Edad de las rocas volcánicas submarinas y plutónicas del Complejo Basal de La Palma: implicaciones en la evolución geológica temprana de la isla
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Se presentan los primeros resultados geocronológicos (método
U-Pb en circones y Ar-Ar en biotitas y anfíboles) fiables de las rocas
volcánicas submarinas y plutónicas del Complejo Basal de La Palma.
Teniendo en cuenta que el complejo lóbulo-hialoclastítico traquítico
submarino es la formación rocosa aflorante más antigua de la isla,
se puede estimar un mínimo de edad para la etapa de crecimiento
submarino de la isla de La Palma de 3,10 Ma. Las lavas almohadilladas
traquibasálticas que se encuentran por encima de estas rocas
traquíticas tienen una edad de 2,48 Ma. Por otro lado, de las edades
aquí determinadas en las rocas plutónicas datadas se deduce que
los edificios volcánicos subaéreos de Garafía y Taburiente Inferior
constituyen dos complejos vulcano-plutónicos sucesivos: con rocas
volcánicas o extrusivas, por un lado, formando dos grandes edificios
en escudo, y, por otro, con rocas plutónicas que representan
las cámaras magmáticas que alimentaban la actividad de estos
edificios volcánicos y que los grandes deslizamientos gravitacionales
acaecidos en este sector de la isla y la propia erosión han dejado
parcialmente al descubierto en el fondo de la Caldera de Taburiente.
Una interesante radiografía de estos complejos vulcano-plutónicos
lo constituyen las paredes y el fondo de la impresionante Caldera de
Taburiente
The first reliable geochronological results (U-Pb method in zircons and Ar-Ar in biotites) of the plutonic and submarine volcanic rocks of the La Palma Basal Complex are presented. Bearing in mind that the submarine trachytic lobe-hialoclastitic complex is the oldest outcropping rock formation on the island, a minimum age can be estimated for the submarine growth stage of the La Palma island of 3.10 Ma. The trachybasaltic pillow lavas found above these trachytic rocks have an age of 2.48 Ma. On the other hand, from the ages obtained here for the plutonic rocks it is deduced that the subaerial volcanic edifices of Garafía and Lower-Taburiente constitute two successive volcano-plutonic complexes: with volcanic or extrusive rocks, on one side, forming two large shield volcanoes, and, on the other side, with plutonic rocks that represent the magmatic chambers that fed the activity of these volcanic edifices and that large gravitational landslides occurred in this sector of the island and the erosion itself have partially left uncovered in the bottom of the Caldera de Taburiente. An interesting snapshot of these volcano-plutonic complexes can be observed at the walls and the bottom of the impressive Caldera de Taburiente
The first reliable geochronological results (U-Pb method in zircons and Ar-Ar in biotites) of the plutonic and submarine volcanic rocks of the La Palma Basal Complex are presented. Bearing in mind that the submarine trachytic lobe-hialoclastitic complex is the oldest outcropping rock formation on the island, a minimum age can be estimated for the submarine growth stage of the La Palma island of 3.10 Ma. The trachybasaltic pillow lavas found above these trachytic rocks have an age of 2.48 Ma. On the other hand, from the ages obtained here for the plutonic rocks it is deduced that the subaerial volcanic edifices of Garafía and Lower-Taburiente constitute two successive volcano-plutonic complexes: with volcanic or extrusive rocks, on one side, forming two large shield volcanoes, and, on the other side, with plutonic rocks that represent the magmatic chambers that fed the activity of these volcanic edifices and that large gravitational landslides occurred in this sector of the island and the erosion itself have partially left uncovered in the bottom of the Caldera de Taburiente. An interesting snapshot of these volcano-plutonic complexes can be observed at the walls and the bottom of the impressive Caldera de Taburiente











