Magmatic underplating, metamorphic evolution and ductile shearing in a mesozoic lower crustal-upper mantle unit (Tinaquillo, Venezuela) of the Caribbean belt

Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-58

  Seyler, Monique ^a   Paquette, Jean Louis ^a,b   Ceuleneer, Georges ^a,c   Kienast, Jean Robert ^a,d   Loubet, Michel ^a,d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; MAGMATIC UNDERPLATING; METAMORPHISM; SPINEL LHERZOLITE;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0031776941     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516006     Document Type: Article

References (82)

1. Bartok, P. E.; Renz, O.; and Westermann, G. E. G., 1985, The Siquisique ophiolites, Northern Lara State, Venezuela: A discussion on their Middle Jurassic ammonites and tectonic implications: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 96, p. 1050-1055.
2. Beck, C., 1986, Géologie de la chaîne Caraïbe au méridien de Caracas: Société Géol. du Nord, v. 14, p. 1-449.
3. Bell, T. H., and Etheridge, M. A., 1973, Microstructure of mylonites and their descriptive terminology: Lithos, v. 6, p. 337-348.
4. Bohlen, S. R., and Liotta, J. J., 1986, A barometer for garnet amphibolites and garnet granulites: Jour. Petrology, v. 27, p. 1025-1034.
5. Boulot, G.; Recq M.; et al., 1987, Tectonic denudation of the upper mantle along passive margins: A model based on drilling results (ODP leg 103, wertern Galicia margin, Spain): Tectonophysics, v. 132, p. 335-342.
6. Bonatti, E., and Seyler, M., 1987, Crustal underplating and evolution in the Red Sea Rift: Uplifted gabbro/gneiss crustal complexes on Zabargad and Brothers islands: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 92, p. 12803-12821.
7. Clemens, J. D., and Vielzeuf, D., 1987, Constraints on melting and magma production in the crust: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 86, p. 287-306.
8. Currie, K. L., 1971, The Reaction 3 Cordierite = 2 Garnet + 4 Sillimanite + 5 Quartz as a geological thermometer in the Opinicon Lake region, Ontario: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 33, p. 215-226.
9. DeLong, S. E.; Schwartz, W. M.; and Anderson, R. N., 1979, Thermal effects of ridge subduction: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 44, p. 239-246.
10. Donnelly, T. W.; Beets, D.; Carr, M. J.; Jackson, T.; Klaver, G.; Lewis, J.; Maury, R.; Schellenkens, H.; Smith, A. L.; Wadge, G.; and Westercamp, D., 1990, History and tectonic setting of Caribbean magmatism, in Dengo, G., and Case, J. E., eds., The Geology of North America, The Caribbean Region (Decade of North American Geology, Vol. H): Geol. Soc. America, p. 339-374.
11. Eckert, J. O. J.; Newton, R. C.; and Kleppa, O. J., 1991, DH of reaction and recalibration of garnet-pyroxene-plagioclase-quartz geobarometers in CMAS system by solution calorimetry of stoichiometric mineral mixes: Am. Mineral., v. 76, p. 148-160.
12. Ellis, D. J., and Green, D. H., 1979, An experimental study of the effect of Ca upon garnet-clinopyroxene Fe-Mg exchange equilibria: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 71, p. 13-22.
13. England, P. C., and Thompson, A. B., 1986, Some thermal and tectonic models for crustal melting in continental collision zones, in Coward, M. P., and Ries, A. C., eds., Collision Tectonics: Geol. Soc. London Spec. Pub. 19, p. 83-94.
14. Erlich, R. N., and Barrett, S. F., 1990, Cenozoic plate tectonic history of the northern Venezuela-Trinidad area: Tectonics, v. 9, p. 161-184.
15. Ferry, J. M., and Spear, F. S., 1978, Experimental calibration of the partitioning of Fe and Mg between biotite and garnet: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 66, p. 113-117.
16. Ganguly J., and Saxena, S. K., 1984, Mixing properties of aluminosilicate garnets: Constraints from natural and experimental data and applications to geothermobarometry: Am. Mineral., v. 69, p. 88-97.
