Syn-collisional detrital zircon source evolution in the northern Moroccan Variscides
Syn-collisional detrital zircon source evolution in the northern Moroccan Variscides
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摩洛哥北部 Variscides 的同碰撞碎屑锆石源演化
DOI:
10.1016/j.gr.2021.02.001
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Accotto C
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作者:
Accotto C
U–Pb dating and Hf isotopic analyses of detrital zircon grains from Cambrian-Devonian strata in the Moroccan Mesetas were undertaken in order to constrain its Paleozoic paleogeographic evolution. In this work, we analyzed 12 Late Devonian-Late Carboniferous samples ofsyn-collisional detrital rocks from the Western and Eastern Moroccan Mesetas. All our samples present significant Ediacaran (ca. 620 Ma) and Rhyacian (ca. 2.1 Ga) detrital zircon populations, suggesting that the West African Craton remained the main source of sediments for northern Morocco at least until the Late Carboniferous. Locally, a Stenian-Tonian (ca. 1.0 Ga) detrital zircon population is also present, probably fed from intermittent and distant source areas located in NE Africa (e.g. Sahara Metacraton). The collisional evolution started with the approach of an Avalonian promontory to the northern Gondwana continental margin (latest Devonian - earliest Carboniferous), after the closure of the Rheic Ocean. This process entailed the former subduction of the Rheic oceanic lithosphere underneath the Avalonian continental terrane and the formation of a magmatic arc in the upper plate. In this scenario, the firstsyn-collisional sediments (Tournaisian; Tiflet and Debdou-Mekkam areas) are characterized by a Devonian detrital zircon population (ca. 370 Ma), presumably derived from the magmatic arc, and an increasing number of Mesoproterozoic dates, putatively also sourced from the continental crust of the Avalonian terrane. After the initial collision, only the Visean samples located in areas close to the exotic terrane (e.g. Ben Slimane area) displayed a minor Avalonian component. Finally, the Late Carboniferous samples from the Jerada area recorded an important Middle Carboniferous (ca. 330 Ma) detrital zircon population, probably sourced from Variscan granitoids emplaced in the Eastern Moroccan Meseta and attesting to crustal thickening and subsequent thermal maturation of the Gondwana continental crust in this area.
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影响因子:
2.6
作者:
A. Izart
通讯作者:
A. Izart
影响因子:
1.4
作者:
Sarah L. Sheffield;W. Ausich;C. Sumrall
通讯作者:
C. Sumrall
影响因子:
6.1
作者:
A. Azdimousa;A. Jabaloy‐Sánchez;C. Talavera;L. Asebriy;F. González;N. Evans
通讯作者:
N. Evans
DOI:
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发表时间:
2017
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影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
José Silva
影响因子:
4.2
作者:
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通讯作者:
A. Azdimousa