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New paleobotanical data from Carboniferous Culm deposits constrain the age of the Variscan deformation in the Eastern Pyrenees
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The pre-Variscan rocks of the Pyrenees exhibit a polyphase deformation linked to the Variscan crustal shortening and a low-pressure-high-temperature metamorphism. However, there is scarce chronostratigraphic evidence of this Variscan deformation in the Pyrenees. In low-grade metamorphic domains, maximum ages have been provided by the synorogenic Carboniferous Culm deposits. In medium- to high-grade metamorphic areas, the geochronological ages of the Variscan regional metamorphism or intrusive magmatic bodies constrain the age of the main Variscan deformation structures. However, these data usually provide a minimum age. Here, we present new palaeobotanical records that assign a Namurian age to the base of the Culm deposits of La Cerdanya in the eastern Pyrenees. This dating is based on the co-occurrence of the sphenopsids Archaeocalamites radiatus, Mesocalamites cistiiformis and the seed Cardiocarpus sp. The plant remains were found in sandstone facies produced by high-density turbidity flows of a deep-sea fan system. The new biostratigraphic information constrains the age of the Carboniferous Culm succession in the eastern Pyrenees.
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MARTÍN-CLOSAS, Carles, TRIAS NAVARRO, Sergio and CASAS TUSET, Josep Maria. New paleobotanical data from Carboniferous Culm deposits constrain the age of the Variscan deformation in the Eastern Pyrenees. Geologica Acta. 2018. Vol. 16, num. 2, pags. 107-123. ISSN 1695-6133. [consulted: 24 of May of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/145406