Title
Is there a grenvillian basement in the Guerrero-Morelos platform of Mexico?
11627/356211627/3562
Author
Levresse, Gilles
Tritlla, Jordi
Deloule, Etienne
Pinto Linares, Porfirio Julio
Abstract
"In the Guerrero-Morelos platform (Guerrero State, Mexico) the adakitic rocks of Early Tertiary age contain abundant hornblende-rich tonalite xenoliths. Zircon crystals have been concentrated from both adakites and xenoliths, and dated using in-situ U-Pb ion microprobe analyses. These analyses indicate the presence of inherited Grenvillian and early Triassic/late Permian crust ages, as well as a Paleocene age related with the adakite rock intrusion. This range of inherited ages is reported for the first time in the Guerrero-Morelos platform, suggesting that a continous Grenvillian crust exists between the Oaxacan complex,to the East, and the Guerrero-Morelos platform."
Publication date
2007Publication type
articleDOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1344/105.000000302Knowledge area
CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRACollections
Editor
Universidad de BarcelonaKeywords
U-Pb datingZircon
Guerrero
Grenvillian Age