Late Cretaceous-Paleocene stratigraphic and structural evolution of the central Mexican fold and thrust belt, from detrital zircon (U-Th)/(He-Pb) ages

Juárez-Arriaga, Edgar; Lawton, Timothy F.; Stöckli, Daniel F.; Solari, Luigi; Martens, Uwe

doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102264

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“…Mendez Formation has been described as shale (Aguayo-Camargo et al, 2018) and marl (Segerstrom, 1962), being its main lithology. The Mesozoic succession was folded and trusted during Late Cretaceous to Paleogene contractional Mexican Orogeny responsible for the MFTB and MFB (Eguiluz-de Antuñano et al, 2000;Fitz-Díaz et al, 2018;Juárez-Arriaga et al, 2019b). It was under this episode that the Paleocene -Eocene Chicontepec Formation was deposited (Carrillo-Bravo, 1971;Eguiluz-de Antuñano et al, 2000;Fitz-Díaz et al, 2018;Juárez-Arriaga et al, 2019b).…”

Section: Regional Geologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Mesozoic succession was folded and trusted during Late Cretaceous to Paleogene contractional Mexican Orogeny responsible for the MFTB and MFB (Eguiluz-de Antuñano et al, 2000;Fitz-Díaz et al, 2018;Juárez-Arriaga et al, 2019b). It was under this episode that the Paleocene -Eocene Chicontepec Formation was deposited (Carrillo-Bravo, 1971;Eguiluz-de Antuñano et al, 2000;Fitz-Díaz et al, 2018;Juárez-Arriaga et al, 2019b). The Chicontepec Formation consist of calcareous and siliciclastic turbidites deposited from the Paleocene to the early Eocene in a submarine canyon generated by the intense erosion of the underlying Cretaceous and Upper Jurassic succession (Busch and Govela, 1978) [Chicontepec Formation (Ss-Sh), with "Pec" symbol in the map].…”

Section: Regional Geologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Geological map of the distribution of igneous Cenozoic rocks in central Tampico-Misantla Basin

Loza-Aguirre

Solís-Orduña²,

Sierra-Rojas³

et al. 2022

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We present a geological map that shows the distribution of Cenozoic igneous rocks in the central portion of the Tampico-Misantla Basin in eastern Mexico at 1:500,000 scale. This map covers an area of ~25000 km2, including part of the States of Veracruz, Hidalgo, and Puebla. It was made as background information for the geophysical exploration of the CONACYT Fronteras de la Ciencia project 1787 “Un acercamiento a los Yacimientos no Convencionales a partir de Métodos Electromagnéticos de exploración”. This map resulted from the compilation of cartographic and geochronological (28 K-Ar isotopic ages) information from available literature, complemented and improved with photogeology and regional reconnaissance tours along several roads that cross the region. Main Cenozoic units were recognized during fieldwork. Particular emphasis was placed on identifying igneous rocks, especially intrusive bodies, as this was one of the main goals of the CONACYT Project, by using geophysical methods, and characterizing the geometry of the basin. The map is now available to the community interested in the Cenozoic evolution of east-central Mexico. Besides that, it will be the basis of the research that the group is carrying out in the Eastern Mexican Alkaline Province and the eastern Sierra Madre Oriental Cenozoic magmatism.

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Section: Regional Geologymentioning

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Geological map of the distribution of igneous Cenozoic rocks in central Tampico-Misantla Basin

Loza-Aguirre

Solís-Orduña²,

Sierra-Rojas³

et al. 2022

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“…Hacia el límite Cretácico Temprano-Tardío la parte oeste de la MC formó parte del antepaís asociado al Orógeno Mexicano, nombrado Sistema de Cuencas de Antepaís Mexicano (Juárez-Arriaga et al, 2019b). En la figura 1b se observa una tabla de correlación estratigráfica esquemática del centro de México, que muestra la litología del Cretácico.…”

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Deformación del Cretácico tardío en el límite de la Mesa Central y la Sierra Madre Oriental, centro de México

