New paleobotanical data from Carboniferous Culm deposits constrain the age of the Variscan deformation in the Eastern Pyrenees
The pre-Variscan rocks of the Pyrenees exhibit a polyphase deformation linked to the Variscan crustal shortening and a low-pressure-high-temperature metamorphism. However, there is scarce chronostratigraphic evidence of this Variscan deformation in the Pyrenees. In low-grade metamorphic domains, max...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/145406 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/145406 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Pirineus Turbidites Orogènesi Carbonífer Pyrenees Orogeny Carboniferous |
| Sumario: | The pre-Variscan rocks of the Pyrenees exhibit a polyphase deformation linked to the Variscan crustal shortening and a low-pressure-high-temperature metamorphism. However, there is scarce chronostratigraphic evidence of this Variscan deformation in the Pyrenees. In low-grade metamorphic domains, maximum ages have been provided by the synorogenic Carboniferous Culm deposits. In medium- to high-grade metamorphic areas, the geochronological ages of the Variscan regional metamorphism or intrusive magmatic bodies constrain the age of the main Variscan deformation structures. However, these data usually provide a minimum age. Here, we present new palaeobotanical records that assign a Namurian age to the base of the Culm deposits of La Cerdanya in the eastern Pyrenees. This dating is based on the co-occurrence of the sphenopsids Archaeocalamites radiatus, Mesocalamites cistiiformis and the seed Cardiocarpus sp. The plant remains were found in sandstone facies produced by high-density turbidity flows of a deep-sea fan system. The new biostratigraphic information constrains the age of the Carboniferous Culm succession in the eastern Pyrenees. |
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