Age and setting of the Upper Neoproterozoic Narcea Antiform volcanic rocks (NW Iberia)

  1. Fernández Suárez, J.
  2. Jeffries, Teresa E.
  3. Gutiérrez Alonso, Gabriel
Revista:
Geogaceta

ISSN: 0213-683X

Año de publicación: 2003

Número: 35

Páginas: 79-82

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Geogaceta

Resumen

U-Pb dating of zircons from ryolites intercalated within the Narcea Antiform Neoproterozoic rocks was performed by laser ablation ICP-MS). The age of the ryolite is 559±3 Ma which allows the separation of two different units within the previously established Tineo Series. It is suggested that a terrane-transfer related pull-apart environment could have been the ideal setting for the genesis of these rocks in accordance with previously proposed models for the Neoproterozoic evolution of this region.