INVESTIGADORES
GONZALEZ Pablo Diego
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Triassic post-orogenic dyke swarm in Northpatagonian Massif, Argentina.
Autor/es:
GONZÁLEZ, SANTIAGO; GRECO GERSON; SATO ANA MARÍA; GONZÁLEZ PABLO DIEGO; LLAMBÍAS EDUARDO; VARELA RICARDO; BASEI MIGUEL
Lugar:
San Pablo
Reunión:
Simposio; 9th South American Symposium on Isotope Geology; 2014
Institución organizadora:
CPGeo-IG-USP, Brasil
Resumen:
Mesosilicic dykes were described in the eastern region of the North Patagonian Massif
by many authors. They constitute a regional dyke swarm of NW-SE trend of about
200 Km length and 50 Km width. They cut the already deformed Early Paleozoic
basement rocks, Permian Pailemán Plutonic Complex, and in turn they are cut by
sub-volcanic bodies of the Jurassic Marifil Complex. Dykes are composed of porphyritic
andesites to trachyandesites with seriated groundmass. They contains frequents enclaves
of country rocks, such as Cambro-Ordovician high grade metamorphic rocks of
Mina Gonzalito Complex and Permian plutonic rocks. Published radiometric data from
the dykes are K-Ar ages between 207 and 221 Ma. Zircon crystals from a dyke near
Mina Gonzalito Mine were analysed in the Centro de Pesquisas Geocronologicas
(USP) by LA-ICPMS U-Pb method. Three age groups are recognised: (1)
Neoproterozoic to Cambrian ages from zircons with axial ratio 2 to 3 and complex
oscillatory zoning. (2) Triassic ages from crystals with axial ratio 1 to 1.5,
and wide oscillatory or sector zoning. (3)
Jurassic ages from the borders of zircons with oscillatory zoning and axial
ratio close to 1. On the basis of textural evidence, we consider the Concordia
age of 241.5 ± 1.8 Ma (MSWD = 0.01) in the second group as the crystallization
age of the dyke in the swarm. The older
ages are interpreted as inheritance from the Mina Gonzalito Complex which is
the country rock of this dyke, and the younger age is assigned to an extensive Jurassic
hydrothermal processes. The NW orientation of the swarm is parallel to the
previous Gondwanic orogenic axis proposed for this region. The Triassic dykes are
linked to the post-orogenic magmatism associated with the extensional collapse of
the Late Paleozoic orogeny, which precedes the generalized, Jurassic continental
extension in Patagonia.