17. Gardien, V.; Thompson, A. B.; Grujic, D.; and Ulmer, P., 1995, Experimental melting of biotite + plagioclase + quartz ± muscovite assemblages and implications for crustal melting: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 100, p. 15581-15591.
18. 2: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 87, p. 87-97.
19. 5-quartz: A potential geobarometer-geothermometer: Am. Mineral, v. 7, p. 216-233.
20. Girard, D.; Beck, C.; Stephan, J. F.; Blanchet, R.; and Maury, R., 1982, Pétrologie, géochimie et signification géodynamique de quelques formations volcaniques crétacées péri-caraïbes: Bull. Soc. Géol. Fr., v. 3, p. 535-544.
21. Graham, C. M., and Powell, R., 1984, A garnet-hornblende geothermometer: Calibration, testing, and application to the Pelona Schist, Southern California: Jour. Metamor. Geol., v. 2, p. 13-21.
22. Green, D. H., 1963, Alumina content of enstatite in a Venezuelan high-temperature peridotite: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 74, p. 1397-1402.
23. Green, D. H., and Ringwood, E., 1972, A comparison of recent experimental data on the gabbro-garnet granulite-eclogite transition: Jour. Geology, v. 80, p. 277-288.
24. Green, T. H., 1970, High pressure experimental studies on the mineralogical constitution of the lower crust: Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, v. 3, p. 441-450.
25. Harley, S. L., 1984, An experimental study of the partitioning of Fe and Mg between garnet and orthopyroxene: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 86, p. 359-373.
26. 2: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 42, p. 945-957.
27. Holdaway, M. J., 1971, Stability of andalusite and the aluminium silicate phase diagram: Am. Jour. Sci., v. 271, p. 97-131.
28. 5 triple point at Mt. Moosilauke, New Hampshire: Am. Mineral., v. 67, p. 1118-1134.
29. Holland, T. J. B., and Blundy, J., 1994, Non-ideal interactions in calcic amphiboles and their bearing on amphibole-plagioclase thermometry: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 116, p. 433-447.
30. 2: Jour. Metamor. Geol., v. 8, p. 89-124.
31. Irving, A. J., 1974, Geochemical and high pressure experimental studies of garnet pyroxenite and pyroxene granulite xenolithes from the Delegate Basaltic Pipes, Australia: Jour. Petrol., v. 15, p. 1-40.
32. Ito, K., and Kennedy, G. C., 1968, Melting and phase relations in the place tholeiitelherzolite-nepheline basanite to 40 kb with geological implications: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 19, p. 177-211.
33. Ji, S.; Mainprice, D.; and Boudier, F., 1988, Sense of shear in high-temperature movement zones from the fabric asymmetry of plagioclase feldspars: Jour. Struct. Geol., v. 10, p. 73-81.
34. Kerr, A. C.; Tarney, J.; Marriner, G. F.; Nivia, A.; Klaver, G. T.; and Saunders, A. D., 1996, The geochemistry and tectonic setting of late Cretaceous Caribbean and Colombian volcanism: Jour. South Am. Earth Sci., v. 9, p. 111-120.
35. Krogh, T. E., 1973, A low contamination method for decomposition of zircon and the extraction of U and Pb for isotopic age determinations: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 37, p. 485-494.
36. _, 1982, Improved accuracy of U-Pb zircon ages by the creation of more concordant systems using an air abrasion technique: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 46, p. 636-649.
37. Lar, A. U., 1992, Etude Géochimique de Massifs Basiques et Ultrabasiques (Apa, Todasana, Tinaquillo) de la Chaîne Tertiaire Caraïbe du Venezuela: Genèse de magmas mantelliques et interaction Manteau-Croûte: Unpub. PhD. Dissertation, Univ. Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, 232 p.
38. Le Breton, N., and Thompson, A. B., 1988, Fluid-absent (dehydration) melting of biotite in metapelites in the early stages of crustal anatexis: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 99, p 226-237.
39. Loubet, M.; Montigny, R.; Chahati, B.; Duarte, N.; Lambret, B.; Martin, C.; and Thuizat, R., 1985, Geochemical and geochronological constraints on the geodynamical development of the Caribbean chain of Venezuela, in Géodynamique des Caraïbes (BRGM-CNRS, ed.): Paris, Technip, p. 553-566.
