Bimodal behavior of extended continental lithosphere: Modeling insight and application to thermal history of migmatitic core complexes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 579, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-103

  Schenker, F L ^a   Gerya, T ^a   Burg, J P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collisional vs. asthenospheric heat source; Extensional migmatitic core complex; Flat Moho; Naxos migmatitic dome; Pressure temperature time path; Rhodope metamorphic core complexes

Indexed keywords

CORE COMPLEX; FLAT MOHO; HEAT SOURCES; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE-TIME PATHS;

LITHOLOGY; MELTING;

DOMES;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DOME; EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; HEAT FLOW; HEAT SOURCE; LOWER CRUST; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATITE; MIGMATIZATION; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTIAL MELTING; THERMOMECHANICS;

EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; GREECE; RHODOPE;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84870325185     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

References (103)

1. Afonso J.C., Ranalli G. Crustal and mantle strengths in continental lithosphere: is the jelly sandwich model obsolete?. Tectonophysics 2004, 394:221-232.
2. Allemand P., Brun J.P. Width of continental rifts and rheological layering of the lithosphere. Tectonophysics 1991, 188:63-69.
3. Altherr R., Henjes-Kunst F., Matthews A., Friedrichsen H., Hansen B.T. O-Sr Isotopic variations in Miocene granitoids from the aegean: evidence for an origin by combined assimilation and fractional crystallization. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 1988, 100:528-541.
4. Andersen T.B., Jamtveit B., Dewey J.F., Swensson E. Subduction and eduction of continental-crust: major mechanisms during continent-continent collision and orogenic extensional collapse, a model Based on the South Norwegian Caledonides. Terra Nova 1991, 3:303-310.
5. Andriessen P.A.M., Boelrijk N.A.I.M., Hebeda E.H., Priem H.N.A., Verdurmen E.A.T., Verschure R.H. Dating the events of metamorphism and granitic magmatism in the Alpine Orogen of Naxos (Cyclades, Greece). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 1979, 69:10.
6. Artemieva I.M., Mooney W.D. Thermal thickness and evolution of Precambrian lithosphere: a global study. Journal of Geophysical Research, B: Solid Earth 2001, 106:16387-16414.
7. Avigad D. High-pressure metamorphism and cooling on SE Naxos (Cyclades, Greece). European Journal of Mineralogy 1998, 10:1309-1319.
8. Block L., Royden L.H. Core complex geometries and regional scale flow in the lower crust. Tectonics 1990, 9:557-567.
9. Bousquet R., Goffe B., Henry P., LePichon X., Chopin C. Kinematic, thermal and petrological model of the Central Alps: lepontine metamorphism in the upper crust and eclogitisation of the lower crust. Tectonophysics 1997, 273:105-127.
10. Boyanov I., Ruseva M., Dimitrova E. First find of Upper-Cretaceous foraminifers in the East-Rhodopes. Geologica Balcanica 1982, 12:20-21.
11. Boykova A. Moho discontinuity in Central Balkan Peninsula in the light of the geostatistical structural analysis. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 1999, 114:49-58.
12. Briole P., Rigo A., Lyon-Caen H., Ruegg J.C., Papazissi K., Mitsakaki C., Balodimou A., Veis G., Hatzfeld D., Deschamps A. Active deformation of the Corinth Rift, Greece: results from repeated global positioning system surveys between 1990 and 1995. Journal of Geophysical Research, B: Solid Earth 2000, 105:25605-25625.
13. Brun J.P. Narrow rifts versus wide rifts: inferences for the mechanics of rifting from laboratory experiments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A 1999, 357:695-710.
14. Brun J.P., Sokoutis D. Kinematics of the Southern Rhodope Core Complex (North Greece). International Journal of Earth Sciences 2007, 96:1079-1099.
15. Buck W.R. Flexural rotation of normal faults. Tectonics 1988, 7:959-973.
16. Buck W.R. Modes of continental lithospheric extension. Journal of Geophysical Research, B: Solid Earth 1991, 96:20161-20178.
17. Buick I.S. The Late Alpine evolution of an extensional shear zone, Naxos, Greece. Journal of the Geological Society (London, United Kingdom) 1991, 148:93-103.
18. Buick I.S., Holland T.J.B. The nature and distribution of fluids during amphibolite facies metamorphism, Naxos (Greece). Journal of Metamorphic Geology 1991, 9:301-314.
