New 40Ar-39Ar geochronological data at two areas of interest in the Anaga massif (Tenerife): Punta Poyata and Igueste de San Andrés. Some implications
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2016
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Sociedad Geológica de España.
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En este trabajo se aportan nuevos datos geocronológicos Ar40-Ar39 en rocas ancaramíticas submarinas localizadas en dos puntos singulares del macizo de Anaga (NE de Tenerife): las ancaramitas submarinas hidrotermalizadas de Punta Poyata (NNW de Anaga) y las lavas submarinas ancaramíticas del Barranco de Igueste (SE de Anaga). Las muestras estudiadas pertenecen a afloramientos pertenecientes a los niveles estratigráficos más inferiores de la secuencia volcánica que conforma el edificio de Anaga. En Punta Poyata se tomaron dos especímenes que dieron edades de 12,2 ± 1,9 Ma and 13,0 ± 1,0 Ma. En el barranco de Igueste los resultados geocronológicos de las muestras tomadas dieron edades de 12,7 ± 1,6 Ma and 9,7 ± 1,0 Ma. Estos datos sugieren que el macizo de Anaga comenzó su desarrollo subaéreo antes de lo que anteriormente se creía, ajustándose dicho período inicial al Mioceno Medio en lugar de al Mioceno tardío como previamente se asumía.
This work provides new Ar40-Ar39 geochronological data in submarine ankaramite rocks located in two distant points of Anaga (NE Tenerife): the submarine hydrothermally altered ankaramites of Punta Poyata area (NNW Anaga) and the ankaramitic pillow lavas at Barranco de Igueste (SE Anaga). The studied samples were collected from outcrops of the lowest stratigraphic levels throughout the volcanics that build up the Anaga massif. At Punta Poyata, two collected samples yielded an age of 12,2 ± 1,9 Ma and 13,0 ± 1,0 Ma. At Barranco de Igueste, sample results are of 12,7 ± 1,6 Ma and 9,7 ± 1,0 Ma. These data support the assumption that the Anaga massif began its subaerial growth earlier than that previously was supposed, most likely in the Mid-Miocene Instead of late Miocene as currently believed.
This work provides new Ar40-Ar39 geochronological data in submarine ankaramite rocks located in two distant points of Anaga (NE Tenerife): the submarine hydrothermally altered ankaramites of Punta Poyata area (NNW Anaga) and the ankaramitic pillow lavas at Barranco de Igueste (SE Anaga). The studied samples were collected from outcrops of the lowest stratigraphic levels throughout the volcanics that build up the Anaga massif. At Punta Poyata, two collected samples yielded an age of 12,2 ± 1,9 Ma and 13,0 ± 1,0 Ma. At Barranco de Igueste, sample results are of 12,7 ± 1,6 Ma and 9,7 ± 1,0 Ma. These data support the assumption that the Anaga massif began its subaerial growth earlier than that previously was supposed, most likely in the Mid-Miocene Instead of late Miocene as currently believed.