期刊
TECTONOPHYSICS
卷 681, 期 -, 页码 6-14出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.02.032
关键词
Cambrian magmatism; Avalonian-Cadomian arc; Whole rock geochemistry; U-Pb/Hf zircon signatures; NW Iberian Massif; Variscan orogen
资金
- Spanish project (Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad) [CGL2012-34618]
The upper allochthonous units of NW Iberian Massif contain an extensive Cambrian magmatism (c. 500 Ma), covering felsic to mafic compositions. The magmatic activity generated large massifs of granitoids and gabbros, with calc-alkaline and tholeiitic compositions respectively. Petrological and geochemical features of these massifs are characteristic of volcanic arc. The plutons intruded siliciclastic sedimentary series deposited in the periphery of the West Africa Craton. U-Pb/Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircon in the siliciclastic host series, indicate continental arc activity between c. 750 Ma and c. 500 Ma. It was characterized by a large variety of isotopic sources, including from very old continental input, even Archean, to the addition of a significant amount of juvenile mafic material. These isotopic sources experienced an extensive mixing that explains the composition and isotopic features (epsilon Hft from similar to 50 until + 15) of the represented Cambrian plutons. The Cambrian igneous rocks of the upper units of NW Iberia are related to the latest activity of the Avalonian-Cadomian arc. From the Middle Cambrian arc activity in the periphery of Gondwana was replaced by pronounced extension associated with the development of continental rifting, which finally led to separation of the microcontinent Avalonia. Subsequent drifting of Avalonia to the North caused progressive opening one of the main Paleozoic ocean, the Rheic Ocean. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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