40. Lucassen, F., and Franz, G., 1996, Magmatic arc metamorphism: Petrology and temperature history of metabasic rocks in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile: Jour. Metamor. Geol., v. 14, p. 249-265.
41. Ludwig, K. R., 1994, Isoplot: a plotting and regression program for radiogenic isotope data, version 2.71: U.S. Geol. Survey Open-file Rept. 91-445, 44 p.
42. MacKenzie, D. B., 1960, High-temperature alpine-type peridotite from Venezuela: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 71, p. 303-318.
43. Maresch, W. V., 1974, Plate tectonics origin of the Caribbean mountain system of northern South America: Discussion and proposal: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 85, p. 669-682.
44. Mattson, P. H., 1985, Ultramafic and gabbroic rocks of Venezuela as possible ophiolites: Tinaquillo Peridotite Complex: Cuarto Congr. Geol. Venez. Mem. (Trans.) 4, p. 2514-2539.
45. Menendez, V. de V. A., 1965, Geologia del area de El Tinaco, centro norte des estado Cojedes, Venezuela: Bolotin de Geologia (Caracas), v. 12, p. 417-543.
46. Menzies, M. A., and Dupuy, C., 1991, Orogenic massifs: Protoliths, process, and provenance: Jour. Petrol. (Spec. Lherzolites Issue), p. 1-16.
47. Newton, R. C., and Haselton, H. T., 1981, Thermodynamics of the garnet-plagioclase-A12SiO5-quartz geobarometer, in Newton, R. C.; Navrotsky, A.; and Wood, B. J., eds., Thermodynamics of Minerals and Melts: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 131-147.
48. Newton, R. C., and Perkins, D. I., 1982, Thermodynamic calibration of geobarometers based on the assemblages garnet-plagioclase-orthopyroxene (clinopyroxene)-quartz: Am. Mineral., v. 67, p. 203-222.
49. Ostos, M., 1990, Evolucion tectonica del margen sur-central des Caribe basado en datos geoquimicos: GEOS, Universidad Central Venezuela, v. 30, p. 1-294.
50. Paquette, J. L.; Menot, R. P.; and Peucat, J. J., 1989, REE, Sm-Nd, and U-Pb zircon study of eclogites from the Alpine external massifs (Western Alps): Evidence for crustal contamination: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 96, p. 181-198.
51. _; Nédélec, A.; Moine, B.; and Rakotondrazafy, M., 1994, U-Pb, single zircon evaporation, and Sm-Nd isotopic study of a granulite domain in SE Madagascar: Jour. Geology, v. 102, p. 523-538.
52. Parrish, R. L., 1987, An improved micro-capsule for zircon dissolution in U-Pb geochronology: Chem. Geol. (Isot. Geosci. Sec.), v. 66, p. 99-102.
53. Pattison, D. R. M., 1991, Infiltration-driven dehydration and anatexis in granulite facies metagabbro, Grenville Province, Ontario, Canada: Jour. Metamor. Geol., v. 9, p. 315-332.
54. Perchuk, L. L., and Lavrent'eva, I. V., 1983, Experimental investigation of exchange equilibria in the system cordierite-garnet-biotite, in Saxena, S. K., ed., Kinetics and equilibrium in mineral reactions: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 119-239.
55. Quick, J. E., 1992, Synmagmatic deformation in the underplated igneous complex of the Ivrea-Verbano zone: Geology, v. 20, p. 613-616.
56. _, and Denlinger, R. P., 1993, Ductile deformation and the origin of layered gabbro in ophiolites: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 98, p. 14,015-14,027.
57. _; Sinigoi, S.; and Mayer, A., 1995, Emplacement dynamics of a large mafic intrusion in the lower crust, Ivrea-Verbano Zone, northern Italy: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 99, p. 21,559-21,573.
58. Rivalenti, G.; Rossi, A.; Siena, F.; and Sinigoi, S., 1984, The layered series of the Ivrea-Verbano igneous complex, Western Alps, Italy: Tschermaks Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., v. 33, p. 77-99.
59. Ross, M. I., and Scotese, C. R., 1988, A hierarchical tectonic model of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean region: Tectonophysics, v. 155, p. 139-168.
