Structural rejuvenation of the eastern Arabian Shield during continental collision: 40Ar/39Ar evidence from the Ar Ridayniyah ophiolitic mélange

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 135-141

  Al Saleh, A M ^a   Boyle, A P ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; MELANGE; OPHIOLITE; PROTEROZOIC; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0035188591     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(01)90094-6     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Alexander, R.J., Harper, G.D., 1992. The Josephine ophiolite: an ancient analogue for slow- to intermediate-spreading oceanic ridges. In: Parson, L.M., Murton, B.J., Browning, P. (Eds.), Ophiolites and Their Modern Oceanic Analogues. Geological Society, Special Publication 60, pp. 3-38.
2. Al-Saleh, A.M., 1995. Migmatite sheaths as indicators of the emplacement mechanisms of granitic plutons: a case study from the Al-Amar Suture, eastern Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In: Brown, M., Piccoli, P.M. (Eds.), The Origin of Granites and Related Rocks. US Geological Society, Circular 1129, 8-9.
3. 39Ar dating of the Halaban Ophiolite and associated units: evidence for two-stage orogenesis in the eastern Arabian Shield. Journal Geological Society London 155, 165-175.
4. Al-Shanti, A.M., 1976a. Geology of Ad Dawadimi district, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Directorate General Mineral Resources, Bulletin 13, 57p.
5. Al-Shanti, A.M., 1976b. Mineralization of Ad Dawadimi district, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Directorate General Mineral Resources, Bulletin 14, 50p.
6. Al-Shanti, A.M., Gass, I.G., 1983. The Upper Proterozoic ophiolite mélange zones of the easternmost Arabian Shield. Journal Geological Society London 140, 867-876.
7. Al-Shanti, A.M.S., Abdel-Monem, A.A., Marzouki, F.H., 1984. Geochemistry, petrology and Rb-Sr dating of trondhjemite and granophyre associated with Jabal Tays Ophiolite, Idsas area, Saudi Arabia. Precambrian Research 24, 321-334.
8. Andersen, T.B., Skjerlie, K.P., Furnes, H., 1990. The Sunnfjord Mélange, evidence of Silurian ophiolite accretion in the West Norwegian Caledonides. Journal Geological Society London 147, 59-68.
9. Badri, M., 1991. Crustal structure of central Saudi Arabia determined from seismic refraction profiling. Tectonophysics 185, 357-374.
10. Bernouilli, D., Weissert, H., 1985. Sedimentary fabrics in alpine ophicalcites, South Pennine Arosa zone, Switzerland. Geology 13, 755-758.
11. Bonatti, E., Sarnthein, M., Boersma, A., Gorini, M., Honorez, J., 1977. Neogene crustal emergence and subsidence at the Romanche fracture zone, equatorial Atlantic. Earth Planetary Science Letters 35, 369-383.
12. Brosset, R., 1973. Completion report on drill hole HUM 1 at Jabal Humayyan, Zone 3 - Sector C. Bureau Recherches Géologiques Miniéres, Technical Record 73-JED-16.
13. Brown, G.F., 1972. Tectonic map of the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabian Directorate General Mineral Resources, Map AP-2, scale 1:4 000 000.
14. Calvez, J.Y., Alsac, C., Delfour, J., Kemp, J., Pellaton, C., 1983. Geological evolution of the western, central and eastern parts of the northern Precambrian shield. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Bulletin Faculty Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University 6, 23-48.
15. Cousineau, P.A., 1991. The Riviere Plante ophiolitic mélange; tectonic setting and mélange formation in the Quebec Appalachians. Journal Geology 99, 81-96.
16. Davies, F.B., 1982. Pan-African granite intrusion in response to tectonic volume changes in a ductile shear zone from northern Saudi Arabia. Journal Geology 90, 467-483.
17. Davies, F.B., 1984. Strain analysis of wrench faults and collision tectonics of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. Journal Geology 82, 37-53.
