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Late Cretaceous age of magmatism at Vršatec in the Pieniny Klippen Belt, Western Carpathians, Slovakia

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|Sep 2024

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Figure 1.

General geological sketch of the northwestern part of the Western Carpathians (after Plašienka 2015, modified; orange polygon A) showing the position of the study area (red rectange B - Figure 2).
General geological sketch of the northwestern part of the Western Carpathians (after Plašienka 2015, modified; orange polygon A) showing the position of the study area (red rectange B - Figure 2).

Figure 2.

Geological map of the Vršatec Klippen area (after Schlögl et al., 2009, modified) showing the position of the studied peperit (red star).
Geological map of the Vršatec Klippen area (after Schlögl et al., 2009, modified) showing the position of the studied peperit (red star).

Figure 3.

The outcrop of the peperite from Vršatec (A) and photomicrographs of magmatic clasts cemented by calcite (B); Cal – calcite; Px – Pyroxene; cm - carbonate matrix; mc – magmatic clast; vg - volcanic glass.
The outcrop of the peperite from Vršatec (A) and photomicrographs of magmatic clasts cemented by calcite (B); Cal – calcite; Px – Pyroxene; cm - carbonate matrix; mc – magmatic clast; vg - volcanic glass.

Figure 4.

Cathodoluminescence images of analyzed zircon grains.
Cathodoluminescence images of analyzed zircon grains.

Figure 5.

Ion microprobe results. Lower Intercept age (A) and U-Pb Concordia (B) diagrams.
Ion microprobe results. Lower Intercept age (A) and U-Pb Concordia (B) diagrams.

Ion microprobe zircon data of analyzed peperite_

SampleU(ppm)Th (ppm)Th/U204Pb/206Pb(%) error206Pbc (%)238U/206Pb*±%207Pb*/206Pb*±%207Pb*/235U±%206Pb*/238U±%error corr.206pb/238U age (Ma)±(Ma)
SFP22-90.7.12533061.211.1E-3582.06831.70.031330.051330.0121.70.0577.3±1
SFP22-90.11.14917851.601.8E-41000.33821.20.04570.07570.0121.20.1778.31.0
SFP22-90.6.13163451.097.5E-4581.39811.00.040170.069170.0121.00.0679.00.8
SFP22-90.12.162611711.871.2E-41000.23790.90.04650.08050.0130.90.1781.40.7
SFP22-90.1.145411132.45-7.8E-4500.00780.90.061100.108100.0130.90.1081.90.8
SFP22-90.3.2 rejected44412692.85-2.0E-3320.00771.80.074120.133120.0131.80.1582.9±2
SFP22-90.3.1630.511.6E-210030.6410845.80.126640.160790.00945.80.5859.1±27
SFP22-90.5.11180.66-8.7E-31000.006516.10.189490.399510.01516.10.3198.2±16
SFP22-90.2.13751340.36-------0.00210.70.05210.33420.0470.70.44294±2
SFP22-90.9.13191020.323.7E-4260.67140.60.05940.56440.0700.60.14435±3
SFP22-90.4.1517280.067.4E-5410.13140.60.05410.53010.0710.60.45443±3
SFP22-90.8.1253190.071.4E-4410.26140.70.05420.54620.0730.70.34453±3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mipo-2024-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1899-8526 | Journal ISSN: 1899-8291
Language: English
Page range: 40 - 47
Submitted on: May 9, 2024
Accepted on: Aug 1, 2024
Published on: Sep 26, 2024
Published by: Mineralogical Society of Poland
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 times per year

© 2024 Jakub Bazarnik, Marína Molčan Matejová, Piotr Lenik, Dušan Plašienka, Tomáš Potočný, Magdalena Pańczyk, published by Mineralogical Society of Poland
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