Mechanics of thick-skinned Variscan overprinting of Cadomian basement (Iberian Variscides)

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2009

Autores

Antonio Ribeiro (Autor) Outra; Jose Munha (Autor) Outra; Antonio Mateus (Autor) Outra; Paulo Fonseca (Autor) Outra; Eurico Pereira (Autor) Outra; Fernando Noronha (Autor) FCUP; Jose Romao (Autor) Outra; Jose Rodrigues (Autor) Outra; Paulo Castro (Autor) Outra; Carlos Meireles (Autor) Outra; Narciso Ferreira (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Vol. 341

Páginas: 127-139

ISSN: 1631-0713

Editora: Academie des Sciences

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 7 Citações

Scopus - 11 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências exactas e naturais > Ciências da terra e ciências do ambiente

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-003-NCC

DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.12.003

Abstract (EN): Remnants of the Cadomian basement can be found in the Iberian Variscides (IBVA) in several key sectors of its autochthonous units (composed of Neoproterozoic to Lower Palaeozoic metasedimentary sequences) and within the Continental Allochthonous Terrane (CAT). Comprehensive characterization of these critical exposures shows that the prevailing features are related to major geological events dated within the age range of 620-540 Ma. Indeed, near the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary, the IBVA Internal Zones experienced pervasive basement thinning and cover thickening, reflecting diffusive displacement of intracratonic rifting that continued until Lower Devonian times. In the thick-skinned Internal Zones, Helvetic/Penninic style nappes were generated, whereas flower upright axial structures developed along transpressive, intraplate shear zones. These features contrast with those preserved in the thin-skinned IBVA External Zones, dominated by decollements above (un-)deformed Palaeozoic and Cadomian basement. The inferred attenuation of rheological contrast between Cadomian basement and Palaeozoic cover can be explained by inherited fabrics due to thermal softening operated during the Cambrian-Lower Devonian extensional regime. Deeper decollements (and subsequent strain partitioning) are also expected to develop at the upper-lower crust (and at the Moho?) transition, as imaged by the available seismic profiling and MT surveys. The whole data implies a significant discontinuity between Cadomian and Variscan Cycles that should have constrained subsequent lithospheric evolution. To cite this article: A. Ribeiro et al., C. R. Geoscience 341 (2009).

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 13