Dataset
Data Publication
Geochemical (major and trace elements, isotopes), petrologic, and geochronologic (U-Pbn>, Ar/Ar) data of the Paleozoic-early Mesozoic Paleo-Tethys suture in the Afghan Hindu-Kush‒Pamir region
Ratschbacher, Lothar | Institut für Keramik, Feuerfest und Verbundwerkstoffe
GFZ Data Services
(2026)
Descriptions
The Herat-Panjshir-Badakhshan—the Paleo-Tethys—suture zone of Afghanistan marks the vestige of the subducted Paleozoic-early Mesozoic Paleo-Tethys oceanic lithosphere. We investigate the evolution of rocks north of this suture in the Hindu Kush and Pamir of Afghanistan. Our study identifies Carboniferous and Middle-Late Triassic continental arc magmatism, Paleo-Tethys oceanic relicts, and a mostly Middle Triassic accretionary wedge that underwent Late Triassic amphibolite-facies metamorphism and migmatization.
The Supporting Information to the publication provides: data tables of the analytical results (Tables S1, S3, and S4); a summary of the U-Th-Pb petrochronology (Table S2); a stratigraphic column of the hanging wall (north side in present coordinates) of the Paleo-Tethys suture zone (Turan-Karakum block) (Figure S1); a graphical representation of the U-Th-Pb petrochronology and specific zircon, titanite, and allanite trace element relationships (Figure S2); 40Ar/39Ar spectra and inverse isochron plots (Figure S3); rock classification diagrams with a petrographic thin-section documentation (Figure S4); and supplementary geochemistry plots (Figures S5 and S6).
U-Th-Pb petrochronology, Ar/Ar thermochronology, major-, trace-element- and isotope geochemisty
Keywords
MSL enriched keywords
Phanerozoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
analysis
geochronology
argon-argon dating
uranium dating
uranium-lead dating
microchemical analysis
trace elements
whole rock analysis
trace elements
measured property
age of sample
argon-argon age
uranium age
uranium-lead age
lead (Pb)
metamorphic rock
amphibolite
minerals
silicate minerals
nesosilicates
titanite
zircon
Triassic
Carboniferous
tectonic plate boundary
convergent tectonic plate boundary
continental collision
suture zone
subduction
accretionary wedge
Earth's structure
lithosphere
oceanic lithosphere
Originally assigned keywords
U-Th-Pb petrochronology
Ar/Ar thermochronology
major element geochemistry
trace-element geochemisty
sotope geochemisty
Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY > GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY > GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES > ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS
Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY > GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES > ISOTOPES
Metadata
MSL enriched sub domains
geochemistry
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Source
Source publisher
| GFZ Data Services |
Creators
| Ratschbacher, Lothar |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9960-2084 |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg |
| Institut für Keramik, Feuerfest und Verbundwerkstoffe |
| Organizational |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany |
Contributors
| Ratschbacher, Lothar |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9960-2084 |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg |
| Ratschbacher, Lothar |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9960-2084 |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg |
Citation
Ratschbacher, L., & Institut für Keramik, Feuerfest und Verbundwerkstoffe. (2026). Geochemical (major and trace elements, isotopes), petrologic, and geochronologic (U-Pb, Ar/Ar) data of the Paleozoic-early Mesozoic Paleo-Tethys suture in the Afghan Hindu-Kush‒Pamir region [Dataset]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2026.004
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Dates
| Created | 2025-12-29 |
| Issued | 2026 |
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Rights
| Name | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
| URI | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
| Identifier | cc-by-4.0 |
| Identifier Scheme | SPDX |
| Scheme URI | https://spdx.org/licenses/ |
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