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Neoproterozoic deposition and Triassic metamorphism of metasedimentary rocks in the Nam Co Complex, Song Ma Suture Zone, NW Vietnam

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The depositional and metamorphic ages, and provenances of metasedimentary rocks from the Nam Co Complex in the Son La area, Song Ma Suture Zone, northwestern Vietnam, were investigated in order to reveal the convergent tectonic history between the Indochina and South China cratons. This complex is structurally characterized by an antiformal metamorphic core consisting of two distinct metamorphic zones: inner garnet and outer biotite zones. The U-Pb isotopic dating on detrital zircon from metasandstones of the Nam Co Complex yielded major population (> 50%) around ~850 Ma with minor population scattered between 1.2 to 3.0 Ga. The age spectra as well as the morphologies, internal structures and geochemical features of detrital zircon are accounted for by magmatic activities prevalent at the convergent plate margin during the Neoproterozoic. In contrast, the UTh- Pb isotopic compositions of monazite from a garnet-zone schist defined a common Pb mixing line with the lower intercept age of 234 ± 10 Ma (2σ) reflecting the Indosinian metamorphic event. The U-Pb age distribution pattern of detrital zircon in the Nam Co Complex is compatible with that of the South China craton rather than that of the Indochina craton. In summary, sedimentary protoliths of the Nam Co Complex were deposited in a convergent-related basin along the southwestern margin of the South China craton during the Neoproterozoic, and then was finally amalgamated to the Indochina craton via the southerly subduction of South China craton during the Indosinian orogeny.

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  1. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644, Republic of Korea

    Bui V. Hau & Yoonsup Kim

  2. Department of Geosciences and Geoengineering, Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Bui V. Hau, Ngo X. Thanh & Tran T. Hai

  3. Division of Environmental & Material Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju, 28119, Republic of Korea

    Keewook Yi

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Hau, B.V., Kim, Y., Thanh, N.X. et al. Neoproterozoic deposition and Triassic metamorphism of metasedimentary rocks in the Nam Co Complex, Song Ma Suture Zone, NW Vietnam. Geosci J 22, 549–568 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12303-018-0026-z

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