60. Sandiford, M., and Powell, R., 1986, Deep crustal metamorphism during continental extension: Modern and ancient examples: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 79, p. 151-158.
61. Sen, S. K., and Bhattacharaya, A., 1984, An orthopyroxene-garnet thermometer and its application to the Madras charnockites: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 88, p. 64-71.
62. _, and Jones, R., 1989, Experimental equilibration of multicomponent pyroxenes in the spinel peridotite field: Implications for practical thermometers and a possible barometer: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 94, p. 17,871-17,880.
63. Seyler, M., and Bonatti, E., 1988, Petrology of a gneiss-amphibolite lower crustal unit from Zabargad Island, Red Sea: Tectonophysics, v. 150, p. 177-207.
64. _, and Mattson, P. H., 1989, Petrology and thermal evolution of the Tinaquillo peridotite (Venezuela): four. Geophys. Res., v. 94, p. 7629-7660.
65. _, and _, 1993, Gabbroic and pyroxenite layers in the Tinaquillo, Venezuela, peridotite: Succession of melt intrusions in a rising mantle diapir: Jour. Geology, v. 101, p. 501-511.
66. Spear, F. S., 1993, Metamorphic phase equilibria and pressure-temperature-time paths: Mineral. Soc. America Mon. 799 p.
67. Stracey, J. S., and Kramers, J. D., 1975, Approximation of terrestrial lead isotope evolution by a two-stage model: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett, v. 26, p. 207-221.
68. Steiger, R. H., and Jäger, E., 1977, Subcommission on geochronology: Convention to use of decay constants in geo and cosmochronology: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 36, p. 359-362.
69. Stephan, J. F.; Beck, C.; Bellizia, A.; and Blanchet, R., 1990, La Chaîne Caraïbe du Pacifique à l'Atlantique, in Géologie des chaînes alpines issues de la Téthys: Paris, BRGM, 26th Int. Geol. Congress, colloque C5, p. 38-39.
70. Stöckhert, B.; Maresch, W. V.; Brix, M.; Kaiser, C.,-Toetz, A.; Kluge, R.; and Krückhans-Lueder, G., 1995, Crustal history of Margarita Island (Venezuela) in detail: Constraint on the Caribbean plate-tectonic scenario: Geology, v. 23, p. 787-790.
71. Stornier, J. C. J., and Whitney, J. A., 1977, Two-feldspar geothermometry in granulite facies metamorphic rocks: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 65, p. 123-133.
72. Thorkelson, D. J., 1996, Subduction of diverging plates and the principles of slab window formation: Tectonophysics, v. 255, p. 47-63.
73. _, and Taylor, R. P., 1989, Cordilleran slab windows: Geology, v. 17, p. 833-836.
74. Turner, S., and Hawkesworth, C., 1995, The nature of the sub-continental mantle: Constraints from major-element composition of continental flood basalts: Chem. Geol., v. 120, p. 295-314.
75. Vielzeuf, D., and Montel, J. M., 1994, Partial melting of metagreywackes. Part I. Fluid-absent experiments and phase relationships: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 117, p. 375-393.
76. Wass, S. Y., 1973, Plagioclase-spinel intergrowths in alkali basaltic rocks from the Southern Highlands, NSW: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 38, p. 167-175.
77. Waters, D. J., 1988, Partial melting and the formation of granulite facies assemblages in Namaqualand, South Africa: Jour. Metamor. Geol., v. 6, p. 387-404.
78. Wells, P. R. A., 1977, Pyroxene thermometry in simple and complex systems: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol, v. 62, p. 129-139.
79. _, 1980, Thermal models for the magmatic accretion and subsequent metamorphism of continental crust: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 46, p. 253-265.
80. Whitney, P. R., 1972, Spinel inclusions in plagioclase of metagabbros of the Adirondack Mts, N.Y.: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 57, p. 1429-1436.
81. Winkler, H. G. F., 1976, Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks: Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 334 p.
82. Wolf, M. B., and Wyllie, P. J., 1995, Liquid segregation parameters from amphibolite dehydration melting experiments: four. Geophys. Res., v. 100, p. 15,611-15,621.