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Absolute Age Evidence of Early to Middle Ordovician Volcanism in Peninsular Malaysia


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1 Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
2 Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 116, Taiwan, Province of China
3 Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Province of China
4 Centre for Global Archaeological Research Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
5 School of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources,Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
 

Evidence of Early Palaeozoic volcanism in Peninsular Malaysia is largely represented by felsic Gerik– Dinding meta-volcanic rocks; however, reliable absolute ages for the meta-volcanic rocks are still lacking. This restricts correlation of these meta-volcanic rocks with other Early Palaeozoic East Gondwana Proto- Tethys margin tectonic elements identified in the evolution of Southeast Asia. Here, we report petrographic data and zircon U–Pb age of the Gerik–Dinding metavolcanic rocks. Zircons from three Gerik–Dinding meta-volcanic rock samples yield Early to Middle Ordovician weighted mean 206Pb/238U ages between 480 and 460 Ma.

The formation age of the meta-volcanic rocks coincides with the post-collision stage from the final amalgamation of Asian micro-continental fragments with the East Gondwana Proto-Tethys margin. Tectonic processes such as lithospheric delamination during the post-collision period could have induced the hot asthenosphere to underplate the continental crust and trigger crustal anatexis. With these findings, the Early Palaeozoic tectonic history of Peninsular Malaysia needs careful review.


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Absolute Age, Meta-Volcanic Rocks, Petrographic Data, Tectonic Elements.
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Long Xiang Quek
Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Azman A. Ghani
Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Yu-Ming Lai
Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 116, Taiwan, Province of China
Hao-Yang Lee
Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Province of China
Mokhtar Saidin
Centre for Global Archaeological Research Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Muhammad Hatta Roselee
School of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources,Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
Muhammad Hafifi Badruldin
Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Meor H. Amir Hassan
Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Jasmi Hafiz Abdul Aziz
Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Tham Fatt Ng
Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Muhammad Afiq Muhammad Ali
Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Mohamad Tarmizi Mohamad Zulkifley
Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia

Abstract


Evidence of Early Palaeozoic volcanism in Peninsular Malaysia is largely represented by felsic Gerik– Dinding meta-volcanic rocks; however, reliable absolute ages for the meta-volcanic rocks are still lacking. This restricts correlation of these meta-volcanic rocks with other Early Palaeozoic East Gondwana Proto- Tethys margin tectonic elements identified in the evolution of Southeast Asia. Here, we report petrographic data and zircon U–Pb age of the Gerik–Dinding metavolcanic rocks. Zircons from three Gerik–Dinding meta-volcanic rock samples yield Early to Middle Ordovician weighted mean 206Pb/238U ages between 480 and 460 Ma.

The formation age of the meta-volcanic rocks coincides with the post-collision stage from the final amalgamation of Asian micro-continental fragments with the East Gondwana Proto-Tethys margin. Tectonic processes such as lithospheric delamination during the post-collision period could have induced the hot asthenosphere to underplate the continental crust and trigger crustal anatexis. With these findings, the Early Palaeozoic tectonic history of Peninsular Malaysia needs careful review.


Keywords


Absolute Age, Meta-Volcanic Rocks, Petrographic Data, Tectonic Elements.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi12%2F2291-2296