Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009geoji.179...97t&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 179, Issue 1, pp. 97-111.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Palaeomagnetism Applied To Tectonics, Continental Tectonics: Compressional, Asia
Scientific paper
In order to describe features of tectonic deformation in the Indochina Peninsula, Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous red sandstones were sampled at three localities in the Shan-Thai and Indochina blocks. Stepwise thermal treatment of most samples revealed the presence of characteristic remanent magnetization, which is generally unblocked by 680 °C. This component from Phong Saly (21.6°N, 101.9°E) and Borikhanxay (18.5°N, 103.8°E) localities yield positive fold tests with Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous directions of Dec/Inc = 28.8°/32.1° (ks = 15.4, α95 = 8.8°, N = 22) and Dec/Inc = 42.1°/46.9° (ks = 20.1, α95 = 7.9°, N = 18), respectively. Additionally, a syn-folding mid-Cretaceous characteristic magnetization is observed in the samples of Muang Phin locality (16.5°N, 106.1°E), which gave a mean direction of Dec/Inc = 30.8°/39.9°, k = 102.6, α95 = 3.0°, N = 23. This reliable Late Jurassic to Mid-Cretaceous palaeomagnetic directions from three different localities are incorporated into a palaeomagnetic database for Shan-Thai and Indochina blocks. Based on these compilations, tectonic deformation of the Shan-Thai and Indochina blocks is summarized as follows: (1) the Shan-Thai and Indochina blocks experienced a clockwise rotation of about 10° as a composite unit in the early stage of India-Asia collision and (2) following this, the Shan-Thai Block underwent an internal tectonic deformation, whereas the Indochina Block behaved as a rigid tectonic unit during the same period. Comparison of our palaeomagnetic results with seismic tomographic images suggests that the strength of continental lithosphere beneath these blocks played an important role in the process of deformation rather than any other tectonic regime. In contrast to the Shan-Thai Block, an existence of continental roots beneath the Indochina Block prevented its internal deformation.
Chanthavichith Kongkham
Fujihara Makoto
Inokuchi Hiroo
Inthavong Thongpath
Iwamoto Hisanori
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