Burma Terrane part of the Trans-Tethyan arc during collision with India according to palaeomagnetic data

Westerweel, Jan; Roperch, Pierrick; Licht, Alexis; Dupont-Nivet, Guillaume; Win, Zaw; Poblete, Fernando; Ruffet, Gilles; Swe, Hnin Hnin; Thi, Myat Kai; Aung, Day Wa

Abstract

Convergence between the Indian and Asian plates has reshaped large parts of Asia, changing regional climate and biodiversity, yet geodynamic models fundamentally diverge on how convergence was accommodated since the India-Asia collision. Here we report palaeomagnetic data from the Burma Terrane, which is at the eastern edge of the collision zone and is famous for its Cretaceous amber biota, to better determine the evolution of the India-Asia collision. The Burma Terrane was part of a Trans-Tethyan island arc and stood at a near-equatorial southern latitude at similar to 95 Ma, suggesting island endemism for the Burmese amber biota. The Burma Terrane underwent significant clockwise rotation between similar to 80 and 50 Ma, causing its subduction margin to become hyper-oblique. Subsequently, it was translated northward on the Indian Plate by an exceptional distance of at least 2,000 km along a dextral strike-slip fault system in the east. Our reconstructions are only compatible with geodynamic models involving an initial collision of India with a near-equatorial Trans-Tethyan subduction system at similar to 60 Ma, followed by a later collision with the Asian margin.

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Título según WOS: Burma Terrane part of the Trans-Tethyan arc during collision with India according to palaeomagnetic data
Título según SCOPUS: Burma Terrane part of the Trans-Tethyan arc during collision with India according to palaeomagnetic data
Título de la Revista: NATURE GEOSCIENCE
Volumen: 12
Número: 10
Editorial: Nature Publishing Group
Fecha de publicación: 2019
Página de inicio: 863
Página final: +
Idioma: English
DOI:

10.1038/s41561-019-0443-2

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS