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| Title: From steep feeders to tabular plutons - Emplacement controls of syntectonic granitoid plutons in the Damara Belt, Namibia |
| Authors: Hall, D; Kisters, A |
| Author Full Names: Hall, Duncan; Kisters, Alexander |
| Source: JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES, 113 51-64; 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.10.005 JAN 2016 |
| Language: English |
| Document Type: Article |
| KeyWords Plus: CENTRAL ZONE; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HENRY MOUNTAINS; MAGMA TRANSPORT; MELT TRANSFER; LOWER CRUST; DEEP CRUST; OROGEN; DEFORMATION; ASCENT |
| Abstract: Granitoid plutons in the deeply eroded south Central Zone of the Damara Belt in Namibia commonly show tabular geometries and pronounced stratigraphic controls on their emplacement. Subhorizontal, sheet-like pluton geometries record emplacement during regional subhorizontal shortening, but the intrusion of spatially and temporally closely-related granitoid plutons at different structural levels and in distinct structural settings suggests independent controls on their levels of emplacement. We describe and evaluate the controls on the loci of the dyke-to-sill transition that initiated the emplacement of three syntectonic (560-530 Ma) plutons in the basement-cover stratigraphy of the Erongo region. Intrusive relationships highlight the significance of (1) rigidity anisotropies associated with competent sedimentary packages or pre-existing subhorizontal granite sheets and (2) rheological anisotropies associated with the presence of thick ductile marble horizons. These mechanical anisotropies may lead to the initial deflection of steep feeder conduits as well as subsequent pluton assembly by the repeated underaccretion of later magma batches. The upward displacement of regional isotherms due to the heat advection associated with granite emplacement is likely to have a profound effect on the mechanical stratification of the upper crust and, consequently, on the level at which granitoid pluton emplacement is initiated. In this way, pluton emplacement at progressively shallower crustal depths may have resulted in the unusually high apparent geothermal gradients recorded in the upper crustal levels of the Damara Belt during its later evolution. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Opsomming: From steep feeders to tabular plutons - Emplacement controls of syntectonic granitoid plutons in the Damara Belt, Namibia
Summary: From steep feeders to tabular plutons - Emplacement controls of syntectonic granitoid plutons in the Damara Belt, Namibia