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López Carmona, Alicia

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Alicia

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López Carmona

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/75237

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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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Sm–Nd isotope geochemistry and tectonic setting of the metasedimentary rocks from the basal allochthonous units of NW Iberia (Variscan suture, Galicia)
(Lithos (Oslo. Print), 2012) Fuenlabrada Pérez, José Manuel; Arenas Martín, Ricardo; Díez Fernández, Rubén; Sánchez Martínez, Sonia; Abati Gómez, Jacobo; López Carmona, Alicia
The basal units of the allochthonous complexes of NW Iberia are formed by thick metasedimentary rock sequences intruded by granitoids, ranging in composition from calc-alkaline (c. 493 Ma) to minor alkaline– peralkaline massifs (c. 475–470 Ma), and mafic rocks. The granitoids were transformed into variably deformed othogneisses and the associated mafic rocks were transformed into amphibolites, blueschists and eclogites during eo-Variscan high-P metamorphism dated at c. 370 Ma. Two different superimposed metasedimentary rock sequences can be distinguished. The lower sequence (maximum depositional age at c. 560 Ma) is mainly composed of metagreywackes, while the upper sequence (maximum depositional age at c. 500 Ma) consists of mica schists and other minor types. Major and trace element geochemistry of the metagreywackes of the lower sequence suggests that they were generated in relation to a peri-Gondwanan arc system built on the thinned continental margin, although some chemical transition to passive margin greywackes is also observed. This sedimentary sequence was probably deposited in an Ediacaran–Early Cambrian back-arc setting or retro-arc setting, closer to the thinned platform of the continental margin. The geochemical features of the sedimentary rocks of the upper sequence suggest some affinity with passive margin sediments; they were probably deposited closer to the continental domain and to certain distance from the most active zones of the magmatic arc. The Nd model ages of 23 analysed samples are Paleoproterozoic and range between 1782 Ma and 2223 Ma (average value 1919 Ma). The Nd model ages are slightly younger in the upper sequence than in the lower sequence, but altogether they define a single population, and therefore the two metasedimentary rock sequences can be clearly related. Sedimentation probably took place within the same basin located in the continental platform of Gondwana, the main source areas of these sedimentary rocks did not change during the Late Neoproterozoic and Cambrian times. The Nd model ages are very old and they seem to be compatible with Paleoproterozoic or Archean source areas, with only minor participation of younger sources probably represented by intrusive Cadomian–Pan-African granitoids.
Ordovician metamorphism and magmatism preserved in the Ossa Morena Complex: SHRIMP geochronology, geochemistry and Srsingle bondNd isotopic signatures of the Sierra Albarrana Domain (SW Iberian Massif)
(Lithos, 2020) Solís Alulima, B.E.; López Carmona, Alicia; Abati Gómez, Jacobo
This study integrates SHRIMP Usingle bondPb zircon geochronology and whole-rock and Srsingle bondNd isotope geochemistry data from migmatites and granitic rocks of the Sierra Albarrana Domain. We provide new information on the magmatic and metamorphic events of this domain of the Ossa-Morena Complex. The metasedimentary succession, nowadays corresponding to a migmatite dome, was probably deposited during the Ediacaran and Cambrian. SHRIMP Usingle bondPb ages of magmatic and zoned metamorphic zircon grains indicate that the main tectono-magmatic event in the Sierra Albarrana Domain is Late Cambrian (granite emplacement; 481.2 ± 2.3 Ma) to early Ordovician (migmatization; 477.8 ± 2.4 Ma), supported by the intrusion of La Cardenchosa Pluton, by the low-pressure partial melting and by the ductile deformation of the host metasedimentary rocks. We suggest that the granitic magmatism, the migmatization and the main regional fabrics are part of a single Ordovician event, only slightly modified by Variscan reworking. Geochemical and isotopic data are compatible with an extensional environment in the middle-upper crustal levels, related to a continental rift development. This setting and timing are compatible with the latest magmatic event of the Early Paleozoic rifting (535–460 Ma), well documented in the Ossa Morena Complex. The geochemical characteristics of the subalkaline rift-related rocks of the Ossa Morena Complex and of the Central Iberian Zone partly coincide. As a result, it is not possible to discriminate between them and favor a correlation between both terranes based on the geochemical affinities of magmatic rocks of similar age.
