Petrology and geochemistry of the Silgara Schists in the Silos area, Santander Massif, Colombia

Abstract The Silgará Schists consist primarily of metapelites, metasemipelites, quartz-feldspathic rocks, pure carbonate rocks, and calc-silicate rocks. The REE content and patterns, the Zr/Sc and Th/Sc ratios, and the high contents of Hf and Zr point to a felsic upper crustal source with a high degree of recycling. The Silgará Schists were metamorphosed at peak conditions of 670 - 770° C and 7.8 - 11.3 Kbar as indicated by the paragenesis Bt + Grt + St + Qz + Ky + Pl. The lithology and P-T conditions of the Barrovian type metamorphism of the Silgará Schists of the Silos stripe is very similar to those from the Mutiscua area.

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Main Authors: García-Ramírez,Carlos Alberto, Casadiegos-Agudelo,Luisa, Castellanos-Meléndez,Maria Paula
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2019
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0012-73532019000200271
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