K-40 AR-40 DATING OF THE SULAWESI OPHIOLI TE, INDONESIA

Authors
MONNIER C BELLON H GIRARDEAU J
Citation
C. Monnier et al., K-40 AR-40 DATING OF THE SULAWESI OPHIOLI TE, INDONESIA, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 319(3), 1994, pp. 349-356
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
319
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
349 - 356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1994)319:3<349:KADOTS>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Remnants of a giant ophiolite nappe outcrop in the Central-East part o f Sulawesi. Although dismembered, the ophiolite displays all terms of a ''normal'' ophiolite including gabbros containing primary brown amph iboles. A 44 +/- 4 Ma isotopic age is estimated for their formation. T his age corresponds to that of formation of numerous Ante-Miocene fore -arc basins in this area. According to available palaeotectonic models , it is considered that the Sulawesi ophiolite formed at the eastern m argin of the Eurasian plate.