental tectonics: extensional (0905)
DE: 8115 Core processes (1213, 1507)
SC: Tectonophysics [T]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005