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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1998; v. 142; p. 181-217;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.142.01.10
© 1998 Geological Society of London

The Pampean Orogeny of the southern proto-Andes: Cambrian continental collision in the Sierras de Córdoba

C. W. Rapela1, R. J. Pankhurst2, C. Casquet3, E. Baldo4, J. Saavedra5, C. Galindo3 & C. M. Fanning6

1 Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 1 No. 644, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
2 British Antarctic Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK
3 Departamento de Petrología y Geoquímica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
4 Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
5 CSIC, Instituto de Agrobiología y Recursos Naturales, Salamanca, Spain
6 Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

A detailed study of the pre-Silurian geology of the Sierras de Córdoba, Eastern Sierras Pampeanas, is used to define the sequence of magmatic and metamorphic events during the Pampean orogeny. This primarily involved Early to Mid-Cambrian subduction and terrane collision at the western margin of Gondwana during the amalgamation of the super-continent. Evidence for this is based principally on new information concerning (a) regional mapping and field relations, (b) analysis of the structures, deformational history and meta-morphic evolution and (c) geochronology and geochemistry of the igneous and metamorphic rocks. The main events recognized are (1) Late Proterozoic break-up of Rodinia (Nd model ages of 1500 ± 200 Ma, inherited zircons 800–1400 Ma), (2) development of an Early Cam-brian passive margin sequence (Puncoviscana Formation and equivalents), (3) emplacement of metaluminous calc-alkaline granitoids (G1a, dated at 530 ± 3 Ma) as a result of NE-directed subduction, (4) crustal thickening, ophiolite obduction, compression and high-grade metamorphism (M2: 8.6±0.8 kbar, 810 ± 50°C, c.525 Ma) related to collision, and culmina-ting in (5) isothermal uplift and widespread low-P anatexis (M3, 4.0±0.5 kbar, 715 ± 15°C, c.520 Ma). The last event is responsible for the linked generation of highly peraluminous granites (G1b) and cordieritites. Subsequent emplacement into the accreted terrane of Ordovician trondhjemite-tonalites (500-470 Ma) and dextral wrench shear are interpreted as inner cordilleran counterparts of the Famatinian arc, which developed to the west along the newly-formed proto-Andean margin.





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