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Carboniferous–Permian volcanic evolution in Central Europe—U/Pb ages of volcanic rocks in Saxony (Germany) and northern Bohemia (Czech Republic)

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Nine SHRIMP U/Pb ages on zircon and two Pb/Pb single zircon ages have been determined from Late Paleozoic volcanic rocks from Saxony and northern Bohemia. Samples came from the Teplice-Altenberg Volcanic Complex, the Meissen Volcanic Complex, the Chemnitz Basin, the Döhlen Basin, the Brandov-Olbernhau Basin, and the North Saxon Volcanic Complex. The Teplice-Altenberg Volcanic Complex is subdivided into an early Namurian phase (Mikulov Ignimbrite, 326.8 ± 4.3 Ma), thus older than assumed by previous studies, and a late caldera-forming phase (Teplice Ignimbrite, 308.8 ± 4.9 Ma). The age of the latter, however, is not well constrained due to a large population of inherited zircon and possible hydrothermal overprint. The Leutewitz Ignimbrite, product of an early explosive volcanic episode of the Meissen Volcanic Complex yielded an age of 302.9 ± 2.5 Ma (Stephanian A). Volcanic rocks intercalated in the Brandov-Olbernhau Basin (BOB, 302 ± 2.8 Ma), Chemnitz Basin (CB, 296.6 ± 3.0 Ma), Döhlen Basin (DB, 296 ± 3.0 Ma), and the North Saxon Volcanic Complex (NSVC, c. 300–290 Ma) yielded well-constrained Stephanian to Sakmarian ages. The largest Late Paleozoic ignimbrite-forming eruption in Central Europe, the Rochlitz Ignimbrite, has a well-defined middle Asselian age of 294.4 ± 1.8 Ma. Ages of palingenic zircon revealed that the Namurian-Westphalian magmatism assimilated larger amounts of crystalline basement that formed during previous Paleozoic geodynamic phases. The Precambrian inherited ages support the chronostratigraphic structure assumed for the Saxo-Thuringian Zone of the Variscan Orogen. The present results help to improve the chronostratigraphic allocation of the Late Paleozoic volcanic zones in Central Europe. At the same time, the radiometric ages have implications for the interbasinal correlation and for the geodynamic evolution of the Variscan Orogeny.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the LfULG for permitting access to cores and permission to publish Pb/Pb ages. Furthermore, Harry Walter is thanked for access to and sampling of core material of drilling B 6/99. A detailed review of Rolf Romer improved our manuscript considerably.

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  1. TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Geologie, Bernhard-von-Cotta-Str. 2, 09596, Freiberg, Germany

    Uwe Hoffmann, Christoph Breitkreuz & Klaus Stanek

  2. Institute of Geology AS CR, v. v. i., Rozvojová 269, 165 00, Praha 6, Czech Republic

    Karel Breiter

  3. Centre of Isotopic Research, VSEGEI, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Sergey Sergeev

  4. TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Mineralogie, Brennhausgasse 14, 09596, Freiberg, Germany

    Marion Tichomirowa

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Hoffmann, U., Breitkreuz, C., Breiter, K. et al. Carboniferous–Permian volcanic evolution in Central Europe—U/Pb ages of volcanic rocks in Saxony (Germany) and northern Bohemia (Czech Republic). Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 102, 73–99 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-012-0791-2

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