Detrital zircon ages and provenance of a Cambrian succession in the Sierra Albarrana Domain (SW Iberian Massif)
(Lithos (Oslo. Print), 2022) Solís Alulima, B.E.; Abati Gómez, Jacobo; López Carmona, Alicia; Gutiérrez Alonso, Gabriel; Fernández Suárez, Javier; Stockli, Daniel F.
This study presents the first U-Pb geochronological data on detrital zircon grains from the metasedimentary successions of the Sierra Albarrana Domain (SW Iberian Massif) obtained by SHRIMP and LA-ICP-MS. We provide new information on the Maximum Depositional Ages (MDA) during the middle Cambrian through a systematic study, together with age comparisons of the successions, using Kernel Density Estimates (KDE) diagrams, Cumulative Age Distributions (CADs) and the Kolmogorov–Smirnov (K-S) test. On the other hand, the U-Pb zircon data presented in this study have been compared with all the existing data from detrital zircon grains in Neoproterozoic and Cambrian rocks of the Iberian Massif (20 samples, 2706 U–Pb zircon ages). For the comparison, in addition to the KDEs, CADs and K-S test, we apply 3D multidimensional scaling techniques (3D-MDS). The results, together with the geochemical and isotopic characterisation from previous studies, suggest that this domain is likely to be part of the autochthonous section of the Central Iberian Zone (CIZ). Zircon age patterns indicate a probable sedimentary provenance from the Saharan Metacraton with, or without, minor input from the Tuareg Shield. The most important local detrital source corresponds to Cadomian magmatism developed during a magmatic event (535–515 Ma) followed by back-arc extension and early Paleozoic rifting (535–460 Ma). The remaining Mesoproterozoic, Paleoproterozoic and Archean zircon grains would have been provided by the Paleoproterozoic basement and/or the older continental crust recycled in the western sections of the Gondwana margin.
Polycyclic metamorphic evolution of the Sierra Albarrana Schists (SW Iberian Massif): From low-pressure Ordovician rifting to medium-pressure Variscan overprint
(Lithos, 2023) Solís Alulima, B.E.; López Carmona, Alicia; Abati Gómez, Jacobo; Rojas Agramonte, Yamirka; Bousquet, Romain; González del Tánago y del Río, José
This study presents new information on the polycyclic metamorphic evolution of the Sierra Albarrana Domain (SW Iberian Massif) obtained through a comprehensive assessment of mineral assemblages and petrological modelling (P–T–X pseudosection approach). The pelitic schists in this domain depict the uncommon paragenesis St-Grt-And together with And-Grt-Sil-bearing schists. The first assemblage has been accurately reproduced by pseudosection modelling using the whole rock composition directly analysed by XRF. In contrast, early attempts to model And-Grt-Sil-bearing schists were not as successful. Fe3+ can be a critical element influencing the phase relations in pelites. For this reason, we investigated the influence of the effective amounts of Fe3+ to estimate the oxidation estate during the metamorphism by computing a series of P/T–X pseudosections to explore whether somewhere in P–T–X space the matrix association can be reproduced. The Sierra Albarrana Domain recorded a regional low-pressure metamorphic event accompanied by a complex structural evolution, probably related with the Middle Cambrian-Lower Ordovician rifting developed in the NW Gondwanan margin. This episode has been constrained at ∼4 kbar and 580 °C in the St-Grt-And pelitic schists. Related granitic magma pulses contributed to a local thermal increase of the extending crust (preserved in the And-Grt-Sil-bearing schists), where temperature reaches up to 595 °C. This area shows the syntaxial replacement of coarse-grained andalusite porphyroblasts by sillimanite. This was followed by exhumation, characterised by decompression at ∼2 kbar and 510 °C. After the main pre-Variscan Buchan-type regional metamorphism, a localised medium-pressure metamorphic event, limited to granitic pegmatites and concordant ky-bearing quartz segregation veins was recorded, possibly due to the tectonic thickening corresponding to the Variscan cycle.
