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Sánchez Martínez, Sonia

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Sonia
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Sánchez Martínez
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/75196
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Ciencias Geológicas
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Mineralogía y Petrología
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Petrología y Geoquímica
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    Geochemistry of the Ediacaran–Early Cambrian transition in Central Iberia: Tectonic setting and isotopic sources
    (Tectonophysics, 2016) Fuenlabrada Pérez, José Manuel; Pieren Pidal, Agustín Pedro; Díez Fernández, Rubén; Sánchez Martínez, Sonia; Arenas Martín, Ricardo
    A complete Ediacaran–Early Cambrian stratigraphic transition can be observed in the southern part of the Central Iberian Zone (Iberian Massif). Two different stratigraphic units, underlying Ordovician series, display geochemical and Sm–Nd isotopic features in agreement with an evolving geodynamic setting. Pusa Shales (Early Cambrian) rest unconformably on greywackes of the Lower Alcudian Formation (Late Ediacaran). Both sequences present minor compositional variations for major and trace element contents and similar REE patterns, close to those of PAAS (Post Archean Australian Shale). Trace element contents and element ratios suggest mixed sources, with intermediate to felsic igneous contributions for both units. Tectonic setting discrimination diagrams for the Ediacaran greywackes indicate that these turbiditic series were deposited in a sedimentary basin associated with a mature active margin (volcanic arc). However, the compositions of the Cambrian shales fit better with a more stable context, a back-arc or retro-arc setting. εNd(T) and TDM ages are compatible with dominance of a similar cratonic source for both sequences, probably the West Africa Craton. εNd565 values for the Ediacaran greywackes (−3.0 to −1.4) along with TDM ages (1256–1334 Ma) imply a significant contribution of juvenile material, probably derived from the erosion of the volcanic arc. However, εNd530 values in the Cambrian shales (−5.2 to −4.0) together with older TDM ages (1444–1657 Ma), suggest a higher contribution of cratonic isotopic sources, probably derived from erosion of the adjacent mainland. Coeval with the progressive cessation of arc volcanism along the peri-Gondwanan realm during the Cambrian, there was a period of more tectonic stability and increasing arrival of sediments from cratonic areas. The geochemistry of the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition in Central Iberia documents a tectonic switch in the periphery of Gondwana, from an active margin to a more stable context related to the onset of a passive margin.
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    Geochemistry in earth sciences: a brief overview
    (Journal of iberian geology, 2020) Fernández Suárez, Javier; Sánchez Martínez, Sonia; Fuenlabrada Pérez, José Manuel
    In this contribution we present a succinct overview of the role of Geochemistry in the Earth Sciences. Our idea is to offer a “bird’s eye” perspective of the advent of Geochemistry and its historical development and the advances and milestones in analytical techniques that led Geochemistry to its actual place in the context of Earth Sciences. Finally, we offer a summary of some relevant applications of Geochemistry in the study of a variety of geological problems.
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    Geoquímica de rocas máficas en un arco magmático Cámbrico peri-Gondwánico (Complejo de Órdenes, NO del Macizo Ibérico)
    (Geotemas, 2016) Andonaegui Moreno, María Del Pilar; Sánchez Martínez, Sonia; Castiñeiras García, Pedro; Abati Gómez, Jacobo; Arenas Martín, Ricardo
    Las Unidades Superiores de los Complejos alóctonos del NO del Macizo Ibérico, han sido interpretadas como parte de un arco magmático peri-Gondwánico, activo desde el Cámbrico medio hasta el Ordovícico inferior. Los principales cuerpos plutónicos, con una edad de ca. 500 Ma., son las gabronoritas de Monte Castelo, y los ortogneises de Corredoiras, que incluyen pequeños cuerpos de metagabronoritas. Estas rocas máficas presentan en efecto características geoquímicas compatibles con su generación en un arco magmático, pero ocupando distinta posición dentro del mismo. Las metagabronoritas de Monte Castelo tienen afinidad toleítica, anomalía negativa de Nb, altas relaciones 143Nd/144Nd (0.5143119–0.513019), bajas de 87Sr/86Srinicial (0.702562–0.703174) y valores positivos de εNdi (+7.8 a +5.4). Sin embargo, las rocas máficas de Corredoiras son de afinidad calco-alcalina, con anomalía negativa de Nb, pero con valores bajos en la relación 143Nd/144Nd (0.512575–0.512436), altos en 87Sr/86Srinicial (0.705082–0.706684) y valores de εNdi entre -0.65 y +1.83. Estas características geoquímicas permiten interpretar estas rocas máficas como generadas en distintas posiciones del arco magmático, localizándose las de Monte Castelo más próximas a la trinchera y las de Corredoiras en una posición más distal.
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    Isotopic and igneous record of the Avalonian-Cadomian arc in NW Iberia
    (Geotemas, 2016) Arenas Martín, Ricardo; Andonaegui Moreno, María Del Pilar; Albert Roper, Richard; Sánchez Martínez, Sonia; Díez Fernández, Rubén
    The upper allochthonous units of NW Iberian Massif montain an extensive Cambrian magmatism (c. 500 Ma), that generated large massifs of granitic rocks and gabbros with calc-alkaline and tholeiitic compositions, respectively. Petrological and geochemical features of these massifs are characteristic of volcanic arcs. The plutons intruded siliciclastic series deposited in the periphery of the West Africa Craton. U-Pb/Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircon in the siliciclastic series, indicate arc activity between c. 750 Ma and c. 500 Ma. It was characterized by a large variety of isotopic sources, including from very old continental input, even Archean, to the addition of a significant amount of juvenile mafic material. These isotopic sources experienced an extensive mixing that explains the composition and isotopic features of the represented Cambrian plutons. The Cambrian igneous rocks of the upper units of NW Iberia can be related to the latest activity of the Avalonian-Cadomian arc. From Middle Cambrian times, arc activity in the periphery of Gondwana was replaced by pronounced extension associated with continental rifting, which finally led to separation of the microcontinent Avalonia. Subsequent drifting of Avalonia to the North caused progressive opening of one of the main Paleozoic ocean, the Rheic Ocean.