Abstract

Caracterización geoquímica del magmatismo de arco Devónico y Carbonífero-Pérmico en el noroeste de Patagonia, Argentina. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2015, vol.72, n.3, pp.419-432. ISSN 0004-4822.

Based on 23 whole rock chemical analyses of the igneous basement rocks from the Northwest Patagonia, Neuquén, Río Negro and Chubut provinces, we characterize the magmatism and tectonic setting for the region between 40º and 42º S, further west of 70º W. The analysed rocks are mainly granitoids (with one migmatite and another meta-basite), with ductile deformation. Previously, all these rocks have been isotopically dated by U-Pb, K-Ar and Sm-Nd methods, and then the crystallization and metamorphism-deformation ages, and extraction time from the mantle are known. According to their geological ages, they have been separated into Chanic (Devonian) and Gondwanic Groups (Carboniferous-Permian). In both cases, the granitoids are subalkaline, normal calc-alkaline, I- type, peraluminous, and related to their respective magmatic arcs, developed on continental margin. The Gondwanic granitoids were also compared with the granitoids of the same age ranging from Northpatagonian Massif, Cordillera Norpatagónica, and Cordillera Frontal from Mendoza (Argentina) and Chile.

Keywords : Patagonia; Basement; Geochemistry; Arc magmatism.