Caribbean Plate margin evolution : constraints and current problems

Oceanic crust was generated at multiple spreading centres during the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, forming a "proto-Caribbean" oceanic domain. During the Cretaceous, part of that crustal domain thickened into an oceanic plateau, of petrologic Mid-Ocean Ridge (MOR) to Ocean Island Basalt (...

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Autores: Giunta, G., Beccaluva, Luigi|||0000-0002-7457-3579, Siena, F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Caribbean Plate
Ophiolites
Tectono-magmatic setting
Geodynamic evolution
Plate-tectonic models
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spelling Caribbean Plate margin evolution : constraints and current problemsGiunta, G.Beccaluva, Luigi|||0000-0002-7457-3579Siena, F.Caribbean PlateOphiolitesTectono-magmatic settingGeodynamic evolutionPlate-tectonic modelsOceanic crust was generated at multiple spreading centres during the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, forming a "proto-Caribbean" oceanic domain. During the Cretaceous, part of that crustal domain thickened into an oceanic plateau, of petrologic Mid-Ocean Ridge (MOR) to Ocean Island Basalt (OIB) affinity. Simultaneously, the South and North American continental plates developed rifting and tholeiitic magmatism in the Middle America region (Venezuela and Cuba). The rifting created space for the proto-Caribbean oceanic domain. Petrological and regional correlations suggest that, beginning in the Cretaceous, the proto-Caribbean domain was involved into two main stages of subduction, referred to as first and second "eo-Caribbean" phases. Each phase is characterized by oblique convergence. The older (mid-Cretaceous) stage, involved in subduction (probably eastward dipping) of thin proto-Caribbean lithosphere, with generation of Island Arc Tholeiitic (IAT) and Calc-Alkaline (CA) magmatism, accompanied by high pressure - low temperature (HP - LT) metamorphic effects, and formation of arc units and ophiolitic melanges (Guatemala, Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, in the northern margin; Venezuela in the southern). The Late Cretaceous second stage consisted of westward dipping intra-oceanic subduction; it is recorded by tonalitic arc magmatism related to the onset of the Aves - Lesser Antilles arc system. Since the Late Cretaceous, the inner undeformed portions of the Caribbean oceanic plateau (i.e. the Colombian and Venezuelan Basins) were trapped east of the Pacific subduction of the Chortis, Chorotega and Choco blocks, ultimately building the Central American Isthmus. From Tertiary to Present, continuous eastward movement of the Caribbean Plate with respect to the Americas, gave rise to transpression along both the northern and southern margins, marked by scattered and dismembered ophiolitic terranes. 22006-01-0120062006-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/86023https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1344/105.000000369reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre i quan aquestes es distribueixin sota la mateixa llicència que regula l'obra original i es reconegui l'autoria.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:860232026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Caribbean Plate margin evolution : constraints and current problems
title Caribbean Plate margin evolution : constraints and current problems
spellingShingle Caribbean Plate margin evolution : constraints and current problems
Giunta, G.
Caribbean Plate
Ophiolites
Tectono-magmatic setting
Geodynamic evolution
Plate-tectonic models
title_short Caribbean Plate margin evolution : constraints and current problems
title_full Caribbean Plate margin evolution : constraints and current problems
title_fullStr Caribbean Plate margin evolution : constraints and current problems
title_full_unstemmed Caribbean Plate margin evolution : constraints and current problems
title_sort Caribbean Plate margin evolution : constraints and current problems
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Giunta, G.
Beccaluva, Luigi|||0000-0002-7457-3579
Siena, F.
author Giunta, G.
author_facet Giunta, G.
Beccaluva, Luigi|||0000-0002-7457-3579
Siena, F.
author_role author
author2 Beccaluva, Luigi|||0000-0002-7457-3579
Siena, F.
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Caribbean Plate
Ophiolites
Tectono-magmatic setting
Geodynamic evolution
Plate-tectonic models
topic Caribbean Plate
Ophiolites
Tectono-magmatic setting
Geodynamic evolution
Plate-tectonic models
description Oceanic crust was generated at multiple spreading centres during the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, forming a "proto-Caribbean" oceanic domain. During the Cretaceous, part of that crustal domain thickened into an oceanic plateau, of petrologic Mid-Ocean Ridge (MOR) to Ocean Island Basalt (OIB) affinity. Simultaneously, the South and North American continental plates developed rifting and tholeiitic magmatism in the Middle America region (Venezuela and Cuba). The rifting created space for the proto-Caribbean oceanic domain. Petrological and regional correlations suggest that, beginning in the Cretaceous, the proto-Caribbean domain was involved into two main stages of subduction, referred to as first and second "eo-Caribbean" phases. Each phase is characterized by oblique convergence. The older (mid-Cretaceous) stage, involved in subduction (probably eastward dipping) of thin proto-Caribbean lithosphere, with generation of Island Arc Tholeiitic (IAT) and Calc-Alkaline (CA) magmatism, accompanied by high pressure - low temperature (HP - LT) metamorphic effects, and formation of arc units and ophiolitic melanges (Guatemala, Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, in the northern margin; Venezuela in the southern). The Late Cretaceous second stage consisted of westward dipping intra-oceanic subduction; it is recorded by tonalitic arc magmatism related to the onset of the Aves - Lesser Antilles arc system. Since the Late Cretaceous, the inner undeformed portions of the Caribbean oceanic plateau (i.e. the Colombian and Venezuelan Basins) were trapped east of the Pacific subduction of the Chortis, Chorotega and Choco blocks, ultimately building the Central American Isthmus. From Tertiary to Present, continuous eastward movement of the Caribbean Plate with respect to the Americas, gave rise to transpression along both the northern and southern margins, marked by scattered and dismembered ophiolitic terranes.
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