ENERO%2031-GEOCIENCIAS-VOL%2012-2%20DIC-EN%20BAJA[1].pdf EARTH SCIENCES RESEARCH JOURNAL Earth Sci. Res. J. Vol. 12, No. 2 (December 2008): 125-155 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATEDWITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES Castellanos A. Óscar M.1, Ríos R. Carlos A.2 and Takasu Akira3 1 Programa de Geología, Universidad de Pamplona, Colombia. ocastellanos@unipamplona.edu.co 2 Escuela de Geología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia. 3 Geosciences Department, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan. ABSTRACT Metamorphic pressure and temperature trajectories are generally used as tools to interpret the tectonic history of deformed belts of rocks that record past activity along active plate margins. The pre-Devonian metamorphic se- quence of the Silgará Formation forms part of the ancient basement of the central Santander Massif, including pelitic schists, siliceous schists and intercalation of amphibolites accompanied by marble. This metasedimentary unit has been affected by Barrovian typemetamorphismunder middle-pressure/high-tempera- ture conditions. This paper presents on the relationship of tectonic processes to pressure–temperature paths de- velopment. Detailed petrologic analysis of pelites and related rocks has been used to constrain the P-T history of this region in the eastern colombian cordillera. Mineral assemblages and Geothermobarometric calculations in- dicate metamorphic temperatures and pressures of 400-600 °C and 4.0-6.5 kbar, respectively. Key words: central Santander Massif, Silgará Formation, Barrovian type metamorphism, pelitic rocks, petro- logic analysis, geotermobarometry. RESUMEN Las trayectorias de presión y temperatura de metamorfismo generalmente son usadas como herramientas para interpretar la historia tectónica de cinturones de rocas deformadas que registran antigua actividad a lo largo de bordes de placa activos. La secuencia pre-Devónica de la Formación Silgará forma parte del antiguo basamento que aflora en la región central del Macizo de Santander, incluyendo esquistos pelíticos, esquistos silíceos con intercalación de anfibolitas acompañadas por mármol. Esta secuencia metasedimentaria ha sido afectada por un 125 Manuscript receiver: May 30th, 2008. Accepted for publication: August 24th, 2008 metamorfismo tipo Barroviense en condiciones de presión intermedia / temperatura alta. Este artículo especula sobre la relación entre los procesos tectónicos y el desarrollo de trayectorias de P-T. Un análisis petrológico detallado de las pelitas y rocas relacionadas ha sido usado para deducir la historia de P-T de esta región. Las paragénesis minerales y los cálculos geotermobarométricos indican temperaturas y presiones metamórficas de 400-600 °C y 4.0-6.5 kbar, respectivamente. Palabras clave: región central del Macizo de Santander, Formación Silgará, Metamorfismo tipo Barroviense, rocas pelíticas, Análisis petrológico, geotermobarometría. Introduction The geological evolution of the Colombian Andes (Figure 1) has been interpreted as a compositemargin made up of successively accreted terranes and oce- anic island arc sequences from Paleozoic to Miocene ages (Weber et al., 2002), and the most important events took place during Devonian-Carboniferous and Cretaceous times (Restrepo and Toussaint, 1988). The Colombian Andes are divided into three mountain ranges, which from east to west comprise the Eastern, Central and Western Cordilleras, show- ing different tectonic histories and configurations. According to Cooper et al. (1995), the first two corre- spond to modern and ancient fold-thrust belts, re- spectively, and the last one represents an accreted arc. The Eastern Cordillera splits by the southern ter- mination of the left-lateral strike-slip Santa Marta - Bucaramanga fault and the NW–SE trending Santander Massif into two branches that form the Perijá Range in the west and the Mérida Andes in the east. Ward et al. (1973) did a detailed study on the re- gional geology of the Santander Massif. The Santander Massif exposes its metamorphic base- ment, which is composed by deformed and metamor- phosed rocks that have been tectono-stratigraphically divided