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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 97, Issue 1, Pages 35-50Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0167-6
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SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating; migmatite complexes; anatectic granites; Hercynian Iberian Belt; Gondwana zircon provenance
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U-Pb SHRIMP ages obtained in zircons from the Sotosalbos and Toledo anatectic complexes in Central Spain give new constraints to the evolution of the inner part of the Hercynian Iberian belt. Pre-Hercynian ages in zircons from the Sotosalbos complex (similar to 464 Ma) are well preserved and reveal that an age diversity of the Lower Paleozoic magmatism in the area exists, as previous data on westernmost orthogneisses yield significant older ages. Zircon ages in the pelite-derived granites from the Toledo complex also show an important Neoproterozoic age component which points to a metasedimentary protolith deposited maximally 560 Ma ago. Younger zircon populations in both complexes at similar to 330 Ma in the Sotosalbos region and similar to 317 Ma in the Toledo complex indicate an important diachronism between the anatectic processes in both areas but also that these processes are mainly unrelated to the generation of the later Hercynian granite batholith of Central Spain, which could be of deeper crustal derivation. In addition, as migmatization occurred late in the metamorphic cycle, after peak conditions were attained, the age of anatexis is younger than the age of the main Hercynian metamorphic event, which still is not well constrained.
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