Relation of red-bed copper-uranium occurrences to the regional sedimentology of the Catskill Formation in Pennsylvania

Author(s):  
Arthur T. Smith ◽  
Arthur W. Rose
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Author(s):  
G. H. DAVIS ◽  
M. P. PHILLIPS ◽  
S. J. REYNOLDS ◽  
R. J. VARGA
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2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cees R. Van Staal ◽  
Alexandre Zagorevski ◽  
Vicki J. McNicoll ◽  
Neil Rogers

We propose an intimate relationship between Silurian terrestrial red bed sedimentation (Old Red Sandstone), slab breakoff-related magmatism and deformation in the Newfoundland Appalachians. Red bed sedimentation started during the Early Silurian, and records the progressive rise of the Salinic mountains in the tectonic hinterland of the orogen. The red beds were mainly deposited in molasse-style foreland basins in front of an east-propagating terminal Salinic deformation front. New U–Pb zircon dating of volcanic rocks interlayered with the Silurian red beds in key structural locations yielded ages ranging between 425 and 418 Ma, which, combined with the existing geochronological database, suggests that the sedimentary rocks are progressively younger from west to east and overstep the accreted Gondwana-derived terranes. We propose that deposition of the red beds is a good proxy for the time of cratonization of the accreted terranes. Eastward migration of the Salinic deformation front was accompanied by eastward-widening of a slab-breakoff-related asthenospheric window. The latter is interpreted to have formed due to a combination of progressive steepening of the down-going plate following entrance of the leading edge of the Gander margin and its eduction. Gander margin eduction (reversed subduction) is proposed to have been instigated by the trench migration of the Acadian coastal arc built upon the trailing edge of the Gander margin, which developed contemporaneously with the Salinic collision. The resultant thinning of the lithosphere beneath the Salinic orogen, built upon the leading edge of the Gander margin immediately prior to the onset of the Early Devonian Acadian orogeny, set the stage for generation of the widespread bloom of Acadian magmatism.SOMMAIRENous proposons qu’il y a eu une relation intime entre la sédimentation des couches rouges continentales au Silurien (vieux-grès-rouges), un magmatisme lié à une rupture de segments de croûte, et la déformation appalachienne à Terre-Neuve.  La sédimentation des couches rouges qui a débuté au début du Silurien témoigne du soulèvement progressif des monts saliniques de l’arrière-pays tectonique de l’orogène.  Les couches rouges se sont déposées sous forme de molasses dans des bassins d’avant-pays, à l’avant du front de déformation salinique terminale qui se déployait vers l’est.  De nouvelles datations U-Pb sur zircon de roches volcaniques interstratifiées avec des couches rouges siluriennes en des lieux structurels stratégiques montrent des âges qui varient entre 425 Ma et 418 Ma, ce qui, combiné aux bases de données géochronologiques existantes permet de penser que les roches sédimentaires sont progressivement plus jeunes d’ouest en est, et qu’elles surplombent les terranes accrétés du Gondwana.  Nous suggérons que les couches rouges sont de bons indicateurs temporels de la cratonisation des terranes accrétés.  La migration vers l’est du front de la déformation salinique a été accompagnée par un élargissement vers l’est d’une fenêtre asthénosphérique liée à une rupture de la croûte.  Cette dernière aurait été provoquée par la combinaison de l’enfoncement progressif de la plaque qui a suivi l’entrée du bord d’attaque de la marge de Gander, et son éduction.  Nous proposons que l’éduction (l’inverse de la subduction) de la marge de Gander a été provoquée par la migration de la fosse tectonique côtière acadienne, induite par la migration du bord d’attaque de la marge de Gander, contemporaine de la collision salinique.  L’amincissement de la lithosphère sous l’orogène salinique qui en a résulté, et qui s’est déployé au bord d’attaque de la marge de Gander juste avant l’enclenchement de l’orogénie acadienne au début du Dévonien, a préparé le terrain du déploiement à grande échelle du magmatisme acadien.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-220
Author(s):  
K. Huang ◽  
F. Zha ◽  
B. Kang ◽  
X. Sun ◽  
J. Su
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Vilas-Boas ◽  
Niall W. Paterson ◽  
Zélia Pereira ◽  
Paulo Fernandes ◽  
Simonetta Cirilli

<p>The Algarve Basin is a Mesozoic sedimentary basin located in southern Portugal. The basin was initiated by rifting associated with the opening of the North and Central Atlantic Ocean during the initial breakup of Pangea. Sedimentation commenced with continental red beds, which unconformably overlie folded and faulted late Carboniferous strata. The red bed succession (Silves Sandstones) consists mainly of sandstones and conglomerates at the base, overlain by variegated mudstones interbedded with siltstones and dolomites (Silves Mudstones, Siltstones and Dolomites). The sandstones were deposited in alluvial environments, and the mudstones in alluvial to shallow lacustrine environments. Upper Triassic (Carnian to Norian) macrofossils are scarce in the red bed succession, occurring predominantly in the upper beds of the succession above the Silves Sandstones, and do not accurately constrain the age of the beginning of the Algarve Basin.</p><p>A palynological study of a new road cut outcrop of Silves Sandstones, located in central Algarve, was undertaken in order to ascertain its age. A 3 m thick bed of grey siltstones located ca. 2.5 m above the unconformity yielded age-diagnostic palynomorphs, which date the onset of sedimentation in the basin. Samples from the latter bed yielded a moderately well preserved, low diversity palynomorph assemblage, which is dominated by <em>Aulisporites astigmosus, Converrucosisporites</em> sp. and <em>Tulesporites briscoensis</em>. Other taxa present in the assemblage include <em>Alisporites</em> sp., <em>Calamospora</em> sp., <em>Cycadopites</em> sp., <em>Deltoidospora</em> sp., <em>Ovalipollis</em> cf. <em>ovalis</em>, <em>Triadispora</em> sp., and <em>Vallasporites ignacii</em>.</p><p>The dominance of <em>A. astigmosus</em> together with <em>V. ignacii</em> is indicative of an early Carnian age based on comparison with independently dated sections described elsewhere in Europe. This new dating evidence thus constrains the beginning of sedimentation in the Algarve Basin to the earliest Late Triassic. The co-occurrence of <em>T. briscoensis</em> and <em>A. astigmosus</em> suggests a mixing of palynofloral elements typical of North American and central European Carnian assemblages respectively, which is consistent with the intermediate position of Portugal between those regions. The dominance of phytoclasts and the absence of marine palynomorphs confirms a continental depositional environment as also suggested by sedimentary lithofacies.</p><p><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></p><p>The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT) with the scholarship with the reference SFRH/BD/144125/2019 and would also like to acknowledge the financial support of the FCT to CIMA through UIDP/00350/2020.</p>


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