Detrital Zircon Provenance Analysis in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt of Central and Southeastern Mongolia—A Palaeotectonic Model for the Mongolian Collage
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological Framework of Central and Southeastern Mongolia
2.1. Terranes North of the MML
2.1.1. Adaatsag Terrane
2.1.2. Ereendavaa-Kherlen-Idermeg Terrane Group and Middle Gobi Belt
2.2. Terranes South of the MML
2.2.1. Gobi-Altai and Mandalovoo Terranes
2.2.2. Gurvansayhan Terrane
2.2.3. Nuhetdavaa and Enshoo Terranes
2.2.4. Hutag Uul Terrane
2.2.5. Sulinkheer-Duulgant Terrane
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Sample Material
3.2. Methods
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Adaatsag Terrane
4.2. Ereendavaa-Kherlen-Idermeg Terrane Group and Middle Gobi Belt
4.3. Mandalovoo-Gobi Altai Terranes
4.4. Gurvansayhan Terrane
4.5. Nuhetdavaa (-Enshoo) Terrane
4.6. Hutag Uul Terrane
4.7. Sulinkheer-Duulgant Terrane
4.8. Hangay-Hentey Terrane
5. Palaeotectonic Evolution
5.1. General Trends
5.2. Development in Time
5.2.1. Late Cambrian-Silurian
5.2.2. Devonian-Carboniferous
5.2.3. Permian-Triassic
5.2.4. Jurassic
5.2.5. Terrane Accretion in Relationship with Siberian Rotation
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Terrane | Sample No. | Group/Formation | Colour Code on 1:1.5 Million Scale Geological Map of Erdenechimeg et al. [47] | Outcrop Lithology/Facies | Mapped Age | Maximum Depositional Age (Inferred According to Detrital Zircon Ages) | Methods: Detrital Zircons DZ, Sandstone Modal Analysis MA |
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Adaatsag | 02BM08 | Bayantsagaan Fm | C1-2bc | Greenish-grey shales, splintery breaking | Carboniferous | Ordovician-Silurian | DZ |
04BM08 | Bayantsagaan Fm | C1-2bc | Very coarse sandstones with large-scale cross-bedding (slightly metamorphosed) | Carboniferous | Permian | DZ | |
10DB03 | Nomgon Fm | S-Dad or S-Dnn | Greenish-brown massive shales with bryozoans, brachiopods and echinoderms | Carboniferous | Permian | DZ, MA | |
10DB07 | Bayantsagaan Fm | C1-2-bc | Medium-bedded graded sandstones and shales | Devonian | Permian | DZ, MA | |
409MN07 | Urtiin-Gol Fm | J2-3-ug | Alluvial coarse sanstones and conglomerates | Jurassic | Confirmed | DZ, MA | |
Ereendavaa | 320MN06 | Gazar Fm | P1-2gz | Sandstones, yellowish-grey | Permian | Permian - E-Triassic | DZ, MA |
322MN06 | Sharil Fm | J3-sr | Coarse-grained immature sandstones, greenish-grey | Jurassic | Confirmed | DZ | |
323MN06 | Kavchuu Fm | D1-hb | Coarse-grained sandstones, greenish-grey | Devonian | Ordovician-Silurian | DZ, MA | |
325MN06 | Mungut-Uul Fm | T2-3-mu | Blueish-gray, coarse grained sandstone | Triassic | Permian | DZ, MA | |
327MN06 | Nariintai Fm | D1-nr | Light grey sandstones, slightly metamorphosed | Devonian | Ordovician | DZ, MA | |
308MN06 | Bayantsagaan Fm | C1-2bc | Greenish-grey, medium grained sandstone | Permian | Confirmed | DZ | |
338MN06 | Bayantsagaan Fm | C1-2-bc | Turbiditic sandstone in spotted (bioturbated) green shales | Carboniferous | L.Carb. - Permian | DZ, MA | |
39BM08 | Zamttolgoi Fm | NO2-zm | Coarsening upward quartz-rich turbiditic sandstones with prasinite sill | Devonian | Confirmed | DZ, MA | |
401MN07 | Ulz Fm | P2-ul | Siliceous shales and turbiditic sandstones | Permian | Confirmed | DZ | |
Goti Altai | 11DB19 | Dushovoo Fm | C2-do | Greenish-grey and minor reddish shales with coarse (turbiditic) sandstone intercalations | Devonian | Carboniferous | DZ, MA |
Mandalovoo | 10DB08 | Khutul-Us-Khudag Fm | D1-hu | Volcaniclastic sandstone intercalated between quartz-bearing conglomerates, overlying bioturbated fossiliferous limestones and topped by bioturbated crinoidal limestones (Thalassinoides) | Early Devonian | Confirmed | Confirmed |
10DB10 | Khutul-Us-Khudag Fm | D1-hu | Quartz-rich conglomerate with volcanic pebbles | Devonian | No data | MA | |
10DB26 | Mangal-Ovoo Fm | O3-S-mo | Greenish-grey, highly concentrated turbitity flow beds, partly slumped in finer facies | Ordovician-Silurian | Silurian | DZ, MA | |
10DB28 | Djadokhta Fm | K2-bg | Red shales and sandstones with saurian bones | Cretaceous | E. Cretaceous | DZ | |
