Rapid exhumation and cooling of the Liaonan metamorphic core complex: Inferences from40Ar/39Ar thermochronology and implications for Late Mesozoic extension in the eastern North China Craton
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GSA Bulletin 119 (11-12): 1405-1414
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Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
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119
Journal Issue
11-12
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1405-1414
Date Issued
2007
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Yang, Jin-Hui
Wu, Fu-Yuan
Wilde, Simon A.
Davis, Gregory A.
Abstract
Research Article| November 01, 2007 Rapid exhumation and cooling of the Liaonan metamorphic core complex: Inferences from 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology and implications for Late Mesozoic extension in the eastern North China Craton Jin-Hui Yang; Jin-Hui Yang 1State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9825, Beijing 100029, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Fu-Yuan Wu; Fu-Yuan Wu 1State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9825, Beijing 100029, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Sun-Lin Chung; Sun-Lin Chung 2Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ching-Hua Lo; Ching-Hua Lo 2Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Simon A. Wilde; Simon A. Wilde 3Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Gregory A. Davis Gregory A. Davis 4Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0740, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (2007) 119 (11-12): 1405�V1414. https://doi.org/10.1130/B26085.1 Article history received: 31 Jul 2006 rev-recd: 28 May 2007 accepted: 14 Jun 2007 first online: 08 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Jin-Hui Yang, Fu-Yuan Wu, Sun-Lin Chung, Ching-Hua Lo, Simon A. Wilde, Gregory A. Davis; Rapid exhumation and cooling of the Liaonan metamorphic core complex: Inferences from 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology and implications for Late Mesozoic extension in the eastern North China Craton. GSA Bulletin 2007;; 119 (11-12): 1405�V1414. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/B26085.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract The Liaonan metamorphic core complex formed during crustal extension in the Liaodong Peninsula, eastern North China craton, and consists of the Jinzhou detachment fault, Proterozoic�VPaleozoic sedimentary rocks in its upper plate, and exhumed high-grade Archean metamorphic rocks and Early Cretaceous granitic plutons in the lower plate. Exhumation of its footwall from mid-crustal levels is evidenced in the detachment fault zone by the temporal transition from amphibolite facies mylonitization at depth, through retrograde chloritic shearing and brecciation, to brittle faulting during final uplift. The footwall mylonite zone is 2.5�V3.5 km thick and includes Early Cretaceous (128�V118 Ma) granitic rocks, together with older metamorphic rocks. The 40Ar/39Ar ages of muscovite, hornblende, biotite, and K-feldspar from the mylonitic rocks record that the core complex cooled between ca. 120 and 107 Ma, from the time of initial crystallization of zircons (122�V118 Ma) at 700�V800 �XC in syntectonic leucocratic dikes and granitic rocks, to closure of argon diffusion in hornblende, micas, and K-feldspar at ��500 to ��200 �XC. Throughout the eastern North China craton, the synchroneity of cooling and exhumation of metamorphic core complexes, the formation of pull-apart basins, and regional alkaline igneous activity, reflects regional extensional tectonics in the Early Cretaceous. This accompanied lithospheric thinning, possibly resulting from the rollback of the subducted Pacific plate along the eastern Asian margin during the Early Cretaceous. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.
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