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  • Mélanges have been reported from a variety of modern tectonic settings and are a hallmark of the Franciscan-type subduction-accretion complexes. In the Precambrian, however, well documented examples of melanges become extremely scarce. This paper describes in detail Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian melanges recently recognized in the Cadomian basement of the Teplá-Barrandian unit, Bohemian Massif. The melanges are of sedimentary and tectonic origin and include voluminous successions of graywackes interpreted to represent mass-transport deposits presumably along the upper slope of an accretionary wedge. The clast compositions indicate multiple episodes of mixing of terrigenous arc-derived and deep-water (?pelagic) material. Moreover, abundant bodies of (meta-)basalts, interpreted as dismembered seamounts or pillow volcanoes, were emplaced tectonically into various structural levels of this sedimentary melange by two different mechanisms. At an upper level, the irregular to elongated bodies of basalts were offscraped, only weakly strained, and incorporated in the sedimentary matrix that exhibits steep cleavage indicating horizontal pure shear shortening and oblate strain. In contrast, at a lower level, disc-shaped and closely spaced basalt bodies are ductilely sheared and reworked into a flat-lying prolate to plane-strain fabric suggesting horizontal ductile flow, presumably along the base of the accretionary wedge during flat-slab oceanic subduction. Our new U-Pb ages also reveal that the melange formation continued until the early Cambrian (<527 Ma). We conclude that these sedimentary-tectonic melanges and the inferred melange-forming processes are identical to those that operate along modern active plate margins and, in general, reveal their potential as excellent markers for establishing modern-style subduction in Precambrian settings.
  • Mélanges have been reported from a variety of modern tectonic settings and are a hallmark of the Franciscan-type subduction-accretion complexes. In the Precambrian, however, well documented examples of melanges become extremely scarce. This paper describes in detail Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian melanges recently recognized in the Cadomian basement of the Teplá-Barrandian unit, Bohemian Massif. The melanges are of sedimentary and tectonic origin and include voluminous successions of graywackes interpreted to represent mass-transport deposits presumably along the upper slope of an accretionary wedge. The clast compositions indicate multiple episodes of mixing of terrigenous arc-derived and deep-water (?pelagic) material. Moreover, abundant bodies of (meta-)basalts, interpreted as dismembered seamounts or pillow volcanoes, were emplaced tectonically into various structural levels of this sedimentary melange by two different mechanisms. At an upper level, the irregular to elongated bodies of basalts were offscraped, only weakly strained, and incorporated in the sedimentary matrix that exhibits steep cleavage indicating horizontal pure shear shortening and oblate strain. In contrast, at a lower level, disc-shaped and closely spaced basalt bodies are ductilely sheared and reworked into a flat-lying prolate to plane-strain fabric suggesting horizontal ductile flow, presumably along the base of the accretionary wedge during flat-slab oceanic subduction. Our new U-Pb ages also reveal that the melange formation continued until the early Cambrian (<527 Ma). We conclude that these sedimentary-tectonic melanges and the inferred melange-forming processes are identical to those that operate along modern active plate margins and, in general, reveal their potential as excellent markers for establishing modern-style subduction in Precambrian settings. (en)
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  • Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian Franciscan-type mélanges in the Teplá-Barrandian unit, Bohemian Massif: Evidence of modern-style accretionary processes along the Cadomian active margin of Gondwana?
  • Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian Franciscan-type mélanges in the Teplá-Barrandian unit, Bohemian Massif: Evidence of modern-style accretionary processes along the Cadomian active margin of Gondwana? (en)
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  • Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian Franciscan-type mélanges in the Teplá-Barrandian unit, Bohemian Massif: Evidence of modern-style accretionary processes along the Cadomian active margin of Gondwana?
  • Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian Franciscan-type mélanges in the Teplá-Barrandian unit, Bohemian Massif: Evidence of modern-style accretionary processes along the Cadomian active margin of Gondwana? (en)
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  • RIV/00216208:11310/13:10173867!RIV14-MSM-11310___
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  • I, S, Z(MSM0021620855)
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  • RIV/00216208:11310/13:10173867
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  • Teplá-Barrandian unit; ophiolite; mélange; Bohemian Massif; Cadomian orogeny; accretionary wedge (en)
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  • Precambrian Research
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  • 224
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  • Kachlík, Václav
  • Žák, Jiří
  • Hajná, Jaroslava
  • Gerdes, Axel
  • Dörr, Wolfgang
http://linked.open...ain/vavai/riv/wos
  • 000313765800037
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  • 0301-9268
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  • 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.11.007
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  • 11310
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