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How far did the Cadomian ʽterranesʼ travel from Gondwana during early Palaeozoic? A critical reappraisal based on detrital zircon geochronology
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SYSNO ASEP 0488620 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title How far did the Cadomian ʽterranesʼ travel from Gondwana during early Palaeozoic? A critical reappraisal based on detrital zircon geochronology Author(s) Žák, J. (CZ)
Sláma, Jiří (GLU-S) SAI, RID, ORCIDSource Title International Geology Review. - : Taylor & Francis - ISSN 0020-6814
Roč. 60, č. 3 (2018), s. 319-338Number of pages 20 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords Avalonian-Cadomian belt ; Bohemian Massif ; laser ablation ICP-MS ; Moldanubian unit ; Rheic Ocean ; Tepla-Barrandian unit Subject RIV DB - Geology ; Mineralogy OECD category Geology Institutional support GLU-S - RVO:67985831 UT WOS 000423625500004 EID SCOPUS 85020200569 DOI 10.1080/00206814.2017.1334599 Annotation In this paper, laser ablation ICP-MS U-Pb detrital zircon ages are used to discuss provenance and early Palaeozoic palaeogeography of continental fragments that originated in the Cadomian-Avalonian active margin of Gondwana at the end of Precambrian, were subsequently extended during late Cambrian to Early Ordovician opening of the Rheic Ocean, and finally were incorporated into and reworked within the European Variscan belt. The U-Pb detrital zircon age spectra in the analysed samples, taken across a late Neproterozoic (Ediacaran) to Early/Middle Devonian metasedimentary succession of the southeastern Tepla-Barrandian unit, Bohemian Massif, are almost identical andexhibit a bimodal age distribution with significant peaks at about 2.1-1.9Ga and 650-550Ma. We interpret the source area as an active margin comprising a cratonic (Eburnean) hinterland rimmed by Cadomian volcanic arcs and we suggest that this source was available at all times during deposition. The new detrital zircon ages also corroborate the West African provenance of the Tepla-Barrandian and correlative Saxothuringian and Moldanubian units, questioned in some palaeogeographic reconstructions. Finally, at variance with the still popular concept of the Cadomian basement units as far-travelled terranes, we propose that early Palaeozoic basins, developed upon the Cadomian active margin, were always part of a wide Gondwana shelf and drifted northwards together before involvement in the Variscan collisional belt. Workplace Institute of Geology Contact Jana Popelková, popelkova@gli.cas.cz, Sabina Janíčková, Tel.: 233 087 272 Year of Publishing 2019
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