11BM08 | Khutal-Us-Khudag Fm | D1-hu | Sandstones and conglomerates rich in vein-quartz pebbles with coarse cross-bedding; fan delta association | Devonian | Silurian-E. Devonian | DZ | |
12BM08 | Tal Fm | C1-tl | Dark greenish-brown turbiditic sandstones (30–50 cm) rich in red volcanic lithoclasts and plagioclase | Carboniferous | Confirmed | DZ, MA | |
Gurvansayhan | 17BM08 | Manlai Fm | K1-mn | Conglomerates, sandstones and red shales | Cretaceous | Early Cretaceous | DZ |
19BM08 | Alagbayan Gr | DA4b/c * | Andesltic sandstone | Late Devonian | No data | MA | |
21/22BM08 | Sainshanhuadag Fm | CS2a * | Fining-upward series of volcaniclastic (andesitic) conglomerates and sandstones, overlying ignimbrite | Tournaisian-Visean | Carboniferous | DZ, MA | |
26BM08 | Alagbayan Gr | DA2b * | Volcaniclastic sandstone | Devonian | Middle-Late Devonian | DZ | |
27BM08 | Alagbayan Gr | DA2b * | Volcaniclastic sandstone | Devonian | Late Devonian-Mississippian | DZ | |
Atasbogd-Zoolen | 11DB13 | Talynmeltes Fm | D1-2-tm | Green volcaniclastic sandstone | L. Silurian -E. Devonian | Late Devonian | DZ |
Tsagaan Uul | 11DB16 | Tavankhudag Fm | D1-th | Massive dark green arkosic sandstones | Devonian | Late Devonian | DZ, MA |
Nuhetdavaa (-Enshoo) | 34BM08 | Sangiindalai Fm | O3-sd | Massive brownish coarse sandstones (turbidites) assosiated with green siliceous shales | M.-I. Carboniferous | Permian-E. Triassiac | DZ, MA |
36BM08 | Ulziit-Uul Fm | C2-uu | Green and minor red shales intercalated by dark greenish-grey graded sandstones (presumaby turbiditic), few breccias | Carboniferous | Ordovician | DZ, MA | |
37BM08 | Gunbajan Fm | C1-gb | Red and green spotted shales associated with lenticular poorly sorted red sand- and siltstones (presumably low energy meandring fluvial) | Carboniferous | No data | MA | |
Hutag Uul | 10DB11 | Lugiingol Fm | P2-lg | Greenish-grey, generally fine-grained turbiditic sandstones and shales | Devonian | Permian-E. Triassiac | DZ, MA |
29BM08 | Uvgontolgoi Fm | P1-ut | Thin-bedded, pyrite-bearing black shales and thin » 5–10 cm thick sandstones | Permian | Confirmed | DZ | |
31BM08 | Toli-Uul Fm | NP-E1-tu | Greenish, coarse-grained volcanic litharenite, turbiditic facies, alternating with sandstones of 32BM08 type | Devonian | No data | MA | |
32BM08 | Toli-Uul Fm | NP-E1-tu | Light grey, coarse-grained arkosic sandstone, turbiditic facies, overthrusted by Devonian volcanics | Devonian | Permian | DZ, MA | |
Sulinkheer-Duulgant | 10DB12 | Hetsuul Fm | P1-2hu | Graded quartz-sandstones | U. Permian | Confirmed | DZ, MA |
10DB13 | Hetsuul Fm | P1-2hu | Fine-grained quartz-sandstones, red shales, and limestone intercalations | Carboniferous | Silurian-E. Devonian | DZ | |
10DB14 | Agui-Uul Fm | C2-P1-au | Red shales intercalated by coarse sandstones and sand-supported conglomerates | Permian | Permian | DZ, MA | |
10DB18 | Agui-Uul Fm | C2-P1-au | Quartz-rich sandstones associated with green siliceous shales | Permian | No data | MA | |
10DB19 | P1-2 | Unclassified | Arkosic sanstones and grain-supported conglomerates (cm-size pebbles, volcanics, vein-quartz, radiolarite) | Permian | Late Permian-Early Triassic | DZ, MA |
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Winkler, W.; Bussien, D.; Baatar, M.; Anaad, C.; von Quadt, A. Detrital Zircon Provenance Analysis in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt of Central and Southeastern Mongolia—A Palaeotectonic Model for the Mongolian Collage. Minerals 2020, 10, 880. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/min10100880
Winkler W, Bussien D, Baatar M, Anaad C, von Quadt A. Detrital Zircon Provenance Analysis in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt of Central and Southeastern Mongolia—A Palaeotectonic Model for the Mongolian Collage. Minerals. 2020; 10(10):880. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/min10100880
Chicago/Turabian StyleWinkler, Wilfried, Denise Bussien, Munktsengel Baatar, Chimedtseren Anaad, and Albrecht von Quadt. 2020. "Detrital Zircon Provenance Analysis in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt of Central and Southeastern Mongolia—A Palaeotectonic Model for the Mongolian Collage" Minerals 10, no. 10: 880. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/min10100880