The Proto-Andean Margin of Gondwana: an Introduction
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Geologica Acta: an international earth science journal ISSN: 1695-6133 [email protected] Universitat de Barcelona España Murra, J.A.; Baldo, E.G.; Galindo, C.; Casquet, C.; Pankhurst, R.J.; Rapela, C.W.; Dahlquist, J. Sr, C and O isotope composition of marbles from the Sierra de Ancasti, Eastern Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina: age and constraints for the Neoproterozoic-Lower Paleozoic evolution of the proto- Gondwana margin Geologica Acta: an international earth science journal, vol. 9, núm. 1, marzo, 2011, pp. 79-92 Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, España Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=50522124008 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Geologica Acta, Vol.9, Nº 1, March 2011, 79-92 DOI: 10.1344/105.000001645 Available online at www.geologica-acta.com Sr, C and O isotope composition of marbles from the Sierra de Ancasti, Eastern Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina: age and constraints for the Neoproterozoic–Lower Paleozoic evolution of the proto-Gondwana margin 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 J.A. MURRA E.G. BALDO C. GALINDO C. CASQUET R.J. PANKHURST C.W. RAPELA J. DAHLQUIST 1 CICTERRA (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Conicet) Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, 5016 Córdoba, Argentina. Murra E-mail: [email protected] Baldo E-mail: [email protected] Dahlquist E-mail: [email protected] 2 Departamento. Petrología y Geoquímica Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Inst. -
A New Record Ofrodinia Break-Up in the Western Sierras Pampeanas of Argentina
A-type magmatism in the sierras ofMaz and Espinal: A new record ofRodinia break-up in the Western Sierras Pampeanas of Argentina Fernando CoIomboa,,,, Edgardo G.A. BaIdoa, Cesar Casquetb, RobertJ. PankhurstC, Carmen Galindob, CarIos W. RapeIa d, Juan A. DahIquista, C. Mark Fanninge a Departamento de Geologfa - FCEFyN, Universidad NacionaI de Cordoba, Wlez Sarsfield 1611, X5016GCA Cordoba, Argentina b Departamento de Petrologfa y Geoquimica, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain C British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, England, United Kingdom d Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1900 La Plata, Argentina e Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia A BST RAC T Two orthogneisses have been recognized in the sierras of Espinal and Maz (Wes tern Sierras Pampeanas, NWArgentina) that were emplaced within a Grenvillian metasedimentary sequence. Microcline, plagio clase and quartz are the main rock-forming minerals, with accessory zircon, apatite-(CaF), magnetite, biotite (Fe/(Fe + Mg) = 0.88-0.91). ferropargasite (Fetotal/(Fetotal + Mg) = 0.88-0.89), titanite (with up to 3 1.61 wt% Y203) and an REE-rich epidote. REE-poor epidote and zoned garnet (Ca and Fe + -rich) are meta Keywords: morphic minerals, while muscovite, carbonates and chlorite are secondary phases. Texture is mylonitic. Rodinia Two representative samples are classified as granite (from Sierra de Espinal) and granodiorite/tonalite U-Pb SHRIMP dating Anorogenic magmatism (from Sierra de Maz) on the grounds of immobile trace elements. Some trace element contents are rather Mesoproterozoic high (Zr: 603 and 891 ppm, Y: 44 and 76 ppm, 10,000 x Ga/AI: 2.39-3.89) and indicate an affiliation with Western Sierras Pampeanas A-type granites (more specifically, the A2 group). -
Early Evolution of the Proto-Andean Margin of South America
Early evolution of the Proto-Andean margin of South America C. W. Rapela Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 1 No. 644, 1900 La Plata, Argentina R. J. Pankhurst British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge CB30ET, United Kingdom C. Casquet Departamento de Petrología y Geoquímica, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain E. Baldo J. Saavedra CSIC, Instituto de Agrobiología y Recursos Naturales, 37071 Salamanca, Spain C. Galindo Departamento de Petrología y Geoquímica, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION From a detailed study of a 500 km transect in the Sierras Pampeanas, central-west Argen- The evolution of the Gondwana margin pro- tina, two pre-Silurian tectono-magmatic episodes are recognized and defined, each culminating posed here is based on new geochemical, isotopic, in micro-continental collisions against the proto-Andean margin of Gondwana. The Pampean