The Mesoproterozoic (1.47-1.44 Ga) orogenic magmatism in Fennoscandia; Baddeleyite U-Pb dating of a suite of massif-type anorthosites in S Sweden

The Jonkoping Anorthositic Suite (JAS) in S. Sweden has characteristics typical for (Proterozoic) massif-type anorthosites. The interstitial liquid of these plagioclase-porphyritic rocks solidified at 1,455 +/- A 6 Ma, as determined by U-Pb isotope analysis of baddeleyite. The JAS developed during a...

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Published in:International Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Authors: Brander, Linus, Söderlund, Ulf
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer 2009
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Online Access:https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/617876
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-007-0281-0
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Summary:The Jonkoping Anorthositic Suite (JAS) in S. Sweden has characteristics typical for (Proterozoic) massif-type anorthosites. The interstitial liquid of these plagioclase-porphyritic rocks solidified at 1,455 +/- A 6 Ma, as determined by U-Pb isotope analysis of baddeleyite. The JAS developed during a regional 1.47-1.44 event in Fennoscandia that generated widespread mafic magmatism (basalts, and diabase dykes and sills) in the north and emplacement of felsic plutons in the south. The event of 1.47-1.44 Ga magmatism in Fennoscandia largely coincides in age with dynamic high-grade metamorphism in SW Sweden and was probably related to convergent active-margin processes during the Danopolonian orogeny.