The cretaceous Ladakh arc of NW himalaya - slab melting and melt-mantle interaction during fast northward drift of Indian Plate

被引:139
作者
Rolland, Y
Picard, C
Pecher, A
Lapierre, H
Bosch, D
Keller, F
机构
[1] Univ Grenoble 1, UMR A5025 CNRS, LGCA, F-38041 Grenoble, France
[2] Univ Nouvelle Caledonie, F-98847 Noumea, France
[3] Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS UMR 5568, Lab Tectonophys, F-34095 Montpellier 05, France
关键词
Ladakh; island arc; back-arc; crustal melting; NdSr and Pb isotopes;
D O I
10.1016/S0009-2541(01)00286-8
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
The Kohistan-Ladakh Terrane in the NW Himalaya is a remnant of a Cretaceous are sequence obducted onto the Indian margin. This paper presents a geochemical study (major and trace elements and Sr, Nd, Pb isotopes) of the Mid-Cretaceous lavas of the Ladakh side of the are sequence, which were erupted in response to northward subduction of Neo-Tethys oceanic crust. Lavas from the western Ladakh in Pakistan can be divided into three groups which, from north to south, are: (1) the Northern Group of back-arc tholefites [0.5 < (La/Yb)(N) < 1.4; 0.3 < (Nb/La)(N) < 1.4; 4 < epsilonNd < 8; 38.66 < (208) Pb/(204) Pb < 38.801, (2) the Southern Group of arc tholeiites [1.8 < (La/Yb)(N) < 3.9; 0.1 < (Nb/La)(N) < 0.6; 5 < epsilonNd < 6; 38.40 < 208 Pb /(204) Pb < 38.661, and (3) the Katzarah Formation of tholeiitic Nb-rich lavas [3.4 < (La/Yb)(N) < 9-8; 1.4 < (Nb/La)(N) < 2.1; 3 < epsilonNd < 5], including radiogenic Pb lavas [39.31 < Pb-208/(204) Pb < 39.51] and less radiogenic lavas [38.31 < Pb-208/Pb-204 < 38.55]. Magmas from the eastern Ladakh in India show a simple series of more evolved arc volcanics from basalts to rhyolites [basalts and basaltic andesites: 2.5 < (La/Yb)(N) < 5.7; 0.4 < (Nb/La)(N) < 0.5; 1.8 < epsilonNd < 5.5; 38.70 < Pb-208/Pb-204 < 38.80]. Isotope and trace element data of western Ladakh lavas are compatible with high-degree melting (14-21%) of a fertile MORB-mantle source. An adakitic lava [(La/Yb)N = 55.8; (Nb/La)(N) = 0.3; epsilonNd = 1.7; Pb-208/Pb-204 = 39.001 and a Mg-poor Nb-rich basalt [(La/Yb)(N) = 4.6; (Nb/La)(N) = 1.3; 8 epsilonNd = - 2-; Pb-208/Pb-204 = 39.07] are spatially associated with the tholeiitic arc lavas. Isotope compositions of all the lavas, and in particular the radiogenic Nb-rich and adakitic lavas suggest three-component mixing between depleted mantle similar to the Indian MORB mantle, and enriched components similar to the volcanogenic or pelagic sediments. The geochemical diversity of magma types is attributed to contribution of melts from the subducted crust and associated sediments, and their subsequent interaction with the mantle. Such melt-mantle interactions can also be inferred from relicts of sub-arc mantle found in Indian Ladakh. These results lead to a geodynamic reconstruction of the Kohistan-Ladakh are as a single entity in the Mid-Cretaceous, emplaced south of the Asian margin. Slab melting imply subduction of young oceanic crust, as already proposed for the Oman ophiolite farther west. The fast northward drift of the Indian Plate could have triggered wide-scale inversion of the divergent tectonic regimeresponsible for the opening of the Neo-Tethys Ocean. Our results suggest breaking of die young oceanic crust initiated at the ridge rather than at passive plate boundaries. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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