petrological, and sedimentological data from a orogeny started in Early Cambrian time with short-lived subduction, indicated by ca. 535 Ma 500 km traverse across the Eastern Sierras Pam- calc-alkaline granitoids. Following Pampean terrane collision, burial to granulite facies condi- peanas and Precordillera (Fig. 1). Pre-Silurian tions (ca. 9 kbar) generated widespread migmatites and ca. 520 Ma highly peraluminous gran- metamorphic and magmatic history is inferred ites in the Eastern Sierras Pampeanas. After brief quiescence, a second major episode, the from (1) dating by conventional U-Pb on abraded Famatinian orogeny, started with subduction ca. 490 Ma, forming a wide continental arc and zircons, U-Pb SHRIMP analyses, and whole-rock ensialic backarc basin. This heralded the approach of Laurentia to Gondwana, during which Rb-Sr and K-Ar, (2) thermo-barometry based on the Precordillera terrane separated from the southern Appalachian region, finally colliding with microprobe mineral analyses, and (3) Nd and Sr Gondwana in Silurian–Devonian time. -
Geology: Ordovician Paleogeography and the Evolution of the Iapetus Ocean
Ordovician paleogeography and the evolution of the Iapetus ocean Conall Mac Niocaill* Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C. C. Little Building, Ben A. van der Pluijm Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063. Rob Van der Voo ABSTRACT thermore, we contend that the combined paleomagnetic and faunal data ar- Paleomagnetic data from northern Appalachian terranes identify gue against a shared Taconic history between North and South America. several arcs within the Iapetus ocean in the Early to Middle Ordovi- cian, including a peri-Laurentian arc at ~10°–20°S, a peri-Avalonian PALEOMAGNETIC DATA FROM IAPETAN TERRANES arc at ~50°–60°S, and an intra-oceanic arc (called the Exploits arc) at Displaced terranes occur along the extent of the Appalachian-Cale- ~30°S. The peri-Avalonian and Exploits arcs are characterized by Are- donian orogen, although reliable Ordovician paleomagnetic data from Ia- nigian to Llanvirnian Celtic fauna that are distinct from similarly aged petan terranes have only been obtained from the Central Mobile belt of the Toquima–Table Head fauna of the Laurentian margin, and peri- northern Appalachians (Table 1). The Central Mobile belt separates the Lau- Laurentian arc. The Precordillera terrane of Argentina is also charac- rentian and Avalonian margins of Iapetus and preserves remnants of the terized by an increasing proportion of Celtic fauna from Arenig to ocean, including arcs, ocean islands, and ophiolite slivers (e.g., Keppie, Llanvirn time, which implies (1) that it was in reproductive communi- 1989). Paleomagnetic results from Arenigian and Llanvirnian volcanic units cation with the peri-Avalonian and Exploits arcs, and (2) that it must of the Moreton’s Harbour Group and the Lawrence Head Formation in cen- have been separate from Laurentia and the peri-Laurentian arc well tral Newfoundland indicate paleolatitudes of 11°S (Table 1), placing them before it collided with Gondwana. -
A History of Proterozoic Terranes in Southern South America: from Rodinia to Gondwana
+ MODEL GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS -(-) (2011) 1e9 available at www.sciencedirect.com China University of Geosciences (Beijing) GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/gsf REVIEW A history of Proterozoic terranes in southern South America: From Rodinia to Gondwana C. Casquet a,*, C.W. Rapela b, R.J. Pankhurst c, E.G. Baldo d, C. Galindo a, C.M. Fanning e, J.A. Dahlquist d, J. Saavedra f a Departamento de Petrologıa y Geoquımica, IGEO (Universidad Complutense, CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain b Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas (CONICET-UNLP), 1900 La Plata, Argentina c Visiting Research Associate, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom d CICTERRA (CONICET-UNC), 5000 Cordoba, Argentina e Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia f Instituto de Agrobiologıa y Recursos Naturales CSIC, 37071 Salamanca, Spain Received 3 August 2011; accepted 8 November 2011 KEYWORDS Abstract The role played by Paleoproterozoic cratons in southern South America from the Mesopro- Paleoproterozoic; terozoic to the Early Cambrian is reconsidered here. This period involved protracted continental amal- Cratons; gamation that led to formation of the supercontinent Rodinia, followed by Neoproterozoic continental Grenvillian; break-up, with the consequent opening of Clymene and Iapetus oceans, and finally continental Neoproterozoic rifting; re-assembly as Gondwana through complex oblique collisions in the Late Neoproterozoic to Early SW Gondwana assembly Cambrian. The evidence for this is based mainly on a combination of precise U-Pb SHRMP dating and radiogenic isotope data for igneous and metamorphic rocks from a large area extending from the Rio de la Plata craton in the east to the Argentine Precordillera in the west and as far north as Arequipa in Peru. -