18. Delfour, J., 1981. Geologic, tectonic and metallogenic evolution of the northern part of the Precambrian Arabian Shield (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). Bulletin Bureau Recherches Géologiques Miniéres (deuxieme series), Sec II 1-2, 1-19.
19. Delfour, J., Dhellemmes, R., Elsass, P., Vaslet, D., Brosse, J., le Nindre, Y., Dottin, O., 1982. Geologic map of the Ad Dawadimi quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian Directorate General Mineral Resources, Geologic Map GM-60A, sheet 24G, scale 1:250 000.
20. El-Bayoumi, R.M., 1983. Ophiolites and mélange complex of Wadi Ghadir area. Bulletin Faculty Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University 6, 329-342.
21. Fleck, R.J., Hadley, D.G., 1985. Ages and strontium initial ratios of plutonic rocks in a transect of the Arabian Shield. US Geological Survey, Open-File Report 85-0727.
22. Greenwood, W.R., Anderson, R.E., Fleck, R.J., Robert, R.J., 1980. Precambrian geologic history and plate tectonic evolution of the Arabian Shield. Saudi Arabian Directorate General Mineral Resources, Bulletin 24, 1-35.
23. Harris, N.B.W., Gass, I.G., Hawkesworth, C.J., 1990. A geochemical approach to allochthonous terranes: a Pan-African case study. Philosophical Transactions Royal Society London A 331, 533-548.
24. Jackson, N.J., 1986. Mineralization associated with felsic plutonic rocks in the Arabian Shield. Journal African Earth Sciences 4, 213-227.
25. Manivit, J., Pellaton, C., Vaslet, D., le Nindre, Y., Brosse, J., Fourniguet, J., 1985. Geologic map of the Wadi Al-Mulayh quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian Directorate General Mineral Resources, Geoscience Map GM-92A, sheet 22H, scale 1:250 000, 32p.
26. Miller, R.B., 1985. The ophiolitic Ingalls Complex, north-central Cascade Mountains, Washington. Geological Society America, Bulletin 96, 27-42.
27. Moore, J.M., 1979. Tectonics of the Najd transcurrent fault system, Saudi Arabia. Journal Geological Society London 136, 441-454.
28. Pallister, J.S., Stacey, J.S., Fischer, L.B., Premo, W.R., 1988. Precambrian ophiolites of Arabia: geologic settings, U-Pb geochronology, Pb-isotope characteristics, and implications for continental accretion. Precambrian Research 38, 1-54.
29. Quick, J.E., 1991. Late Proterozoic transpression on the Nabitah fault system-implications for the assembly of the Arabian Shield. Precambrian Research 53, 119-147.
30. Saleeby, J.B., 1984. Tectonic significance of serpentinite mobility and ophiolitic mélange. Geological Society America, Special Paper 198, 153-168.
31. Sanderson, D.J., Marchini, W.R.D., 1984. Transpression. Journal Structural Geology 6 (5), 449-458.
32. Schmidt, D.L., Hadley, D.G., Greenwood, W.R., Gonzalez, L., Coleman, R.G., Brown, G.F., 1973. Stratigraphy and tectonism of the southern part of the Precambrian shield of Saudi Arabia. Directorate General Mineral Resources, Bulletin 8, 13p.
33. Schmidt, D.L., Hadley, D.G., Stoeser, D.B., 1979. Late Proterozoic crustal history of the Arabian Shield, southern Najd Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Institute Applied Geology (Jeddah), Bulletin 3 (2), 41-58.
34. Stacey, J.S., Stoeser, D.B., Greenwood, W.R., Fischer, L.B., 1984. U-Pb zircon geochronology and geological evolution of the Halaban-Al Amar region of the Eastern Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Journal Geological Society London 141, 1043-1055.
35. Stoeser, D.B., Camp, V.E., 1985. Pan-African microplate accretion of the Arabian Shield. Bulletin Geological Society America 96, 817-826.
36. Vail, J.R., 1985. Pan-African (late Precambrian) tectonic terrains and the reconstruction of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. Geology 13, 839-842.