The Samail subduction zone dilemma: Geochronology of high-pressure rocks from the Saih Hatat window, Oman, reveals juxtaposition of two subduction zones with contrasting thermal histories

被引:6
作者
Ring, Uwe [1 ]
Glodny, Johannes [2 ]
Hansman, Reuben [1 ,8 ]
Scharf, Andreas [3 ,7 ]
Mattern, Frank [3 ]
Callegari, Ivan [4 ]
van Hinsbergen, Douwe J. J. [5 ]
Willner, Arne [6 ]
Hong, Yangbaihe [1 ]
机构
[1] Stockholm Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Stockholm, Sweden
[2] Deutsch GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany
[3] Sultan Qaboos Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Al Khoud, Oman
[4] Dept Appl Geosci, Dept Appl GeoSci, Halban, Oman
[5] Univ Utrecht, Dept Earth Sci, Utrecht, Netherlands
[6] Ruhr Univ, Inst Geol Mineral & Geophys, Bochum, Germany
[7] Sultan Qaboos Univ, UNESCO Chair Ophiolite Studies, Al Khoud, Oman
[8] Northern Terr Geol Survey, Alice Springs, Australia
基金
瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
Subduction-zone processes; High-pressure metamorphism; Rb-Sr geochronology; Exhumation; Oman; ARABIAN CONTINENTAL-MARGIN; SEVE NAPPE COMPLEX; JABAL-AL-AKHDAR; SEMAIL-OPHIOLITE; RB-SR; METAMORPHIC SOLE; K-AR; INTRACONTINENTAL SUBDUCTION; CARBONATE PLATFORM; BEARING ECLOGITE;
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10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104711
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
The Samail Ophiolite in the Oman Mountains formed at a Cretaceous subduction zone that was part of a wider Neo-Tethys plate-boundary system. The original configuration and evolution of this plate-boundary system is hidden in a structurally and metamorphically complex nappe stack below the Samail Ophiolite. Previous work provided evidence for high-temperature metamorphism high in the nappe pile (in the metamorphic sole of the Samail Ophiolite), and high-pressure metamorphism in the deepest part of the nappe pile (Saih Hatat window), possibly reflecting a downward younging, progressive accretion history at the Samail subduction zone. However, there is evidence that the two subduction-related metamorphic events are disparate, but temporally overlapping during the mid-Cretaceous. We present the first geochronologic dataset across the entire high-pressure nappe stack below the Samail Ophiolite, and the shear zones between the high-pressure nappes. Our 22 new Rb-Sr multimineral isochron ages from the Saih Hatat window, along with independent new field mapping and kinematic reconstructions, constrain the timing and geometry of tectonometamorphic events. Our work indicates the existence of a highpressure metamorphic event in the nappes below the ophiolite that was synchronous with the hightemperature conditions in the metamorphic sole. We argue that the thermal conditions of these synchronous metamorphic events can only be explained through the existence of two Cretaceous subduction zones/segments that underwent distinctly different thermal histories during subduction infancy. We infer that these two subduction zones initially formed at two perpendicular subduction segments at the Arabian margin and subsequently rotated relative to each other and, as a consequence, their records became juxtaposed: (1) The hightemperature metamorphic sole and the Samail Ophiolite both formed above the structurally higher, outboard, 'hot' and rotating Samail subduction zone and, (2) the high-pressure nappes developed within the structurally lower, inboard, 'cold' Ruwi subduction zone. We conclude that the formation and evolution of both subduction zones were likely controlled by the density structure of the mafic-rock-rich Arabian rifted margin and outermost Arabian Platform, and the subsequent arrival of the buoyant, largely mafic-rock-free, full-thickness Arabian lithosphere, which eventually halted subduction at the southern margin of Neo-Tethys.
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