CURRICULUM VITAE RAMOS, Victor Alberto Nacido En Buenos Aires, 22
CURRICULUM VITAE RAMOS, Victor Alberto Nacido en Buenos Aires, 22 de abril de 1945 DNI 4523394 Matrícula Profesional N° 485 Domicilio laboral Instituto de Estudios Andinos Don Pablo Groeber Laboratorio de Tectónica Andina Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) Ciudad Universitaria. Pabellón II Buenos Aires (1428) Teléfono 4576-3300/3309 interno 238. 1.- ESTUDIOS UNIVERSITARIOS DE GRADO Y POST-GRADO 1965 - Licenciado en Ciencias Geológicas de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. 1966 - Photogeologist en el International Training Centre for Aerial Survey, Delft, Holanda 1968 - Master of Science in Photointerpretation for Geology en el International Institute for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences, Delft, Holanda 1970 - Doctor en Geología de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. 2.- ANTECEDENTES EN LA DOCENCIA, INVESTIGACIÓN Y GESTIÓN UNIVERSITARIA 2011 a la fecha. Profesor Titular Emérito, Universidad de Buenos Aires. 2011/2013. Director Organizador del Instituto de Estudios Andinos Don Pablo Groeber, Universidad de Buenos Aires – CONICET. 2011. Profesor Visitante de Tectónica Andina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogotá. 2011. Profesor Titular Consulto, Universidad de Buenos Aires. 2010/2013- Consejero del claustro de profesores del Consejo Directivo de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. 2009 - Profesor Visitante de Tectónica Andina, Universidad de Ouro Preto, Brasil. 2008/2011. Profesor Titular Plenario de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. 2007/2008 - Jack Oliver Visiting Professorship, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University. 2005/2006 - Adjunct Professor of the Institute for the Study of the Continents in the Cornell University. 2004 a la fecha. Investigador Superior del CONICET por invitación del Directorio. -
The Gondwana Margin: Proterozoic to Mesozoic
CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by EPrints Complutense The Gondwana margin: Proterozoic to Mesozoic The longevity and extent of the oceanic southern of '--'H��'.JAJ.J.'u., E. I.M. Gonzalez-Casado and I.A. Dahlquist Gondwana have made it the of intense study for more on "The Maz terrane: a Mesoproterozoic domain in the western than 70 years. It was one of the cradles of terrane and Sierras equivalent to the remains a proving ground for theories of Antofalla block of southern Peru? for West LL.L�""".LE, """'.LJL.LU''-'H and Investigation on this Gondwana evolution" sheds new light on the Middle margin, such as accretionary orogenesis and terrane analysis, is and Late Proterozoic evolution of the western Amazonia margin vital to our understanding of the Proterozoic and Phanerozoic that preceded final amalgamation of West Gondwana in the Late evolution of the continental crust. In this issue of Cambrian. The Maz terrane Gondwana Research, entitled "The West Gondwana Margin: Sierras Pampeanas) is recognised as a new continental terrane Proterozoic to Mesozoic", we have assembled 9 research papers that underwent Grenvillian-age orogeny and was thoroughly various of the evolution of the West the Ordovician Famatinian orogeny. Nd- and Gondwana margin, frrst at the international .L.Ln-''-'�'J.�F. allows correlation of Maz metasedi 'Gondwana 12 (Geological and Biological Heritage of Gond- rnp'nt�n"\T rocks with the Mesoproterozoic northern part of the wana)', held in in November 2005. Many -'-'J.�V.L<-"HU craton, of pre-Andean basement in concern southern South which has a continuous southern Peru. -
U-Pb Geochronologic Evidence for the Evolution of the Gondwanan Margin of the North-Central Andes