Blueschist-facies metapelites from the Malpica–Tui Unit (NW Iberian Massif): phase equilibria modelling and H2O and Fe2O3 influence in high-pressure assemblages
(Journal of metamprphic geology, 2013) López Carmona, Alicia; Pitra, Pavel; Abati Gómez, Jacobo
The Malpica–Tui Unit (Galicia, NW Spain) records eclogite- and blueschist-facies metamorphism during the onset of the Variscan orogeny in Europe. Petrological analysis involving pseudosections calculated using THERMOCALC shows that the Upper Sheet of this unit, the Ceán Schists, recorded a threestage metamorphic evolution involving (i) Early subduction-related medium-pressure ⁄ low-temperature metamorphism (M1) constrained at ~º350–380 ºC, 12–14 kbar, which is only recorded in the basal part (lower metapelites, LM) of the Cea´n Schists. (ii) Subduction-related blueschist facies prograde metamorphism (M2) going from 19 kbar, 420 ºC to 21 kbar, 460 ºC in the LM, and from 16 kbar 430 ºC to 21–22 kbar, 520 ºC in the structurally upper metapelites (UM). (iii) Exhumation-related metamorphism (M3) is characterized by a decompression to 8–10 kbar, 470–490 ºC in the LM. This decompression is also recorded in the UM, but it was not possible to estimate precise P–T conditions. The calculations indicate that (i) the prograde evolution in subduction zones may occur in fluidundersaturated conditions due to the crystallization of lawsonite, even in metapelitic rocks. This significantly influences phase equilibria and hence the P–T estimates. (ii) The proportion of ferric iron also has a strong influence on phase equilibria, even in metapelites. However, the analysed values of Fe2O3 may not reflect the oxidation state during the main metamorphic evolution and are probably easily modified by superficial alteration even in apparently fresh samples. The use of P–T–X(Fe2O3) pseudosections together with petrographic observations is then necessary to estimate the real oxidation state of the rocks and correctly evaluate the P–T conditions.
Petrologic and thermobarometric study of the Riás schists (NW Iberian Massif)
(Boletín geológico y minero, 2019) Solís Alulima, Byron Ernesto; López Carmona, Alicia; Gutiérrez Alonso, Gabriel; Álvarez Valero, Antonio M.
The Riás Schists crop out in the so-called Iberian Variscan parautochthon, surrounding the Malpica-Tui Complex (NW Iberian Massif), as part of the westernmost internal areas of the European Variscan belt. Three Variscan metamorphic events have been identified in the Riás Schists (M1, M2 and post-M2). M1 comprise unoriented microinclusions that have only been identified in garnet porphyroblast cores and inside staurolite crystals. M2, comprises the matrix foliation (S2) and the assemblage garnetRIM + staurolite + muscovite + biotite + chlorite + rutile/ilmenite + magnetite + quartz and the development of syntectonic andalusite. Finally, postM2 (post-S2) includes andalusite and plagioclase together with secondary muscovite, biotite and chlorite and accessory tourmaline, Fe/Ti oxides, apatite and carbonate. Results of multi-equilibrium thermobarometry (pressure-temperature pseudosections), for M2 indicates a medium-pressure Barrovian metamorphic event (0.5-0.6 GPa; 580-570 o C; ca. 20 km deep), followed by moderate cooling during decompression, together with the extensional collapse of the Variscan orogenic pile (post-M2; 0.3 GPa; 540 o C; ca. 10 km deep). Inferred P T conditions in the Riás Schists, and their spatial relationship with the overlying allochthonous high-pressure pelitic schists (i.e. Ceán Schists), suggest that both lithologies were part of the same continental margin during the beginning of the Variscan orogeny. However, they experienced very different tectonothermal evolutions due to their putative locations in the orogenic wedge.
Exhuming a cold case: The early granodiorites of the northwest Iberian Variscan belt—A Visean magmatic flare-up?
(Lithosphere, 2018) Gutiérrez-Alonso, Gabriel; Fernández Suárez, Javier; López Carmona, Alicia; Gärtner, Andreas
In this study we report laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometer U-Pb ages of granitoids from the so-called early granodiorites of the northwest Iberian Variscan belt. The U-Pb results attest to significant magmatic activity in Visean time (ca. 347–337 Ma) that generated a hitherto poorly constrained granitoid suite in the northwest Iberian tract of the western European Variscan belt realm. This early Carboniferous suite (ECS) is mainly composed of peraluminous cold and hot crustal granodiorites and monzogranites with minor associated mafic rocks that attest to minor involvement of mantle melting. Based on the geochronological and geochemical data, we compare the Visean granitoids with younger Variscan granitoids in northwest Iberia and, in view of the tectonothermal scenarios of the Variscan collision in northwest Iberia, propose a model for the genesis of the ECS in northwest Iberia that involves rapid melting upon fast exhumation of the thickened Gondwanan crust in the course of the protracted Variscan collision.
