Physics
Scientific paper
May 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agusm..gp32d02t&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2001, abstract #GP32D-02
Physics
1518 Magnetic Fabrics And Anisotropy, 1525 Paleomagnetism Applied To Tectonics (Regional, Global)
Scientific paper
Many Rodinia reconstructions propose that the North American Grenville orogeny at c.1.1 Ga was due to collision between Laurentia and the western Amazon craton, the position of which is presently unrestricted by paleomagnetic data. New paleomagnetic data was collected from the flat-lying basalts and gabbros of the Nova Floresta Formation (K-Ar whole rock, 982 +/-10 Ma, 1038 +/-14 Ma) of Rondonia, western Brazil to constrain the paleogeography of the proposed Laurentia-Amazonia link. Measurement of the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) on the gabbroic samples reveals a flat-lying foliation with a radiating pattern of lineations, demonstrating that the gabbros are part of a large, undeformed sill. Thermal and alternating field (AF) demagnetization of the basalt samples reveals a single component that is oriented WNW and steeply upward. For the gabbro samples, AF demagnetization is more successful than thermal demagnetization at resolving individual components. A characteristic remanence isolated in fields commonly above 40 mT is identical to the single component recorded in the basalts, suggesting that this magnetization was acquired at the same time. A paleomagnetic N-pole calculated from the Nova Floresta Formation (n = 16 sites, Plat. = 26.1N, PLon. = 163.4E, A95 = 5.9) can be matched to the Laurentia APWP for the 1150-750 Ma interval and permits geographic proximity of the two cratons during Grenvillian times. However, the orientation of the Aguapee-Sunsas belt based on this pole suggests a N-S oriented belt, in contrast with the E-W orientation of the Grenville belt on the Laurentian margin. It is proposed that the Amazon craton was rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise from the orientation required by the Laurentia-Amazonia connection. This N-S orientation of the Sunsas-Aguapei belt suggests that the western margin of the Amazon craton was juxtaposed with the Namaqua belt of the western Kalahari craton. This configuration is supported by a common Neoproterozoic rift stratigraphy between Namibia and Mato Grosso.
Rizzotto Gilmar
Scandolara Jaime
Tohver Eric
van der Pluijm Ben
Van der Voo Rob
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