Review of Geochronologic and Geochemical Data of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc and Implications for the Evolution of Oceanic Arcs

The Greater Antilles islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Jamaica plus the Virgin Islands host fragments of the fossil convergent margin that records Cretaceous subduction (operated for about 90 m.y.) of the American plates beneath the Caribbean plate and ensuing arc-continent collision in L...

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Autores: Hu, H. Y., Stern, R. J., Rojas Agramonte, Yamirka, García-Casco, Antonio
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Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palabra clave:Caribbean Large Igneous Province
Geochemical data
Geochronological data
Greater Antilles Arc
Intra-oceanic convergent margin
Subduction zone
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spelling Review of Geochronologic and Geochemical Data of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc and Implications for the Evolution of Oceanic ArcsHu, H. Y.Stern, R. J.Rojas Agramonte, YamirkaGarcía-Casco, AntonioCaribbean Large Igneous ProvinceGeochemical dataGeochronological dataGreater Antilles ArcIntra-oceanic convergent marginSubduction zoneThe Greater Antilles islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Jamaica plus the Virgin Islands host fragments of the fossil convergent margin that records Cretaceous subduction (operated for about 90 m.y.) of the American plates beneath the Caribbean plate and ensuing arc-continent collision in Late Cretaceous-Eocene time. The “soft” collision between the Greater Antilles Arc (GAA) and the Bahamas platform (and the margin of the Maya Block in western Cuba) preserved much of the convergent margin. This fossil geosystem represents an excellent natural laboratory for studying the formation and evolution of an intra-oceanic convergent margin. We compiled geochronologic (664 ages) and geochemical data (more than 1,500 analyses) for GAA igneous and metamorphic rocks. The data was classified with a simple fourfold subdivision: fore-arc mélange, fore-arc ophiolite, magmatic arc, and retro-arc to inspect the evolution of GAA through its entire lifespan. The onset of subduction recorded by fore-arc units, together with the oldest magmatic arc sequence shows that the GAA started in Early Cretaceous time and ceased in Paleogene time. The arc was locally affected (retro-arc region in Hispaniola) by the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP) in Early Cretaceous and strongly in Late Cretaceous time. Despite multiple biases in the database presented here, this work is intended to help overcome some of the obstacles and motivate systematic study of the GAA. Our results encourage exploration of offshore regions, especially in the east where the forearc is submerged. Offshore explorations are also encouraged in the south, to investigate relations with the CLIP.The authors greatly appreciate Javier Escuder Viruete and two anonymous reviewers with many constructive suggestions that helped we improve the manuscript. Haoyu Hu acknowledges support by Federal State Funding at Kiel University while Yamirka Rojas‐Agramonte acknowledges support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) grant RO4174/3‐3 and Antonio Garcia‐Casco acknowledges support by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) grant MICINN PID2019‐105625RB‐C21. This is UTD Geosciences contribution #1682. Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.Wiley-VCHAmerican Geophysical UnionAgencia Estatal de Investigación (España)Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2024202420222024info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcPublisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/358214reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//PID2019‐105625RB‐C21http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010148Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3582142026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Review of Geochronologic and Geochemical Data of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc and Implications for the Evolution of Oceanic Arcs
title Review of Geochronologic and Geochemical Data of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc and Implications for the Evolution of Oceanic Arcs
spellingShingle Review of Geochronologic and Geochemical Data of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc and Implications for the Evolution of Oceanic Arcs
Hu, H. Y.
Caribbean Large Igneous Province
Geochemical data
Geochronological data
Greater Antilles Arc
Intra-oceanic convergent margin
Subduction zone
title_short Review of Geochronologic and Geochemical Data of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc and Implications for the Evolution of Oceanic Arcs
title_full Review of Geochronologic and Geochemical Data of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc and Implications for the Evolution of Oceanic Arcs
title_fullStr Review of Geochronologic and Geochemical Data of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc and Implications for the Evolution of Oceanic Arcs
title_full_unstemmed Review of Geochronologic and Geochemical Data of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc and Implications for the Evolution of Oceanic Arcs
title_sort Review of Geochronologic and Geochemical Data of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc and Implications for the Evolution of Oceanic Arcs
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hu, H. Y.
Stern, R. J.
Rojas Agramonte, Yamirka
García-Casco, Antonio
author Hu, H. Y.
author_facet Hu, H. Y.
Stern, R. J.
Rojas Agramonte, Yamirka
García-Casco, Antonio
author_role author
author2 Stern, R. J.
Rojas Agramonte, Yamirka
García-Casco, Antonio
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Caribbean Large Igneous Province
Geochemical data
Geochronological data
Greater Antilles Arc
Intra-oceanic convergent margin
Subduction zone
topic Caribbean Large Igneous Province
Geochemical data
Geochronological data
Greater Antilles Arc
Intra-oceanic convergent margin
Subduction zone
description The Greater Antilles islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Jamaica plus the Virgin Islands host fragments of the fossil convergent margin that records Cretaceous subduction (operated for about 90 m.y.) of the American plates beneath the Caribbean plate and ensuing arc-continent collision in Late Cretaceous-Eocene time. The “soft” collision between the Greater Antilles Arc (GAA) and the Bahamas platform (and the margin of the Maya Block in western Cuba) preserved much of the convergent margin. This fossil geosystem represents an excellent natural laboratory for studying the formation and evolution of an intra-oceanic convergent margin. We compiled geochronologic (664 ages) and geochemical data (more than 1,500 analyses) for GAA igneous and metamorphic rocks. The data was classified with a simple fourfold subdivision: fore-arc mélange, fore-arc ophiolite, magmatic arc, and retro-arc to inspect the evolution of GAA through its entire lifespan. The onset of subduction recorded by fore-arc units, together with the oldest magmatic arc sequence shows that the GAA started in Early Cretaceous time and ceased in Paleogene time. The arc was locally affected (retro-arc region in Hispaniola) by the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP) in Early Cretaceous and strongly in Late Cretaceous time. Despite multiple biases in the database presented here, this work is intended to help overcome some of the obstacles and motivate systematic study of the GAA. Our results encourage exploration of offshore regions, especially in the east where the forearc is submerged. Offshore explorations are also encouraged in the south, to investigate relations with the CLIP.
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