Late Mesoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic history of metamorphic basement from the southeastern Chiapas Massif Complex, Mexico, and implications for the evolution of NW Gondwana

Weber, Bodo; González‐Guzmán, Reneé; Manjarrez-Juárez, Román; León, Alejandro Cisneros de; Martens, Uwe; Solari, Luigi; Hecht, Lutz; Valencia, Víctor A.

doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.12.009

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“…Comparison research between the detrital zircon U-Pb dating ages tested in this study with the previously published age data (Cantagrel and Robin 1979;López-Infanzón 1991;Nelson and González-Caver 1992;Ferrari et al 2005;Weber et al 2009Weber et al , 2018Solari et al 2011;Ortega-Obregón et al 2014;Escalona-Alcázar et al 2016;Cisneros de León et al 2017;Wengler et al 2019) Fig. 7 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images showing surface microtextures of detrital zircons from the Palma Sola beach sediments.…”

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“…1 and 2 for locations). a Chiapas Massif Complex (Weber et al 2009(Weber et al , 2018Cisneros de León et al 2017); b Eastern Alkaline Province (Cantagrel and Robin 1979;López-Infanzón 1991;Nelson and González-Caver 1992;Ferrari et al 2005;Solari et al 2011); c Riachuelos beach area (this study); d Oaxacan Complex (Ortega-Obregón et al 2014); e Mesa Central Province (Escalona-Alcázar et al 2016;Wengler et al 2019); f Palma Sola beach area (this study). n = Numbers of zircons…”

Section: Relative Zircon Age Probability Distribution -Cenozoicmentioning

confidence: 71%

“…Textural characteristics and geochemical compositions of beach sediments along the Gulf of Mexico have been studied by some authors (Rosales-Hoz et al 2008;Tapia-Fernandez et al 2017;Hernández-Hinojosa et al 2018;Ramos-Vázquez et al 2018). And many studies have been focussed on the zircon U-Pb ages of volcanic rocks from various terranes in Mexico, like Chiapas, Oaxaca, Zacatecas, and Xolapa, with little consideration to the detrital zircons in beach sediments (Keppie et al 2003;Weber et al 2009Weber et al , 2018Talavera-Mendoza et al 2013;Escalona-Alcázar et al 2016;Cisneros de León et al 2017;Peña-Alonso et al 2017Ramírez-Peña and Chávez-Cabello 2017). Recently, based on the geochemical composition of sandstone and the detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology, Wengler et al (2019) interpreted the provenance of a sedimentary unit in the Mesa Central region, central Mexico.…”

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Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of the Riachuelos and Palma Sola beach sediments, Veracruz State, Gulf of Mexico: a new insight on palaeoenvironment

Armstrong‐Altrin

2020

J. Palaeogeogr.

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Zircons are abundant in the beach sediments. In this study, surface microtexture, mineralogy, bulk sediment geochemistry, trace element composition and U–Pb isotopic geochronology of detrital zircons collected from the Riachuelos and Palma Sola beach areas, southwestern Gulf of Mexico were performed to infer the sediment provenance and palaeoenvironment. The zircon microtexture was categorized as mechanically- and/or chemically-induced features. The weathering index values for the Riachuelos (~ 72–77) and Palma Sola (~ 71–74) beach sediments indicated moderate weathering of both of the two source areas. The major and trace element data of bulk sediments suggested passive margin settings for the two areas. The trace elemental ratios and chondrite-normalized rare earth element (REE) patterns of bulk sediments revealed that the sediments were likely sourced by felsic and intermediate igneous rocks. And the zircon Th/U ratios (mostly more than 0.2) and zircon REE patterns (with negative Eu and positive Ce anomalies) suggested a magmatic origin for both of the beach sediments from these two areas. Two distinct zircon age peaks respectively belonging to the Paleozoic and the Cenozoic were identified both in the Riachuelos and Palma Sola beach sediments. Zircon geochronology comparison research between the Riachuelos–Palma Sola beach sediments and potential source areas in SW Gulf of Mexico revealed that the source terrane supplied the Paleozoic zircons of this study was identified as the Mesa Central Province (MCP), and the Cenozoic zircons were transported from the nearby Eastern Alkaline Province (EAP). Moreover, although the Precambrian zircons were very few in the studied sediments, their geochronology and geochemistry results still could infer that they were contributed by the source terranes of Grenvillian igneous suites in the Oaxaca and the Chiapas Massif Complexes.

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Section: Relative Zircon Age Probability Distribution -Cenozoicmentioning

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Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of the Riachuelos and Palma Sola beach sediments, Veracruz State, Gulf of Mexico: a new insight on palaeoenvironment

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“…(c) Nb/Yb versus Th/Yb log‐log diagram after Pearce (). ([1] Bingen & Demaiffe, ; [2] Keppie et al, ; [3] Weber et al, ; [4] Greenough & Owen, ). (d) 147 Sm/ 144 Nd versus εNd(t) diagram recalculated at 615 Ma.…”

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“…Geological setting. (a) Plate tectonic overview of Central America (modified from Weber et al, ). G = Guichicovi; H = Huiznopala; N = Novillo; OX = Oaxaca; T = El Triunfo basement complexes.…”

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Coeval Early Ediacaran Breakup of Amazonia, Baltica, and Laurentia: Evidence From Micro‐Baddeleyite Dating of Dykes From the Novillo Canyon, Mexico

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Geophysical Research Letters

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Final Rodinia supercontinent breakup during the early Ediacaran is recorded by mafic dyke swarms in Baltica and Laurentia, but corresponding dykes have been elusive for Amazonia, the third craton involved. We report ages and compositions for plume‐related dykes intruded into Rodinia‐type basement of the Novillo Gneiss, part of a microcontinent placed between Amazonia and Baltica in Rodinia reconstructions. In situ U‐Pb micro‐baddeleyite dating with secondary ion mass spectrometry yielded dyke intrusion ages of 619 ± 9 Ma (95% c.i.), coeval with ages of similar dykes from Baltica and Laurentia. A younger age group is consistent with an earlier 40Ar‐39Ar age at ~545 Ma, reflecting Pb loss and recrystallization during hydrothermal alteration. The results indicate an Amazonia‐Baltica‐Laurentia connection prior to opening of the Iapetus Ocean and suggest a previously unrecognized superplume‐related large igneous province extending over all sides of the former triple point. Weathering of these large igneous province basalts may have contributed to Ediacaran Gaskiers glaciation.

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Comment on: “Microtexture and U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircon grains in the Chachalacas beach, Veracruz State, Gulf of Mexico” by Armstrong‐Altrin, J. S., Ramos‐Vázquez, M. A., Hermenegildo‐Ruiz, N. Y., and Madhavaraju, J. (2020). Geological Journal

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Hermenegildo-Ruiz, and Madhavaraju (2020) it is possible to track a wide-ranging record of the most important magmatic and tectonothermal events preserved along NE to SE of Mexico. These zircon-forming events include those responsible for the development of its Proterozoic basement, the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic magmatic arcs, as well as the Cenozoic arc and intraplate magmatism. The proposed sources for the studied zircon crystals are Oaxaquia, Maya Block, the Peregrina-Mochonian arc, the Tamatán Group of the Ciudad Victoria Block, the Nazas Arc, the Cretaceous Mexican Arc, the foreland basins of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Eastern Alkaline Province, and the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.

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Late Mesoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic history of metamorphic basement from the southeastern Chiapas Massif Complex, Mexico, and implications for the evolution of NW Gondwana

Cited by 53 publications

References 81 publications

Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of the Riachuelos and Palma Sola beach sediments, Veracruz State, Gulf of Mexico: a new insight on palaeoenvironment

Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of the Riachuelos and Palma Sola beach sediments, Veracruz State, Gulf of Mexico: a new insight on palaeoenvironment

Coeval Early Ediacaran Breakup of Amazonia, Baltica, and Laurentia: Evidence From Micro‐Baddeleyite Dating of Dykes From the Novillo Canyon, Mexico

Comment on: “Microtexture and U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircon grains in the Chachalacas beach, Veracruz State, Gulf of Mexico” by Armstrong‐Altrin, J. S., Ramos‐Vázquez, M. A., Hermenegildo‐Ruiz, N. Y., and Madhavaraju, J. (2020). Geological Journal

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