Detrital zircon provenance of Pennsylvanian to Permian sandstones from the Wyoming craton and Wood River Basin, Idaho, U.S.A.

Link, Paul K.; Mahon, Robert; Beranek, Luke P.; Campbell-Stone, Erin; Lynds, Ranie

doi:10.2113/gsrocky.49.2.115

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“…The detritalzircon age distribution in the Pennsyl vanian-Permian sandstones (Fig. 10A; Link et al, 2014), Neoproterozoic Winder mere Supergroup (Fig. 10G; Ross and Parrish, 1991;Gehrels and Ross, 1998), and the Mesoproterozoic Belt Supergroup (Fig.…”

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Detrital-zircon geochronology of the Sawtooth metamorphic complex, Idaho: Evidence for metamorphosed lower Paleozoic shelf strata within the Idaho batholith

Bergeron

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Geosphere

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U-Pb ages of detrital zircons from metasedimentary rocks of the Sawtooth metamorphic complex (SMC) are key for identifying the stratigraphic age of metamorphosed strata within the Idaho batholith region of the Cordilleran orogen. The SMC is an exposure of medium-to high-grade metasedimentary rocks surrounded by the Idaho and Sawtooth batholiths. U-Pb ages of detrital zircons from SMC quartzites and quartzofeldspathic gneisses yield two distinctive age spectra consisting of primary 2900-2510 Ma and 1990-1760 Ma zircons for one group and 1870-1670 Ma, 1490-1330 Ma, and 1220-1020 Ma zircons for the other group. The suite of samples also yields a small number of zircons with concordant Cambrian and Neoproterozoic ages. Statistical and visual comparisons of age spectra with detrital-zircon data from Proterozoic and Paleozoic strata deposited on the western passive margin of Laurentia suggest that the SMC rocks were deposited in the Cambrian and Middle Ordovician. The identification of lower Paleozoic shelf strata in the SMC, along with similar sections recently identified in the Stibnite and Gospel Peaks inliers of the Idaho batholith, suggest that the Cordilleran passive margin sequence was continuous along the western margin of Laurentia, including the area occupied by the Idaho batholith. 2016, Detrital-zircon geochronology of the Sawtooth metamorphic complex, Idaho: Evidence for metamorphosed lower Paleozoic shelf strata within the

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Detrital-zircon geochronology of the Sawtooth metamorphic complex, Idaho: Evidence for metamorphosed lower Paleozoic shelf strata within the Idaho batholith

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Foster

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“…These first-cycle basement sources were exposed throughout the Pennsylvanian and earliest Permian (Anderson and Morrison, 1992;Anderson et al, 1993;Holm et al, 2007;Giles et al, 2013;Lawton et al 2015a). These ages have also been documented in detrital zircons from a multitude of basin studies of Paleozoic strata along the Ouachita-Marathon suture zone as well as north and northeast of the Permian Basin, giving the possibility of sediment recycling (Dickinson and Gehrels, 2003;Becker et al, 2005;Becker et al, 2006;Gehrels et al, 2011b;Giles et al, 2013;Link et al, 2014;Xie et al, 2016).…”

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Orogen proximal sedimentation in the Permian foreland basin