An extensive K-bentonite as an indicator of a super-eruption in northern Iberia 477 My ago
(IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019) Gutiérrez-Alonso, Gabriel; Gutiérrez Marco, Juan Carlos; Fernández Suárez, Javier; Bernárdez Rodríguez, Enrique; Corfu, F.; López Carmona, Alicia
Zircon and monazite ID-TIMS U-Pb dating of four Lower Ordovician altered ash-fall tuff beds (K-Bentonites) in NW Iberia provided coetaneous ages of 477.5±1, 477±1.3 Ma, 477.2±1.1 Ma and 477.3±1 Ma, with a pooled concordia age of 477.2±0.74 Ma. A conservative estimation of the volume and mass of the studied K-bentonite beds (using data from the Cantabrian Zone) returns a minimum volume for the preserved deposits of ca. 37.5 km3 (Volcanic Explosivity Index - VEI = 6, Colossal). When considering other putative equivalent beds in other parts of Iberia and neighbouring realms the volume of ejecta associated to this event would make it reach the Supervolcanic-Apocalyptic status (VEI=8, >1000 km3). Contrary to most cases of this kind of gargantuan eruption events, the studied magmatic event took place in relation to continental margin extension and thinning and not to plate convergence. We speculate that a geochronologically coincident large caldera event observed in the geological record of NW Iberia could be ground zero of this super-eruption.
Hf isotopes in detrital zircon grains of the Sierra Albarrana Domain (SW Iberian Massif): Eburnean v. Archean basement signatures
(Journal of the Geological Society, 2023) Solís Alulima, B.E.; Abati Gómez, Jacobo; López Carmona, Alicia; Gutiérrez Alonso, Gabriel; Fernández Suárez, Javier; Stockli, Daniel F.
This study presents Lu–Hf data on detrital zircon grains from the Lower Paleozoic metasedimentary successions of the Sierra Albarrana Domain (SW Iberian Massif). We provide new information about their origin, record of continental crustal evolution and geological affinity. Previous detrital zircon U–Pb data in this terrane reveal two main age populations, with age peaks at c. 595 Ma and c. 1.90 Ga. The Ediacaran events are interpreted to represent a magmatic arc with input of juvenile magmas intruding into the Eburnean basement of Gondwana, and probably mixing with it. The different evolutionary stages of the arc were probably linked to the Cadomian Orogeny during Neoproterozoic–earliest Cambrian times. The Paleoproterozoic zircon population corresponds to the Eburnean Orogeny. The magmas derived from an Eburnean depleted mantle partly intruded an older basement, leading to an incipient mixing process. εHf isotopic compositions indicate a possible affinity with the Central Iberian Zone, suggesting a common geological setting during Ediacaran–Cambrian times but different settings during the Paleoproterozoic.
Geochronology and detrital zircons sources from the Sierra Albarrana Domain (SW Iberian Massif)
(Geogaceta, 2023) Solís Alulima, Byron Ernesto; Abati Gómez, Jacobo; López Carmona, Alicia; Gutiérrez Alonso, Gabriel; Fernández Suárez, Javier
This study compiles the U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the metasedimentary, migmatitic and granitic rocks of the Sierra Alba-rrana Domain, based on data recently published by the authors to-gether with other bibliographic sources. Maximum depositional ages (MDA) and magmatic and metamorphic events ages are discussed.MDAs suggest that this domain was deposited during the midd-le Cambrian (ca. 511) and U-Pb ages of zoned magmatic and me-tamorphic zircon grains indicate that the main tectono-magmatic event is late Cambrian (granite emplacement; 481 ± 2 Ma) to early Ordovician (migmatization; 478 ± 2 Ma). The 40Ar-39Ar ages eviden-ce a Cambro-Ordovician metamorphic event (ca. 482 Ma) and ano-ther related to the Variscan Orogeny (ca. 337-392 Ma). The most important detrital source corresponds to a Cambrian magmatic event (535-515 Ma), probably developed during the initial episodes of the early Paleozoic rifting affecting the N margin of Gond-wana. The remaining Mesoproterozoic, Paleoproterozoic and Archean zircon grains would have been contributed by Paleoproterozoic base-ment and/or older continental crust recycled in the western sections of the Gondwana margin. We suggest that this domain is probably part of the autochthonous section of the Central Iberian Zone (CIZ) and derived from the Saharan Metacraton and/or Tuareg Shield.