into three metamorphic units (Bucaramanga Gneiss Complex, Silgará Formation and Orthogneiss) and cut by intrusive bodies the em- placements of which record Caledonian to Jurassic magmatic events (Goldsmith et al., 1971; Banks et al., 1985; Boinet et al., 1985; Dörr et al., 1995; Restrepo-Pace, 1995; Ordoñez, 2003; Ordóñez and Mantilla, 2005). The Bucaramanga Gneiss Complex is a sequence of high-grade metamorphic rocks (up to the upper amphibolite facies), which is mainly com- posed of pelitic gneisses with minor amounts of am- phibolites and orthogneisses, and in part migmatitic. The Silgará Formation is a metamorphic sequence of low- and middle-grade (greenchist and lower amphi- bolite facies), which consists of meta-siliceous rocks with intercalations of orthoamphibolites intruded by granitoids and gabbros. A Gneissose granite (Ortho- gneiss unit) intrudes into the Bucaramanga Gneiss Complex and a wide zone of migmatite is developed around it. The Orthogneiss unit generally shows con- cordant foliation and lineation with those of neigh- boring metamorphic rocks of the Bucaramanga Gneiss Complex the Silgará Formation. According to Restrepo-Pace et al. (1997), the K-Ar hornblende ages of 945±140 Ma from hornblende gneiss (Gold- smith et al., 1971) and Rb-Sr whole-rock of 680±140 Ma from biotite gneiss (Goldsmith et al., 1971) 40Ar/39Ar hornblende of 668±9 Ma and 574±8 Ma from hornblende gneisses (Restrepo-Pace, 1995; Restre- po-Pace et al., 1997), suggests a Nickeriense tectono- metamorphic event. A tectono-metamorhic event during the Early to Middle Ordovicic affected the pelitic protolith of the Silgará Formation and a se- ries of syn-tectonic granites, according to ages Rb-Sr whole-rock of 450±80 Ma from gneiss and K-Ar hornblende of 413±30 Ma from metadiorite (Gold- smith et al., 1971), U-Pb zircon of 417 Ma and 392 Ma (Banks et al., 1985) and U-Pb zircon of 477±16 Ma Restrepo-Pace, 1995). This event has been asso- ciated with the Caparonensis orogenic cycle in the Mérida Andes (González de Juana et al., 1950), which was accompanied by several syn-tectonic in- 126 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU trusions with ages between 460 and 480 Ma (Restrepo-Pace, 1995), and may be correlated with the Caledonian orogeny, which was characterized by folding, metamorphism and uplift. The basement of the Santander Massif is unconformably overlain by unmetamorphosed rocks of the Middle Devonian Floresta Formation. The lack of regional metamor- phism in the Devonian sedimentary units suggests that the last metamorphic event in the eastern Colom- bian Andes occurred before the beginning of deposi- tion of the Upper Emsian beds (Forero, 1990). Silurian fossils [brachiopod Aenigmastrophia sp. 127 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES Figure 1. Map of northern South America showing major structural features. 1: Oca - El Pilar Fault System; 2: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; 3: Santa Marta - Bucaramanga Fault System; 4: Perijá Range; 5: Mérida Andes; 6: Eastern Cordillera; 7: Central Cordillera; 8: Western Cordillera; 9: Baudo Range; 10: Macarena Range; 11: Guaycaramo Fault System. The Santander Massif and the study area are indicated by a shadow area and by a white rectangle, respectively. (Ludlowvian)] are present in low-grade metamorphic rocks of the Santander Massif near Guaca (Forero, 1990). The basement of the Santander Massif is un- conformably overlied by unmetamorphosed rocks of the Middle Devonian Floresta Formation. Carbonif- erous and Permian clastic to calcareous sediments unconformably overlay this unit. Due to pre-Creta- ceous erosional events, these Paleozoic sequences are restricted in their occurrence (Kammer, 1993). At the end of the Late Paleozoic orogenic event, calc-al- kaline batholiths (Santander Plutonic Complex) were intruded during the Triassic-Jurassic time. Several K-Ar ages on biotite from plutons and batholiths that crop out in the Santander Massif reflect a magmatic event during the Late Triassic - Early Jurassic. The regional isograds are not parallel to the outline of the intrusive rocks. The orthogneisses exhibit concor- dant relationships with the high-grade metamorphic