U-Pb geochronologic evidence for the evolution of the Gondwanan margin of the north-central Andes David M. Chew† Urs Schaltegger Department of Mineralogy, University of Geneva, Rue des Maraîchers 13, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland Jan Košler Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway Martin J. Whitehouse Laboratory for Isotope Geology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden Marcus Gutjahr Institute for Isotope Geology and Mineral Resources, ETH-Zentrum, Clausiusstrasse 25, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland Richard A. Spikings Aleksandar Miškovi´c Department of Mineralogy, University of Geneva, Rue des Maraîchers 13, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland ABSTRACT zircon overgrowths from amphibolite-facies limited because they are either obscured by later schists, which reveals metamorphic events tectonic events along the convergent margin or We investigated the Neoproterozoic–early at ca. 478 and ca. 312 Ma and refutes the buried by the ubiquitous volcanic cover. Paleozoic evolution of the Gondwanan mar- previously assumed Neoproterozoic age for This problem is particularly acute in the gin of the north-central Andes by employing orogeny in the Peruvian Eastern Cordillera. north-central Andes, where Precambrian base- U-Pb zircon geochronology in the Eastern The presence of an Ordovician magmatic ment is not exposed for over 2000 km along Cordilleras of Peru and Ecuador using a and metamorphic belt in the north-central strike, from 15°S in Peru to 2°S in Colombia. combination of laser-ablation–inductively Andes demonstrates that Famatinian meta- This corresponds to the distance between the coupled plasma–mass spectrometry detrital morphism and subduction-related mag- northern extent of the Arequipa-Antofalla base- zircon analysis and dating of syn- and post- matism were continuous from Patagonia ment (Fig. -
From Rodinia to Gondwana
A history of Proterozoic terranes in southern South America: From Rodinia to Gondwana C. Casquet a,*, c.w. Rapela b, R.J. Pankhurst c, E.G. Baldo d, C. Galindo a, C.M. Fanning e, J.A. Dahlquist d, J. Saavedra f a Departamento de Petrologia y Geoquimica, ICEO (Universidad Complutense, CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain b Centra de Investigaciones Geologicas (CONICET-UNLP), 1900 La Plata, Argentina C 'Visiting Research Associate, British Geological SUlVey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 SCC, United Kingdom d CICTERRA (CONICET-UNC), 5000 Cordoba, Argentina e Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia f Instituto de Agrobiologia y Recursos Naturales CSIC, 37071 Salamanca, Spain KEYWORDS Abstract The role played by Paleoproterozoic cratons in southern South America from the Mesopro Paleoproterozoic; terozoic to the Early Cambrian is reconsidered here. This period involved protracted continental amal Cratons; gamation that led to formation of the supercontinent Rodinia, followed by N eoproterozoic continental Grenvillian; break-up, with the consequent opening of Clymene and Iapetus oceans, and finally continental Neoproterozoic rifting; re-assembly as Gondwana through complex oblique collisions in the Late Neoproterozoic to Early SW Gondwana assembly Cambrian. The evidence for this is based mainly on a combination of precise U-Pb SHRMP dating and radiogenic isotope data for igneous and metamorphic rocks from a large area extending from the Rio de la Plata craton in the east to the Argentine Precordillera in the west and as far north as Arequipa in Peru. Our interpretation of the paleogeograpbical and geodynamic evolution invokes a hypothetical Paleoproterozoic block (MARA) embracing basement ultimately older than 1.7 Ga in the Western Sierras 1. -
An Approach to the Brasiliano-Pan African Cycle and Orogenic Collage
155 by Benjamim Bley de Brito Neves1, Mário da Costa Campos Neto1, and Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck2 From Rodinia to Western Gondwana: An approach to the Brasiliano-Pan African Cycle and orogenic collage 1- Instituto de Geociências - Universidade de São Paulo. S. Paulo-SP. 2- Instítuto de Geociências - Universidade de Brasílía. Brasílía-DF. The basement of the South American platform displays east), Tocantins (Central-eastern, part of the Central- the lithostructural and tectonic records of three major western), Pampean (Central-southwestern) and Man- orogenic collages: Middle Paleoproterozoic (or tiqueira (East-southeast). Transamazonian), Late Mesoproterozoic/Early Neopro- terozoic and Late Neoproterozoic/Cambrian, the Brasil- Introduction iano-Pan African collage. The first two collages have their records in the basement of the Syn-Brasiliano cra- The history of the geologic evolution of the South American conti- tons and Brasiliano Fold Belts. nent from the Neoproterozoic to the early Cambrian is recording all The