Is the switch from I- to S-type magmatism in the Himalayan Orogen indicative of the collision of India and Eurasia?

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dc.contributor.authorWhite, Lloyd
dc.contributor.authorAhmad, Talat
dc.contributor.authorLister, Gordon
dc.contributor.authorForster, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorIreland, Trevor
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:03:14Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:30:34Z
dc.description.abstractThe switch from I- to S-type magmatism in the Trans-Himalayan Batholith is one of the criteria used to determine when India and Eurasia collided. We present new 238U/ 206Pb SHRIMP data from the Karakorum Batholith, NW India. Our results suggest that an I-type hornblende-biotite granodiorite was emplaced at 31.4 ± 0.4 Ma and crosscut by S-type granite dykes at 18.0 ± 0.4 Ma. We interpret these data to indicate that volatile-fluxed melting of a mantle wedge above an active subduction zone and/or decompression melting of sub-arc asthenosphere was possible until at least 31 Ma. This interpretation uses the same rationale as previous workers have adopted to propose that the India-Eurasia collision occurred between 57 Ma and 47 Ma. A review of published data provides further evidence of &50 Ma magmatism and Cu-Au-Mo porphyry deposit mineralisation north of the Himalayan range. These rocks would be interpreted to have formed in an arc setting in other parts of the world. However, most workers consider that &50 Ma magmatism and porphyry deposit formation in the Himalaya is unrelated to subduction of oceanic lithosphere and are instead considered to form owing to 'post-collisional' processes. We argue that these interpretations have been based on an established model where the India-Eurasia collision is deemed to occur at ca 50 Ma, instead of using the data to question and refine existing tectonic models.
dc.identifier.issn0812-0099
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/62087
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.sourceAustralian Journal of Earth Sciences
dc.subjectKeywords: batholith; emplacement; geochronology; granodiorite; Himalayan orogeny; I-type rock; magmatism; porphyry; S-type rock; SHRIMP dating; subduction zone; tectonics; uranium-lead dating; zircon; Eurasia; India; Karakoram geochronology; granite; Karakoram; Karakorum; SHRIMP; tectonics; zircon
dc.titleIs the switch from I- to S-type magmatism in the Himalayan Orogen indicative of the collision of India and Eurasia?
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage340
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage321
local.contributor.affiliationWhite, Lloyd, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationAhmad, Talat, University of Dehli
local.contributor.affiliationLister, Gordon, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationIreland, Trevor, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationForster, Margaret, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu4065900@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidWhite, Lloyd, u4478576
local.contributor.authoruidLister, Gordon, u4065900
local.contributor.authoruidIreland, Trevor, u8205445
local.contributor.authoruidForster, Margaret, u4065898
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor040303 - Geochronology
local.identifier.absfor040203 - Isotope Geochemistry
local.identifier.absseo970104 - Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB667
local.identifier.citationvolume59
local.identifier.doi10.1080/08120099.2012.652670
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84860209519
local.identifier.thomsonID000303565300001
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByf5625
local.type.statusPublished Version

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