Pub Date : 2018-03-26DOI: 10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.6
M. Peral, Manel Fernàndez, M. Torné
The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite mission was devised by the European Space Agency to study the Earth’s gravity field with an unprecedented accuracy using gravity gradient data. The goal of this study is to analyze the resolution in terms of size, burial depth and density contrast of anomalous bodies related to geological structures that can be identified from GOCE data. A parametric study is performed by calculating the gravity gradients associated with rectangular prisms with fixed aspect ratio of 9:3:1 and varying the size, burial depth, and density contrast, selecting those structures showing amplitudes and wavelength variations comparable to the accuracy of GOCE data. Results show that the minimum size for crustal anomalies to be resolved for the vertical component of the gravity gradient is 22.5x7.5x2.5km for a Δρ=500kg/m 3 , burial depth of 0km, and at computation height of 255km. To generate a sufficient signal in amplitude and wavelength in all the components, the size of the anomalous body is 270x90x30km. For a body with Δρ=50kg/m 3 and 0km burial depth a minimum size of 41.4x13.8x4.6km is required for the vertical component at a computation height of 255km. In addition, the application to the 3D case of a passive continental margin which broadly resembles the crustal structure of the NW-Iberia shows that the signal of all gravity gradient components is dominated by the crustal thinning associated with the passive continental margins and the corresponding isostatic response.
{"title":"Resolution test of GOCE satellite data applied to density anomalies at crustal and upper mantle levels.","authors":"M. Peral, Manel Fernàndez, M. Torné","doi":"10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite mission was devised by the European Space Agency to study the Earth’s gravity field with an unprecedented accuracy using gravity gradient data. The goal of this study is to analyze the resolution in terms of size, burial depth and density contrast of anomalous bodies related to geological structures that can be identified from GOCE data. A parametric study is performed by calculating the gravity gradients associated with rectangular prisms with fixed aspect ratio of 9:3:1 and varying the size, burial depth, and density contrast, selecting those structures showing amplitudes and wavelength variations comparable to the accuracy of GOCE data. Results show that the minimum size for crustal anomalies to be resolved for the vertical component of the gravity gradient is 22.5x7.5x2.5km for a Δρ=500kg/m 3 , burial depth of 0km, and at computation height of 255km. To generate a sufficient signal in amplitude and wavelength in all the components, the size of the anomalous body is 270x90x30km. For a body with Δρ=50kg/m 3 and 0km burial depth a minimum size of 41.4x13.8x4.6km is required for the vertical component at a computation height of 255km. In addition, the application to the 3D case of a passive continental margin which broadly resembles the crustal structure of the NW-Iberia shows that the signal of all gravity gradient components is dominated by the crustal thinning associated with the passive continental margins and the corresponding isostatic response.","PeriodicalId":55107,"journal":{"name":"Geologica Acta","volume":"16 1","pages":"93-105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45512603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-26DOI: 10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.4
O. Fatka, P. Budil
Remains of a digestive system from a slightly damaged articulated specimen of the comparatively rare bathycheilid trilobite Prionocheilus vokovicensis (Snajdr, 1956) are described for the first time. The specimen comes from the Middle Ordovician Sarka Formation of the Prague Basin and contains the midgut region of the digestive system preserved through the axial region of glabella and six anterior thoracic segments. The anterior-most part of the digestive system is unknown as the anterior glabellar lobes are not preserved in the studied specimen. In the cephalic shield, the remains of two pairs of gut diverticulae are seen in the posterior region of the glabella. Remains of five pairs of small cavities developed in the axis of the first six thoracic segments represent the remains of thoracic gut diverticulae. The discussed specimen possess the first undoubted remain of digestive structures established within the family Bathycheilidae (PŘibyl, 1953).
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Pub Date : 2018-03-26DOI: 10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.3
L. Li, G. Yao, M. Cai, Y. Liu
Mudstones in the lower Shahejie Formation, in the Tanggu area of the Huanghua Depression, have been found to contain analcime and ankerite. Hydrothermal sedimentation has been invoked to explain the origin of these two minerals, raising the question of whether hydrothermal activity occurred at a sufficient scale to significantly raise the salinity of the depositional environment. We applied a suite of organic petrological and geochemical methods to directly address this question. Maceral composition, kerogen type, and the distribution of n-alkanes, hopanes, and steranes indicate that the organic matter contained in these mudstones and dolomitic mudstones is mainly derived from algae and bacteria. The dominant acritarch genera, C31R/C30 hopane ratio, gammacerane index, Pr/Ph ratio, and the relationship between Pr/n-C17 and Ph/n-C18 suggest that the mudstones and dolomitic mudstones were deposited in an anoxic, saline lacustrine environment. Tmax, biomarker maturity indices, the thermal alteration index (TAI) and acritarch alteration index (AAI), and vitrinite reflectance all indicate that the organic matter is at an immature to early mature stage. The estimated maximum paleotemperature is close to the present-day burial temperature, and much lower than the homogenization temperature of the analcime veins. Combined with the absence of unresolved complex mixtures on the n-alkane pattern, this suggests that hydrothermal activity had a negligible impact on the salinity and alkalinity of the depositional lake.
{"title":"Organic petrology and geochemistry of mudstones from the lower Shahejie Formation, in the Tanggu area of eastern China: evidence for the presence of an ancient saline lake","authors":"L. Li, G. Yao, M. Cai, Y. Liu","doi":"10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Mudstones in the lower Shahejie Formation, in the Tanggu area of the Huanghua Depression, have been found to contain analcime and ankerite. Hydrothermal sedimentation has been invoked to explain the origin of these two minerals, raising the question of whether hydrothermal activity occurred at a sufficient scale to significantly raise the salinity of the depositional environment. We applied a suite of organic petrological and geochemical methods to directly address this question. Maceral composition, kerogen type, and the distribution of n-alkanes, hopanes, and steranes indicate that the organic matter contained in these mudstones and dolomitic mudstones is mainly derived from algae and bacteria. The dominant acritarch genera, C31R/C30 hopane ratio, gammacerane index, Pr/Ph ratio, and the relationship between Pr/n-C17 and Ph/n-C18 suggest that the mudstones and dolomitic mudstones were deposited in an anoxic, saline lacustrine environment. Tmax, biomarker maturity indices, the thermal alteration index (TAI) and acritarch alteration index (AAI), and vitrinite reflectance all indicate that the organic matter is at an immature to early mature stage. The estimated maximum paleotemperature is close to the present-day burial temperature, and much lower than the homogenization temperature of the analcime veins. Combined with the absence of unresolved complex mixtures on the n-alkane pattern, this suggests that hydrothermal activity had a negligible impact on the salinity and alkalinity of the depositional lake.","PeriodicalId":55107,"journal":{"name":"Geologica Acta","volume":"16 1","pages":"45-64"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42646460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-26DOI: 10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.2
J. P. López, Laura Iudith Bellos, J. Díaz-Alvarado, A. Castro
In the Tafi del Valle region, in northwestern Argentina, several intrusive bodies of lower Paleozoic age were emplaced in the metasedimentary Puncoviscana Formation, belonging to the Sierras Pampeanas. Four intrusive bodies outcrop in the study area: La Ovejeria, El Infiernillo, Loma Pelada and Los Cuartos. La Ovejeria and El Infiernillo intrusive bodies represent the I-type magmatism according to their major element contents and show cotectic evolutions similar to those described by Famatinian I-type batholiths. These moderately peraluminous adakitic trondhjemites have characteristic high Sr/Y ratios and low Fe 2 O 3 +MgO+MnO+TiO 2 contents. They are related to high-pressure conditions at the source, where dehydration melting of basaltic rocks may be involved and garnet is retained in the residue leading to generation of HREE depleted melts. The Loma Pelada granites show characteristics of S-type magmatism (low CaO and MgO, and high SiO 2 and K 2 O contents) typical of granites segregated in the last stages of magmatic differentiation, or anatectic granites. They show an increasing peraluminosity due to garnet entrainment and they are related to the anatectic melts generated in the Puncoviscana Formation. Both the Loma Pelada and Los Cuartos granitoids include samples with intermediate geochemical characteristics that range between those of the El Infiernillo and La Ovejeria and the regional metasedimentary rocks. These characteristics could be explained by assimilation processes involving the I-type intrusive magmas and the metasedimentary host rocks or by hybridization processes between trondhjemitic I-type magmas as La Ovejeria and El Infiernillo and anatectic S-type melts.
{"title":"Hybridization between I-type and S-type granites in the Ordovician Famatinian magmatic arc, Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, NW Argentina.","authors":"J. P. López, Laura Iudith Bellos, J. Díaz-Alvarado, A. Castro","doi":"10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"In the Tafi del Valle region, in northwestern Argentina, several intrusive bodies of lower Paleozoic age were emplaced in the metasedimentary Puncoviscana Formation, belonging to the Sierras Pampeanas. Four intrusive bodies outcrop in the study area: La Ovejeria, El Infiernillo, Loma Pelada and Los Cuartos. La Ovejeria and El Infiernillo intrusive bodies represent the I-type magmatism according to their major element contents and show cotectic evolutions similar to those described by Famatinian I-type batholiths. These moderately peraluminous adakitic trondhjemites have characteristic high Sr/Y ratios and low Fe 2 O 3 +MgO+MnO+TiO 2 contents. They are related to high-pressure conditions at the source, where dehydration melting of basaltic rocks may be involved and garnet is retained in the residue leading to generation of HREE depleted melts. The Loma Pelada granites show characteristics of S-type magmatism (low CaO and MgO, and high SiO 2 and K 2 O contents) typical of granites segregated in the last stages of magmatic differentiation, or anatectic granites. They show an increasing peraluminosity due to garnet entrainment and they are related to the anatectic melts generated in the Puncoviscana Formation. Both the Loma Pelada and Los Cuartos granitoids include samples with intermediate geochemical characteristics that range between those of the El Infiernillo and La Ovejeria and the regional metasedimentary rocks. These characteristics could be explained by assimilation processes involving the I-type intrusive magmas and the metasedimentary host rocks or by hybridization processes between trondhjemitic I-type magmas as La Ovejeria and El Infiernillo and anatectic S-type melts.","PeriodicalId":55107,"journal":{"name":"Geologica Acta","volume":"16 1","pages":"0025-43"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41702427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-01DOI: 10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.1
Jaakko Kara, M. Väisänen, Å. Johansson, Y. Lahaye, H. O’Brien, O. Eklund
The earliest Svecofennian magmatism in southern Finland has been dated at 1.90-1.88Ga. As an example of this, the Orijarvi (ca. 1.89Ga) and Enklinge (ca. 1.88Ga) volcanic centres comprise bimodal plutonic batholiths surrounded by volcanic rocks of comparable ages and chemical compositions. Here, we report geochemical and Sm-Nd isotope data from intrusive and extrusive samples, combined with zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes for granodiorites from both study areas. The samples range from gabbros to granites and indicate a subduction-related continental margin setting. The zircons from the Orijarvi granodiorite define an age of 1892±4Ma whereas the Enklinge granodiorite yields an age of 1882±6Ma. Several inherited ages of 2.25-1.95Ga as well as younger ages of 1.86-1.80Ga were found in the Enklinge granodiorite. The initial e Nd values from the mafic rocks from both locations fall in the range +1.1 to +2.9 whereas the felsic rocks exhibit initial e Nd values of -0.4 to +1.2. The magmatic zircons from the Orijarvi and Enklinge granodiorites show average initial e Hf values of -1.1 (at 1892Ma) and zero (at 1882Ma), respectively, each with a spread of about 7 e-units. The initial e Hf values for the inherited zircons from Enklinge range from +3.5 to +7.6 with increasing age. The Sm-Nd data indicate that the mafic rocks were derived from a “mildly depleted” mantle source while the felsic rocks show larger crustal contribution. Also, the variation in e Hf values indicates minor mixing between mildly depleted mantle derived magmas and crustal sources. U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes for inherited zircons in the Enklinge granodiorite suggest the presence of juvenile Svecofennian “proto-crust” at depth.
{"title":"1.90-1.88Ga arc magmatism of central Fennoscandia: geochemistry, U-Pb geochronology, Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf isotope systematics of plutonic-volcanic rocks from southern Finland","authors":"Jaakko Kara, M. Väisänen, Å. Johansson, Y. Lahaye, H. O’Brien, O. Eklund","doi":"10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"The earliest Svecofennian magmatism in southern Finland has been dated at 1.90-1.88Ga. As an example of this, the Orijarvi (ca. 1.89Ga) and Enklinge (ca. 1.88Ga) volcanic centres comprise bimodal plutonic batholiths surrounded by volcanic rocks of comparable ages and chemical compositions. Here, we report geochemical and Sm-Nd isotope data from intrusive and extrusive samples, combined with zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes for granodiorites from both study areas. The samples range from gabbros to granites and indicate a subduction-related continental margin setting. The zircons from the Orijarvi granodiorite define an age of 1892±4Ma whereas the Enklinge granodiorite yields an age of 1882±6Ma. Several inherited ages of 2.25-1.95Ga as well as younger ages of 1.86-1.80Ga were found in the Enklinge granodiorite. The initial e Nd values from the mafic rocks from both locations fall in the range +1.1 to +2.9 whereas the felsic rocks exhibit initial e Nd values of -0.4 to +1.2. The magmatic zircons from the Orijarvi and Enklinge granodiorites show average initial e Hf values of -1.1 (at 1892Ma) and zero (at 1882Ma), respectively, each with a spread of about 7 e-units. The initial e Hf values for the inherited zircons from Enklinge range from +3.5 to +7.6 with increasing age. The Sm-Nd data indicate that the mafic rocks were derived from a “mildly depleted” mantle source while the felsic rocks show larger crustal contribution. Also, the variation in e Hf values indicates minor mixing between mildly depleted mantle derived magmas and crustal sources. U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes for inherited zircons in the Enklinge granodiorite suggest the presence of juvenile Svecofennian “proto-crust” at depth.","PeriodicalId":55107,"journal":{"name":"Geologica Acta","volume":"16 1","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66405049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-18DOI: 10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2017.15.4.2
J. Díaz-Alvarado
One of the most outstanding characteristics of some granodioritic to granitic rocks is the presence of K-feldspar megacrysts. For instance, granodiorites and monzogranites of the Spanish Central System batholith present variable amounts of large (up to 10cm in length) euhedral K-feldspar crystals. The porphyritic textures, the euhedral shape, the alignment of plagioclase and biotite inclusions and the magmatic fabrics point to a magmatic origin for these megacrysts. This work presents a phase equilibria study in a high-K 2 O granodioritic system. A series of experiments were conducted with a granodioritic composition (GEMbiot) to study the crystallization sequence at the emplacement conditions in the Gredos massif, i.e. 4 H 2 O wt.% and 0.4GPa. Experimental results show that orthopiroxene is the liquidus phase at 1010oC, which reacts with the H 2 O-rich melt to stabilize biotite between 980 and 940oC. Plagioclase crystallizes at around 910oC, and K-feldspar crystallizes in the matrix between 750 and 700oC when the crystal fraction is around 0.5. However, at 850 oC, a pelite-doped experiment shows euhedral K-feldspar (≈5vol%) in both the reactive xenolith domain together with cordierite and the granodioritic domain, where the K 2 O wt.% rise from 4.5 in the normal experiment to 5.9 in the doped experiment. These results suggest that the bulk-assimilation process promotes the bulk and heterogeneous K 2 O enrichment in a huge granodioritic magma volume, which triggers an early crystallization of K-feldspar megacrysts. Because of this early crystallization of the megacrysts, the magmatic foliations defined by K-feldspar megacrysts are formed during and after the emplacement processes and are highly influenced by tectonic kinematics.
{"title":"Experimental early crystallization of K-feldspar in granitic systems : implications on the origin of magmatic fabrics in granitic rocks","authors":"J. Díaz-Alvarado","doi":"10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2017.15.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2017.15.4.2","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most outstanding characteristics of some granodioritic to granitic rocks is the presence of K-feldspar megacrysts. For instance, granodiorites and monzogranites of the Spanish Central System batholith present variable amounts of large (up to 10cm in length) euhedral K-feldspar crystals. The porphyritic textures, the euhedral shape, the alignment of plagioclase and biotite inclusions and the magmatic fabrics point to a magmatic origin for these megacrysts. This work presents a phase equilibria study in a high-K 2 O granodioritic system. A series of experiments were conducted with a granodioritic composition (GEMbiot) to study the crystallization sequence at the emplacement conditions in the Gredos massif, i.e. 4 H 2 O wt.% and 0.4GPa. Experimental results show that orthopiroxene is the liquidus phase at 1010oC, which reacts with the H 2 O-rich melt to stabilize biotite between 980 and 940oC. Plagioclase crystallizes at around 910oC, and K-feldspar crystallizes in the matrix between 750 and 700oC when the crystal fraction is around 0.5. However, at 850 oC, a pelite-doped experiment shows euhedral K-feldspar (≈5vol%) in both the reactive xenolith domain together with cordierite and the granodioritic domain, where the K 2 O wt.% rise from 4.5 in the normal experiment to 5.9 in the doped experiment. These results suggest that the bulk-assimilation process promotes the bulk and heterogeneous K 2 O enrichment in a huge granodioritic magma volume, which triggers an early crystallization of K-feldspar megacrysts. Because of this early crystallization of the megacrysts, the magmatic foliations defined by K-feldspar megacrysts are formed during and after the emplacement processes and are highly influenced by tectonic kinematics.","PeriodicalId":55107,"journal":{"name":"Geologica Acta","volume":"15 1","pages":"261-281"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2017-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44767363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-11-22DOI: 10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2017.15.4.7
J. Errandonea-Martin, M. Carracedo-Sánchez, F. Sarrionandia, J. S. Zalduegui, S. G. D. Madinabeitia, J. Gil-Ibarguchi
The Valdepenas pluton is the easternmost outcrop of the Caceres-Valdepenas magmatic alignment (southern Central Iberian Zone). This massif is constituted by a cordierite-bearing porphyritic monzogranite and may be grouped within the so-called “Serie Mixta” granitoids. The Valdepenas monzogranite is of magnesian [FeO t /(FeO t +MgO)~0.76], alkali-calcic [(Na 2 O+K 2 O)–CaO=7.8–8.5] and peraluminous (A/CNK=1.14–1.20). Multielemental- and REE-normalized patterns are comparable to those of similar rocks in the Nisa- Alburquerque-Los Pedroches magmatic alignment, and slightly differ from those of the Montes de Toledo batholith, both in the southern Central Iberian Zone. The U-Pb zircon age of 303±3Ma is consistent with the late-orogenic character of the intrusion and is in accordance with most of the granitic peraluminous intrusions in the southern Central Iberian Zone. 86 Sr/ 87 Sr 300Ma ratios (0.707424–0.711253), eNd 300Ma values (-5.53 to -6.68) and whole-rock major and trace element compositions of the studied rocks, suggest that the parental magma of the Valdepenas monzogranite could derive from a crustal metaigneous source. The U-Pb ages (552–650Ma) of inherited zircon cores found in Valdepenas monzogranite samples match those often found in Lower Paleozoic metavolcanics and granitic orthogneisses of Central Iberia and, furthermore, point to Upper Neoproterozoic metaigneous basement rocks as possible protoliths at the magma source. Based on the solubility of monazite in peraluminous melts, the estimated emplacement temperature of the studied monzogranite is 742–762oC. The results obtained in this work would contribute to a better understanding of the origin of the “Serie Mixta” granitoids.
瓦尔迪普纳斯深成岩体是卡塞雷斯-瓦尔迪普纳斯岩浆岩系(伊比利亚半岛中南部)的最东部露头。该地块由含堇青石的斑状二长花岗岩组成,可能属于所谓的“Mixta系列”花岗岩。Valdepenas二长花岗岩为镁质[FeO t/(FeO t+MgO)~0.76]、碱钙质[(Na 2 O+K 2 O)-CaO=7.8–8.5]和过铝质(A/CNK=1.14–1.20)。多元素和REE归一化模式与Nisa-Alburquerque Los Pedroches岩浆岩系中类似岩石的模式相当,与Montes de Toledo岩基的模式略有不同,均位于伊比利亚中南部地区。U-Pb锆石年龄为303±3Ma,与该侵入体的晚造山特征一致,与伊比利亚中南部地区的大多数花岗质过铝质侵入体一致。86 Sr/87 Sr 300Ma比值(0.707424–0.711253)、eNd 300Ma值(-5.53–-6.68)以及所研究岩石的全岩主元素和微量元素组成表明,瓦尔迪普那二长花岗岩的母岩浆可能来源于地壳变火成岩。Valdepenas二长花岗岩样品中发现的继承锆石岩芯的U-Pb年龄(552–650Ma)与伊比利亚中部下古生代变质火山岩和花岗质正片麻岩中经常发现的锆石岩芯相匹配,此外,还指出上新元古代变质火成岩基岩可能是岩浆源的原岩。根据独居石在过铝熔体中的溶解度,所研究的二长花岗岩的侵位温度估计为742–762℃。这项工作的结果将有助于更好地了解“Mixta系列”花岗岩的起源。
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Pub Date : 2017-11-22DOI: 10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2017.15.4.5
G. Galán, P. Enrique, L. Butjosa, M. Fernández-Roig
Olivine hornblendites (cortlandtites) form part of the Montnegre mafic complex related to late-Variscan I-type granitoids in the Catalan Coastal Ranges. Two generations of spinel are present in these hornblendites: Spl1 forms euhedral crystals included in both olivine and Spl2. Spl2 forms euhedral to anhedral crystals associated with phlogopite and fibrous colourless amphibole forming pseudomorphs after olivine. Compositions of Spl1 are picotite-Al chromite (Fe#: 77.78-66.60; Cr#: 30.12-52.22; Fe3+/R3+: 6.99-21.89; 0.10< TiO2%<0.62). Compositions of Spl2 are pleonaste (Fe#: 37.86-52.12; Cr#: 1.00-15.45; Fe3+/R3+: 0.31-5.21; TiO2%<0.10). The two types of spinel follow a CrAl trend, mainly due to the substitution (Fe2+)-1Cr-1= MgAl, which is interpreted as the result of mixing between two different mantle-derived melts. The compositions of early Spl1 crystals included in olivine are characteristic of Al-rich basalts. More aluminous Spl2 would result from reaction of olivine with a less evolved, Al and K-rich mantle-derived melt after new refilling of the magma chamber or channel. As a whole, spinels from similar examples of Variscan olivine hronblendites also follow a CrAl trend with high Fe# and starting at higher Cr# than other trends of this type. Cr# heterogeneity in the early spinels from these Variscan hornblendites would be inherited from the variable Al content of the mafic melts involved in their genesis.
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Pub Date : 2017-11-22DOI: 10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2017.15.4.9
F. López-Moro, R. Romer, M. López-Plaza, M. Sánchez
Basic to intermediate high-K, high-Mg mantle-derived rocks occur throughout the Iberian Massif and are particularly important in the Tormes Dome, where vaugnerites form several stocks and small plutons. One of the largest and geochemically most variable among these plutons is the Calzadilla pluton in the Tormes Dome that crystallized at 318 ± 1.4Ma (Bashkirian; U-Pb TIMS zircon). This age reveals that the vaugnerite pluton was emplaced during the transition from late D2 extensional deformation to early D3 contractional deformation (319 to 317Ma). Large-scale extension in the area resulted, on one hand, in extensive anatexis in the crust due to quasiisothermal decompression and mica-dehydration melting and, on the other hand, in the upwelling of the mantle, which induced partial melting of the enriched domains in the lithospheric mantle. The driving reason why crustal and mantle melts were coeval is extension. The U-Pb ID-TIMS age of allanite is not related to the emplacement nor cooling of the Calzadilla vaugnerite, but it seems to be related to a younger subsolidus overprint ca. 275Ma that, in the scale of the Central Iberian Zone, corresponds to a period of hydrothermal alteration, including episyenite formation and tungsten mineralization.
