Permian 40Ar/39Ar ages for post-Variscan minor intrusions in the Iberian Range and Spanish Central System
Abstract
40Ar/39Ar dating of biotite from a calc-alkaline gabbro stock NW of Loscos in the Iberian Range yielded a slightly disturbed gas release spectrum. It has an early Permian, 288.5 ± 1.4 Ma total gas age, interpreted as the minimum emplacement age. The 40Ar/39Ar apparent age of the gabbro agrees with the Autunian stratigraphic age of related volcanic rocks. 40Ar/39Ar step-heating dating of amphibole phenocrysts from an alkaline camptonite dyke ca. 4 km SE of El Hoyo de Pinares in the Sierra Guadarrama sector of the Spanish Central System yielded a mid-Permian 264 ± 3 Ma plateau age, interpreted as the emplacement age. The age is indistinguishable from published 40Ar/39Ar amphibole ages for N-S trending camptonite dykes from the western, Sierra de Gredos segment of the Central System. This suggests that the camptonite dykes from both sectors belong to the same generation.
Keywords
Argon dating; Permian; Post-Variscan dykes; Lamprophyre; Spanish Central System; Iberian Range
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Facultat de Ciències de la Terra Institut de Ciències de la Terra Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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