Formation and tectonic evolution of the Cretaceous-Jurassic Muslim Bagh ophiolitic complex, Pakistan: Implications for the composite tectonic setting of ophiolites

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-127

  Khan, Mehrab ^a   Kerr, Andrew C ^b   Mahmood, Khalid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Muslim Bagh; Ophiolite; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; EURASIAN PLATE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INDIAN PLATE; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; MANTLE SOURCE; NAPPE; OPHIOLITE; PLUTON; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; BALUCHISTAN; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35148815348     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

References (74)

1. Ahmad Z., and Abbas S.G. The Muslim Bagh ophiolite. In: Farah A., and Dejong K.A. (Eds). Geodynamics of Pakistan (1979), Geological Survey of Pakistan, Quetta 243-249
2. Allemann F. Time of emplacement of the Zhob Valley ophiolites and Bela ophiolites, Baluchistan Pakistan (preliminary report). In: Farah A., and Dejong K.A. (Eds). Geodynamics of Pakistan (1979), Geological Survey of Pakistan, Quetta 215-242
3. Ando J., Harangi Sz., Szakmany L., and Dosztaly L. Petrologia de la asociacion ofiolftica de Holguin. In: Iturralde-Vinent M. (Ed). Ofiolitas y Arcos volcanicos de Cuba (1996), Miami, Florida 76-154
4. Anonymous. Penrose Field Conference on ophiolites. Geotimes 17 (1972) 24-25
5. Boudier F., and Nicolas A. Harzburgite and lherzolite subtypes in ophiolitic and oceanic environments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 76 (1985) 84-92
6. Boudier F., and Nicolas A. Nature of the Moho transition zone in the Oman ophiolite. Journal of Petrology 36 (1995) 777-796
7. Boudier F., Ceuleneer G., and Nicolas A. Shear zones, thrusts and related magmatism in the Oman ophiolite: initiation of thrusting on an oceanic ridge. Tectonophysics 151 (1988) 275-296
8. Cannat M., Lagabrielle Y., Bougault H., Casey J., deCoutures N., Dmitriev L., and Fouquet Y. Ultramafic and gabbroic exposures at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: geological mapping in the 15°N region. Tectonophysics 279 (1997) 193-213
9. Cobiella-Reguera J.L. Remains of oceanic lithosphere in Cuba: types, origins and emplacement ages. In: Jackson T. (Ed). Caribbean Geology into the Third Millennium: Transactions of the Fifteenth Caribbean Geological Conference (2002), University of West Indies Press 35-46
10. Cochran J.R. Somali Basin, Chain Ridge, and origin of the Northern Somali Basin gravity and geoid low. Journal of Geophysical Research 93 (1988) 11985-12008
11. In: Dercourt J., Ricou L.E., and Vrielynck B. (Eds). Atlas of Tethys Paleoenvironmental Maps (1993), Gautheir-Villars, Paris 307 p
12. Dilek, Y., Thy, P., Moores, E.M., Grundvig, S., 1990. Late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic oceanic basement of a Jurassic arc terrane in the northwestern Sierra Nevada, California. In: Hardwood, D.S, Miller, M.M. (Eds.), Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic Paleogeographic Relations; Sierra Nevada, Klamath Mountains, and Related Terranes, Geological Society of America Special Paper, Boulder, Colorado, vol. 255, pp. 351-369.
