Proterozoic Rocks Chapter 15B.

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Proterozoic Rocks Chapter 15B

Proterozoic Terrane 2.5 to 0.57 Gy old Basaltic intrusions Anorthosite massifs Linear belt overprints

Basaltic Intrusions Dike swarms are common Suggest widespread horizontal extension In Canadian shield dikes migrated outward

Layered Mafic Intrusions Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Duluth Gabbro, MN (1.2 Gy) Muskox intrusion, NW Territory Sudbury, Ontario (1.7 Gy) Bushveld Complex, S. Africa (2.1 Gy)

Origin of Proterozoic Mafics The result of meteorite impacts? If so, why?

Anorthosite Massifs Largest volumes as Proterozoic massifs Surrounded by high-grade granulites Occur as sheets a few km thick

Anorthosite Suite Anorthosites Gabbro, norite, leucogranite also Ultra mafic rocks are missing Mafic phases are anhydrous

Crystallization Conditions Anhydrous mafic assemblage suggests low water pressure Hbld + Biot + Qtz = Hyper + K-spar + Plag + H20 Plagioclase is generally andesine, not labradorite as in Archean mafic suites High T contact aureoles Suggest P < 0.5 GPa

Origin of Anorthosites Crystallization temperatures 1000 - 1200°C Large Eu anomaly indicates magmatic Anorthosites are cumulates with plagioclase magacrysts Are the felsic charnokites co-magmatic? Different Sr ratios from anorthosites Concentrated in space and time ~1.4 Gy

Rapikivi Granites Felsic member of the anorthosite suite Anhedral K-spar surrounded by rims of sodic plagioclase Ages of 1.1 to 1.7 Gy Some emplaced at a shallow crustal level Locally associated with volcanic equivalents

Proterozoic Mobile Belts Differ from orogenic belts Origin as ensialic reworking of materials No new materials involved Form by suturing of small blocks Typical of Proterozoic terranes Examples: South Africa Grenville

Grenville Province Peripheral to Archean terrane Rests on sialic basement Basal submarine basalts overlain by calc alkaline volcanics Folds overturned toward Archean terrane

Bancroft Terrane Middle to upper amphibolite grade marble Siliciclastic sediments Granodiorite/orthogneiss 1.1 Ga nepheline syenites Carbonatite Thrusting at base of southern zone High grade metamorphism of the central zone

Elzivir Terrane Greenschist and amphibolite grade metavolcanics Marble and siliciclastic sediments Tholeiitic and calc-alkali volcanic rocks ~1.3 GA tonalites and granites Peralkaline volcanics and plutons

Frontenac Terrane Lacks metavolcanics and tonalites Contains marble and siliciclastic sediments Amphibolites to granulites SE dipping foliations ~1.2 gabbro-syenite-granite plutons

Adirondack Terrane Mylonite zone at NW contact with Frontenac Terrane Large anorthosite-gabbro-charnockite complexes Siliciclastic, carbonate, and evaporite metasediments Felsic metavolcanics 1.3 – 1.1 Ga intrusions

Grenville Controversies Anorthositic complexes? Nature of contact with Superior Province The Grenville Front Extensive granulate facies rocks Suggest 60 km crust during formation

Evidence for Grenville Origin Rifting at the start of the Grenville Plateau basalts NE trend of dike swarms Deformation and metamorphism ~1.1 Gy Probably represents the opening and closing of an ocean Rapikivi granites ~1.4 Gy represent rift related bimodal facies

Late Proterozoic Rifting Late Proterozoic rifting began ~0.8 Ga Continental breakup occurred ~ 0.6 Ga St. Lawrence represents a failed rift of this period Alkali intrusions associated with this rifting