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Revisiting the tectonic evolution of the Triassic Palaeo-Tethys convergence zone in northern Thailand inferred from detrital zircon U–Pb ages

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Hidetoshi Hara Open the ORCID record for Hidetoshi Hara [Opens in a new window] ,
Tetsuya Tokiwa ,
Toshiyuki Kurihara ,
Thasinee Charoentitirat  and
Apsorn Sardsud
Hidetoshi Hara*
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8567, Japan
Tetsuya Tokiwa
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
Toshiyuki Kurihara
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi 2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
Thasinee Charoentitirat
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phyathai Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Apsorn Sardsud
Affiliation:
Department of Mineral Resources, Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Author for correspondence: Hidetoshi Hara, E-mail: hara-hide@aist.go.jp
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Abstract

Detrital zircon U–Pb ages for sediments in and around the Palaeo-Tethyan convergence zone in northern Thailand provide constraints for tectonic interpretations of the Indochina Block, the Sibumasu Block, the Inthanon Zone accretionary complex and the Nan Back-arc Basin during the Triassic. In sedimentary rocks of the Indochina Block, almost all of the Palaeozoic and Triassic zircons were sourced from the collision zone between the Indochina and South China blocks, and an active continental margin in the western Indochina Block. Sediments of the Sibumasu Block were supplied by erosion of Archaean basement and from the Grenville and the Pan African orogenies, but show no record of Permian to Triassic igneous activity. Accretionary complex sediments have provenances of both the Sukhothai Arc and the Indochina and South China blocks, with detrital zircons of various ages being supplied from crustal uplift and erosion related to the Indosinian I orogeny. Sedimentary rocks of the Nan Back-arc Basin are widely distributed not only in the Nan–Uttaradit but also in northern Sukhothai areas. The origin of the Pha Som Metamorphic Complex and associated formations can be traced to basin-filling sediments in the Nan Back-arc Basin. These detrital zircon U–Pb ages have also allowed identification of the changing tectonic setting in the Palaeo-Tethys convergence zone from the ‘erosion of Proterozoic continental basement’ to ‘Palaeozoic active continental margin in the western Indochina Block’ and ‘Palaeozoic, Permian to Triassic collision zone between the South China and Indochina blocks’ through to ‘Triassic active Sukhothai Arc’.

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detrital zirconPalaeo-TethysSibumasu BlockIndochina Blockaccretionary complexforearc basinback-arc basin

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Geological Magazine , Volume 158 , Issue 5 , May 2021 , pp. 905 - 929
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