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- Bispo-Santos, Franklin, et al.
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Columbia revisited : paleomagnetic results from the 1790 Ma colider volcanics (SW Amazonian Craton, Brazil)
- 2008
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Ingår i: Precambrian Research. - : Elsevier BV. - 0301-9268 .- 1872-7433. ; 164:1-2, s. 40-49
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In an attempt to improve our understanding of the Paleoproterozoic geodynamic evolution, a paleomagnetic study was performed on 10 sites of acid volcanic rocks of the Colider Suite, southwestern Amazonian Craton. These rocks have a well-dated zircon U-Pb mean age of 1789 +/- 7 Ma. Alternating field and thermal demagnetization revealed northern (southern) directions with moderate to high upward (downward) inclinations. Rock magnetism experiments and magnetic mineralogy show that this characteristic magnetization is carried by Ti-poor magnetite or by hematite that replaces magnetite by late-magmatic cleuteric alteration. Both magnetite and hematite carry the same characteristic component. The mean direction (Dm = 183.0 degrees, Im = 53.5 degrees, N = 10, alpha(95) = 9.8 degrees, K = 25.2) yielded a paleomagnetic pole located at 298.8 degrees E, 63.3 degrees S (alpha(95) = 10.2 degrees, K = 23.6), which is classified with a quality factor Q = 5. Paleogeographic reconstructions using this pole and other reliable Paleoproterozoic poles suggest that Laurentia, Baltica, North China Craton and Amazonian Craton were located in laterally contiguous positions forming a large continental mass at 1790 Ma ago. This is reinforced by geological evidence which support the existence of the supercontinent Columbia in Paleoproterozoic times.
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- Bispo-Santos, F., et al.
(författare)
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Paleomagnetism of paleoproterozoic mafic and felsic volcanic rocks of the Rio Negro-Juruena Province, Southwestern Amazonian Craton, Brazil
- 2007
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Several paleogeographic configurations for the Amazonian Craton have been suggested along its geological history. Paleomagnetic tests for suggested configurations are however restricted due to very sparce and low quality paleomagnetic data, especially for Paleoproterozoic. In an attempt to improve our understanding of the geodynamic evolution, a paleomagnetic study was performed on felsic volcanic rocks of the Colider Suite, and associated mafic rocks in the Rio Negro-Juruena Province, southwestern Amazonian Craton. These rocks have well dated zircon U-Pb ages between 1.80-1.78 Ga. Very stable northern (southern) directions with moderate to steep negative (positive) inclinations were isolated during AF and thermal demagnetization. Rock magnetism experiments show that the magnetization, which is probably of primary origin, in the felsic rocks is carried by hematite and in the mafic rocks by Ti-poor titanomagnetite. A preliminary mean direction (D=187.4°, I=50.9°, N=16, A95=11.3°, K=11.7) yield a paleomagnetic pole located at 289.4°E, 65.4°S (A95=12.9°), which is classified with quality factor of Q=5. Paleogeographic reconstructions using key Paleoproterozoic poles suggest that Laurentia, Baltica, North China, and Amazonian Craton were located in laterally contiguous positions forming a large continental mass at 1.83-1.77 Ga ago.
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- D'Agrella-Filho, Manoel S., et al.
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Direct dating of paleomagnetic results from Precambrian sediments in the Amazon craton : Evidence for Grenvillian emplacement of exotic crust in SE Appalachians of North America
- 2008
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Ingår i: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. - : Elsevier BV. - 0012-821X .- 1385-013X. ; 267:1-2, s. 188-199
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We apply a new diagenetic dating technique to determine the age of magnetization for Precambrian sedimentary rocks in the SW Amazon craton. Two new palcomagnetic poles are reported from the rocks of the Aguapei Gp.: red beds of the Fortuna Fm. (P-lat = 59.8 degrees N, P-lon = 155.9 degrees E, A(95)=9.5, K= 14, 18 sites, N/n 128/115, Q=5) and the reverse-polarity mudstones of the overlying Vale da Promissao Formation (P-lat=49.5 degrees N, P-lon = 89.3 degrees E, A(95) = 12.5, K=30, 6 sites, N/n=94/80, Q=4). The Fortuna Fm. magnetization is hosted by massive, interstitial hematite cement and constitutes a post-depositional remanence. The age of diagenesis of the red beds is well-constrained by the 1149 +/- 7 Ma U-Pb age of authigenic xenotime rims on detrital zircons determined by SHRIMP analysis. The magnetite-hosted remanence of the Vale da Promissao Fm. may be detrital in origin, but the age of deposition is poorly constrained. The reliable and precisely-dated Fortuna Fun. pateomagnetic pole fixes the paleogeographic position of the Amazon craton near the SE Appalachians portion of North America at 1.15 Ga. These data demonstrate a mobile Grenvillian link between these two cratons, and support the recent identification of Amazon crust in the Blue Ridge province region of North America
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- D'Agrella-Filho, Manoel Souza, et al.
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Proterozoic paleogeographic evolution of South American cratons
- 2008
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The South American platform is composed of four major cratons (Amazonian, São Francisco, Rio de la Plata and São Luis) and other smaller continental blocks and terrains that may have taken part in supercontinental assemblages. Here, paleogeographic configurations from the Paleoproterozoic up to the Cambrian are tested by means of an updated paleomagnetic and geochronologic record of South America, including new high-quality poles from the Amazonian and São Francisco cratons. These poles are compared to those of other cratons thought to have interacted with South American units in the Proterozoic, such as Baltica and Laurentia. The oldest assemblage of continents to be addressed is the Paleoproterozoic Columbia (~1800 Ma), for which our data support a configuration aligning Laurentia, Baltica, North China and Amazonia through their Paleo-Mesoproterozoic belts. For Neoproterozoic times (~1200-1000 Ma) a connection between Laurentia and the Amazonian craton in an evolving configuration (with relative movement between the two units) is supported by a pole-to-pole comparison. In contrast, striking differences in Laurentia's drift history compared to São Francisco, São Luis (=West Africa) and Kalahari rule-out the effective participation of these cratons in Rodinia. The assembly of Gondwana has probably occurred in different steps, comprising first (~630 Ma) the connection between Sao Francisco, Rio de la Plata, other minor blocks and the African cratons, followed by the collision of these central Gondwanan blocks with the Amazonian craton and adjoining blocks by mid-Cambrian times (~530 Ma), after the opening of the Iapetus ocean basin between Laurentia and the Amazonian craton. In this scenario, the West Gondwana was not a coherent tectonic unit before the end of Precambrian times.
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- Donadini, Fabio, et al.
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Paleointensity results from the 1.7 GA old hoting Gabbro, Sweden
- 2009
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Complete text of publication follows. The Hoting Gabbro is located in the western part of the Central Svecofennian Subprovince, and dates about 1.786+-0.010 Ga. In the Hoting area, dykes intruded at around 1.6 Ga, and partly remagnetized the gabbros. Previous paleomagnetic and geochemical studies indicated that the stable characteristic remanent magnetization was acquired at about 1.7 Ga, when the slow cooling of the gabbro is taken into account. Preliminary palaeointensity studies from gabbros in the Hoting area suggested a very low field of about 5.8+-1.9 muT. Unfortunately, at that stage, only two sites out of nine yielded results. During 2008, we sampled seven sites from the Hoting area in order to perform new palaeointensity experiments. At Scripps, we applied the IZZI method on 60 specimens, and 39 yielded reliable results varying between 3 and 20 muT, and confirm the previous low results. Low field values have been associated with oxyexolution processes that might bias the palaeointensity result towards low values, and so we are currently investigating the mineralogy of the samples with SEM analyses. We will present the details of the palaeointensity and mineralogical results, and infer the evolution of the geomagnetic field during Precambrian.
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- Edfelt, Åsa, et al.
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Stratigraphy and tectonic setting of the host rocks to the Tjårrojåkka Fe-oxide Cu-Au deposits, Kiruna area, northern Sweden
- 2006
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Ingår i: GFF. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1103-5897 .- 2000-0863. ; 128:3, s. 221-232
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Tjårrojåkka area is located about 50 km WSW of Kiruna, northern Sweden, and hosts one of the best examples of spatially and possibly genetically related Fe-oxide and Cu-Au occurrences in the area. The bedrock is dominated by intermediate and basic extrusive and intrusive rocks. An andesite constrains the ages of these rocks with a U-Pb LA-ICPMS age of 1878±7 Ma. They are cut by dolerites, which acted as feeder dykes for the overlying basalts. Based on geochemistry and the obtained age the andesites and basaltic andesites can be correlated with the 1.9 Ga intermediate volcanic rocks of the Svecofennian Porphyrite Group in northern Sweden. They formed during subduction-related magmatism in a volcanic arc environment on the Archaean continental margin above the Kiruna Greenstone Group. Chemically the basalts and associated dolerites have the same signature, but cannot directly be related to any known basaltic unit in northern Sweden. The basalts show only minor contamination of continental crust and may represent a local extensional event in a subaquatic back arc setting with extrusion of mantle derived magma. The intrusive rocks range from gabbro to quartz-monzodiorite in composition. The area is metamorphosed at epidote-amphibolite facies and has been affected by scapolite, K-feldspar, epidote, and albite alteration that is more intense in the vicinity of deformation zones and mineral deposits. Three events of deformation have been distinguished in the area. D1 brittle-ductile deformation created NE-SW-striking steep foliation corresponding with the strike of the Tjårrojåkka-Fe and Cu deposits and was followed by the development of an E-W deformation zone (D2). A compressional event (D3), possible involving thrusting from the SW, produced folds in the central part of the area and a NNW-SSE striking deformation zone in NE.
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- Elming, Sten-åke, et al.
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A palaeomagnetic and Ar-40/Ar-39 study of late precambrian sills in the SW part of the Amazonian craton: Amazonia in the Rodinia reconstruction
- 2009
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Ingår i: Geophysical Journal International. - 0956-540X .- 1365-246X. ; 178:1, s. 106-122
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- A new key palaeomagnetic pole (Plat. = 64.3 degrees S, Plon. = 271.0 degrees E, N = 14, A(95) = 9.2 degrees; Q = 5) is calculated from a primary magnetization isolated in early Neoproterozoic Aguapei basic sills and dykes hosted by 1.3-1.0 Ga sedimentary rocks from the southwestern part of the Amazon craton. The characteristic remanence carried by stable, pseudo-single domain titanomagnetite shows two antipodal polarities that pass a reversals test. Magnetic anisotropy for most sites shows fabric orientations that are typical of sills, with horizontal magnetic foliations concordant to the flat-lying bedding of the host sedimentary rocks. Ar-40/Ar-39 analyses for one of the sills reveal a well-defined plateau age at 981 +/- 2 Myr. A tectonic reconstruction for Amazonia relative Laurentia based on this new pole 'is consistent with' a position of the present northwestern part of Amazonia attached with eastern Laurentia close to Greenland at ca. 981 Ma. On basis of palaeomagnetic and geological data, we propose a scenario where Amazonia moved northeastwards along the present southeast coast of Laurentia from ca. 1200 to 980 Ma. By 980 Ma, Amazonia is placed alongside Laurentia and Baltica, in a position similar to other reconstructions of Rodinia but with a significantly different orientation.
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- Elming, Sten-åke, et al.
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A palaeomagnetic study of Mesoproterozoic basic dykes from the Ukrainian Shield and the amalgamation of the shield with Fennoscandia
- 2005
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Ingår i: "Dyke swarms - time markers of crustal evolution". - Espoo : Geological Survey of Finland. - 9516909264 ; , s. 12-
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- A palaeomagnetic study has been performed on Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic basic intrusions from three crustal blocks of the Ukrainian Shield. At least three different generations of dykes has been identified and positive field tests can be demonstrated for some of them. A sequence of 2.1 to 1.72 Ga apparent polar wander has been defined on basis of the new palaeomagnetic and Ar/Ar data presented here and on basis of old data from anorthosites. The calculated poles are significantly different from poles of similar age from the Fennoscandian Shield. Although the poles are not perfectly coeval the tectonic reconstructions demonstrate that the Ukrainian Shield collided with Fennoscandia at 1.80-1.85 Ga and then rotated some 45° into its present relative position.
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- Elming, Sten-åke
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Basic dykes and dyke swarms in central and northern Sweden and the plate tectonic evolution of Fennoscandia : palaeomagnetic and Ar39/Ar40 studies
- 2005
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Ingår i: "Dyke swarms - time markers of crustal evolution". - Espoo : Geological Survey of Finland. - 9516909264 ; , s. 11-
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Palaeomagnetic and Ar39/Ar40 studies have been performed on basic dykes and dyke swarms in central and northern Sweden. At least five different generations of dykes have been defined and will be discussed in a plate tectonic context. Reliable palaeomagnetic data have been obtained from a big gabbro diabase and a geographically related dyke swarm in the northern part of Sweden from which poles similar to those calculated from Svecofennian gabbros (ca 1.86 Ga) are defined. In another swarm of palaeomagnetically similar age, just north of the Skellefte district, partially remagnetized dykes indicate a possible Subjotnian or Caledonian regional remagnetization. The dykes are younger when moving towards the south and in the central part there is a significant dyke swarm with at least two generations of dykes (ca. 1.7 and 1.6 Ga, respectively), one of which is related with rapakivi magmatism. Palaeomagnetic and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) data from the huge ca 1.25 Ga sill complexes in central Sweden and western Finland and from basic intrusions in Greenland suggest that Baltica and Laurentia were joined at that time. The similar stress field as indicated by the AMS data and the tensional regime reflected by the sill complexes is interpreted related to the break up of Baltica from Laurentia. New data from ca 1.1 Ga dykes in central Sweden confirms a clockwise rotation of Fennoscandia between 1.25 and 1.1 Ga, a rotation that is not seen for Laurentia.
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