The Caribbean-Colombian Cretaceous Igneous Province: The Internal Anatomy of an Oceanic Plateau

2013 ◽  
pp. 123-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Kerr ◽  
John Tarney ◽  
Giselle F. Marriner ◽  
Alvaro Nivia ◽  
Andrew D. Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Internal Anatomy ◽  
Oceanic Plateau ◽  
Igneous Province ◽  
The Caribbean

Collision of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province with the Americas: Earliest evidence from the forearc of Costa Rica

2019 ◽  
Vol 131 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 1555-1580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goran Andjić ◽  
Peter O. Baumgartner ◽  
Claudia Baumgartner-Mora
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
North America ◽  
Large Igneous Province ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Oceanic Plateau ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Igneous Province ◽  
The Caribbean

AbstractThe Cretaceous period was marked by the most voluminous episodes of oceanic plateau volcanism in the Phanerozoic Eon. Primarily affecting the Pacific, mantle plumes generated oceanic plateaus during three main phases (ca. 145–140 Ma, ca. 122–115 Ma, and ca. 100–90 Ma). Central America is one of the very few circum-Pacific margins where remnants of these Cretaceous plateaus were accreted. The study of their onland exposures provides a highly valuable insight into the complexity and diversity of oceanic plateau histories, from their eruption to their accretion. Exposed in northern Costa Rica, the plateau remnants of the Nicoya Peninsula originated from a Jurassic oceanic crust over-thickened by Early and Late Cretaceous hotspots. These sheared-off pieces of the Farallon Plate testify to the early tectonic interaction of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP, ca. 94–89 Ma) with North America, initiated <5 m.y. after the onset of CLIP eruption. By combining our results with previously published data, we propose an updated tectono-stratigraphic framework that divides the Nicoya Peninsula into two oceanic plateau terranes. (1) The accretion timing of the Aptian to Turonian Manzanillo Terrane is constrained by the Coniacian (ca. 89–86 Ma) base of the overlapping Loma Chumico Formation. The proximal tuffaceous forearc deposits of the Loma Chumico Formation are the oldest evidence of a volcanic arc in Costa Rica—called here the Berrugate Arc—as revealed by new biostratigraphic and geochemical data. (2) The Nicoya Complex s. str. is a composite plateau remnant containing rocks of Bajocian to earliest Campanian age. Its accretion occurred during the middle Campanian (ca. 79–76 Ma) and shut down the Berrugate Arc. In contrast to the collision of CLIP with North America, onset of the collision of CLIP with South America began much later, during the latest Campanian (ca. 75–73 Ma).

Alteration mineralogy of Cretaceous basalt from ODP Site 1001, Leg 165 (Caribbean Sea)

Clay Minerals ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Clayton ◽  
R. B. Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Sea Water ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Large Igneous Province ◽  
Reducing Conditions ◽  
Igneous Province ◽  
High Fluid ◽  
Alteration Processes ◽  
Fe Oxyhydroxides ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
And Diffusion

AbstractSecondary clay minerals observed in the two uppermost basalt lava flows at ODP Site 1001, in the Caribbean Sea, drilled from the large igneous province of Cretaceous age, result from low-temperature alteration processes. Alteration mainly proceeds by circulation and diffusion of sea water. Six different types of clay mineral assemblage were recognized. Initial alteration with oxygenated sea water involves Fe and K fixation, creating visible oxidation halos parallel to the sides of cracks and fissures. A saponite/ beidellite mixture, interstratified smectite-glauconite, interstratified glauconite-nontronite and Fe oxyhydroxides are obtained depending on the distance from fluid conduits. The presence of beidellite may be due to enhanced Al mobilization resulting from high fluid flux. These early minerals are cross-cut by thin veins of pure celadonite or glauconite with further vesicle infill. Late-stage alteration is typified by the formation of saponite and takes place under closed reducing conditions resulting from deposition of the sedimentary overburden.

scholarly journals Age and geochemistry of the Beata Ridge: Primary formation during the main phase (~89 Ma) of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province

Lithos ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 328-329 ◽  
pp. 69-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antje Dürkefälden ◽  
Kaj Hoernle ◽  
Folkmar Hauff ◽  
Jo-Anne Wartho ◽  
Paul van den Bogaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Main Phase ◽  
Large Igneous Province ◽  
Igneous Province ◽  
The Caribbean

An integrative geologic, geochronologic and geochemical study of Gorgona Island, Colombia: Implications for the formation of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province

2011 ◽  
Vol 309 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 324-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Serrano ◽  
Luca Ferrari ◽  
Margarita López Martínez ◽  
Chiara Maria Petrone ◽  
Carlos Jaramillo
Keyword(s):  
Large Igneous Province ◽  
Geochemical Study ◽  
Igneous Province ◽  
The Caribbean

scholarly journals Prolonged plume volcanism in the Caribbean Large Igneous Province: New insights from Curaçao and Haiti

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 4241-4259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Loewen ◽  
Robert A. Duncan ◽  
Adam J. R. Kent ◽  
Kyle Krawl
Keyword(s):  
Large Igneous Province ◽  
Igneous Province ◽  
The Caribbean

Is the Lower Duarte Igneous Complex (Hispaniola) a Remnant of the Caribbean Plume-Generated Oceanic Plateau?

1997 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Lapierre ◽  
Dupuis ◽  
de Lépinay ◽  
Tardy ◽  
Ruíz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Igneous Complex ◽  
Oceanic Plateau ◽  
The Caribbean
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