Emplacement of the Kodiak batholith and slab-window migration
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Abstract
The Kodiak batholith is one of the largest, most elongate intrusive bodies in the forearc Sanak-Baranof plutonic belt located in southern Alaska. This belt is interpreted to have formed during the subduction of an oceanic spreading center and the associated migration of a slab window. Individual plutons of the Kodiak batholith track the location and evolution of the underlying slab window. Six U/Pb zircon ages from the axis of the batholith exhibit a northeastward-decreasing age progression of 59.2 ± 0.2 Ma at the southwest end to 58.4 ± 0.2 Ma at the northeast tip. The trench-parallel rate of age progression is within error of the average slab-window migration rate for the entire Sanak-Baranof belt (~19 cm/yr). Structural relationships, U/Pb ages, and a model of new gravity data indicate that magma from the Kodiak batholith ascended 5-10 km as a northeastward-younging series of 1-8-km-diameter viscoelastic diapirs. Individual plutons ascended by multiple emplacement mechanisms including downward flow, collapse of wall rock, stoping, and diking. Stokes flow xenolith calculations suggest ascent rates of 5-100 m/yr and an effective magmatic viscosity of 107-108 Pa s. Pre-existing structural or lithologic heterogeneities did not dominantly control the location of the main batholith. Instead, its location was determined by migration of the slab window at depth.
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Farris, D.W., Haeussler, P.J., Friedman, R., Paterson, S.R., Saltus, R.W., Ayuso, R.A., 2006, Emplacement of the Kodiak batholith and slab-window migration: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 118, no. 11-12, p. 1360-1376, https://doi.org/10.1130/B25718.1.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Emplacement of the Kodiak batholith and slab-window migration |
| Series title | Geological Society of America Bulletin |
| DOI | 10.1130/B25718.1 |
| Volume | 118 |
| Issue | 11-12 |
| Publication Date | December 13, 2006 |
| Year Published | 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Geological Society of America |
| Contributing office(s) | Alaska Science Center, Eastern Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center |
| Description | 17 p. |
| First page | 1360 |
| Last page | 1376 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |