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The Newer Granite problem revisited: a transtensional origin for the Early Devonian Trans-Suture Suite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

P. E. BROWN ,
P. D. RYAN ,
N. J. SOPER  and
N. H. WOODCOCK
P. E. BROWN*
Affiliation:
School of Geography & Geosciences, St Andrews KY16 9AL, Scotland, UK
P. D. RYAN
Affiliation:
Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
N. J. SOPER
Affiliation:
Gam's Bank, Threshfield, Skipton, N. Yorks BD23 5NP, England, UK
N. H. WOODCOCK
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, England, UK
*
*Author for correspondence: petbrown@btinternet.com
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Abstract

The origin of the Newer Granites is long-standing problem. In the Caledonian orthotectonic zone the intrusions span the period of late orogenic convergence and uplift, but attempts to relate them as a group to late Iapetan subduction have been unsuccessful. A range of rock types is represented, mainly with I-type affinities, and granodiorite is the most voluminous. In contrast, granitic intrusions south of the Moniaive shear zone in Scotland and also in the north of England have significant S-type characteristics, span the trace of the Iapetus suture and have ages in the range 400–390 Ma, significantly younger than intrusions to the north. We refer to these younger granitic intrusions, along with others of similar character along-strike to the southwest, as the Trans-Suture Suite. We explore the link between the Trans-Suture Suite and recently recognized orogen-wide sinistral transtension in the Early Devonian period. Importantly, the Trans-Suture Suite intrusions are accompanied by an intense suite of lamprophyre dykes, the origin of which is to be sought in extension, decompression and heating of enriched Avalonian sub-continental lithosphere. In some instances the granite intrusions carry clots of lamprophyric origin and the Criffel body is particularly important in being continuously zoned from an I-type with lamprophyric enclaves to an S-type interior. We propose that generation of these lamprophyres during transtension advected heat into the base of the crust to produce the S-type component of the Trans-Suture Suite. Modelling presented shows that generation of voluminous S-type magmas requires the coincidence of several factors: hydrated sub-continental lithospheric mantle preserved during ‘soft’ collision under the Trans-Suture Suite zone; thermal relaxation to remove any subduction refrigeration; crust composed of juvenile volcanogenic material; and Devonian transtension. Our models suggest that if hydration pre-dated transtension then only small granitic bodies could be produced, unless the zone of lamprophyre generation extends beyond the rift zone. The emplacement of the Trans-Suture Suite intrusions overlapped the Acadian deformation period that succeeded the transtensional episode during which the granite magmas were generated.

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granitetranstensiontrans-suture suitelamprophyreAcadian
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Geological Magazine , Volume 145 , Issue 2 , March 2008 , pp. 235 - 256
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