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TIMANIAN OROGENY AND LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC SUBDUCTION. V. PEASE, STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY. EXTENT OF TIMANIAN OROGENY. PEASE et al., IN PRESS. GEOMETRY OF TIMANIAN OROGENY. FORELAND BASIN. FORELAND BASIN. GRAZDANKIN, 2004; MARTIN et al., 2000. LORENTZ et al., 2004. FORELAND FOLD & THRUST BELT.
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TIMANIAN OROGENY AND LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC SUBDUCTION V. PEASE, STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY
EXTENT OF TIMANIAN OROGENY PEASE et al., IN PRESS
FORELAND BASIN GRAZDANKIN, 2004; MARTIN et al., 2000
FORELAND FOLD & THRUST BELT LORENTZ et al., 2004
HINTERLAND REGIONAL UNCONFORMITY & RETURN TO PASSIVE MARGIN • AGE OF OVERLYING • SEDIMENTS <500 Ma • (PEASE, UNPUBLISHED DATA) • AGE OF NEOPROTEROZOIC • OPHIOLITES ca. 670 Ma • (KHAIN ET AL, 1999)
KVARKUSH BLUESCHIST • 350-400°C • 7-8 Kilobars • 540 Ma BECKHOLMEN& GLODNY, 2005
TIMANIAN OROGENESIS ONSET? ±600 Ma PEAK METAMORPHISM? ±550 Ma (REGIONAL P/T 600°C, 25-28 KM) STRUCTURAL STYLE? NW-STRIKING, SW-THRUSTING, OCEAN/ARC- CONTINENT COLLISION END? 500 Ma
CRITERIA FOR SUBDUCTION TECTONICS • OPHIOLITES • BLUESCHISTS • UHP METAMORPHISM NO SMOKING GUN, BUT….. STERN, 2005
THE NEOPROTEROZOIC TIMANIDE OROGEN OF EASTERN BALTICA eds. GEE & PEASE GEOL. SOC. LONDON MEMOIR 30, 2004 * * *