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    Metamorphism, anatexis, zircon ages and tectonic evolution of the Gongshan block in the northern Indochina continent-an eastern extension of the Lhasa Block [查看] ShuguangSong、YaolingNiu、ChunjingWei、JianqingJi、LiSu
    The Gongshan block near the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis is a fault-bounded block at the northern tip of the triangle-shaped Indochina continent (NIC). Exposed in this block are late Paleozoic (Carboniferous to Permian) strata and a north–south belt of intermediate to felsic batholiths (i.e., Gaoligongshan magmatic belt). The contact between the Gaoligongshan batholiths and Carboniferous/Permian strata is characterized by a series of high-grade metamorphic gneisses with leucosome granite veins (i.e., the so-called “Gaoligong Group”). U-Pb SHRIMP and LA-ICP-MS dating of zircons indicate that these gneisses are actually metamorphosed Paleogene sediments containing inherited Archean to Cretaceous detrital zircons (from 2690 to 64 Ma) and have undergone medium- to high-pressure granulite-facies metamorphism at ~22 Ma.Leucosome and S-type granite of 22–53 Ma by anatexis are ubiquitous within high-grade metamorphic rocks in the southern part of the Gongshan block. An Early Paleozoic gneissic granite and granitoid intrusions of Jurassic, Cretaceous and Oligocene-Miocene ages are also recognized in NIC blocks. These ages suggest that the NIC differs distinctly from the Indian continent, the Greater and Lesser Himalaya zones, and the Yangtze Craton, but resembles the Lhasa Block in terms of Paleozoic to Mesozoic magmatism and detrital zircon ages.This offers an entirely new perspective on the tectonic evolution of the Gongshan block in particular and of the history of the Lhasa Block in the context of the India-Asia continental collision in general. Furthermore,the high-grade metamorphism in the NIC indicates a strong crustal thickening (vs. strike-slip shearing) event during much of the Eocene to the Oligocene (~53–22 Ma) that has brought the Paleogene sediments to depths of greater than 25 km. Continuous northward convergence/compression of the Indian Plate at the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis may have led to the clockwise rotation, southeastward extrusion and extension of the southeastern part of the Indochina continent.
    Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb ages of the Gangdese Batholith and implications for Neotethyan subduction in southern Tibet [查看] Da-RenWen、DunyiLiu、Sun-LinChung、Mei-FeiChu、JianqingJi、QiZhang、BiaoSong、Tung-YiLee、Meng-WangYeh、Ching-HuaLo
    The Trans-Himalayan magmatism, which occurred extensively in the Lhasa terrane of southern Tibet, has long been related to the Neotethyan subduction before the India–Asia collision. To better delineate the magmatic duration, we report a geochronological study with 25 SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from the Gangdese Batholith that represents the largest Trans-Himalayan plutonic complex. The results suggest two distinct stages of plutonism in the Late Cretaceous (ca. 103–80 Ma) and early Paleogene (ca. 65–46 Ma),respectively. Our new data confirm if not refine the notion that a Gangdese magmatic gap or quiescent period existed between ca. 80 and 70 Ma. It is furthermore identified that the early stage ended with adakitic intrusion and the latter stage is marked by a peak activity at ca. 50 Ma.We attribute the cessation of the early stage, and following magmatic gap, to a flattening of the northward Neotethyan subduction, and the initiation of the latter stage to rollback of the subducted slab. The proposed scenarios can also account for the southward migration and intensification of Cretaceous to Paleogene volcanism in the Lhasa terrane that demonstrates a coeval, eruptive “flare-up” event around 50 Ma, interpreted as the result of detaching the Neotethyan oceanic slab from the adherent, more buoyant Indian continental lithosphere owing to the India–Asia collision. Our model is, moreover, in general accord with sedimentary and structural geologic records from southern Tibet where subduction-related orogenesis appears to have evolved through time before India started colliding Asia.
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