13. Dilek Y. Ophiolite concept and its evolution. Geological Society of America Special Paper 373 (2003) 1-16
14. Dewey J.F. Ophiolite obduction. Tectonophysics 31 (1976) 93-120
15. Dewey J.F., and Bird J.M. Origin and emplacement of the ophiolite suite: appalachian ophiolites in Newfoundland. Journal of Geophysical Research 76 (1971) 3179-3206
16. Encarnacion J.P., Mukasa S.B., and Obille E.C. Zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Zambales and Angat ophiolites, Luzon, Philippines-evidence for an Eocene arc-back arc pair. Journal of Geophysical Research 98 (1993) 19991-20004
17. Gansser A. Geology of the Himalayas (1964), Wiley Interscience, London 289 p
18. Geary E.E., Kay R.W., Reynolds J.C., and Kay S.M. Geochemistry of mafic rocks from the Coto Block, Zambales Ophiolite, Philippines-trace element evidence for two stages of crustal growth. Tectonophysics 168 (1989) 43-63
19. Gnos E., Immenhauser A., and Peters T.J. Late Cretaceous/Early Tertiary convergence between the Indian and Arabian plates recorded in ophiolites and related sediments. Tectonophysics 271 (1997) 1-19
20. Hacker B.R. Simulation of the metamorphic and deformational history of the metamorphic sole of the Oman ophiolite. Journal of Geophysical Research 95 (1990) 4895-4907
21. Hacker B.R., and Mosenfelder J.L. Metamorphism and deformation along the emplacement thrust of the Semail ophiolite, Oman. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 144 (1996) 435-451
22. Hawkins J.W. Geology of supra-subduction zones: implications for the origin of ophiolites. Geological Society of America Special Paper 373 (2003) 227-267
23. Hill, I.G., Worden, I.H., Meighan, I.G., 2000. Geochemical evolution of a palaeolaterite: the Interbasaltic Formation, Northern Ireland. Chemical Geology 166, 65-84.
24. Iturralde-Vinent, M. Millan-Trujillo, G., Korpas, L., Nagy, E., Pajon, J., 1996. Geological interpretation of the Cuban K-Ar database. In: Iturralde-Vinent, M. (Ed.), Ofiolitas y Across Volcanicos de Cuba, Miami, Florida, pp. 48-69.
25. Jones, A.G. (Ed.), 1960. Reconnaissance Geology of a Part of West Pakistan: A Colombo Plan Co-operative Project Report, Government of Canada, Toronto, 550 p.
26. Karig D.E. Initiation of subduction zones: implication for arc evolution and ophiolite development. Geological Society of London Special Publication 10 (1982) 563-576
27. Kazmi, A.H., Jan, M.Q., 1997. Geology and tectonics of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan, 554 p.
28. Kerr A.C., Iturralde-Vinent M.A., Saunders A.D., Babbs T.L., and Tarney J. A new plate tectonic model of the Caribbean: implications from a geochemical reconnaissance of Cuban Mesozoic volcanic rocks. Geological Society of America Bulletin 111 (1999) 1581-1599
29. Khadim, I.M., Yoshida, M., Zaman, H., 1992. Paleomagnetic study of Late Cretaceous basaltic rocks in the Calcareous Zone, Muslim Bagh area. Proceedings of Geoscience Colloquium Geoscience Laboratory, Geological Survey of Pakistan, 1, 99-112.
30. Khan M., Gnos E., Mahmood K., and Khan A.S. Metamorphic rocks associated with Bela ophiolites Pakistan. Acta Mineralogica Pakistanica 10 (1999) 37-44
31. Kojima S., Naka T., Kimura K., Mengal J.M., Siddiqui R.H., and Bakht M.S. Mesozoic radiolarians from the Bagh Complex in the Muslim Bagh area, Pakistan: their significance in reconstructing the geological history of ophiolites along the Neo-Tethys suture zone. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 45 (1994) 63-97
32. Leith E.C. Island arc elements and arc-related ophiolites. Tectonophysics 106 (1984) 177-203
33. Lytwyn J., Casey J., and Gilbert S. Arc-like mid-ocean ridge basalt formed seaward of a trench-forearc system just prior to ridge subduction: an example from subcreted ophiolites in southern Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research 102 (1997) 10225-10243
34. Mahmood K., Boudier F., Gnos E., Monie P., and Nicolas A. The emplacement of the Muslim Bagh ophiolite, Pakistan. Tectonophysics 250 (1995) 169-181
35. Mahmood M., and Khan M. Structural characteristics of gabbroic rocks from Saplai Tor ghar massif, Muslim Bagh ophiolite, Pakistan. Acta Minalogica Pakistanica 10 (1999) 37-44
36. McCormick, G.R., 1991. Origin of volcanics in the Tethyan suture zone of Pakistan. In: Peters, T., Nicolas A., Coleman, R.G. (Eds.), Ophiolite Genesis and Evolution of the Oceanic Lithosphere, Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat, pp. 715-722.
