Volume 26/1 (2014) iii–iv

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Gondwana Research
j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / g r

Special Issue on

Tectonics and metallogeny of Mainland SE Asia

Edited by

Khin Zaw
M. Santosh
I.T. Graham

CONTENTS

Editorial

Tectonics and metallogeny of mainland SE Asia: Preface

Khin Zaw, M. Santosh and I.T. Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Research Papers

Tectonics and metallogeny of mainland Southeast Asia — A review and contribution

Khin Zaw, S. Meffre, C.-K. Lai, C. Burrett, M. Santosh, I. Graham, T. Manaka, A. Salam, T. Kamvong and P. Cromie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The configuration of Greater Gondwana—Evidence from LA ICPMS, U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircons from the Palaeozoic and
Mesozoic of Southeast Asia and China
C. Burrett, Khin Zaw, S. Meffre, C.K. Lai, S. Khositanont, P. Chaodumrong, M. Udchachon, S. Ekins and J. Halpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
The Western Ailaoshan Volcanic Belts and their SE Asia connection: A new tectonic model for the Eastern Indochina Block
C.-K. Lai, S. Meffre, A.J. Crawford, K. Zaw, C.-D. Xue and J.A. Halpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
The Central Ailaoshan ophiolite and modern analogs
C.-K. Lai, S. Meffre, A.J. Crawford, K. Zaw, J.A. Halpin, C.-D. Xue and A. Salam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Neogene syn-tectonic sedimentation in the eastern margin of Arakan–Bengal basins, and its implications on for the Indian–Asian
collision in western Myanmar
K. Khin, T. Sakai and K. Zaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Large rivers and orogens: The evolution of the Yarlung Tsangpo–Irrawaddy system and the eastern Himalayan syntaxis
R.A.J. Robinson, C.A. Brezina, R.R. Parrish, M.S.A. Horstwood, Nay Win Oo, M.I. Bird, Myint Thein, A.S. Walters, G.J.H. Oliver and Khin Zaw . . . 112
The oldest anthropoid primates in SE Asia: Evidence from LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon age in the Late Middle Eocene Pondaung
Formation, Myanmar
Khin Zaw, S. Meffre, M. Takai, H. Suzuki, C. Burrett, Thaung Htike, Zin Maung Maung Thein, T. Tsubamoto, N. Egi and Maung Maung . . . . 122
U–Pb zircon geochronology of Early Permian to Late Triassic rocks from Singapore and Johor: A plate tectonic reinterpretation
G. Oliver, K. Zaw, M. Hotson, S. Meffre and T. Manka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
The Tam Ky-Phuoc Son Shear Zone in central Vietnam: Tectonic and metallogenic implications
H.T. Tran, K. Zaw, J.A. Halpin, T. Manaka, S. Meffre, C.-K. Lai, Y. Lee, H.V. Le and S. Dinh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Adakites in the Truong Son and Loei fold belts, Thailand and Laos: Genesis and implications for geodynamics and metallogeny
T. Kamvong, Khin Zaw, S. Meffre, R. Maas, H. Stein and C.-K. Lai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
The Ban Houayxai epithermal Au–Ag deposit in the Northern Lao PDR: Mineralization related to the Early Permian arc magmatism of
the Truong Son Fold Belt
T. Manaka, K. Zaw, S. Meffre, P.M. Vasconcelos and S.D. Golding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
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Geochemistry and geochronology of the Chatree epithermal gold–silver deposit: Implications for the tectonic setting of the Loei Fold
Belt, central Thailand
A. Salam, K. Zaw, S. Meffre, J. McPhie and C.-K. Lai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
The Ojolali region, Sumatra, Indonesia: Epithermal gold–silver mineralisation within the Sunda Arc
R.J. McCarroll, I.T. Graham, R. Fountain, K. Privat and J. Woodhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Geology, geochemistry and metallogenesis of the Selinsing gold deposit, central Malaysia
C. Makoundi, Khin Zaw, R.R. Large, S. Meffre, C.-K. Lai and T.G. Hoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Regular Papers

GR focus reviews
Compositions of chromite, associated minerals, and parental magmas of podiform chromite deposits: The role of slab contamination
of asthenospheric melts in suprasubduction zone environments
M.-F. Zhou, P.T. Robinson, B.-X. Su, J.-F. Gao, J.-W. Li, J.-S. Yang and J. Malpas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
The fluctuating Aral Sea: A multidisciplinary-based history of the last two thousand years
S.K. Krivonogov, G.S. Burr, Y.V. Kuzmin, S.A. Gusskov, R.K. Kurmanbaev, T.I. Kenshinbay and D.A. Voyakin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Research Papers

Raman spectroscopic characterization of H2O in CO2-rich fluid inclusions in granulite facies metamorphic rocks
H.M. Lamadrid, W.M. Lamb, M. Santosh and R.J. Bodnar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Geophysical transect across the North China Craton: A perspective on the interaction between Tibetan eastward escape and Pacific
westward flow
Z. Zhang, G. Zhang, Y. Deng, M. Santosh and J. Teng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Monazite geochronology and petrology of kyanite- and sillimanite-grade migmatites from the northwestern flank of the eastern
Himalayan syntaxis
R.M. Palin, M.P. Searle, M.R. St-Onge, D.J. Waters, N.M.W. Roberts, M.S.A. Horstwood, R.R. Parrish, O.M. Weller, S. Chen and J. Yang . . . 323
A detrital zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic transect across the Son Valley sector of the Vindhyan Basin, India: Implications for basin
evolution and paleogeography
C.C. Turner, J.G. Meert, M.K. Pandit and G.D. Kamenov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
The Suwannee suture: Significance for Gondwana-Laurentia terrane transfer and formation of Pangaea
P.A. Mueller, A.L. Heatherington, D.A. Foster, W.A. Thomas and J.L. Wooden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
New constraints on the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary in the High Andes using high-precision U–Pb data
V.V. Vennari, M. Lescano, M. Naipauer, B. Aguirre-Urreta, A. Concheyro, U. Schaltegger, R. Armstrong, M. Pimentel and V.A. Ramos . . . 374
Timing and sources of pre-collisional Neoproterozoic sedimentation along the SW margin of the Congo Craton (Kaoko Belt, NW
Namibia)
J. Konopásek, J. Košler, J. Sláma and V. Janoušek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Precambrian terrane within the Songnen–Zhangguangcai Range Massif, NE China: Evidence from U–Pb ages of detrital zircons from
the Dongfengshan and Tadong groups
F. Wang, W.-L. Xu, F.-H. Gao, H.-H. Zhang, F.-P. Pei, L. Zhao and Y. Yang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402