Further evidence of widespread permian remagnetization in the North Patagonian massif, Argentina

A paleomagnetic study on accurately dated (472-476. Ma) Early Ordovician undeformed granitoids exposed in the northeastern margin of the North Patagonian massif (41.5°S, 65.0°W) was carried out, with the main goal of comparing the Early Ordovician paleogeographic position of Patagonia relative to Go...

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Autores principales:	Tomezzoli, Renata Nela, Rapalini, Augusto Ernesto, Martinez Dopico, Carmen Irene
Publicado:	2013
Materias:	Gondwana Paleomagnetism Paleozoic Pangea Patagonia
Acceso en línea:	https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1342937X_v24_n1_p192_Tomezzoli http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_1342937X_v24_n1_p192_Tomezzoli
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spelling	paper:paper_1342937X_v24_n1_p192_Tomezzoli2023-06-08T16:10:33Z Further evidence of widespread permian remagnetization in the North Patagonian massif, Argentina Tomezzoli, Renata Nela Rapalini, Augusto Ernesto Martinez Dopico, Carmen Irene Gondwana Paleomagnetism Paleozoic Pangea Patagonia A paleomagnetic study on accurately dated (472-476. Ma) Early Ordovician undeformed granitoids exposed in the northeastern margin of the North Patagonian massif (41.5°S, 65.0°W) was carried out, with the main goal of comparing the Early Ordovician paleogeographic position of Patagonia relative to Gondwana. About one hundred specimens were processed, from ten sites on the granitoids plus two sites on the quartzites and sandstones of the unconformably overlying Early Devonian Sierra Grande Formation. Seven out of the twelve sites, all in the granitoids, provided consistent directions of a characteristic remanent magnetization. Structural correction of paleomagnetic data from plutons could only be applied at a few sites, from bedding attitudes of overlying Devonian or Tertiary sedimentary rocks. The paleomagnetic study failed to recover the primary remanence. Thermal demagnetization isolated a reversed magnetic component with high unblocking temperatures. Magnetic properties and petrographic analyses suggest that remagnetization is carried by secondary magnetic minerals that grew from circulating high temperature fluids inferred from the pervasive to localized hydrothermal alteration. This led to the formation of magnetite and/or hematite after biotite. A paleomagnetic pole (PP) was computed from the mean site directions. The position of this PP (011°E, 65.0°S; A95=12°, K=24.5) on the apparent polar wander path of South America suggests that this magnetization was probably acquired during the Early Permian. Syntectonic remagnetization during Permian times has been reported for sandstones of the lower member of the Devonian Sierra Grande Formation at nearby outcrops. Our data suggest that the remagnetization was pervasive and affected the Ordovician granitoids as well. Many South American Permian paleomagnetic poles have been derived from syn- to postectonic magnetizations along the southwestern Gondwana margin, from the Argentine Precordillera to the Sierras Australes belt and related to the ca. 290-270. Ma San Rafael tectonic phase. Slightly younger remagnetizations have been found affecting sedimentary rocks exposed in the foreland both in Argentina and Uruguay, suggesting a migration of the remagnetization front towards the North-Northeast. The similarity of the position of our new remagnetized pole from the North Patagonian massif to those from units in southern Gondwana confirms that Patagonia was already part of Gondwana by the Early Permian. Whether the remagnetization of the Ordovician granitoids is associated to the widespread and well dated in 290-280. Ma magmatism that affected the northern Patagonia and a major part of southwestern Gondwana during the Permian or can be attributed to tectonic processes associated to the collision of Patagonia, or post-collision adjustment of minor plates, is discussed. © 2012 International Association for Gondwana Research. Fil:Tomezzoli, R.N. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Rapalini, A.E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Martínez Dopico, C. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2013 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1342937X_v24_n1_p192_Tomezzoli http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_1342937X_v24_n1_p192_Tomezzoli
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topic	Gondwana Paleomagnetism Paleozoic Pangea Patagonia
spellingShingle	Gondwana Paleomagnetism Paleozoic Pangea Patagonia Tomezzoli, Renata Nela Rapalini, Augusto Ernesto Martinez Dopico, Carmen Irene Further evidence of widespread permian remagnetization in the North Patagonian massif, Argentina
topic_facet	Gondwana Paleomagnetism Paleozoic Pangea Patagonia
description	A paleomagnetic study on accurately dated (472-476. Ma) Early Ordovician undeformed granitoids exposed in the northeastern margin of the North Patagonian massif (41.5°S, 65.0°W) was carried out, with the main goal of comparing the Early Ordovician paleogeographic position of Patagonia relative to Gondwana. About one hundred specimens were processed, from ten sites on the granitoids plus two sites on the quartzites and sandstones of the unconformably overlying Early Devonian Sierra Grande Formation. Seven out of the twelve sites, all in the granitoids, provided consistent directions of a characteristic remanent magnetization. Structural correction of paleomagnetic data from plutons could only be applied at a few sites, from bedding attitudes of overlying Devonian or Tertiary sedimentary rocks. The paleomagnetic study failed to recover the primary remanence. Thermal demagnetization isolated a reversed magnetic component with high unblocking temperatures. Magnetic properties and petrographic analyses suggest that remagnetization is carried by secondary magnetic minerals that grew from circulating high temperature fluids inferred from the pervasive to localized hydrothermal alteration. This led to the formation of magnetite and/or hematite after biotite. A paleomagnetic pole (PP) was computed from the mean site directions. The position of this PP (011°E, 65.0°S; A95=12°, K=24.5) on the apparent polar wander path of South America suggests that this magnetization was probably acquired during the Early Permian. Syntectonic remagnetization during Permian times has been reported for sandstones of the lower member of the Devonian Sierra Grande Formation at nearby outcrops. Our data suggest that the remagnetization was pervasive and affected the Ordovician granitoids as well. Many South American Permian paleomagnetic poles have been derived from syn- to postectonic magnetizations along the southwestern Gondwana margin, from the Argentine Precordillera to the Sierras Australes belt and related to the ca. 290-270. Ma San Rafael tectonic phase. Slightly younger remagnetizations have been found affecting sedimentary rocks exposed in the foreland both in Argentina and Uruguay, suggesting a migration of the remagnetization front towards the North-Northeast. The similarity of the position of our new remagnetized pole from the North Patagonian massif to those from units in southern Gondwana confirms that Patagonia was already part of Gondwana by the Early Permian. Whether the remagnetization of the Ordovician granitoids is associated to the widespread and well dated in 290-280. Ma magmatism that affected the northern Patagonia and a major part of southwestern Gondwana during the Permian or can be attributed to tectonic processes associated to the collision of Patagonia, or post-collision adjustment of minor plates, is discussed. © 2012 International Association for Gondwana Research.
author	Tomezzoli, Renata Nela Rapalini, Augusto Ernesto Martinez Dopico, Carmen Irene
author_facet	Tomezzoli, Renata Nela Rapalini, Augusto Ernesto Martinez Dopico, Carmen Irene
author_sort	Tomezzoli, Renata Nela
title	Further evidence of widespread permian remagnetization in the North Patagonian massif, Argentina
title_short	Further evidence of widespread permian remagnetization in the North Patagonian massif, Argentina
title_full	Further evidence of widespread permian remagnetization in the North Patagonian massif, Argentina
title_fullStr	Further evidence of widespread permian remagnetization in the North Patagonian massif, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed	Further evidence of widespread permian remagnetization in the North Patagonian massif, Argentina
title_sort	further evidence of widespread permian remagnetization in the north patagonian massif, argentina
publishDate	2013
url	https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1342937X_v24_n1_p192_Tomezzoli http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_1342937X_v24_n1_p192_Tomezzoli
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Further evidence of widespread permian remagnetization in the North Patagonian massif, Argentina

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