Understanding volcanic margin evolution through the lens of Norway's youngest granite

Gernigon, LaurentGeological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, Norway (författare)

Three boreholes drilled during the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 396 have yielded unexpected findings of altered granitic rocks covered by basalt flows, interbedded sediments and glacial mud near the continent-ocean transition of the mid-Norwegian margin. U-Pb and K-Ar geochronological analyses were conducted on both protolithic and authigenically formed K-bearing minerals to determine the age of granite crystallisation and subsequent alteration episodes. The granite's crystallisation age based on 104 zircons is 56.3 ± 0.2 Ma, and subsequent exhumation along with alteration/weathering events took place between 54.7 ± 1 and 37.1 ± 1 Ma. This intrusion represents the youngest granite discovered in Norway and intruded at an extremely shallow crustal level before a rapid rift-to-drift transition. The shallow emplacement of granitic rock and its fast exhumation before and during the onset of volcanism holds significant implications for the syn- and post-breakup tectonic evolution of volcanic margins.

Knies, JochenGeological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, Norway (författare)
Schönenberger, JasminGeological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, Norway (författare)
Piraquive, AlejandroGeological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, Norway (författare)
van der Lelij, RoelantGeological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, Norway (författare)
Huyskens, Magdalena H.Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, Norway (författare)
Planke, SverreVolcanic Basin Energy Research, Oslo, Norway; Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (författare)
Berndt, ChristianGEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany (författare)
Jones, MorganUmeå universitet,Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap(Swepub:umu)mojo0117 (författare)
Millett, John M.Volcanic Basin Energy Research, Oslo, Norway; University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK (författare)
Mohn, GeoffroyCY Cergy Paris Université, GEC, Cergy‐Pontoise, France (författare)
Alvarez Zarikian, Carlos A.International Ocean Discovery Program, College Station, Texas, USA (författare)
Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, NorwayVolcanic Basin Energy Research, Oslo, Norway; Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (creator_code:org_t)

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