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HERO ID
7173227
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
U-Pb zircon and CHIME monazite dating of granitoids and high-grade metamorphic rocks from the Eastern and Peninsular Thailand - A new report of Early Paleozoic granite
Author(s)
Kawakami, T; Hirata, T; Nakano, N; Higashino, F; Hokada, T; Osanai, Y; Yuhara, M; Charusiri, P; Kamikubo, H; Yonemura, K; ,
Year
2014
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Lithos
ISSN:
0024-4937
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Location
AMSTERDAM
Page Numbers
64-79
DOI
10.1016/j.lithos.2014.04.012
Web of Science Id
WOS:000338810700005
Abstract
In order to understand the age and tectonic framework of Eastern to Peninsular Thailand from the viewpoint of basement (metamorphic and plutonic) geology, the LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon dating and the chemical Th-U-total Pb isochron method (CHIME) monazite dating were performed in the Khao Chao, Hub-Kapong to Fran Buri, and Khanom areas in Eastern to Peninsular Thailand. The LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon dating of the garnet-hornblende gneiss from the Khao Chao area gave 229 +/- 3 Ma representing the crystallization age of the gabbro, and that of the garnet-biotite gneisses gave 193 +/- 4 Ma representing the timing of an upper amphibolite fades metamorphism. The CHIME monazite dating of pelitic gneiss from the Khao Chao gneiss gave scattered result of 68 +/- 22 Ma, due to low Pb0 content and rejuvenation of older monazite grains during another metamorphism in the Late Cretaceous to Tertiary time.The U-Pb ages of zircon from the Hua Hin gneissic granite in the Hub-Kapong to Pran Bud area scatter from 250 Ma to 170 Ma on the concordia. Granite crystallization was at 219 +/- 2 Ma, followed by the sillimanite-grade regional metamorphism at 185 +/- 2 Ma. Monazite in the pelitic gneiss from this area also preserves Early to Middle Jurassic metamorphism and rejuvenation by later contact metamorphism by non-foliated granite or by another fluid infiltration event in the Late Cretaceous to Tertiary time.The Khao Dat Fa granite from the Khanom area of Peninsular Thailand gave a U-Pb zircon age of 477 +/- 7 Ma. This is the second oldest granite pluton ever reported from Thailand, and is a clear evidence for the Sibumasu block having a crystalline basement that was formed during the Pan-African Orogeny. The Khao Pret granite gives U-Pb zircon concordia age of 67.5 +/- 13 Ma, which represents the timing of zircon crystallization from the granitic melt and accompanied sillimanite-grade contact metamorphism against surrounding metapelites and gneisses. Metamorphic rocks in the Doi Inthanon area also share the similar plutono-metamorphic history with the Khanom and the Hub-Kapong to Pran Bun areas. This suggests that these three areas belong to the Sibumasu block, and the Sibumasu block records similar plutono-metamorphic history from Northern to Peninsular Thailand.Relative abundance of oceanic components in the Khao Chao gneiss, their Late Triassic magmatic ages, and the Early Jurassic metamorphic ages prefer the interpretation that the Khao Chao gneiss belongs to the Sukhothai Arc. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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