Extensional tectonics and mid-Paleozoic massive sulfide occurrences in Europe     

F. J. Sawkins  Kevin Burke 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1980,69(2):349-360

The age and lithologic settings of mid-Paleozoic massive sulfide deposits in Central Europe and southwest Iberia are suggestive of extensional tectonic environments. This inference is supported by the facies configurations of contemporaneous clastic sediments, the presence of deepwater lithologies and pelagic faunas, and marked mafic-felsic bimodalism in associated volcanic rocks.The massive sulfide deposits of the Moravia-Silesia area, Rammelsberg, Meggen, and other deposits appear to have formed in the same tectonic environment: one dominated by crustal extension. The important massive sulfide deposits of the southwest Iberian province formed somewhat later, but appear to be related to a phase of crustal extension initiated in late Devonian time.These two sets of rifting (sensu latu) events correlate in time with Caledonide collision in the north and subsequent Acadian collision further south. The postulated extensional events thus may relate directly to these collisions.All the areas under consideration were subsequently affected by Hercynian compressional events. The high potash granites associated with Hercynian collisions are largely the products of crustal melting and consequently have associated with them ore deposits characterized by lithophile elements such as tin, tungsten and uranium. A significant fraction of the Paleozoic metallogeny of Europe can thus be understood in terms of extensional tectonic events followed by compressional events less than 100 m.y. later.

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Zusammenfassung Das Alter und die lithologische Zusammensetzung von massiven Sulfiderzlagerstätten des Devons in Mittel-Europa und Südwest-Iberien deuten auf eine Ausweitungstektonik. Diese Hypothese wird bekräftigt durch die Fazieskonfiguration gleichalter klastischer Sedimente, das Auftreten von Tiefseeablagerungen und pelagischen Faunen, und die ausgesprochen mafisch-felsische Bimodalität von assoziierten Vulkaniten.Die massiven Sulfidlagerstätten von Mähren und Schlesien, Rammelsberg, Meggen und andere Vorkommen scheinen sich unter den gleichen tektonischen Bedingungen gebildet zu haben, nämlich unter Dehnungseffekten der Kruste. Die wichtigsten massiven Sulfidlagerstätten der südwestlichen Iberischen Provinz entstanden etwas später, sie scheinen einer Dehnungsphase beginnend im höheren Devon zugeordnet zu sein.Diese zwei Phasen eines Riftings (sensu lato) stimmen zeitlich mit der kaledonischen Kollision im Norden und der darauffolgenden akadischen Kollision weiter südlich überein. Die angenommenen Dehnungsvorgänge können daher direkt mit diesen Kollisionen in Verbindung gebracht werden.Alle besprochenen Gebiete sind in der Folge von herzynischen Einengungs-Erscheinungen betroffen worden. Die hochgradig kali-haltigen Granite, die den herzynischen Kollisionen zugeordnet sind, sind größtenteils die Ergebnisse von krustalen Schmelzvorgängen und haben deshalb assoziierte Erzlagerstätten, die durch lithophile Elemente wie Zinn, Wolfram und Uran gekennzeichnet sind. Ein beträchtlicher Teil der paläozoischen Metallogenese Europas kann daher aus der Sicht distraktiver tektonischer Erscheinungen gesehen werden, deren Einengungs-Vorgänge weniger als 100 Millionen Jahre später folgten.

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Résumé L'âge et la composition lithologique des gisements de sulferes massifs du Paléozoïque moyen de l'Europe Centrale et du sud-ouest de la Péninsule ibérique suggèrent un environement tectonique de distension. Cette hypothèse est appuyée par la configuration des facies des sédiments clastiques contemporains, la présence de lithologies d'eau profonde et de faunes pélagiques et par l'existence d'un net bimodalisme mafique-felsique dans les roches volcaniques associées.Les importants gisements de sulfere de Moravie et de Silésie, du Rammelsberg, de Meggen et autressemblent s'être formés sous un régime tectonique semblable, principalement sous l'effet de distensions de la croûte. Les gisements du sud-ouest de la Péninsule ibérique se sont formés un jeu plus tard, mais semblent être liés à une phase de distension crustale ayant débutéau Dévonien supérieur.Ces deux séries de ruptures (sensu latu) sont corrélés dans le temps avec la collision calédonienne au nord et la collision acadienne subséquente plus au sud.Les évènements de distension invoqués peuvent done être directement liés à ces collisions.Toutes les régions considérées ici furent affectées plus tard par la compression hercynienne. Les granites à haute teneur en potasse, liés aux collisions hercyniennes sont, en grande partie, des produits de la fusion crustale. Ils sont par conséquent associés à des gisements de minerais d'étain, de tungstène et d'uranium. Une partie importante de la métallogénie paléozoïque de l'Europe peut être ainsi comprise en termes d'événements tectoniques de distensions suivis moins de 100 millions d'années plus tard, par une compression.

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