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dc.contributor.authorLinnemann, U
dc.contributor.authorMcNaughton, Neal
dc.contributor.authorRomer, R
dc.contributor.authorGehmlich, M
dc.contributor.authorDrost, K
dc.contributor.authorTonk, C
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:37:58Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:37:58Z
dc.date.created2010-04-25T20:02:41Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.citationLinnemann, U and McNaughton, Neal and Romer, R and Gehmlich, M and Drost, K and Tonk, C. 2004. West African provenance for Saxo-Thuringia (Bohemian Massif): Did Armorica ever leave pre-Pangean Gondwana? - U/Pb-SHRIMP zircon evidence and the Nd-isotopic record. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 93 (5): pp. 683-705.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48177
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00531-004-0413-8
dc.description.abstract

Neoproterozoic rocks in the Saxo-Thuringian part of Armorica formed in an active margin setting and were overprinted during Cadomian orogenic processes at the northern margin of Gondwana. The Early Palaeozoic overstep sequence in Saxo-Thuringia was deposited in a Cambro-Ordovician rift setting that reflects the separation of Avalonia and other terranes from the Gondwana mainland. Upper Ordovician and Silurian to Early Carboniferous shelf sediments of Saxo-Thuringia were deposited at the southern passive margin of the Rheic Ocean. SHRIMP U/Pb geochronology on detrital and inherited zircon grains from pre-Variscan basement rocks of the northern part of the Bohemian Massif (Saxo-Thuringia, Germany) demonstrates a distinct West African provenance for sediments and magmatic rocks in this part of peri-Gondwana. Nd-isotope data of Late Neoproterozoic to Early Carboniferous sedimentary rocks show no change in sediment provenance from the Neoproterozoic to the Lower Carboniferous, which implies that Saxo-Thuringia did not leave its West African source before the Variscan Orogeny leading to the Lower Carboniferous configuration of Pangea. Hence, large parts of the pre-Variscan basement of Western and Central Europe often referred to as Armorica or Armorican Terrane Assemblage may have remained with Africa in pre-Pangean time, which makes Armorica a remnant of a Greater Africa in Gondwanan Europe. The separation of Armorica from the Gondwana mainland and a long drift during the Palaeozoic is not supported by the presented data.

dc.publisherSpringer Verlag
dc.subjectProvenance
dc.subjectArmorica
dc.subjectSaxo-Thuringia
dc.subjectNeodymium isotopes
dc.subjectRheic Ocean
dc.subjectZircon
dc.titleWest African provenance for Saxo-Thuringia (Bohemian Massif): Did Armorica ever leave pre-Pangean Gondwana? - U/Pb-SHRIMP zircon evidence and the Nd-isotopic record.
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume93
dcterms.source.startPage683
dcterms.source.endPage705
dcterms.source.issn14373254
dcterms.source.titleInternational Journal of Earth Sciences
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curtin.departmentJohn de Laeter Centre for Mass Spectrometry (COE)
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curtin.facultyJohn De Laeter Centre For Mass Spectrometry (JdL
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering


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