37. Mengal J.M., Kimura K., Siddiqui R.H., Kojima S., Naka T., Bakht M.S., and Kamada K. The lithology and Structure of a Mesozoic sedimentary-igneous assemblage beneath the Muslim Bagh ophiolite, northern Balochistan, Pakistan. Proceedings of Geoscience Colloquium Geoscience Laboratory, Geological Survey of Pakistan 16 (1996) 213-228
38. Miyashiro A. The Troodos complex was probably formed in an island arc. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 19 (1973) 218-224
39. Miyashiro A. Nature of alkalic volcanic rock series. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 66 (1978) 91-104
40. Munir M., and Ahmad Z. Petrochemistry of the contact rocks from northwestern Jungtorghar segment of the Zhob Valley ophiolite, Pakistan. Acta Mineralogica Pakistanica 1 (1985) 38-48
41. Nicolas A. Structures of Ophiolites and Dynamics of Oceanic Lithosphere (1989), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands 367p
42. Nicolas A., and Boudier F. Where ophiolites come from and what they tell us. Geological Society of America Special Paper 373 (2003) 137-152
43. Patriat P., and Achache J. India/Asia collision chronology has implications for crustal shortening and driving mechanism of plates. Nature 311 (1984) 615-621
44. Pearce J.A. Supra-subduction zone ophiolites. The search for modern analogues. Geological Society of America Special Paper 373 (2003) 269-293
45. Pearce J.A., Lippard S.J., and Roberts S. Characteristics and tectonic significance of supra-subduction zone ophiolites. Geological Society of London Special Publication 16 (1984) 77-94
46. Pearce J.A., and Peate D.W. Tectonic implications of the composition of volcanic arc magmas. Annual Review Earth and Planetary Sciences 23 (1995) 251-285
47. Peters T. Formation and evolution of the western Indian Ocean as evidenced by the Masirah ophiolite: a review. Geological Society of America Special Paper 349 (2000) 525-536
48. Plummer P.S. The Amirante ridge/trough complex: response to rotational transform rift/drift between Seychelles and Madagascar. Terra Nova 8 (1996) 34-47
49. Powell, C.Mc.A., 1979. A speculative tectonic history of Pakistan and surroundings: some constraints from the Indian Ocean. In: Farah, A., Dejong, K.A. (Eds.), Geodynamics of Pakistan, Geological Survey of Pakistan, Quetta, pp. 194-213.
50. Proenza-Fernandez, J., 1997. Mineralizaciones de cromita en la faja ofiolftica Mayarf-Baracoa (Cuba). Ejemplo del yacimiento Mercedita. PhD Thesis, University of Barcelona.
51. Qayyum M., Niem M.R., and Lawrence R.D. Newly discovered Paleogene deltaic sequence in the Katwaz basin, Pakistan and its tectonic implications. Geology 24 (1996) 835-838
52. Rossman, D.L., Ahmed, Z., Abbas, S.G., 1971. Geology and chromite deposits of the Saplai Tor Ghar and Nisai area, Zhob Valley complex, Hindu Bagh Quetta Division, west of Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan and US Geological Survey Interim Report, Pk-51, 47 p.
53. Sawada Y., Siddiqui R.H., Khan S.R., and Aziz A. Mesozoic igneous activity in the Muslim Bagh area, Pakistan, with special reference to hotspot magmatism related to the break-up of the Gondwanaland. Proceedings of Geoscience Colloquium Geoscience Laboratory, Geological Survey of Pakistan 1 (1992) 21-70
54. Scotese C.R., Cahagan L.M., and Larson R.L. Plate tectonic reconstructions of the Cretaceous and Cenozoic ocean basin. Tectonophysics 155 (1988) 27-48
55. Searle M.P. Stratigraphy, structure and evolution of the Tibetan-Tethys zone in Zankskar and the Indus suture zone in the Ladakh Himalaya. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences 73 (1983) 205-219
56. Searle M.P., and Cox J.S. Tectonic setting, origin and obduction of the Oman ophiolite. Geological Society of America Bulletin 111 (1999) 104-122
57. Searle M.P., Khan M.A., Fraser J.E., and Gough S.J. The tectonic evolution of the Kohistan-Karakoram collision belt along the Karakoram Highway transect, north Pakistan. Tectonics 18 (1999) 929-949
58. Searle M.P., Warren C.J., Waters D.J., and Parrish R.R. Subduction zone polarity in the Oman mountains: implications for ophiolite emplacement. Geological Society of London Special Publication 218 (2003) 467-480
59. Shervais, J.W., 2000. Birth, death and resurrection: the life cycle of suprasubduction ophiolites. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 2, paper number 2000GC000080.
