Petrología estructural y mineralogía mantélica de la Peridotita de Loma Caribe, Cordillera Central, República Dominicana
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Las diferencias texturales, químico-mineralógicas y en la orientación
de la fábrica en la peridotita de Loma Caribe (PLC) permiten
distinguir peridotitas granulares (PG) y porfiroclásticas (PPC). Las PG
presentan foliaciones dúctiles de alta-T desarrolladas durante el ascenso
de manto bajo una zona de dorsal y el posterior cizallamiento
corteza-manto producido al alejarse la litosfera de la dorsal. Sin
embargo, las foliaciones porfiroclásticas a miloníticas presentes en las
PPC, así como la presente en las serpentinitas foliadas suprayacentes,
se relacionan con la exhumación tectónica y denudación del manto.
El manto de la PLC está compuesto principalmente por harzburgitas
empobrecidas que gradualmente pasan a harzburgitas ricas en Cpx
y lherzolitas, con composiciones minerales similares a peridotitas de
ante-arco. En comparación con datos experimentales, las variaciones
en las proporciones modales y la química mineral son consistentes
con 26-38% de fusión parcial para las PG y 12-44% para las PPC
The Loma Caribe Peridotite (LCP) consists of granular and porphyroclastic peridotites, (GP and PCP, respectively). GP developed high-T ductile foliations during the mantle upwelling beneath the spreading ridge and the subsequent crust-mantle shear as the lithosphere migrated away from the ridge. However, the porphyroclastic to mylonitic foliations present in the PCP, as well as those present in the overlying foliated serpentinites, are related to tectonic exhumation and denudation of the mantle. The LCP mantle is composed mainly of depleted harzburgites grading to Cpx-rich harzburgites and lherzolites, with mineral compositions similar to those of fore-arc peridotites. By comparation with experimental data, variations in modal proportions and mineral chemistry are consistent with 26-38% and 12-44% partial melting for PG and PPC, respectively
The Loma Caribe Peridotite (LCP) consists of granular and porphyroclastic peridotites, (GP and PCP, respectively). GP developed high-T ductile foliations during the mantle upwelling beneath the spreading ridge and the subsequent crust-mantle shear as the lithosphere migrated away from the ridge. However, the porphyroclastic to mylonitic foliations present in the PCP, as well as those present in the overlying foliated serpentinites, are related to tectonic exhumation and denudation of the mantle. The LCP mantle is composed mainly of depleted harzburgites grading to Cpx-rich harzburgites and lherzolites, with mineral compositions similar to those of fore-arc peridotites. By comparation with experimental data, variations in modal proportions and mineral chemistry are consistent with 26-38% and 12-44% partial melting for PG and PPC, respectively







