West Africa in Rodinia: High quality paleomagnetic pole from the ~ 860 Ma Manso dyke swarm (Ghana).
Autor | Paul Yves Jean Antonio |
Autores | 2. Antonio, P.Y.J., Baratoux, L., Trindade, R.I.F. da, Rousse, S., Ayite, A. Lana, C., Macouin, M., Adu, E.W.K., Sanchez, C., Silva, M.A.L., Firmin, A.S., Dopico, C.I.M., Proietti, A., Amponsah, P.O. & Sakyi, P.A. |
Resumo | The paleogeography of the Meso-Neoproterozoic Rodinia supercontinent remains debated partly because many stable cratons still lack reliable paleomagnetic data for this period. A new geochronological and paleomagnetic study was conducted on the NNW-trending Manso dyke swarm of southern West Africa (Ghana) to clarify the position of this unconstrained continent in Rodinia. Two UPb apatite ages of 857.2 ± 8.5 Ma and 855 ± 16 Ma agree with one previous baddeleyite age, indicating a ~ 860 Ma emplacement age for the Manso dykes. A characteristic remanent magnetization (ChRM) was isolated in stable single to pseudo-single domain (SD-PSD) magnetite. Well constrained site mean directions obtained for 13 dykes lead to a mean direction for the Manso dyke swarm of Dm = 181.9°, Im = −77.2° (N = 13, α95 = 7.6°, k = 30.6), yielding a paleomagnetic pole at 177.6°E, 28.3°S, (A95 = 12.7 °K = 11.6). Two directional clusters of opposite inclination pass a reversal test (C-class) and the primary origin is supported by a positive baked contact test, satisfying all the seven R-criteria to provide the first West African Tonian key paleomagnetic pole. This key pole indicates a high latitude for the West Africa Craton during the emplacement of the ~860 Manso dykes. A compilation of reliable paleomagnetic poles for West Africa, Baltica, Amazonia and Congo-São Francisco cratons suggests that these cratons were together between ~1200 and 800 Ma in a long-lived WABAMGO configuration. We suggest that the collision of this block with Laurentia along the Grenvillian-Sunsás orogens closed the external Nuna Ocean and formed Rodinia by extroversion.
Corrigendum to “West Africa in Rodinia: High quality paleomagnetic pole from the ~860 Ma Manso dyke swarm (Ghana)” [Gondwana Res. 94 (2021) 28–43]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2021.03.011. |
Programa | Geofísica |
Ano de publicação | 2021 |
Tipo de publicação | Artigo publicado em revista |
Nome da revista/jornal | Gondwana Research |
Localidade | Publicação Internacional |
Volume | 94 |
Número | 1 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2021.02.010 |
Página inicial | 28 |
Página final | 28 |
Página web | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X2100071X?via%3Dihub |
Anexo | Antonio, P.Y.J., Baratoux, L., Trindade, R.I.F. da, Rousse, S., Ayite, A. Lana, C., Macouin, M., Adu, E.W.K., Sanchez, C., Silva, M.A.L., Firmin, A.S., Dopico, C.I.M., Proietti, A., Amponsah, P.O. & Sakyi, P.pdf |