Characterization of wrench tectonics from dating of syn- to post-magmatism in the north-western French Massif Central |
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| Authors: | C Cartannaz P Rolin A Cocherie D Marquer O Legendre C M Fanning P Rossi |
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| Institution: | 1.Université de Franche Comté, Géosciences,Besan?on,France;2.BRGM,Orléans Cedex 2,France;3.Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU,Canberra,Australia |
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| Abstract: | This work establishes the relative timing of pluton emplacement and regional deformation from new dating and structural data.
(1) Monazite and (2) zircon dating show Tournaisian ages for the Guéret granites Aulon granite 352 ± 5 Ma (1), 351 ± 5 Ma
(2) and Villatange tonalite 353 ± 6 Ma (1)] and Viseo-Namurian ages for the north Millevaches granites Chavanat granite 336 ± 4 Ma
(1), Goutelle granite 336 ± 3 Ma (1), Royère granite 323 ± 2 Ma (1) and 328 ± 6 Ma (2), Courcelles granite 318 ± 3 Ma (1)].
The Guéret and Millevaches granites are separated by the N110 Arrènes–la Courtine Shear Zone (ACSZ), composed from West to
East by the Arrènes Fault (AF), the North Millevaches Shear Zone (NMSZ) and the la Courtine Shear Zone (CSZ), respectively.
Tournaisian Guéret granites experienced a non-coaxial dextral shearing (NMSZ) recorded by the Villatange granite while the
Aulon granite (Guéret granite) cuts across this dextral shear zone which thus stopped shearing during Tournaisian time. Visean
to Namurian Millevaches granites experienced a coaxial deformation. Therefore, low displacements along the NMSZ and the CSZ
occurred at the emplacement time of Chavanat and Pontarion-Royère granites (336–323 Ma). The structural analyses of Goutelle
granite emphasizes a deformation related to the dextral Creuse Fault System (CFS) oriented N150–N160. From 360 to 300 Ma,
the Z strain axis is always horizontal inferring a wrench setting for these granite emplacements. During this tectonic evolution,
the Argentat zone acted as a minor normal fault and is related with a local Middle Visean (340–335 Ma) syn-orogenic extension
on the western border of the Millevaches massif. |
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| Keywords: | French Massif Central Monazite Zircon Dating Displacement Granite deformation |
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