Publication details
Mid-Ediacaran bimodal magmatism and peri-Baltic affinity of the Brunovistulian terrane documented by the U-Pb isotope and palaeomagnetic data from the Brno Massif (Central Europe)
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Precambrian Research |
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| Web | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926821000577 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106147 |
| Keywords | Paleomagnetism; Palaeogeography; Brno Massif; Central Europe; Orogenic belt; Brunovistulian Terrane; Deformation |
| Description | Palaeomagnetic and isotope (U-Pb, 40Ar-Ar39) studies were conducted in the area of the Brno Massif (Central Europe). The basaltic and granitic dykes, so far regarded as Silurian, were sampled in four localities. New U-Pb isotope ages and palaeomagnetic data indicate that the studied magmatic intrusions, most probably of bimodal type, penetrated the Brno Massif in the mid-Ediacaran (ca 575-565 Ma ago). Palaeomagnetic data support the thesis that the Brunovistulian terrane, a larger tectonostratigraphic unit containing the Brno Massif, was incorporated into the peri-Baltic part of the Cadomian orogenic belt and, at least since the mid-Ediacaran, had a common drift history with Baltica. It crossed the polar region of the southern hemisphere between 580 and 560 Ma. The Brno Massif rotated clockwise by 50 – 60o with respect to stable Europe in the Carboniferous, most probably during the oroclinal bending of the north-eastern segment of the Variscan orogenic belt. |