A history of Proterozoic terranes in southern South America : from Rodinia to Gondwana

Casquet, C.; Rapela, C.W.; Pankhurst, R.J.; Baldo, E.G.; Galindo, C.; Fanning, C.M.; Dahlquist, J.A.; Saavedra, J.. 2012 A history of Proterozoic terranes in southern South America : from Rodinia to Gondwana. Geoscience Frontiers, 3 (2). 137-145. 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.11.004

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Abstract/Summary

The role played by Paleoproterozoic cratons in southern South America from the Mesoproterozoic to the Early Cambrian is reconsidered here. This period involved protracted continental amalgamation that led to formation of the supercontinent Rodinia, followed by Neoproterozoic continental break-up, with the consequent opening of Clymene and Iapetus oceans, and finally continental re-assembly as Gondwana through complex oblique collisions in the Late Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian. The evidence for this is based mainly on a combination of precise U-Pb SHRMP dating and radiogenic isotope data for igneous and metamorphic rocks from a large area extending from the Rio de la Plata craton in the east to the Argentine Precordillera in the west and as far north as Arequipa in Peru. Our interpretation of the paleogeographical and geodynamic evolution invokes a hypothetical Paleoproterozoic block (MARA) embracing basement ultimately older than 1.7 Ga in the Western Sierras Pampeanas (Argentina), the Arequipa block (Peru), the Rio Apa block (Brazil), and probably also the Paraguaia block (Bolivia).

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.gsf.2011.11.004
Programmes:	BGS Programmes 2010 > BGS Corporate
Date made live:	14 May 2012 08:46 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18040

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