development of the Brasiliano-Pan African the steps of the development of a complete and wide tectonic cycle, collage started in Early Neoproterozoic times, with the in terms of J.T. Wilson. This means, from the fission/disarticulation of a former Late Mesoproterozoic Supercontinent (Rodinia) – up to first events of breakup of the Rodinia Supercontinent, the further fusion/agglutination of a newer supercontinent — West- and it has been characterized by diachrony since their ern Gondwana (Pannotia). early beginnings. The processes of break up and fission For the two major tectonic phenomena then developed (fission and subsequent fusion) it is necessary to remark, since now, the took place in different time intervals (ca. -
Geologia Argentina
INSTITUTO DE GEOLOGÍA Y RECURSOS MINERALES GEOLOGÍARASGOS ESTRUCTURALES ARGENTINA DEL TERRITORIO ARGENTINO CAPÍTULO 71524 ANALES 29 (24): 715-784, BUENOS AIRES, 1999 RASGOS ESTRUCTURALES DEL TERRITORIO ARGENTINO 1. EVOLUCION TECTÓNICA DE LA ARGENTINA Victor A. Ramos INTRODUCCIÓN ñas. Aceptó los movimientos paleozoicos y mesozoicos pro- puestos por Keidel (1921), pero brindó un cuadro más com- El objetivo del presente capítulo es brindar una síntesis pleto para el levantamiento de los Andes, reconociendo para de la evolución geológica de Argentina, con especial énfasis diferentes segmentos y regiones movimientos y fases de en su desarrollo tectónico. distinta intensidad, generando una adecuada nomenclatura Se analizarán los diferentes ciclos orogénicos y los para la época. procesos que llevaron a la constitución actual de la cordillera Durante el apogeo de la teoría geosinclinal correspondió andina y su basamento extraandino. Se prestará especial a Borrello (1963, 1968, 1969) la elaboración de un esquema atención a los diferentes eventos magmáticos, a la deforma- de evolución tectónica, que dentro de ese marco, reconocía ción y al metamorfismo concomitante y a las características los ciclos protoídico, paleoídico y neoídico para la formación paleogeográficas que controlaron la historia geológica del de los diferentes sistemas montañosos. Reconoció las dife- territorio nacional. rentes fases orogénicas, correlacionándolas con sus pares de El concepto de ciclo orogénico se utiliza para enmarcar otras regiones del mundo, asumiendo una sincroneidad y los eventos que a partir de procesos extensionales, formación correlación directa con ellas. y destrucción de corteza oceánica y deformación poserior, Stipanicic y Rodrigo (1970 a y b), más tarde Turner y llevan a la formación de cadenas montañosas (Dewey y Bird, Méndez (1975), Aceñolaza y Toselli (1976) y Salfity et al. -
From Rodinia to Gondwana
GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS 3(2) (2012) 137e145 available at www.sciencedirect.com China University of Geosciences (Beijing) GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/gsf GSF REVIEW A history of Proterozoic terranes in southern South America: From Rodinia to Gondwana C. Casquet a,*, C.W. Rapela b, R.J. Pankhurst c, E.G. Baldo d, C. Galindo a, C.M. Fanning e, J.A. Dahlquist d, J. Saavedra f a Departamento de Petrologıa y Geoquımica, IGEO (Universidad Complutense, CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain b Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas (CONICET-UNLP), 1900 La Plata, Argentina c Visiting Research Associate, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom d CICTERRA (CONICET-UNC), 5000 Cordoba, Argentina e Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia f Instituto de Agrobiologıa y Recursos Naturales CSIC, 37071 Salamanca, Spain Received 3 August 2011; accepted 8 November 2011 Available online 3 December 2011 KEYWORDS Abstract The role played by Paleoproterozoic cratons in southern South America from the Mesopro- Paleoproterozoic; terozoic to the Early Cambrian is reconsidered here. This period involved protracted continental amal- Cratons; gamation that led to formation of the supercontinent Rodinia, followed by Neoproterozoic continental Grenvillian; break-up, with the consequent opening of Clymene and Iapetus oceans, and finally continental Neoproterozoic rifting; re-assembly as Gondwana through complex oblique collisions in the Late Neoproterozoic to Early SW Gondwana assembly Cambrian. The evidence for this is based mainly on a combination of precise U-Pb SHRMP dating and radiogenic isotope data for igneous and metamorphic rocks from a large area extending from the Rio de la Plata craton in the east to the Argentine Precordillera in the west and as far north as Arequipa in Peru.