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The sedimentary fill of peripheral foreland basins has the potential to preserve a record of the processes of ocean closure and continental collision, as well as the long-term (i.e., 107–108 yr) sediment-routing evolution associated with these processes; however, the detrital record of these deep-time tectonic processes and the sedimentary response have rarely been documented during the final stages of supercontinent assembly. The stratigraphy within the southern margin of the Delaware Basin and Marathon fold and thrust belt preserves a record of the Carboniferous–Permian Pangean continental assembly, culminating in the formation of the Delaware and Midland foreland basins of North America. Here, we use 1721 new detrital zircon (DZ) U-Pb ages from 13 stratigraphic samples within the Marathon fold and thrust belt and Glass Mountains of West Texas in order to evaluate the provenance and sediment-routing evolution of the southern, orogen-proximal region of this foreland basin system. Among these new DZ data, 85 core-rim age relationships record multi-stage crystallization related to magmatic or metamorphic events in sediment source areas, further constraining source terranes and sediment routing. Within samples, a lack of Neoproterozoic–Cambrian zircon grains in the pre-orogenic Mississippian Tesnus Formation and subsequent appearance of this zircon age group in the syn-orogenic Pennsylvanian Haymond Formation point toward initial basin inversion and the uplift and exhumation of volcanic units related to Rodinian rifting. Moreover, an upsection decrease in Grenvillian (ca. 1300–920 Ma) and an increase in Paleozoic zircons denote a progressive provenance shift from that of dominantly orogenic highland sources to that of sediment sources deeper in the Gondwanan hinterland during tectonic stabilization. Detrital zircon core-rim age relationships of ca. 1770 Ma cores with ca. 600–300 Ma rims indicate Amazonian cores with peri-Gondwanan or Pan-African rims, Grenvillian cores with ca. 580 Ma rims are correlative with Pan-African volcanism or the ca. 780–560 Ma volcanics along the rifted Laurentian margin, and Paleozoic core-rim age relationships are likely indicative of volcanic arc activity within peri-Gondwana, Coahuila, or Oaxaquia. Our results suggest dominant sediment delivery to the Marathon region from the nearby southern orogenic highland; less sediment was delivered from the axial portion of the Ouachita or Appalachian regions suggesting that this area of the basin was not affected by a transcontinental drainage. The provenance evolution of sediment provides insights into how continental collision directs the dispersal and deposition of sediment in the Permian Basin and analogous foreland basins.

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“…As discussed previously, all potential sediment sources except for the Belt Supergroup, Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Brigham Group and coeval strata, Precambrian basement, and Mogollon Highlands, have Yavapai‐Mazatzal grains ranging in abundance from ~5% to 19%: 18% from the North American passive margin (Gehrels & Pecha, ; Malone et al, ; May et al, , ), 8% from Mesozoic eolianites (Dickinson & Gehrels, , ), 19% and 18% from the Paleozoic sandstones to the west and northern Colorado, respectively (Evans & Soreghan, ; Link et al, ; Nair et al, ; Siddoway & Gehrels, ), 5% from the Cordillera magmatic arc and batholiths (Laskowski et al, ), and 18% from Sevier foreland basin strata (May et al, , ). None of these sources can provide more than 20% Yavapai‐Mazatzal‐age zircons to the sample data set.…”

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“…The late Paleozoic eolian sandstones that blanketed much of the interior of western North America (Evans & Soreghan, ; e.g., the Tensleep Sandstone in Wyoming and Weber Sandstone in southeast Wyoming, northern Colorado, and Utah; Link et al, ; Nair et al, ) and the Paleozoic sandstones associated with the Ancestral Rocky Mountain basins, are another potential source of recycled zircon grains (Nair et al, ; Siddoway & Gehrels, ). The late Paleozoic eolian sandstones ( n = 734) are characterized by four major age groups of ~2000–1600, ~1500–1300, ~1300–900, and ~500–300 Ma and one less abundant age group of ~2800–2500 Ma (Figure ).…”

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Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Upper Cretaceous to Paleocene Sandstones From South‐Central Wyoming: Evidence for Middle Campanian Laramide Deformation

Lynds

Xie

2019

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Detrital zircon provenance of Pennsylvanian to Permian sandstones from the Wyoming craton and Wood River Basin, Idaho, U.S.A.

Cited by 33 publications

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Detrital-zircon geochronology of the Sawtooth metamorphic complex, Idaho: Evidence for metamorphosed lower Paleozoic shelf strata within the Idaho batholith

Detrital-zircon geochronology of the Sawtooth metamorphic complex, Idaho: Evidence for metamorphosed lower Paleozoic shelf strata within the Idaho batholith

Orogen proximal sedimentation in the Permian foreland basin

Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Upper Cretaceous to Paleocene Sandstones From South‐Central Wyoming: Evidence for Middle Campanian Laramide Deformation

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