60. Shervais J.W., Kimbrough D.L., Renne P., Hanan B., Murchey B., and Snow C.A. Multi-stage origin of the coast range ophiolite, California: implications for the life cycle of supra-subduction zone ophiolites. International Geology Review 46 (2004) 289-315
61. Siddiqui R.H., Aziz A., Mengal J.M., Hoshino K., and Sawada K. Geology, Petrochemistry and tectonic evolution of Muslim Bagh ophiolite complex, Pakistan. Proceedings of Geoscience Colloquium Geoscience Laboratory, Geological Survey of Pakistan 16 (1996) 11-46
62. Storey M., Mahoney J.J., Saunders A.D., Duncan R.A., Kelly S.P., and Coffin M.F. Timing of hotspot-related volcanism and the break-up of Madagascar and India. Science 267 (1995) 852-855
63. Sun, S.-s., McDonough, W.F., 1989. Chemical and isotope systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes. In: Saunders, A.D., Norry, M.J. (Eds.), Magmatism in the Ocean Basins, Geological Society of London, Special Publication, vol. 42, pp. 313-345.
64. Tahirkheli R.A.K. Geology of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindukush in Pakistan. Geological Bulletin University of Peshawar 15 (1982) 1-51
65. Tapponnier P., Mattauer M., Proust F., and Cassaigneau C. Mesozoic ophiolites, sutures, and large-scale tectonic movement in Afghanistan. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 52 (1981) 355-371
66. Thirlwall M.F., Graham A.M., Arculus R.J., Harmon R.S., and Macpherson C.G. Resolution of the effect of crustal assimilation, sediment subduction, and fluid transport in island arc magmas: Pb-Sr-Nd-O isotope geochemistry of Grenada, Lesser Antilles. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 60 (1996) 4785-4810
67. Thirlwall M.F., Smith T.E., Graham A.M., Theodorou N., Hollings P., Davidson J.P., and Arculus R.J. High field strength element anomalies in arc lavas: source or process?. Journal of Petrology 35 (1994) 819-838
68. Veevers J.J., Tayton J.W., and Johnson B.D. Prominent magnetic anomaly along the continent-ocean boundary between the north-western margin of Australia (Exmouth and Scott plateaus) and the Argo abyssal plain. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 72 (1985) 415-426
69. Vredenberg E. A geological sketch of the Baluchistan desert and part of eastern Persia. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 31 (1901) 179-302
70. Wakabayashi J., and Dilek Y. What constitutes 'emplacement' of an ophiolite?: Mechanisms and relationship to subduction initiation and formation of metamorphic soles. Geological Society, London Special Publication 218 (2003) 427-447
71. Woodland S.J., Pearson D.G., and Thirlwall M.F. A platinum group element and Re-Os isotope investigation of siderophile element recycling in subduction zones: comparison of Grenada, Lesser Antilles Arc, and the Izu-Bonin Arc. Journal of Petrology 43 (2002) 171-198
72. Yoshida M., Khadim I.M., Zaman H., and Bakht M.S. Preliminary report of paleomagnetic study on alkaline basalts in the Muslim Bagh complex, Muslim Bagh area. Proceedings of Geoscience Colloquium Geoscience Laboratory, Geological Survey of Pakistan 1 (1992) 89-98
73. Yumul G.P., Dimalanta C.B., and Jumawan F.T. Geology of the southern Zambales ophiolite complex, Luzon, Philippines. Island Arc 9 (2000) 542-555
74. Zellmer G.F., Hawkesworth C.J., Thomas L.E., Harford C.L., Brewer T.S., and Loughlin S.C. Geochemical evolution of the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles volcanic arc. Journal of Petrology 44 (2003) 1349-1374