Zircon U-Pb geochronology from the Paraná bimodal volcanic province support a brief eruptive cycle at ~135Ma
Zircon U-Pb geochronology from the Paraná bimodal volcanic province support a brief eruptive cycle at ~135Ma
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DOI:
10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.11.031
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2011-02
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3.9
通讯作者:
V. Pinto;L. Hartmann;J. Santos;N. McNaughton;W. Wildner
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作者:
V. Pinto;L. Hartmann;J. Santos;N. McNaughton;W. Wildner
Ion microprobe U–Pb isotopic data on zircons from the Paraná magmatic province are presented from one tholeiitic (high-Ti Pitanga type) and three felsic volcanic rocks from the low-Ti Palmas and high-Ti Chapecó types. Igneous zircons from the four volcanic rocks yield volcanism ages within error: i.e. 134.4±1.1Ma (basalt), 134.6±1.4Ma (rhyodacite), 134.8±1.4 (quartz latite) and 135.6±1.8Ma (quartz latite). The age of Paraná magmatism based on previous Ar–Ar geochronology has two divergent ranges: 1) 1 to 2million years with magmatic peak at 131–133Ma, and 2) over ~10m.y. between 137 and 127Ma. Our results show that the bimodal volcanics of the province, at least to the south of the Piquiri lineament, have very high effusion rates over a brief period with a main pulse at ~135Ma, about 2% older than proposal 1, more akin to a short period of magmatism. These results are most significant for the understanding of time relations in this large intraplate magmatic province.