The Nico Pérez terrane (Uruguay) and its archean and paleoproterozoic inheritance
El terreno Nico-Pérez (Uruguay) y su herencia arcaica y paleoproterozoica
Resumen:
A U-Pb SHRIMP zircon geochronological study was carried out in the Nico Pérez Terrane in the central-eastern portion of Uruguay with the aim of constraining its geological evolution and its cratonic affinity. Nico Pérez Terrane is made up by a mosaic of tectonic blocks with diferente lithologies and sizes. This terrane is limited to the west by the Piedra Alta Terrane through the Sarandí del Yí shear zone, and to the east, is in tectonic contact through the Retamosa thrust with the Dom Feliciano Belt (Brasiliano orogenic cycle). Lithologically, the Nico Pérez Terrane is composed by medium to high grade metamorphic rock contained in three tectonic blocks (Pavas, Valentines and Rivera blocks) represented mainly by granitoids, as well as ortho and parametamorphic rocks, such as amphibolites, metapyroxenites, BIFs, schists, quartzites with fuchsite, among others. Archean inheritance, Rhyacian, Statherian, and Neoproterozoic magmatic ages are reported here. Similar ages, which show Archaean inheritance and Neoproterozoic imprint, reported in units of the Piedra Alta Terrane modify the idea that the Río de La Plata Craton only corresponds to a juvenile Paleoproterozoic tectonic unit. This, together with recently published geophysical information, supports the cratonic affinity of the Nico Pérez Terrane with the Río de La Plata Craton.
Un estudio geocronológico U-Pb SHRIMP en circón fue realizado en rocas del Terreno Nico Pérez, con el objetivo de circunscribir la evolución geológica y su afinidad cratónica. Este terreno, localizado en la porción central del Uruguay, está constituído por un mosaico de tres bloques tectónicos y se encuentra limitado al oeste por el Terreno Piedra Alta a través de la zona de cizallamiento Sarandí del Yí. Al este, se encuentra en contacto tectónico a través del corrimiento Retamosa con el Cinturón Dom Feliciano (Ciclo Orogénico Brasiliano). Litológicamente, el Terreno Nico Pérez está compuesto por rocas metamórficas de grado medio a alto (bloques Pavas, Valentines y Rivera) representados principalmente por granitoides, así como por rocas orto- y parametamórficas, tales como anfibolitas, metapiroxenitas, BIFs, esquistos, cuarcitas con fucsita, entre otras. Se presenta en este trabajo un conjunto de edades magmáticas que poseen herencia arqueana, y edades riacianas, estaterianas y neoproterozoicas. Edades similares a estas, que muestran herencia arqueana e impronta neoproterozoica, reportadas en unidades del Terreno Piedra Alta, modifican la idea de que el Cratón del Río de La Plata corresponde a una unidad tectónica paleoproterozoica juvenil. Esto, junto con la información geofísica publicada recientemente, respalda la afinidad cratónica del Terreno Nico Pérez con el Cratón del Río de La Plata.
2021 | |
Nico Pérez Terrane Río de La Plata Craton Archean inliers U-Pb SHRIMP zircon ages |
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Inglés | |
Universidad de la República | |
COLIBRI | |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/41420 | |
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Licencia Creative Commons Atribución (CC - By 4.0) |
Sumario: | A U-Pb SHRIMP zircon geochronological study was carried out in the Nico Pérez Terrane in the central-eastern portion of Uruguay with the aim of constraining its geological evolution and its cratonic affinity. Nico Pérez Terrane is made up by a mosaic of tectonic blocks with diferente lithologies and sizes. This terrane is limited to the west by the Piedra Alta Terrane through the Sarandí del Yí shear zone, and to the east, is in tectonic contact through the Retamosa thrust with the Dom Feliciano Belt (Brasiliano orogenic cycle). Lithologically, the Nico Pérez Terrane is composed by medium to high grade metamorphic rock contained in three tectonic blocks (Pavas, Valentines and Rivera blocks) represented mainly by granitoids, as well as ortho and parametamorphic rocks, such as amphibolites, metapyroxenites, BIFs, schists, quartzites with fuchsite, among others. Archean inheritance, Rhyacian, Statherian, and Neoproterozoic magmatic ages are reported here. Similar ages, which show Archaean inheritance and Neoproterozoic imprint, reported in units of the Piedra Alta Terrane modify the idea that the Río de La Plata Craton only corresponds to a juvenile Paleoproterozoic tectonic unit. This, together with recently published geophysical information, supports the cratonic affinity of the Nico Pérez Terrane with the Río de La Plata Craton. |
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