Affiliation:
1. Saudi Geological Survey
PO Box 54141, Jiddah 21514, Saudi Arabia
petergeo@dmp.net.sa
2. College of Science, University of Asmara
PO Box 1220, Asmara, Eritrea
beraki@asmaram.uoa.edu.er
Abstract
AbstractThe Arabian-Nubian Shield froms the suture between East and West Gondwana at the northern end of the East African Orogen (EAO). The older components of the shield include Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic continental crust, and Neoproterozoic (c.870–670Ma) continental-marginal and juvenile intraoceanic magmatic-arc terranes that accumulated in an oceanic environment referred to as the Mozambique Ocean. Subduction, starting c. 870 Ma, and initial arc-arc convergence and terrane suturing at c. 780 Ma, marked the beginning of ocean-basin closure and Gondwana assembly. Terrane amalgamation continued until c. 600 Ma, resulting in the juxtaposition of East and West Gondwana across the deformed rocks of the shield, and final assembly of Gondwana was achieved by c. 550 Ma following overlapping periods of basin formation, rifting, compression, strike-slip faulting, and the creation of gneiss domes in association with extension and/or thrusting. Most post-amalgamation basin contain molasse deposits, but those in the eastern Arabian Shield and Oman have marine to glaciomarine deposits, which indicate that seaways penetrated the orogen soon after orogeny. The varied character of the post-amalgamation events militate against any simple tectonic model of final Gondwana convergence at the northern end of the EAO, and requires that models accommodate alternating periods of Late Neoproterozoic extension and shortening, uplift and depression, deposition and erosion.
Publisher
Geological Society of London
Subject
Geology,Ocean Engineering,Water Science and Technology
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