rocks, and may be interpreted as syn-tectonic intrusives emplaced at close to the peak metamor- phism. Post-Paleozoic sediments, which overlay the Upper Paleozoic marine sediments, include the Bocas and Jordán formations. The latter consists of fine-grained red beds with interlayered volcanic rocks and intrusive clasts, a is discordantly overlaid by the red bed sequence of the Girón Formation of Jurassic age. Cretaceous sedimentary rocks occur around the Santander Massif and are preserved as erosional relicts. The structural setting of the Santander Massif is dominated by complex faulting, and the most conspicuous fault is the active north- west-trending linear left-lateral strike-slip Bucara- manga - Santa Marta Fault, which appears to have had a long history (Goldsmith et al., 1971). In the last 20 years, the metamorphic rocks of the Santander Massif have been the focus of attention of an increas- ing number of studies (e.g., Restrepo-Pace, 1995; Restrepo-Pace et al., 1997; Schäfer et al., 1998; García y Ríos, 1997, 1998; García y Castellanos, 1998; Campos, 1999; García y Ríos, 1999; Montenegro y Barragán, 1999; Ríos, 1999, 2001; Ríos and Takasu, 1999, 2000; Ríos and García, 2001a, 2001b; García y Campos, 2000; Castellanos, 2001; Mantilla et al., 2001; 2002; 2003; Gélvez and Márquez, 2002; Ríos et al., 2003a, 2003b; Cardona, 2003; Castellanos et al., 2004; García et al, 2005; Ríos, 2005; Gómez y Ávila, 2006), which have con- tributed to its geological knowledge and pointed out the importance of this ancient massif as a key for un- derstanding the complex geotectonic evolution of the northwestern continental margin of South America. These studies define a regional metamorphism of middle to high grade that reaches the upper amphibo- lite facies and varies according to the region in the massif. In this paper, we present petrological data for the Silgará Formation metapelitic rocks that crop out at the Central Santander Massif (CSM). We examine metamorphic textures and mineral assemblages to es- tablish the stages of evolution of the metamorphism, use phase diagram analysis and P–T grid to study the sequence of mineral assemblages and reaction his- tory, and apply the GTB program of Spear and Kohn (2001) to estimate metamorphic P–T conditions and define the P–T paths experienced by the Silgará For- mation pelitic rocks. However, further studies should integrate this information with both previously pub- lished data and structural and geochronological data in order to improve our knowledge of this metamor- phic unit and constraint on its tectono-metamorphic evolution in the geological context of the Colombian Andes. Geological setting In the CSM, two distinct geological domains consti- tute the crystalline basement (Figure 2): the de- formed and metamorphosed rocks of the Bucaramanga Gneiss Complex, Silgará Formation and Orthogneiss and the igneous succession devel- oped after (1) syn-orogenic magmatismwith alkaline affinity during the Paleozoic and (2) post-orogenic magmatism with calc-alkaline affinity during Trias- sic-Jurassic (Goldsmith et al., 1971; Banks et al., 1985; Boinet et al., 1985; Dörr et al., 1995; Restrepo-Pace, 1995; Ordoñez, 2003; Ordóñez and Mantilla, 2005). The rocks of interest in this study are referred to as the Lower Paleozoic metamorphic se- quence of the Silgará Formation that crops out in two N-S trending strips and is interrupted by the presence of dykes and sills of orthoamphibolites with banded 128 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU to gabbroic structures. The Silgará Formation is mainly composed of metapelitic rocks with minor in- tercalated psammitic, semipelitic, metabasic and metacarbonate rocks (Figure 3), which were affected by a Caledonian regional metamorphism that pro- ducedmetamorphic zonation ranging from the biotite zone through the garnet and staurolite-kyanite zones up to the sillimanite zone of the typical Barrovian zonal scheme under low- to high-temperature and medium-pressure conditions. Gómez y Avila (2006) carried out a study of the metamorphic sequence cropping out along the Valegra stream, making em- phasis on the metacarbonate and associated rocks that occur in the contact between