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Journal of the Geological Society; 2006; v. 163; issue.1; p. 61-73;
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764905-012
© 2006 Geological Society of London

Original Article

40Ar/39Ar laserprobe dating of mylonitic fabrics in a polyorogenic terrane of NW Iberia

Juan Gómez Barreiro1, Jan R. Wijbrans2, Pedro Castiñeiras3, José R. Martínez Catalán1, Ricardo Arenas4, Florentino Díaz García5 & Jacobo Abati4

1 Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain (e-mail: jugb@usal.es)
2 Department of Isotope Geochemistry, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
3 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
4 Departamento de Petrología y Geoquímica, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
5 Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Oviedo, 33005 Oviedo, Spain

The tectonothermal evolution of a polyorogenic terrane in the Variscan belt of NW Spain has been constrained by 40Ar/39Ar laserprobe incremental heating experiments on mylonitic fabrics developed in major structures. Transitional levels between HP–HT and IP upper units in the Órdenes Complex where metamorphic and structural records demonstrate two cycles of burial and exhumation were selected for dating. Two groups of ages have been defined: (1) Silurian–Early Devonian, obtained from mylonites of the Fornás extensional detachment, here considered as the minimum age for the start of tectonic exhumation of the HP–HT units and an upper age-limit for the HP–HT event itself; (2) Early to Mid-Devonian, from structures related to the Variscan convergence in the area, which include top-to-the-east thrusts and extensional detachments. A single, younger Carboniferous age obtained from the uppermost allochthonous sequences possibly reflects the final stages of emplacement of the allochthonous complexes. Our data indicate a polyorogenic character for a part of the Iberian allochthonous complexes, including Variscan (sensu stricto) and Early Variscan convergence, as well as an older, Early Palaeozoic cycle.




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