A 6000-km-long Neo-Tethyan arc system with coherent magmatic flare-ups and lulls in South Asia

• Main Authors: Zhang, Xiaoran, Chung, Sun-Lin, Lai, Yu-Ming, Ghani, Azman Abd, Murtadha, Sayed, Lee, Hao-Yang, Hsu, Chun-Chieh
• Format: Article
• Published: Geological Society of America 2019
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QE Geology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22900/; https://doi.org/10.1130/G46172.1

Magmatic arcs typically exhibit non-steady-state evolution with episodic flare-ups and lulls, yet the main drivers remain contentious. Situated in the southwest margin of Southeast Asia, Sumatra records a long-lived magmatic arc that is still poorly constrained in age and tempo. Detrital zircon data...