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A palaeomagnetic and Ar-40/Ar-39 study of late precambrian sills in the SW part of the Amazonian craton: Amazonia in the Rodinia reconstruction

Elming, S. -A. ; D'Agrella-Filho, M. S. ; Page, Laurence LU ; Tohver, E. ; Trindade, R. I. F. ; Pacca, I. I. G. ; Geraldes, M. C. and Teixeira, W. (2009) In Geophysical Journal International 178(1). p.106-122
Abstract
A new key palaeomagnetic pole (Plat. = 64.3 degrees S, Plon. = 271.0 degrees E, N = 14, A(95) = 9.2 degrees; Q = 5) is calculated from a primary magnetization isolated in early Neoproterozoic Aguapei basic sills and dykes hosted by 1.3-1.0 Ga sedimentary rocks from the southwestern part of the Amazon craton. The characteristic remanence carried by stable, pseudo-single domain titanomagnetite shows two antipodal polarities that pass a reversals test. Magnetic anisotropy for most sites shows fabric orientations that are typical of sills, with horizontal magnetic foliations concordant to the flat-lying bedding of the host sedimentary rocks. Ar-40/Ar-39 analyses for one of the sills reveal a well-defined plateau age at 981 +/- 2 Myr. A... (More)
A new key palaeomagnetic pole (Plat. = 64.3 degrees S, Plon. = 271.0 degrees E, N = 14, A(95) = 9.2 degrees; Q = 5) is calculated from a primary magnetization isolated in early Neoproterozoic Aguapei basic sills and dykes hosted by 1.3-1.0 Ga sedimentary rocks from the southwestern part of the Amazon craton. The characteristic remanence carried by stable, pseudo-single domain titanomagnetite shows two antipodal polarities that pass a reversals test. Magnetic anisotropy for most sites shows fabric orientations that are typical of sills, with horizontal magnetic foliations concordant to the flat-lying bedding of the host sedimentary rocks. Ar-40/Ar-39 analyses for one of the sills reveal a well-defined plateau age at 981 +/- 2 Myr. A tectonic reconstruction for Amazonia relative Laurentia based on this new pole 'is consistent with' a position of the present northwestern part of Amazonia attached with eastern Laurentia close to Greenland at ca. 981 Ma. On basis of palaeomagnetic and geological data, we propose a scenario where Amazonia moved northeastwards along the present southeast coast of Laurentia from ca. 1200 to 980 Ma. By 980 Ma, Amazonia is placed alongside Laurentia and Baltica, in a position similar to other reconstructions of Rodinia but with a significantly different orientation. (Less)
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Rock and mineral magnetism, Magnetic fabrics and anisotropy, Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics
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Geophysical Journal International
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178
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106 - 122
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Oxford University Press
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0956-540X
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10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04149.x
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English
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  author       = {{Elming, S. -A. and D'Agrella-Filho, M. S. and Page, Laurence and Tohver, E. and Trindade, R. I. F. and Pacca, I. I. G. and Geraldes, M. C. and Teixeira, W.}},
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  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Geophysical Journal International}},
  title        = {{A palaeomagnetic and Ar-40/Ar-39 study of late precambrian sills in the SW part of the Amazonian craton: Amazonia in the Rodinia reconstruction}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04149.x}},
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