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Anders Scherstén

Anders Scherstén

Universitetslektor

Anders Scherstén

Magmatic source and metamorphic grade of metavolcanic rocks from the Granjeno Schist : Was northeastern Mexico a part of Pangaea?

Författare

  • Sonia Alejandra Torres Sánchez
  • Carita Augustsson
  • José Rafael Barboza Gudiño
  • Uwe Jenchen
  • Juan Alonso Ramírez Fernández
  • Michael Abratis
  • Anders Scherstén

Summary, in English

The geochemistry of the metavolcanic rocks from the Granjeno Schist in northeastern Mexico indicates an origin in different tectonic environments: mid-ocean ridge and ocean island. High ratios of Hf/Th and Th/Nb (4.4-14 and 0.08-0.15), low ratios of LaN/YbN and LaN/SmN (0.74-1.7 and 0.60-1.4) and depleted LREE patterns in metabasalt display mid-ocean ridge characteristics. In contrast, the pattern of trace-element ratios and REEs in metabasalt and metapillow lava 60km to the west indicates a magma source with ocean-island basalt characteristics. Both areas were metamorphosed during the Late Carboniferous (300±4Ma). Estimated metamorphic conditions deduced from white mica and chlorite compositions, distinguish greenschist facies (350°C and 4kbar) for the mid-ocean ridge basalt, and prehnite-pumpellyite facies (250°C and 2.5kbar) for the ocean-island-type basalt. This metamorphism took place at an active continental margin during Pennsylvanian time. Our new tectonic model, which differs from earlier models, suggests that the origin of the Granjeno Schist is related to a subduction zone located at the western margin of Pangaea, active after Laurentia-Gondwana collision.

Avdelning/ar

  • Berggrundsgeologi

Publiceringsår

2016-11

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

845-863

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Geological Journal

Volym

51

Issue

6

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Ämne

  • Geology

Nyckelord

  • Gondwana
  • Granjeno Schist
  • Late Carboniferous
  • Northeastern Mexico
  • Pangea
  • Rheic Ocean

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0072-1050