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Pub Date : 2017-11-17DOI: 10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2017.15.4.10
M. F. Pereira, C. Gama, Carmen Rodríguez
The Santa Eulalia-Monforte massif is a post-kinematic Late Carboniferous-Early Permian calc-alkaline composite massif (LC-EP) located in the Ossa-Morena Zone (OMZ, Portugal). This paper examines the field relationships between pinkish granites and mafic-intermediate rocks from the external ring of this massif and presents new U-Pb zircon age determinations. The estimated 206 Pb/ 238 U ages, 297±4Ma for the pinkish granite and 303±3Ma for a gabbro-diorite point to a short time interval between the crystallization of both magmas. At outcrop scale, contacts of the mafic-intermediate rocks with the host pinkish granite are sharp and corroborate this age relationship, but do not justify why the host-enclave contacts often has curved and irregular shapes, indicating liquid-liquid interaction. A full analysis of the distribution of U-Pb zircon ages and respective Th/U ratios suggests that the compositionally distinct magmas were roughly contemporaneous. The obtained ages also fit the LC-EP Iberian calc-alkaline suite that was formed contemporaneously to the development of the Iberian-Armorican Arc and when the Paleotethyan oceanic Plate subducted under the Eurasian active margin. Taking this geodynamic setting as a reference, the LC-EP Iberian calc-alkaline magmatism can be interpreted as most probably related to the Cimmerian cycle instead of the traditionally accepted model that ascribe a closer connection of this magmatism with the Variscan cycle. The Santa Eulalia-Monforte massif is a post-kinematic Late Carboniferous-Early Permian calc-alkaline composite massif (LC-EP) located in the Ossa-Morena Zone (OMZ, Portugal). This paper examines the field relationships between pinkish granites and mafic-intermediate rocks from the external ring of this massif and presents new U-Pb zircon age determinations. The estimated 206 Pb/ 238 U ages, 297±4Ma for the pinkish granite and 303±3Ma for a gabbro-diorite point to a short time interval between the crystallization of both magmas. At outcrop scale, contacts of the mafic-intermediate rocks with the host pinkish granite are sharp and corroborate this age relationship, but do not justify why the host-enclave contacts often has curved and irregular shapes, indicating liquid-liquid interaction. A full analysis of the distribution of U-Pb zircon ages and respective Th/U ratios suggests that the compositionally distinct magmas were roughly contemporaneous. The obtained ages also fit the LC-EP Iberian calc-alkaline suite that was formed contemporaneously to the development of the Iberian-Armorican Arc and when the Paleotethyan oceanic Plate subducted under the Eurasian active margin. Taking this geodynamic setting as a reference, the LC-EP Iberian calc-alkaline magmatism can be interpreted as most probably related to the Cimmerian cycle instead of the traditionally accepted model that ascribe a closer connection of this magmatism with the Variscan cycle.
Santa Eulalia Monforte地块是一个运动后的晚石炭世-早二叠世钙碱性复合地块(LC-EP),位于奥萨-莫雷纳带(OMZ,葡萄牙)。本文研究了该地块外环粉红色花岗岩和镁铁质中间岩之间的场关系,并提出了新的U-Pb锆石年龄测定方法。估计的206Pb/238U年龄,粉红色花岗岩297±4Ma,辉长岩闪长岩303±3Ma,表明两种岩浆结晶之间的时间间隔很短。在露头尺度上,镁铁质中间岩与寄主粉红色花岗岩的接触是尖锐的,并证实了这种年龄关系,但不能证明为什么寄主飞地接触通常具有弯曲和不规则的形状,表明液-液相互作用。对U-Pb锆石年龄分布和各自Th/U比率的全面分析表明,组成不同的岩浆大致是同时代的。所获得的年龄也符合LC-EP伊比利亚钙碱性岩套,该岩套与伊比利亚-Armorican弧的发展同时形成,当时古特提斯洋板块在欧亚活动边缘下俯冲。以这种地球动力学背景为参考,LC-EP伊比利亚钙碱性岩浆活动最有可能与Cimmerian旋回有关,而不是传统上公认的将这种岩浆活动与华力西旋回联系更紧密的模型。Santa Eulalia Monforte地块是一个运动后的晚石炭世-早二叠世钙碱性复合地块(LC-EP),位于奥萨-莫雷纳带(OMZ,葡萄牙)。本文研究了该地块外环粉红色花岗岩和镁铁质中间岩之间的场关系,并提出了新的U-Pb锆石年龄测定方法。估计的206Pb/238U年龄,粉红色花岗岩297±4Ma,辉长岩闪长岩303±3Ma,表明两种岩浆结晶之间的时间间隔很短。在露头尺度上,镁铁质中间岩与寄主粉红色花岗岩的接触是尖锐的,并证实了这种年龄关系,但不能证明为什么寄主飞地接触通常具有弯曲和不规则的形状,表明液-液相互作用。对U-Pb锆石年龄分布和各自Th/U比率的全面分析表明,组成不同的岩浆大致是同时代的。所获得的年龄也符合LC-EP伊比利亚钙碱性岩套,该岩套与伊比利亚-Armorican弧的发展同时形成,当时古特提斯洋板块在欧亚活动边缘下俯冲。以这种地球动力学背景为参考,LC-EP伊比利亚钙碱性岩浆活动最有可能与Cimmerian旋回有关,而不是传统上公认的将这种岩浆活动与华力西旋回联系更紧密的模型。
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