Sheldrick, T., Barry, T. L., Millar, I. L., Barfod, D. N. , Halton, A. M. and Smith, D. J. (2020) Evidence for southward subduction of the Mongol-Okhotsk oceanic plate: implications from Mesozoic adakitic lavas from Mongolia. Gondwana Research, 79, pp. 140-156. (doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2019.09.007)
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Abstract
A combination of new 40Ar/39Ar dating results, major- and trace-element data, plus Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope data, are used to investigate the petrogenesis of Triassic high-Si adakite (HSA), Cretaceous low-Si adakite-like (LSA) lavas, and Cretaceous high-K and shoshonitic trachyandesite lavas, from eastern and south-central Mongolia. All samples are light rare-earth element and large-ion lithophile element enriched but depleted in some high-field strength elements (notably Nb, Ta and Ti). Two alternative models are proposed to explain the petrogenesis of the HSA samples. (1) A southward-subducting Mongol-Okhotsk slab underwent partial melting in the Triassic during the closure of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean, with the resultant melts assimilating mantle and crustal material. Alternatively (2), a basaltic underplate of thickened (>50 km; >1.5 GPa), eclogitic lower crust foundered into the underlying mantle, and underwent partial melting with minor contamination from mantle material and some shallow-level crustal contamination. The LSA samples are interpreted as melts derived from a lithospheric mantle wedge that was previously metasomatised by slab melts. Similarly, the trachyandesite lavas are interpreted as melts deriving from a subduction-enriched subcontinental lithospheric mantle. The spatial distribution of these samples implies that metasomatism likely occurred due to a southward-subducting Mongol-Okhotsk slab associated with the closure of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean. When this interpretation is combined with previous evidence for a northward-subducting Mongol-Okhotsk slab it advocates that the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean closed with double-sided subduction.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Additional Information: | The analyses were supported by NERC grant IP-1610-0516. |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Barfod, Dr Dan |
Authors: | Sheldrick, T., Barry, T. L., Millar, I. L., Barfod, D. N., Halton, A. M., and Smith, D. J. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre |
Journal Name: | Gondwana Research |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 1342-937X |
ISSN (Online): | 1878-0571 |
Published Online: | 09 October 2019 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2019 The Authors |
First Published: | First published in Gondwana Research 79:140-156 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons license |
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