U-Pb SHRIMP zircon dating of Grenvillian metamorphism in Western Sierras Pampeanas (Argentina): Correlation with the Arequipa-Antofalla craton and constraints on the extent of the Precordillera Terrane

Cesar Casquet*, Robert J. Pankhurst, C. Mark Fanning, Edgardo Baldo, Carmen Galindo, Carlos W. Rapela, Jose M. González-Casado, Juan A. Dahlquist

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    Abstract

    Metamorphism of Grenvillian age (ca. 1.2 Ga; U-Pb zircon dating) is recognized for the first time in the Western Sierras Pampeanas (Sierra de Maz). Conditions reached granulite facies (ca. 780 °C and ca. 780 MPa). Comparing geochronological and petrological characteristics with other outcrops of Mesoproterozoic basement, particularly in the northern and central Arequipa-Antofalla craton, we suggest that these regions were part of a single continental crustal block from Mesoproterozoic times, and thus autochthonous or parautochthonous to Gondwana.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)524-529
    Number of pages6
    JournalGondwana Research
    Volume9
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2006

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