Geology and petrogenetic considerations of the Loma Marcelo skarn, Neoproterozoic basement of the Ventania System, Argentina

The Late Precambrian–Early Palaeozoic crystalline basement of the Ventania System is mainly composed of Neoproterozoic S-type granites, Early Cambrian alkaline granites, and Middle Cambrian peralkaline rhyolites. The Neoproterozoic granites (ca. 607–581 Ma) crop out in the Cerro Pan de Azúcar-Cerro del Corral area and host the Loma Marcelo Ca/Mg skarn, composed of calc-silicate- and chondrodite-bearing assemblages. Petrographical, geochemical, and geochronological data indicate that the skarn was formed from carbonate xenoliths of sedimentary nature incorporated during the intrusion of the Neoproterozoic granites and that it is the result of three successive metamorphic events. The first one is related to the incorporation of carbonate xenoliths by the intrusion and the associated contact metamorphism. The second event is linked to the crystallization of the Early Cambrian granites and related post-magmatic processes. They are responsible for fluorine influx into the Neoproterozoic basement, which resulted in the formation of high-F minerals in the Loma Marcelo skarn (e.g. vesuvianite, chondrodite). The Sm-Nd garnet-whole rock isochron age of 526.8 ± 12.0 Ma in the skarn confirms its relationship with the Early Cambrian magmatism. The last event corresponds to a regional metamorphism assigned to the Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous on the basis of a LA-ICP-MS U-Pb age of 353.4 ± 6.7 Ma determined on zircons of the skarn as well as a Rb-Sr quartz-sericite isochron age of 364.4 ± 3.6 Ma obtained from a quartz vein that post-tectonically cuts the already mylonitized granites. The different chemical compositions of the carbonate protoliths determined the formation of two types of skarns of calcic and magnesian compositions. A single date of the calcic skarn defined a LA-ICP-MS U-Pb upper intercept age of 648 ± 21 Ma, providing the maximum sedimentation age for the calcic protolith of the Loma Marcelo skarn. The minimum sedimentation age is provided by the crystallization age of the S-type granite surrounding the skarn (ca. 607 Ma). The Loma Marcelo skarn reveals the occurrence of underground Neoproterozoic carbonate (meta-?) sedimentary rocks as part of the basement of the Ventania System. These rocks could correlate with the carbonate sequences of the neighbouring Claromecó Basin and Tandilia System.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y MuseoInstituto de Recursos MineralesCentro de Investigaciones Geológica

European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS) expert consensus on risk assessment in cardiac arrhythmias: use the right tool for the right outcome, in the right population.

In clinical practice and for scientific purposes, cardiologists and primary care physicians perform risk assessment in patients with cardiac diseases or conditions with high risk of developing such. The European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS) set down this expert consensus statement task force to summarize the consensus regarding risk assessment in cardiac arrhythmias. Objectives were to raise awareness of using the right risk assessment tool for a given outcome in a given population, and to provide physicians with practical proposals that may lead to rational and evidence-based risk assessment and improvement of patient care in this regard. A large variety of methods are used for risk assessment and choosing the best methods and tools hereof in a given situation is not simple. Even though parameters and test results found associated with increased risk of one outcome (e.g. death) may also be associated with higher risk of other adverse outcomes, specific risk assessment strategies should be used only for the purposes for which they are validated. The work of this task force is summarized in a row of consensus statement tables

Combined U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope analyses by laser ablation MC-ICP-MS: methodology and applications