19. Buiter S.J.H., Huismans R.S., Beaumont C. Dissipation analysis as a guide to mode selection during crustal extension and implications for the styles of sedimentary basins. Journal of Geophysical Research, B: Solid Earth 2008, 113.
20. Burg J.-P. Rhodope: from Mesozoic convergence to Cenozoic extension. review of petro-structural data in the geochronological frame. Journal of the Virtual Explorer 2011, 39:44.
21. Burg J.P., Gerya T.V. The role of viscous heating in Barrovian metamorphism of collisional orogens: thermomechanical models and application to the Lepontine Dome in the Central Alps. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 2005, 23:75-95.
22. Burg J.P., Vanderhaeghe O. Structures and way-up criteria in migmatites, with application to the Velay Dome (French Massif-Central). Journal of Structural Geology 1993, 15:1293-1301.
23. Burg J.-P., Van Den Driessche J., Brun J.P. Syn- to post-thickening extension in the Variscan Belt of Western Europe: modes and structural consequences. Géology de la France 1994, 3:18.
24. Burg J.P., Nievergelt P., Oberli F., Seward D., Davy P., Maurin J.C., Diao Z.Z., Meier M. The Namche Barwa syntaxis: evidence for exhumation related to compressional crustal folding. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 1998, 16:239-252.
25. Burov E., Yamato P. Continental plate collision, P-T-t-Z conditions and unstable vs. stable plate dynamics: insights from thermo-mechanical modelling. Lithos 2008, 103:178-204.
26. Camacho A., Lee J.K.W., Hensen B.J., Braun J. Short-Lived orogenic cycles and the eclogitization of cold crust by spasmodic hot fluids. Nature 2005, 435:1191-1196.
27. Clauser C., Huenges E. Thermal conductivity of rocks, minerals. Rock Physics and Phase Relations 1995, 105-126. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. T.J. Ahrens (Ed.).
28. Davis G.A., Coney P.J. Geologic development of the Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes. Geology 1979, 7:4.
29. Dercourt J., Zonenshain L.P., Ricou L.E., Kazmin V.G., Lepichon X., Knipper A.L., Grandjacquet C., Sbortshikov I.M., Geyssant J., Lepvrier C., Pechersky D.H., Boulin J., Sibuet J.C., Savostin L.A., Sorokhtin O., Westphal M., Bazhenov M.L., Lauer J.P., Bijuduval B. Geological evolution of the Tethys Belt from the Atlantic to the Pamirs since the Lias. Tectonophysics 1986, 123:241-315.
30. Dinter D.A., Macfarlane A., Hames W., Isachsen C., Bowring S., Royden L. U-Pb and Ar-40/Ar-39 geochronology of the Symvolon Granodiorite: implications for the thermal and structural evolution of the Rhodope Metamorphic Core Complex, Northeastern Greece. Tectonics 1995, 14:886-908.
31. Dixon J.E., Robertson A.H.F. The Geological Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean 1984, Geological Society, London.
32. Duchene S., Aissa R., Vanderhaeghe O. Pressure-temperature-time evolution of metamorphic rocks from Naxos (Cyclades, Greece): constraints from thermobarometry and Rb/Sr dating. Geodinamica Acta 2006, 19:301-321.
33. Echtler H., Malavieille J. Extensional tectonics, basement uplift and Stephano-Permian Collapse Basin in a Late Variscan Metamorphic Core Complex (Montagne Noire, Southern Massif-Central). Tectonophysics 1990, 177:125-138.
34. Endrun B., Lebedev S., Meier T., Tirel C., Friederich W. Complex layered deformation within the Aegean crust and mantle revealed by seismic anisotropy. Nature Geoscience 2011, 4:203-207.
35. Engi M., Berger A., Roselle G.T. Role of the tectonic accretion channel in collisional orogeny. Geology 2001, 29:1143-1146.
36. England P.C., Thompson A.B. Pressure-temperature-time paths of regional metamorphism 1. Heat transfer during the evolution of regions of thickened continental crust. Journal of Petrology 1984, 25:34.
37. Faccenda M., Gerya T.V., Burlini L. Deep slab hydration induced by bending-related variations in tectonic pressure. Nature Geoscience 2009, 2:790-793.
38. Frederiksen S., Braun J. Numerical modelling of strain localisation during extension of the continental lithosphere. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2001, 188:241-251.
39. Gautier P., Brun J.P. Crustal-scale geometry and kinematics of Late-Orogenic Extension in the Central Aegean (Cyclades and Evvia Island). Tectonophysics 1994, 238:399-424.
40. Gautier P., Brun J.P. Ductile crust exhumation and extensional detachments in the Central Aegean (Cyclades and Evvia Islands). Geodinamica Acta 1994, 7:57-85.
41. Gautier P., Ballèvre M., Brun J.-P., Jolivet L. Extension ductile Et Bassins Sédimentaires Mio-Pliocènes Dans Les Cyclades (Îles De Naxos Et Paros). Comptes Rendus de l' Academie des Sciences Paris 1990, 310:7.
42. Gerya T. Introduction to numerical geodynamic modelling 2010.
43. Gerya T.V., Burg J.P. Intrusion of ultramafic magmatic bodies into the continental crust: numerical simulation. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2007, 160:124-142.
44. Gerya T.V., Yuen D.A. Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities from hydration and melting propel 'cold plumes' at subduction zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2003, 212:47-62.
45. Gerya T.V., Yuen D.A. Robust characteristics method for modelling multiphase visco-elasto-plastic thermo-mechanical problems. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2007, 163:83-105.
46. Goffe B., Bousquet R., Henry P., Le Pichon X. Effect of the chemical composition of the crust on the metamorphic evolution of orogenic wedges. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 2003, 21:123-141.
47. Goranov A., Atanasov G. Lithostratigraphy and formation conditions of Maastrichtian-Paleocene deposits in Krumovgra District. Geologica Balcanica 1992, 22:11.
48. Gorczyk W., Willner A.P., Gerya T.V., Connolly J.A.D., Burg J.P. Physical controls of magmatic productivity at Pacific-type convergent margins: numerical modelling. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2007, 163:209-232.
49. Gueydan F., Morency C., Brun J.P. Continental rifting as a function of lithosphere mantle strength. Tectonophysics 2008, 460:83-93.
50. Hauge T.A., Hauser E.C., Oliver J.E., Potter C.J., Klemperer S. The Moho in the Northern Basin and Range Province, Nevada, along the Cocorp 40-degree-N seismic-reflection transect. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1986, 97:603-618.
51. Hawkesworth C., Turner S., Gallagher K., Hunter A., Bradshaw T., Rogers N. Calc-alkaline magmatism, lithospheric thinning and extension in the basin and range. Journal of Geophysical Research, B: Solid Earth 1995, 100:10271-10286.
52. Hess P.C. Origin of Igneous Rocks 1989, Harward University Press, London.
53. Huerta A.D., Royden L.H., Hodges K.V. The thermal structure of collisional orogens as a response to accretion, erosion, and radiogenic heating. Journal of Geophysical Research, B: Solid Earth 1998, 103:15287-15302.
54. Huet B., Le Pourhiet L., Labrousse L., Burov E., Jolivet L. Post-Orogenic extension and metamorphic core complexes in a heterogeneous crust: the role of crustal layering inherited from collision. Application to the Cyclades (Aegean Domain). Geophysical Journal International 2011, 184:611-625.
55. Huismans R., Beaumont C. Depth-dependent extension, two-stage breakup and cratonic underplating at rifted margins. Nature 2011, 473:74-U85.
56. Huismans R.S., Buiter S.J.H., Beaumont C. Effect of plastic-viscous layering and strain softening on mode selection during lithospheric extension. Journal of Geophysical Research, B: Solid Earth 2005, 110:17.
57. Jamieson R.A., Beaumont C., Fullsack P., Lee B. Barrovian regional metamorphism: where's the heat?. Geological Society Special Publication 1998, 138:23-51.
58. Jansen J.B.H., Schuiling R.D. Metamorphism on Naxos: petrology and geothermal gradients. American Journal of Science 1976, 276:1225-1253.
59. Jones C.E., Tarney J., Baker J.H., Gerouki F. Tertiary granitoids of Rhodope, Northern Greece: magmatism related to extensional collapse of the Hellenic Orogen. Tectonophysics 1992, 210:295-314.
60. Keay S., Lister G., Buick I. The timing of partial melting, Barrovian metamorphism and granite intrusion in the Naxos Metamorphic Core Complex, Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Greece. Tectonophysics 2001, 342:37.
61. Kincaid C., Silver P. The role of viscous dissipation in the Orogenic process. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1996, 142:271-288.
62. Kruckenberg S.C., Ferre E.C., Teyssier C., Vanderhaeghe O., Whitney D.L., Seaton N.C.A., Skord J.A. Viscoplastic flow in migmatites deduced from Naxos Dome, Greece. Journal of Geophysical Research, B: Solid Earth 2010, 115.
63. Kruckenberg S.C., Vanderhaeghe O., Ferre E.C., Teyssier C., Whitney D.L. Flow of partially molten crust and the internal dynamics of a migmatite dome, Naxos, Greece. Tectonics 2011, 30.
64. Lachenbruch A.H., Sass J.H. Models of an extending lithosphere and heat flow in the basin and range province. Geol. Soc. Am. Memoir 1978, 221-226. R.B. Smith, G.P. Eaton (Eds.).
65. Ledru P., Courrioux G., Dallain C., Lardeaux J.M., Montel J.M., Vanderhaeghe O., Vitel G. The Velay Dome (French Massif Central): melt generation and granite emplacement during Orogenic evolution. Tectonophysics 2001, 342:30.
66. Lister G.S., Davis G.A. The origin of metamorphic core complexes and detachment faults formed during tertiary continental extension in the Northern Colorado River Region, USA. Journal of Structural Geology 1989, 11:65-94.
67. Lister G.S., Banga G., Feenstra A. Metamorphic core complexes of Cordilleran type in the Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Greece. Geology 1984, 12:5.
68. Makris J., Stobbe C. Physical-properties and state of the crust and upper mantle of the Eastern Mediterranean-Sea deduced from geophysical-data. Marine Geology 1984, 55:347-363.
69. Martin L., Duchene S., Deloule E., Vanderhaeghe O. The isotopic composition of zircon and garnet: a record of the metamorphic history of Naxos, Greece. Lithos 2006, 87:174-192.
70. McClusky S., Balassanian S., Barka A., Demir C., Ergintav S., Georgiev I., Gurkan O., Hamburger M., Hurst K., Kahle H., Kastens K., Kekelidze G., King R., Kotzev V., Lenk O., Mahmoud S., Mishin A., Nadariya M., Ouzounis A., Paradissis D., Peter Y., Prilepin M., Reilinger R., Sanli I., Seeger H., Tealeb A., Toksoz M.N., Veis G. Global positioning system constraints on plate kinematics and dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean and Caucasus. Journal of Geophysical Research, B: Solid Earth 2000, 105:5695-5719.
71. Moresi L., Dufour F., Muhlhaus H.B. A Lagrangian integration point finite element method for large deformation modeling of viscoelastic geomaterials. Journal of Computational Physics 2003, 184:476-497.
72. Nagel T.J., Buck W.R. Symmetric alternative to asymmetric rifting models. Geology 2004, 32:937-940.
73. Norton M.G. Late Caledonide extension in Western Norway: a response to extreme crustal thickening. Tectonics 1986, 5:195-204.
74. Oliver G.J.H., Chen F., Buchwaldt R., Hegner E. Fast tectonometamorphism and exhumation in the type area of the Barrovian and Buchan Zones. Geology 2000, 28:459-462.
75. Parra T., Vidal O., Jolivet L. Relation between the intensity of deformation and retrogression in Blueschist Metapelites of Tinos Island (Greece) evidenced by chlorite-mica local equilibria. Lithos 2002, 63:41-66.
76. Pe-Piper G., Piper D.J.W. Unique features of the Cenozoic igneous rocks of Greece. Geological Society of America Special Paper 2006, 409:259-281.
77. PePiper G., Kotopouli C.N., Piper D.J.W. Granitoid rocks of Naxos, Greece: regional geology and petrology. Geological Journal 1997, 32:153-171.
78. Ranalli G. Rheology of the Earth 1995, Chapman & Hall, London.
79. Rey P.F., Teyssier C., Whitney D.L. The role of partial melting and extensional strain rates in the development of metamorphic core complexes. Tectonophysics 2009, 477:135-144.
80. Rey P.F., Teyssier C., Kruckenberg S.C., Whitney D.L. Viscous collision in channel explains double domes in metamorphic core complexes. Geology 2011, 39:387-390.
81. Rosenberg C.L. Deformation of partially molten granite: a review and comparison of experimental and natural case studies. International Journal of Earth Sciences 2001, 90:60-76.
82. Schmeling H., Babeyko A.Y., Enns A., Faccenna C., Funiciello F., Gerya T., Golabek G.J., Grigull S., Kaus B.J.P., Morra G., Schmalholz S.M., van Hunen J. A benchmark comparison of spontaneous subduction models-towards a free surface. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2008, 171:198-223.
83. Schmidt M.W., Poli S. Experimentally based water budgets for dehydrating slabs and consequences for arc magma generation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1998, 163:361-379.
84. Seranne M., Seguret M. The Devonian Basins of Western Norway: tectonics and kinematics of an extending crust. Continental Extensional Tectonics 1987, 9. Geological Society Special Publication, London. M.P. Coward, J.F. Dewey, P.L. Hancock (Eds.).
85. Seward D., Vanderhaeghe O., Siebenaller L., Thomson S., Hibsch C., Zingg A., Holzner P., Ring U., Duchêne S. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Naxos Island through a multi-faceted approach of fission-track analysis. Geological Society of London 2009, 321:17.
86. Thompson A.B., England P.C. Pressure-temperature-time path of regional metamorphism 2: Their inference and interpretation using mineral assemblages in metamorphic rocks. Journal of Petrology 1984, 25:26.
87. Tirel C., Brun J.P., Burov E. Thermomechanical modeling of extensional gneiss domes. Gneiss Domes in Orogeny 2004, 67-78. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado. D.L. Whitney, C. Teyssier, C.S. Siddoway (Eds.).
88. Tirel C., Brun J.P., Burov E. Dynamics and structural development of metamorphic core complexes. Journal of Geophysical Research, B: Solid Earth 2008, 113:25.
89. Tirel C., Gautier P., Hinsbergen D.J.J.V., Wortel M.J.R. Sequential development of interfering metamorphic core complexes: numerical experiments and comparison with the Cyclades, Greece. The Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2009, 311:257-292.
90. Trotet F., Vidal O., Jolivet L. Exhumation of Syros and Sifnos metamorphic rocks (Cyclades, Greece). New constraints on the P-T paths. European Journal of Mineralogy 2001, 13:901-920.
91. Turcotte D.L., Schubert G. Geodynamics 2002, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
92. Van Den Driessche J., Brun J.P. Tectonic evolution of the Montagne Noire (French Massif-Central): a model of extensional gneiss dome. Geodinamica Acta 1992, 5:85-99.
93. Vanderhaeghe O. Structural development of the Naxos migmatite dome. The Geological Society of America Special Paper 2004, 380:18.
94. Vanderhaeghe O. Migmatites, granites and orogeny: flow modes of partially-molten rocks and magmas associated with melt/solid segregation in orogenic belts. Tectonophysics 2009, 477:119-134.
95. Vanderhaeghe O., Medvedev S., Fullsack P., Beaumont C., Jamieson R.A. Evolution of orogenic wedges and Continental Plateaux: insights from crustal thermal-mechanical models overlying Subducting Mantle Lithosphere. Geophysical Journal International 2003, 153:27-51.
96. Vandermolen I., Paterson M.S. Experimental deformation of partially-melted granite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 1979, 70:299-318.
97. Vigneresse J.L., Barbey P., Cuney M. Rheological transitions during partial melting and crystallization with application to felsic magma segregation and transfer. Journal of Petrology 1996, 37:21.
98. Von Blanckenburg F., Davies J.H. Slab breakoff: a model for syncollisional magmatism and tectonics in the Alps. Tectonics 1995, 14:120-131.
99. vonQuadt A., Peytcheva I. The Southern Extension of the Srednogorie Type Upper Cretaceous Magmatism in Rila-Western Rhodopes: constraints from isotope geochronological and geochemical data. bulgarian Geological Society 80th anniversary 2005, 3.
100. Whitney D.L., Teyssier C., Siddoway C.S. Gneiss domes in orogeny 2004, The Geological Society of America.
101. Whitney D.L., Teyssier C., Vanderhaeghe O. Gneiss domes and crustal flow. Gneiss Domes in Orogeny 2004, 15-33. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado. D.L. Whitney, C. Teyssier, C.S. Siddoway (Eds.).
102. Whittington A.G., Hofmeister A.M., Nabelek P.I. Temperature-dependent thermal diffusivity of the Earth's crust and implications for magmatism. Nature 2009, 458:319-321.
103. 39ar dating of white micas from an Alpine high-pressure metamorphic belt on Naxos (Greece): the resetting of the argon isotopic system. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 1986, 93:7.