Cid-Villegas¹,

Alaniz-Álvarez²,

Xu³

et al. 2022

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En el centro de México se han identificado dos eventos tectónicos importantes del Cretácico: la acreción del Terreno Guerrero (Cretácico Temprano) y la formación del Orógeno Mexicano (Cretácico Tardío-Paleógeno). Ambos eventos presentan una dirección de transporte tectónico al noreste en el centro del país, y han sido estudiados tanto en la Mesa Central, como en la Sierra Madre Oriental. No obstante, pocos trabajos han caracterizado la deformación contractiva en el límite entre ambas provincias. Con el fin de contribuir a una mejor comprensión de la deformación del Cretácico Tardío en el centro de México, el presente trabajo se enfoca en el límite de ambas provincias, especialmente en las localidades Juriquilla, San Miguel de Allende y la Sierra de los Cuarzos. Los objetivos de este trabajo fueron: a) Identificar la deformación contractiva de las rocas mesozoicas de la zona de estudio. b) Determinar variaciones en la dirección de transporte tectónico de la zona de estudio con respecto a la Mesa Central y Sierra Madre Oriental. En este estudio se reportan nuevos datos estructurales y edades U-Pb en granos de circón detrítico. Se discute sobre la posibilidad de tener dos eventos de deformación contractiva. El evento D1 se infiere contemporáneo a la acreción del Terreno Guerrero y se observa en las rocas más antiguas de Sierra de los Cuarzos. Por su parte, las edades máximas de depósito obtenidas en San Miguel de Allende y Juriquilla, 110.2 ± 0.8 Ma y 110.5 ± 0.9 Ma (Albiano temprano), respectivamente, limitan la edad de la deformación D2, siendo posterior a los ~110 Ma. Por lo tanto, esta deformación resulta contemporánea a la formación del Orógeno Mexicano. El evento D2 se observa en las tres áreas. Mediante el análisis estructural se determinó que D1 tiene una dirección de transporte al sureste, mientras que D2 presenta una dirección de transporte general al oeste-suroeste o suroeste. Estas direcciones de transporte difieren al de la acreción del Terreno Guerrero y al de la formación del Orógeno Mexicano. Esta diferencia en la dirección de transporte podría ser producto de retrodeformación, y/o heterogeneidades en el basamento.

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“…The scientific motivation for detrital dating generally falls into one or more of three categories: (a) characterization of the source area of the sand (e.g. Blum & Pecha, 2014; Juárez‐Arriaga, Lawton, Stockli, Solari, & Martens, 2019), (b) assessment of the depositional age of a sandstone (references follow below) or (c) assessment of the post‐depositional thermal history of sandstones (e.g. Gray et al, 2001).…”

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On the use of geochronology of detrital grains in determining the time of deposition of clastic sedimentary strata

Copeland

2020

Basin Research

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Placing geologic events in a temporal framework is essential to telling the story of Earth history and understanding the age of individual strata is essential in any basin analysis. Many methods for determining the formation age of a rock are used in Earth sciences today, with the appropriateness and value of each being dependent on the situation. Dating igneous rocks is straightforward because the process of their formation is relatively simple, with a magma cooling to produce a solid rock. Moreover, many isotopic methods (most notably dating zircon with the U-Pb technique) yield ages that can be reasonably interpreted as the time of crystallization. Analysis of the genesis of metamorphic rocks is more complicated because metamorphism takes longer than igneous crystallization (millions of years instead of thousands) and few isotopic methods are well-suited to dating the time of formation (indeed, the time of formation of a metamorphic rock is not always easy to define). Sedimentary rocks are also difficult to date in an absolute sense because minerals in a clastic rock are older than the rock in which they are found and minerals in chemical sedimentary rocks rarely contain sufficient

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Late Cretaceous-Paleocene stratigraphic and structural evolution of the central Mexican fold and thrust belt, from detrital zircon (U-Th)/(He-Pb) ages

Cited by 18 publications

References 52 publications

Geological map of the distribution of igneous Cenozoic rocks in central Tampico-Misantla Basin

Geological map of the distribution of igneous Cenozoic rocks in central Tampico-Misantla Basin

Deformación del Cretácico tardío en el límite de la Mesa Central y la Sierra Madre Oriental, centro de México

On the use of geochronology of detrital grains in determining the time of deposition of clastic sedimentary strata

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