The Evolution of the Rheic Ocean: From Avalonian-Cadomian Active Margin to Alleghenian-Variscan Collision
Nd-Sr-Pb isotopic signatures of Neoproterozoic–Early Paleozoic siliciclastic rocks in response to changing geotectonic regimes: A case study from the Barrandian area (Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic)
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Published:January 01, 2007
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Kerstin Drost, Rolf L. Romer, Ulf Linnemann, Oldřich Fatka, Petr Kraft, Jaroslav Marek, 2007. "Nd-Sr-Pb isotopic signatures of Neoproterozoic–Early Paleozoic siliciclastic rocks in response to changing geotectonic regimes: A case study from the Barrandian area (Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic)", The Evolution of the Rheic Ocean: From Avalonian-Cadomian Active Margin to Alleghenian-Variscan Collision, Ulf Linnemann, R. Damian Nance, Petr Kraft, Gernold Zulauf
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Nd-Sr-Pb isotope data are used to characterize the sources of Late Neoproterozoic and Early Paleozoic siliciclastic rocks of the Teplá-Barrandian unit of the Bohemian Massif. Geochemical and isotopic signatures of samples from different stratigraphic levels reflect changing sources and weathering conditions through time and allow a correlation with shifting geotectonic regimes. Late Neoproterozoic rocks were deposited in a magmatic arc–related setting within the Avalonian-Cadomian belt at the periphery of West Gondwana. Fine-grained graywackes yield crustal residence ages (TDM) of 2.17–1.49 Ga, documenting contributions of old crust. Their ϵNd570 values, as well as Pb and Sr isotopic compositions, reflect mixing of detritus derived from old crust with a Neoproterozoic magmatic arc component. The change in the geo-tectonic regime to transtension/rifting occurred during the terminal Neoproterozoic and is documented by more radiogenic ϵNdT values (−6.0 to +1.0) and younger TDM (1.65–1.12 Ga) of the Cambrian sediments. Besides the involvement of a post-Neoproterozoic juvenile source, the Lower Cambrian basin was also fed from an old upper crustal domain, as indicated by their high 207Pb/206Pb values. In contrast, Middle Cambrian siliciclastic rocks are mainly derived from the Cadomian basement. In the Ordovician pelites, ϵNdT values of −9.6 to −8.3 and radiogenic Sr and Pb isotopic compositions reflect an increasing input of material derived from the cratonic hinterland. Their TDM values range from 2.02 to 1.88 Ga. The uniform geochemical and isotopic compositions of the Ordovician samples indicate efficient mixing of the detritus prior to deposition in a mature rift or shelf environment at the Gondwanan margin.
- alkaline earth metals
- Avalonia
- Barrandian Basin
- basement
- Bohemian Massif
- Cadomian Orogeny
- Cambrian
- case studies
- Central Europe
- clastic rocks
- Czech Republic
- Europe
- geochemistry
- Gondwana
- ICP mass spectra
- isotope ratios
- isotopes
- lead
- lithostratigraphy
- major elements
- mass spectra
- metals
- Nd-144/Nd-143
- neodymium
- Neoproterozoic
- paleogeography
- Paleozoic
- Pb-206/Pb-204
- Precambrian
- Proterozoic
- provenance
- radioactive isotopes
- rare earths
- sedimentary rocks
- siliciclastics
- spectra
- Sr-87/Sr-86
- stable isotopes
- strontium
- tectonics
- trace elements
- upper Precambrian
- Jince Formation
- Davle Formation
- Blovice Formation
- Stechovice Group
- Holsiny-Horice Formation
- Kralupy-Zbraslav Group
- Kloucek-Cenkov Formation
- Chumava-Bastina Formation
- Zitec-Hlubos Formation
- Sadek Formation