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We carried out a sedimentary provenance analysis of the Devonian Gualilán Group, Central Precordillera of western Argentina, focusing on the siliciclastic record of the Talacasto (Lower Devonian) and the Punta Negra (Lower-Middle Devonian) formations. Provenance is determined based on petrography, heavy minerals, whole-rock geochemistry, Sm–Nd isotopes, and U–Pb detrital zircon dating. Sandstones are composed of quartz, feldspar, and metamorphic and plutonic lithoclasts. The Gualilán Group underwent moderate weathering indicated by CIA values and Th/U ratios below 76 and 4.9, respectively. Th/Sc, Zr/Sc, Cr/V and La/Th ratios, negative Eu-anomalies and REE patterns point to felsic source compositions. The heavy minerals and zircon morphologies indicate that high-grade metamorphic and igneous rocks provided the bulk of detritus. TDM ages between 1.40 and 1.46 Ga and εNd(t) values ranging from − 9.21 to − 11.13 constrain the signature of the sources. U–Pb detrital zircon ages for the Talacasto Formation are equally distributed between the Famatinian (Late Cambrian–Late Devonian), Pampean–Brazilian (Neoproterozoic–Early Cambrian) and Grenvillian-Sunsas (Mesoproterozoic) orogenic cycles. Detrital zircon ages of the Punta Negra Formation were dominantly supplied from Mesoproterozoic rocks, linked to the Grenvillian-Sunsas orogeny. The data indicate a provenance from rocks located eastwards of the basin represented by the basement of the Pampean Ranges. The peripheral foreland basin developed during the post-collisional regime that followed the accretion of Cuyania against Gondwana. Whereas eastern and western Pampean Ranges provided detritus to the Talacasto Formation, the Punta Negra Formation was sourced by the western Pampean Ranges, implying exhumation and erosion of such basement during the Devonian.
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This research was partially financed by CONICET (Grant PUE-CIG). The Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas (CIG, La Plata, Argentina) provide the laboratory facilities for sample preparations. We wish to especially thank W. Loske (Germany) for his very relevant comments. Appreciation is extended to CPGeo and technical staff of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. To Dr Silvio Peralta from San Juan University, for helped and guided us during field trips along the Central Precordillera. To Dr Víctor A. Ramos from the University of Buenos Aires for his helpful comments. Contribution to Project PPID/N031 (2018–2020), La Plata University. The careful and insightful reviews of Guido Meinhold, Mauricio Calderón and the comments of the journal editor have benefited this article and are gratefully acknowledged.
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Arnol, J.A., Uriz, N.J., Cingolani, C.A. et al. Provenance analysis of Devonian peripheral foreland basins in SW Gondwana, case of the Gualilán Group, Precordillera Argentina. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 109, 2467–2494 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-020-01914-9
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