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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 2000; v. 179; p. 175-197;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.179.01.12
© 2000 Geological Society of London

Chronological constraints on the pre-Variscan evolution of the northeastern margin of the Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic

A. Kröner1, P. Stípská2, K. Schulmann2 & P. Jaeckel1,3

1 Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany kroener{at}mail.uni-mainz.de
2 Department of Petrology, Charles University, Albertov 6, CS 12843, Praha 2, Czech Republic
3 Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany

New single zircon ages enable us to provide an evolutionary scenario for the Neoproterozoic to Cambro-Ordovician tectonic history of part of the easternmost Sudetes along the northeastern margin of the Bohemian Massif. The easternmost crustal segment (Brunia) yields Neoproterozoic ages from both autochthonous and allochthonous Variscan units; these ages document a Cadomian (Pan-African) history that may be linked with the northern margin of Gondwana. A Cambro-Ordovician magmatic-thermal event in Brunia is represented by granitic to pegmatitic dykes intruding Neoproterozoic crust and by localized partial anatexis. Farther west a narrow zone of Cambro-Ordovician rifting is identified (Staré Mestro belt), marked by gabbroic magmatism, bimodal volcanism and medium-pressure granulite facies metamorphism. The westernmost crustal domain (Orlica-Sniezník dome) is represented by Neoproterozoic crust intruded by Cambro-Ordovician plutons consisting of calk-alkaline granitoid rocks and affected by widespread Cambro-Ordovician anatexis. The geodynamic setting of the Neoproterozoic and Cambro-Ordovician domains is similar to that of the Western Sudetes, where both Cambro-Ordovician rifting and calc-alkaline magmatism were identified. We discuss the rifting mechanics in terms of sequential crustal thinning along the northern margin of Gondwana. The calc-alkaline magmatism, in conjunction with crustal rifting, is related to a back-arc geometry in front of a retreating south-dipping subduction zone during progressive closure of the Tornquist Ocean southeast of Avalonia.





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