Magmatism during late Ordovician-early Silurian accretion of the Caledonides of Arctic Scandinavia : the Halti-Guolasjavri area revisited
In the Scandinavian Caledonides, evidence of syn-collisional magmatism related to extensional basin development immediately prior to late Silurian Baltica-Laurentia collision was considered restricted to exotic terranes until late Silurian ages were obtained from the Halti Igneous Complex (HIC), hos...
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ftuppsalauniv:oai:DiVA.org:uu-526080 2024-04-28T08:10:13+00:00 Magmatism during late Ordovician-early Silurian accretion of the Caledonides of Arctic Scandinavia : the Halti-Guolasjavri area revisited Andreasson, Per-Gunnar Gee, David G. 2023 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-526080 https://doi.org/10.17850/njg103-2-5 eng eng Uppsala universitet, Geofysik Lund Univ, Dept Geol, Solvegatan 12, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden. Geological Society of Norway , 2023, 103, NORWEGIAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, 2387-5844, 2023, 103, http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-526080 doi:10.17850/njg103-2-5 ISI:001170971700002 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Arctic Caledonides Baltica-Laurentia collision Marginal basin magmatism Syn-exhumation magmatism Seve-Koli relations Geology Geologi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2023 ftuppsalauniv https://doi.org/10.17850/njg103-2-5 2024-04-09T23:48:00Z In the Scandinavian Caledonides, evidence of syn-collisional magmatism related to extensional basin development immediately prior to late Silurian Baltica-Laurentia collision was considered restricted to exotic terranes until late Silurian ages were obtained from the Halti Igneous Complex (HIC), hosted by a thrust sheet (Corrovarre Nappe, CN) of continental affinity. Various orogenic models for the extension and magmatism, a. o. subduction flip, slab roll-back, and ridge subduction have been proposed. Crucial factors include the affinity (Baltican or exotic) of the CN, and the nature of the debated unconformity at the base of the overlying exotic Vaddas Nappe (Koli). This study reexamines a critical tectonostratigraphic section and reports U-Pb zircon ages (441-436 Ma) of palingenetic granitic dykes generated by the HIC. We reinterpret the CN as a slice of the continental margin and accreted with some other nappes of the Seve Nappe Complex (SNC) which decoupled from the continent-ocean transition (COT) at an early stage of subduction of the margin. The lower part of the bipartite Vaddas Nappe, composed of a very dense dolerite dyke swarm with screens of quartzite, marble and subordinate black schist, is reinterpreted as a continuation northwards of the uppermost nappe of the SNC in Indre Troms, derived from the Ediacaran outermost continental margin. The contact with the overlying telescoped succession of conglomerates, marbles, volcanics and turbidites of the Vaddas Nappe is tentatively interpreted as a tectonised unconformity. To a classical model of back-arc spreading outboard of Laurentia during closure of the Iapetus Ocean, we add the arrival of Baltica, with a prism of decoupled slices of the COT and exhumed/ exhuming UHP nappes. The spreading centre of the basin provides a plausible setting for gabbros and pillow lavas of the Vaddas Nappe, and the shores of the basin for a Seve-Koli unconformity. Future PTt studies are required in order to be able to relate the proposed shallow, syn-exhumation HIC ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Troms Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) Norwegian Journal of Geology |
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In the Scandinavian Caledonides, evidence of syn-collisional magmatism related to extensional basin development immediately prior to late Silurian Baltica-Laurentia collision was considered restricted to exotic terranes until late Silurian ages were obtained from the Halti Igneous Complex (HIC), hosted by a thrust sheet (Corrovarre Nappe, CN) of continental affinity. Various orogenic models for the extension and magmatism, a. o. subduction flip, slab roll-back, and ridge subduction have been proposed. Crucial factors include the affinity (Baltican or exotic) of the CN, and the nature of the debated unconformity at the base of the overlying exotic Vaddas Nappe (Koli). This study reexamines a critical tectonostratigraphic section and reports U-Pb zircon ages (441-436 Ma) of palingenetic granitic dykes generated by the HIC. We reinterpret the CN as a slice of the continental margin and accreted with some other nappes of the Seve Nappe Complex (SNC) which decoupled from the continent-ocean transition (COT) at an early stage of subduction of the margin. The lower part of the bipartite Vaddas Nappe, composed of a very dense dolerite dyke swarm with screens of quartzite, marble and subordinate black schist, is reinterpreted as a continuation northwards of the uppermost nappe of the SNC in Indre Troms, derived from the Ediacaran outermost continental margin. The contact with the overlying telescoped succession of conglomerates, marbles, volcanics and turbidites of the Vaddas Nappe is tentatively interpreted as a tectonised unconformity. To a classical model of back-arc spreading outboard of Laurentia during closure of the Iapetus Ocean, we add the arrival of Baltica, with a prism of decoupled slices of the COT and exhumed/ exhuming UHP nappes. The spreading centre of the basin provides a plausible setting for gabbros and pillow lavas of the Vaddas Nappe, and the shores of the basin for a Seve-Koli unconformity. Future PTt studies are required in order to be able to relate the proposed shallow, syn-exhumation HIC ... |
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Magmatism during late Ordovician-early Silurian accretion of the Caledonides of Arctic Scandinavia : the Halti-Guolasjavri area revisited |
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Magmatism during late Ordovician-early Silurian accretion of the Caledonides of Arctic Scandinavia : the Halti-Guolasjavri area revisited |
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Magmatism during late Ordovician-early Silurian accretion of the Caledonides of Arctic Scandinavia : the Halti-Guolasjavri area revisited |
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Magmatism during late Ordovician-early Silurian accretion of the Caledonides of Arctic Scandinavia : the Halti-Guolasjavri area revisited |
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Magmatism during late Ordovician-early Silurian accretion of the Caledonides of Arctic Scandinavia : the Halti-Guolasjavri area revisited |
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magmatism during late ordovician-early silurian accretion of the caledonides of arctic scandinavia : the halti-guolasjavri area revisited |
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