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Carbonate clumped isotope thermometry of fault rocks and its possibilities: tectonic implications from calcites within Himalayan Frontal Fold-Thrust Belt

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Sarkar, Dyuti Prakash, Ando, Jun-ichi, Kano, Akihiro, Kato, Hirokazu, Ghosh, Gautam, Das, Kaushik·2021·Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
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Disentangling the temperature and depth of formation of fault rocks is critical for understanding their rheology, exhumation, and the evolution of fault zones. Estimation of fault rock temperatures mostly relies on conventional geothermometers of metamorphic minerals and element partitioning analysis, which are largely inapplicable in shallow crustal fault rocks. Here, we demonstrate the applicability of the carbonate clumped isotope thermometer in low-grade carbonate-bearing fault rocks from the Himalayan frontal wedge (northwest India). Coalescing carbonate clumped isotope thermometry and calcite e-twin morphology allows us to constrain the temperature and depth of formation of the two main thrusts of the Himalayan frontal wedge, the Nahan thrust (170 ± 10 °C; 6–7 km depth), and the Main Boundary thrust (262 ± 30 °C; 10–11 km depth). The integration of the adopted analytical techniques can promote the application of calcite-based clumped isotope thermometry to the fault zone processes and refinement of shallow crustal fault zone models.

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  • Clumped isotope data for subsurface carbonates have placed new constraints on fold-thrust belt evolution.

    “fold-thrust belt evolution (Looser et al. 2021, Hoareau et al. 2021, Sarkar et al. 2021)”

    From Frontiers of Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry (2023) · cites this paper as Sarkar et al. 2021

    The Conclusion (page not available) uses clumped isotope data to infer deformation temperatures and relative depths of Himalayan thrust-zone rocks, supporting the claim that the method adds constraints relevant to fold-thrust belt evolution. But Geological setting and samples describes calcite veins and limestones collected across exposed thrust splays, not subsurface carbonate samples; that part of the attribution is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Sarkar, D. P., Ando, J.-I., Kano, A., Kato, H., Ghosh, G., & Das, K.
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  • Hiroshima University (JP)
  • The University of Tokyo (JP)
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Sarkar, Dyuti Prakash
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2021-07-07
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  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
Keywords
carbonate clumped isotope thermometry, fault rocks, calcite, Main Boundary Thrust, fault zone rheology, exhumation

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