Grenvillian massif-type anorthosites in the Sierras Pampeanas

Casquet, C.; Pankhurst, R.J.; Rapela, C.W.; Galindo, C.; Dahlquist, J.; Baldo, E.; Saavedra, J.; Gonzalez Casado, J.M.; Fanning, C.M.. 2005 Grenvillian massif-type anorthosites in the Sierras Pampeanas. Journal of the Geological Society, 162 (1). 9-12. 10.1144/0016-764904-100

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Abstract/Summary

We report the discovery of massif-type anorthosites in the Andean basement of the Western Sierras Pampeanas of Argentina. U–Pb zircon dating (by sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe) of a cogenetic gabbronorite dyke yields ages of 1070 ± 41 Ma for igneous emplacement and 431 ± 40 Ma for metamorphism. These anorthosites are petrologically and geochemically comparable with those of the Grenville province of Laurentia. Palaeogeographical reconstructions of Rodinia at 1.0–1.1 Ga suggest that the Sierras Pampeanas anorthosites were part of a large anorthosite province in the late Mesoproterozoic.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1144/0016-764904-100
Programmes:	BGS Programmes > Geology and Landscape Southern
ISSN:	0016-7649
Date made live:	18 May 2012 15:32 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18116

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1144/0016-764904-100

Programmes:

BGS Programmes > Geology and Landscape Southern

ISSN:

0016-7649

Date made live:

18 May 2012 15:32 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18116