Early Permian extensional shearing of an Ordovician granite: The Saint-Eutrope “C/S-like” orthogneiss (Montagne Noire,French Massif Central) |
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| Authors: | Pavel Pitra Marc Poujol Jean Van Den Driessche Jean-Charles Poilvet Jean-Louis Paquette |
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| Institution: | 1. Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, Université Rennes 1 and CNRS, 35042 Rennes cedex, France;2. Laboratoire Chrono-environnement, UMR 6249, Université de Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France;3. Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise-Pascal, UMR CNRS 6524, 63038 Clermont-Ferrand cedex, France |
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| Abstract: | Dating the magmatic events in the Montagne Noire gneiss dome is a key point to arbitrate between the different interpretations of the Late Carboniferous–Early Permian tectonics in this southern part of the Variscan belt. The Saint-Eutrope orthogneiss crops out along the northern flank of the dome. We show that the protolith of this orthogneiss is an Ordovician granite dated at 455 ± 2 Ma (LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating on zircon). This age is identical to that previously obtained on the augen orthogneiss of the southern flank, strongly suggesting that both orthogneiss occurrences have the same Ordovician protolith. The Saint-Eutrope orthogneiss experienced intense shearing along the Espinouse extensional detachment at ca. 295 Ma (LA-ICP-MS U-Pb-Th on monazite), an age close to that determined previously on mica by the 39Ar-40Ar method and contemporaneous with the emplacement age of the syntectonic Montalet granite farther to the west. This normal sense shearing reworked previous fabrics related to Variscan thrusting that can be still observed in the augen orthogneiss of the southern flank, and is responsible for the spectacular “C/S-like” pattern of the Saint-Eutrope orthogneiss. This work also shows that care is needed when dealing with C/S-type structures, since they can develop not only in syntectonic intrusions, but also in orthogneisses affected by an intense secondary deformation, at decreasing temperature. |
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| Keywords: | Montagne Noire Extensional tectonics S/C mylonite Orthogneiss U-Pb geochronology Variscan orogen France |
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