Contrasting magma emplacement mechanisms within the Rogart igneous complex, NW Scotland, record the switch from regional contraction to strike-slip during the Caledonian orogeny

Kocks, H.; Strachan, R.A.; Evans, J.A.; Fowler, M.. 2014 Contrasting magma emplacement mechanisms within the Rogart igneous complex, NW Scotland, record the switch from regional contraction to strike-slip during the Caledonian orogeny. Geological Magazine, 151 (5). 899-915. 10.1017/S0016756813000940

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756813000940

Abstract/Summary

The Rogart igneous complex is unique within the northern Scottish Caledonides because it comprises an apparent continuum of magma types that records a progressive change in emplacement mechanisms related to large-scale tectonic controls. Syn-D2 leucogranites and late-D2 quartz monzodiorites were emplaced during crustal thickening and focused within the broad zone of ductile deformation associated with the Naver Thrust. In contrast, emplacement of the post-D2 composite central pluton was controlled by development of a steeply dipping dextral shear zone along the Loch Shin Line, interpreted as an anti-Riedel shear within the Great Glen Fault system. The mantle-derived nature of the late-to-post-D2 melts implies that the Naver Thrust and the Loch Shin Line were both crustal-scale structures along which magmas were channelled during deformation. A U–Pb zircon age of 425±1.5 Ma for the outer component of the central pluton provides an upper limit on regional deformation and metamorphism within host Moine rocks. These findings are consistent with the view that a fundamental change in tectonic regime occurred in the Scottish Caledonides at c. 425 Ma, corresponding to the switch from regional thrusting that resulted from the collision of Baltica and Laurentia, to the development of the orogen-parallel Great Glen Fault system.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1017/S0016756813000940
ISSN:	0016-7568
Date made live:	22 Dec 2014 15:32 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/509157

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1017/S0016756813000940

ISSN:

0016-7568

Date made live:

22 Dec 2014 15:32 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/509157