Permian A-type rhyolites of the Muráň Nappe, Inner Western Carpathians, Slovakia: in-situ zircon U–Pb SIMS ages and tectonic setting

Year, pages: 2018, 187 - 198

Three representative A-type rhyolitic rock samples from the Muráň Nappe of the inferred Silicic Unit of the Inner Western Carpathians (Slovakia) were dated using the high-precision SIMS U–Pb isotope technique on zircons. The geochronological data presented in this paper is the first in-situ isotopic dating of these volcanic rocks. Oscillatory zoned zircon crystals mostly revealed concordant Permian (Guadalupian) ages: 266.6 ± 2.4 Ma in Tisovec-Rejkovo (TIS-1), 263.3 ± 1.9 Ma in Telgárt-Gregová Hill (TEL-1) and 269.5 ± 1.8 Ma in Veľká Stožka-Dudlavka (SD-2) rhyolites. The results indicate that the formation of A-type rhyolites and their plutonic equivalents are connected to magmatic activity during the Permian extensional tectonics and most likely related to the Pangea supercontinent break-up.

Ondrejka, M., Li, X., Vojtko, R., Putiš, M., Uher, P., Sobocký, T. 2018. Permian A-type rhyolites of the Muráň Nappe, Inner Western Carpathians, Slovakia: in-situ zircon U–Pb SIMS ages and tectonic setting. In Geologica Carpathica, vol. 69, no.2, pp. 187-198. 1335-0552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geoca-2018-0011

Ondrejka, M., Li, X., Vojtko, R., Putiš, M., Uher, P., Sobocký, T. (2018). Permian A-type rhyolites of the Muráň Nappe, Inner Western Carpathians, Slovakia: in-situ zircon U–Pb SIMS ages and tectonic setting. Geologica Carpathica, 69(2), 187-198. 1335-0552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geoca-2018-0011