Accretion leading to collision and the Permian Solonker suture, Inner Mongolia, China: Termination of the central Asian orogenic belt

Tectonics - Tập 22 Số 6 - 2003
Wenjiao Xiao1, Brian F. Windley2, Jie Hao3, Mingguo Zhai3
1Key Laboratory of Lithosphere Tectonic Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
3Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Tóm tắt

The Solonker suture records the termination of the central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). However, tectonic development of the Solonker suture is poorly understood. We report new field data for the Ondor Sum melange in the Ulan valley, and present a new evaluation of the orogenic belt extending from the southern Mongolia cratonic boundary to the north China craton within the context of a new geological framework and tectonic model, which incorporates relevant data from the literature. The southern accretionary zone between the north China craton and the Solonker suture is characterized by the Mid‐Ordovician‐Early Silurian Ulan island arc‐Ondor Sum subduction‐accretion complex and the Bainaimiao arc. This zone was consolidated by the Carboniferous‐Permian when it evolved into an Andean‐type magmatic margin above a south dipping subduction zone. The northern accretionary zone north of the Solonker suture extends southward from a Devonian to Carboniferous active continental margin, through the Hegenshan ophiolite‐arc accretionary complex to the Late Carboniferous Baolidao arc associated with some accreted Precambrian blocks. This northern zone had consolidated by the Permian when it developed into an Andean‐type magmatic margin above a north dipping subduction zone. Final subduction of the central Asian ocean caused the two opposing active continental margins to collide, leading to formation of the Solonker suture in the end‐Permian. Predominant northward subduction during final formation of the suture gave rise in the upper northern plate to a large‐scale, postcollisional, south directed thrust and fold belt in the Triassic‐Jurassic. In summary, the CAOB underwent three final stages of tectonic development: early Japanese‐type accretion, Andean‐type magmatism, and Himalayan‐type collision.

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