The Lutetium-Hafnium isotopic system represents one of the most innovative and powerful tools for geochronology and isotopic studies. Combined U-Pb and Lu-Hf in situ analyses on zircon by LA-MC-ICP-MS permit to characterize isotopically the host magma from which it crystallized furnishing significant information for sediment provenance and crustal evolution studies. In this paper e describe the Lu-Hf systematic by LA-MC-ICP-MS developed in the laboratory of Geochronology of the University of Brasilia and report the results obtained by repeated analyses of 176Hf/177Hf isotopic ratio of three zircon standards: GJ-1 = 0.282022 ± 11 (n=56), Temora 2 = 0.282693 ± 14 (n=25) and UQZ = 0.282127 ± 33 (n=11). The 176Hf/177Hf ratio (0.282352 ± 22, n=14) of gem quality zircon used as in-house standard have been also characterized. As a geological application, we analyzed two complex zircons selected from a migmatitic rocks from the Borborema Province, NE Brazil. On the basis of U-Pb and Lu-Hf data, two main crystallization events have been identified in both studied zircons. An older event at ca. 2.05 Ga recognized in the inherited cores represents a well-characterized paleoproterozoic magmatic event that affected the whole Borborema Province. A second crystallization event at ~ 575 Ma, recognized at the rims, represents a Neoproterozoic (Brazilian) high grade metamorphic-magmatic event.O sistema isotópico Lutécio-Hafnio representa uma das ferramentas mais recentes e poderosas para estudos isotópicos e geocronológicos. Análises combinadas in situ de U-Pb e Lu-Hf sobre zircão pelo LA-MC-ICP-MS permitem caracterizar iso-topicamente o magma onde ele cristalizou, fornecendo valiosas informações para estudos de proveniência de sedimento e de evolução crustal. Nesse trabalho descrevemos a sistemática de Lu-Hf pelo LA-MC-ICP-MS implantada no laboratório de Geocronologia da Universidade de Brasília e reportamos os resultados obtidos de repetidas análises de três padrões de zircão: GJ-1 = 0.282022 ± 11 (2SD, n=56), Temora 2 = 0.282693 ± 14 (2SD, n=25) and UQ-Z = 0.282127 ± 33 (2SD, n=11). Foi também caracterizada arazão isotópica 176Hf/177Hf(0.282352 ± 22, 2SD, n=14) de um zircão usado como padrão interno do laboratório. Como aplicação geológica, analisamos dois zircões complexos selecionados a partir de uma amostra de migmatito da Província de Borborema, NE do Brasil. Sobre a base dos dados U-Pb e Lu-Hf foram identificados em ambos os zircões dois eventos de cristalização. Um evento mais antigo de 2.05 Ga nos núcleos herdados, representa um evento magmático Paleoproterozoico bem conhecido na Província Borborema. Um segundo evento de ~ 575 Ma, reconhecido nas bordas, representa um evento magmático-metamórfico Neoproterozóico (Brasiliano)

Triassic metamorphism in the northern part of the Tahami Terrane of the central cordillera of Colombia

U-Pb SHRIMP dating of zircons from two orthogneisses and one metasedimentary migmatite from the Tahamí Terrane (core of the Central Cordillera, Colombian Andes) indicate that regional metamorphism took place in Late Triassic times. Additionally, a Permi

Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of a rare ultramafic lamprophyre in the Tandilia belt basement, Río de la Plata Craton, Argentina

A metre-thick ultramafic lamprophyre dyke intrudes the basement of the andilia belt at the Sierra Alta de Vela, Argentina. A petrological and geochemical study of this rock and associated small dykes indicates a predominantly calc-alkaline trend. Phlogopite KeAr dating of the ultramafic lamprophyre gave a minimum age of 1928 +/- 54 Ma as a late event of the Transamazonian Orogeny, which is well represented in the basement of the Tandilia belt. An electron microprobe study indicates the presence of phlogopite,albite, chromite and Cr-rich phenocrysts and Cr-free microphenocrysts of diopside as primary minerals. Subsequent to deformation at the contacts with the wall rock, metasomatism generated strongly zoned amphibole (edenite, pargasite, Mg-hastingite and tremolite compositions) and andradite as well as chlorite, sericite, albite,apatite and calcite. The central zone of the lamprophyre is almost undeformed and exhibits some ocellar texture. Geochemical and isotopic signatures of the lamprophyre suggest that its magma source may have previously undergone incompatible element enrichment of the mantle source, representing the original precursor magma for the calc-alkaline dyke series of the Sierra Alta de Vela.Fil: Dristas, Jorge A.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Bahía Blanca. Instituto Geológico del Sur; ArgentinaFil: Martinez, Juan Cruz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Bahía Blanca. Instituto Geológico del Sur; ArgentinaFil: Massonne, Hans Joachim. Universität Stuttgart; AlemaniaFil: Pimentel, Marcio M.. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasi

High resolution isotopic ages for the early Miocene "Patagoniense" transgression in Southwest Patagonia: Stratigraphic implications

The classical marine Patagoniense succession at Lago Argentino, southwestern Patagonia (Argentina), known as Estancia 25 de Mayo Formation, was dated by radiometric U-Pb on zircon grains from pyroclastic rocks and 87Sr/ 86Sr ratio on calcitic oyster shells. U-Pb data yielded an age of 19.14 Ma for the lower portion of the Patagoniense succession and 18.85 Ma for the lowermost part of the overlying Santa Cruz Formation. 87Sr/ 86Sr data yielded ages ranging from 20.05 Ma at the lower part and 19.1 Ma for the upper portion of the Estancia 25 de Mayo Formation, in good agreement with respect to the U-Pb results. Our results constrain the age of these beds entirely into the early Miocene Burdigalian stage, and locally into the Superpatagoniense stage. Correlation with other Patagoniense units in Santa Cruz, especially in the westernmost parts of the Austral Basin, reveals the existence of a shallow and extended sea, and lack of correlation with global sea-level highstands suggests a local Andean tectonic overprint as the cause of the sea level rise.Fil: Cuitiño, José Ignacio. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología. Cátedra de Sedimentologia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Pimentel, Marcio M.. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; BrasilFil: Ventura Santos, Roberto. Universidade Do Brasilia. Instituto de Geociencias; BrasilFil: Scasso, Roberto Adrian. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología. Cátedra de Sedimentologia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin