Geochemistry and age of late orogenic island arc granitoids in the Sierra Maestra, Cuba: Evidence for subduction magmatism in the Early Paleogen

Whereas north of 33°S Devonian calcalkaline magmatism is notably absent, a Devonian arc is well developed to the south of 33°S. The Carrizalito, Pampa de los Avestruces, and Papagayos plutons are located in the Frontal Cordillera between 34° and 35°S. U-Pb zircon SHRIMP and LA-MC-ICP-MS data from the plutons yield Early Devonian ages of 389 ± 3 and 409 ± 3 for Carrizalito, 413 ± 2 Ma for Pampa de los Avestruces, and 346 ± 3, 393 ± 5 and 412 ± 3 Ma for Papagayos. The younger zircon age from the Papagayos pluton suggests that the Devo nian magmatism continued during the Early Carboniferous. Carrizalito and Pampa de los Avestruces plutons display metaluminous to slightly peraluminous granodiorite composition, with SiO2 ranging from 65.1 to 67.8 wt.% and from 67.9 to 69.7 wt.%, respectively, and define a magnesian calc-alkalic trend. The Papagayos pluton is metaluminous to slightly peraluminous and slightly more evolved in composition (felsic granodiorite to monzogranite), with a SiO2 content that varies between 68.4 to 70.5 wt.%, defining a magnesian with ferroan enrichment and calc-alkalic to alkali-calcic trend. These geochemical characteristics are similar to those reported for the Carboniferous arc granitoids in the Frontal Cordillera and Western Sierras Pampeanas at 27°–30°S and the archetypical calc-alkaline granitoids of the Peruvian Coastal batholith, indicating an Early Devonian magmatic arc. Rare earth element patterns ([La/Yb]N = 10–20) with mostly slight to moderate negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.62–0.80) and geochemical 'spider-diagrams' are similar to arc granitoids. Combined whole-rock Nd and Sr isotope data from the largest Carrizalito and Pampa de los Avestruces plutons (εNdt = −4.3 and −4.6; 87Sr/86Srt = 0.70704 and 0.70762; TDM = ca. 1.5 Ga) together with in situ U–Pb and Hf isotope data from magmatic zircon (εHft ranging from −16.5 to −5.4; TDM = ca. 1.7 Ga), suggest a common older continental lithosphere source. The presented data indicate tectonic segmentation in the pre-Andean margin controlling the presence or absence of Devonian subduction-related magmatism. This segmentation is best explained by changes in the tectonic plate configuration occurred in a long-lived convergent margin.

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10.1080/00206814.2020.1845994

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Granitoid magmatism in the Qinling orogen, central China and its bearing on orogenic evolution

Science China Earth Sciences (2015)

Xiaoxia Wang Tao Wang Chengli Zhang

Orogeny

Petrogenesis

Geochronology

10.1007/s11430-015-5150-2

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Pacific subduction coeval with the Karoo mantle plume: the Early Jurasssic Subcordilleran belt of northwestern Patagonia

Geological Society London Special Publications (2005)

C. W. Rapela R. J. Pankhurst C. Mark Fanning Francisco Hervé

Abstract The Early Mesozoic magmatism of southwestern Gondwana is reviewed in the light of new U-Pb SHRIMP zircon ages (181 ± 2 Ma, 181 ± 3 Ma, 185 ± 2 Ma, and 182 ± 2 Ma) that establish an Early Jurassic age for the granites of the Subcordilleran plutonic belt in northwestern Argentine Patagonia. New geochemical and isotopic data confirm that this belt represents an early subduction-related magmatic arc along the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana. Thus, subduction was synchronous with the initial phase of Chon Aike rhyolite volcanism ascribed to the thermal effects of the Karoo mantle plume and heralding rifting of this part of the supercontinent. Overall, there is clear evidence that successive episodes of calc-alkaline arc magmatism from Late Triassic times until establishment of the Andean Patagonian batholith in the Late Jurassic involved westerly migration and clockwise rotation of the arc. This indicates a changing geodynamic regime during Gondwana break-up and suggests differential rollback of the subducted slab, with accretion of new crustal material and/or asymmetrical ‘scissor-like’ opening of back-arc basins. This almost certainly entailed dextral displacement of continental domains in Patagonia.

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Hotspot (geology)

10.1144/gsl.sp.2005.246.01.07

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Petrogenesis of the crystalline basement along the western Gulf of Mexico: Postcollisional magmatism during the formation of Pangea

Geological Society of America eBooks (2020)

Henry Coombs Andrew C. Kerr James Pindell David M. Buchs Bodo Weber

ABSTRACT The supercontinent of Pangea formed through the diachronous collision of Laurussia and Gondwana during the late Paleozoic. While magmatism associated with its formation is well documented in the Variscan orogeny of Europe and Alleghanian orogeny of the United States, little is known about the Sonora orogeny of northern Mexico. This paper reports geochronology (U-Pb zircon), whole-rock geochemistry, and Lu-Hf zircon isotope data on basement cores from the western Gulf of Mexico, which were used to develop a tectonomagmatic model for pre- to post-Pangea amalgamation. Our results suggest the existence of three distinct phases of magmatism, produced during different stages of continental assembly and disassembly. The first phase consists of Early Permian (294–274 Ma; n = 3) granitoids with geochemical signatures indicative of a continental arc tectonic setting. This phase formed on the margins of Gondwana during the closure of the Rheic Ocean, prior to the final amalgamation of Pangea. It likely represents a lateral analogue of late Carboniferous–Early Permian granitoids that intrude the Acatlán and Oaxacan Complexes. The second phase of magmatism includes Late Permian–Early Triassic (263–243 Ma; n = 13) granitoids with suprasubduction geochemical affinities. However, Lu-Hf isotope data indicate that these granitoids formed from crustal anatexis, with εHf values and two-step Hf depleted mantle model ages (TDM[Hf]) comparable to the Oaxaquia continental crust into which they intrude. This phase of magmatism is likely related to coeval granitoids in the Oaxaca area and Chiapas Massif. We interpret it to reflect late- to postcollisional magmatism along the margin of Gondwana following the assembly of Pangea. Finally, the third phase of magmatism includes Early–Middle Jurassic (189–164 Ma; n = 2) mafic porphyries, which could be related to the synchronous suprasubduction magmatism associated with the Nazas arc. Overall, our results are consistent with Pangea assembly through diachronous collision of Laurussia and Gondwana during subduction of the Rheic Ocean. They suggest that postorogenic magmatism in the western termination of the Rheic suture occurred under the influence of a Panthalassan subduction zone, before opening of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Geochronology

10.1130/2020.2546(02)

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A historical overview of Moroccan magmatic events along northwest edge of the West African Craton

Journal of African Earth Sciences (2016)

Moha Ikenne Mustapha Souhassou Shoji Arai Abderrahmane Soulaı̈mani

Rodinia