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Magmatism during Gondwana break-up: New geochronological data from Westland, New Zealand

  • Q. H.A. Van Der Meer
  • , J. M. Scott
  • , T. E. Waight
  • , M. Sudo
  • , A. Scherstén
  • , A. F. Cooper
  • , T. L. Spell

Rannsóknarafurð: Framlag til fræðitímaritsGreinritrýni

Útdráttur

Newly determined Late Cretaceous 40Ar/39Ar ages on megacrystic kaersutite from four lamprophyre dikes, and a U-Pb zircon age on a trachyte, from central and north Westland (New Zealand) are presented. These ages suggest that the intrusion of mafic dikes (88-86 and 69 Ma) was not necessarily restricted to the previously established narrow age range of 80-92 Ma. The younger lamprophyre and trachyte dikes (c. 68-70 Ma) imply that tensional stresses in the Western Province were either renewed at this time, or that extension and related magmatism continued during opening of the Tasman Sea. Extension-related magmatism in the region not only preceded Tasman seafloor spreading initiation (starting at c. 83 Ma, lasting to c. 53 Ma), but may have sporadically continued for up to 15 Ma after continental break-up.

Upprunalegt tungumálEnska
Síður (frá-til)229-242
Síðufjöldi14
FræðitímaritNew Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
Bindi56
Númer tölublaðs4
DOI
ÚtgáfustaðaÚtgefið - 1 des. 2013

Athugasemd

Funding Information: Two anonymous reviewers are thanked for their review of the manuscript. Matthew Leybourne is thanked for comments and efficient and involved editorial handling. Andy Tulloch is thanked for constructive discussion and help in constructing Table 5. Joseph Kula is thanked for assistance in data interpretation. JMS acknowledges financial support from FRST contract UOX1004. The Danish Research Council for Nature and Universe is acknowledged for their support to TEW and QHAVDM (grant no. 10-085245).

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