Thermochronology of the Kalba–Narym Batholith and the Irtysh Shear Zone (Altai Accretion–Collision System): Geodynamic Implications
Travin A. Buslov M. Murzintsev N. Korobkin V. Kotler P. Khromykh S.V. Zindobriy V.D.
March 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Minerals
2025#15Issue 3
The granitoids of the Kalba–Narym batholith and the Irtysh shear zone (ISZ) are among the main geological features of the late Paleozoic Altai accretion–collision system (AACS) in Eastern Kazakhstan. Traditionally, it is believed that late Paleozoic strike-slip faults played a pivotal role at all stages of the development of the AACS, they were supposed to control deformation, magmatism, and ore deposits. This work is devoted to solving the problem of the tectonic evolution of the AACS based on the reconstruction of the thermal history of granitoids of the Kalba–Narym batholith in connection with the Chechek metamorphic dome structure, which is one of the highly metamorphosed blocks mapped within the ISZ. The new geological and geochronological data presented in this work allowed us to establish the sequence of formation of the Kalba–Narym granitoid batholith and link it with the evolution of the Irtysh shear zone (ISZ). It was revealed that in the late Carboniferous–early Permian (312–289 Ma), during the NE–SW compression, the Irtysh shear zone formed as a gently dipping thrust system into which gabbro of the Surov massif intruded. The combined manifestation of magmatic and tectonic processes caused the formation of tectonic mélange with cataclastic gabbro and metamorphic rocks of the Chechek metamorphic dome structure (312–289 Ma). Compression caused the formation of a cover-thrust structure. The thickening of the crust under the probable thermal action of the Tarim plume led to the formation of the early Permian Kalba–Narym batholith (297–284 Ma) within the Kalba–Narym terrane. Denudation of the orogen occurred before the Early Triassic (280–229 Ma). In this way the sequence of formation of the Kalba–Narym batholith and the ISZ is consistent with the concepts of the stages of plume-lithosphere interaction within the AACS under the influence of the late Carboniferous–early Permian Tarim igneous province, but in the cover-thrust tectonic setting.
40Ar/39Ar dating , Altai accretion–collision system , cover-thrust tectonics , Eastern Kazakhstan , Irtysh shear zone , Kalba–Narym batholith , thermochronology
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V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
Faculty of Physics and Technology, Department of Geophysical Systems, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, 630073, Russian Federation
School of Geology, Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty, 050000, Kazakhstan
V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS
Faculty of Physics and Technology
School of Geology
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