Adakites from continental collision zones: Melting of thickened lower crust beneath southern Tibet

Research Article| November 01, 2003 Adakites from continental collision zones: Melting of thickened lower crust beneath southern Tibet Sun-Lin Chung; Sun-Lin Chung 1Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Dunyi Liu; Dunyi Liu 2Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jianqing Ji; Jianqing Ji 3School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Mei-Fei Chu; Mei-Fei Chu 4Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Hao-Yang Lee; Hao-Yang Lee 4Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Da-Jen Wen; Da-Jen Wen 4Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ching-Hua Lo; Ching-Hua Lo 4Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Tung-Yi Lee; Tung-Yi Lee 5Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Qing Qian; Qing Qian 6Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Qi Zhang Qi Zhang 6Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (2003) 31 (11): 1021–1024. https://doi.org/10.1130/G19796.1 Article history received: 09 May 2003 rev-recd: 31 Jul 2003 accepted: 01 Aug 2003 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Sun-Lin Chung, Dunyi Liu, Jianqing Ji, Mei-Fei Chu, Hao-Yang Lee, Da-Jen Wen, Ching-Hua Lo, Tung-Yi Lee, Qing Qian, Qi Zhang; Adakites from continental collision zones: Melting of thickened lower crust beneath southern Tibet. Geology 2003;; 31 (11): 1021–1024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G19796.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Adakites are geochemically distinct intermediate to felsic lavas found exclusively in subduction zones. Here we report the first example of such magmas from southern Tibet in an active continental collision environment. The Tibetan adakites were emplaced from ca. 26 to 10 Ma, and their overall geochemical characteristics suggest an origin by melting of eclogites and/or garnet amphibolites in the lower part (≥50 km) of thickened Tibetan crust. This lower-crustal melting required a significantly elevated geotherm, which we attribute to removal of the tectonically thickened lithospheric mantle in late Oligocene time. The identification of collision-type adakites from southern Tibet lends new constraints to not only the Himalayan-Tibetan orogenesis—how and when the Indian lithosphere started underthrusting Asia can be depicted—but also the growth of the early continental crust on Earth that consists dominantly of the tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite suites marked by adakitic geochemical affinities. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.