marble and polite layers. A broad spectrum of physical conditions, varying from greenschist facies to amphibolite fa- 129 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES X = 1’317.000 X = 1’304.000 Y = 1 ’1 2 7 .0 0 0 X = 1’290.000 Y = 1 ’1 4 9 .5 0 0 Y = 1 ’1 3 2 .5 0 0 X = 1’290.500 Y = 1 ’1 4 7 .0 0 0 Mesozoic-Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Triassic-Jurassic intrusive rocks Orthogneiss Silgará Formation Bucaramanga Gneiss Complex Migmatization Isograd Lithological contact Fault Legend Figure 2. Generalized geological map of the CSMmodified after Ward et al., (1970) and García et al., (2005), showing the study area as well as the sampling localities of metapelitic rocks of the Silgará Formation. 130 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU a b c d e f 5.0 cm 2.0 cm 2.0 cm Grt Bt Sil Figure 3. Field and hand-specimen photographs from the Silgará Formation metamorphic rocks at the CSM. (a) Outcrop of marble quarry in which marble and amphibolite are interlayered with pelitic rocks. (b) Metacarbonate rocks (pure and impure marbles, carbonate-silicate rocks, calc-silicate rocks and carbonate-bearing silicate rocks), which form a very complex group within the metamorphic sequence. (c) Garnet-bearing pelitic schists displaying a pervasively schistosity, which represent the most common type of metamorphic rock. (d) Recumbent fold (with a subhorizontal axial plane strikes N40ºW and dipping 25ºNE) in marble interlayered with pelitic schists. (e) Polished hand specimen of a pelitic schist (sample PCM-971), showing schistose structure and the largest garnet porphyroblasts in the study area, alternating with non-continuous quartz-rich bands. (f) Polished hand specimen of a pelite (PCM-940), showing a schistose and microfolding (tight structure) with a millimeter-scale compositional banding of alternating and non-continuous biotite and sillimanite bands. cies, have been attributed to the investigated meta- morphic sequence. Recent studies (Campos, 1999; García y Ríos, 1999; Montenegro y Barragán, 1999; García y Campos, 2000; Castellanos, 2001; Castellanos et al., 2004; García et al., 2005) reveal a complex metamorphic and deformational history for this geological unit. Castellanos (2001) determined the P-T conditions for the high-T and medium-P fa- cies series terrane at the CSM. Recently, García et al (2005) defined a clockwise P-T path followed by the metamorphic basement in this region. However, re- garding to the tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Silgará Formation, few studies have been done so far. Here, we re-examine the metapelitic rocks of this metamorphic unit because they are highly sensitive to changes in pressure and temperature conditions and preserve textural, structural and mineralogical evidence that provide important clues to constrain the tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Silgará For- mation at the CSM, because they preserve mineral as- semblages from different tectonic events that are appropriate for determining the metamorphic P-T conditions. These rocks show overprinting relation- ships allowing the recognition of three main defor- mation events (D1, D2, and D3) at the CSM, and during the last stage they were affected by an exten- sive retrograde metamorphism. The first deformation phase D1may be associated to crustal shortening and thickening, developing S1. The D1 deformational fabrics sometimes are poorly preserved due to over- printing and transposition by subsequent defor- mational events. However, evidence for this event, which is characterized by the mineral assemblage quartz + ilmenite + graphite ± muscovite, includes both inclusion trails in garnet or staurolite porphryroblasts and differentiated layering in hinge zones, defined by alternating phillosilicate- and quartz-feldspathic-rich layers. Deformation D2 as a result of heating and thrusting developed a dominant schistosity (S2), which is the regional foliation formed at the same time with the first-generation of folds and thrusts, and represented by the mineral as- semblage quartz + muscovite + biotite + ilmenite + garnet + staurolite + kyanite ± andalusite ± plagioclase. Regional-scale ductile shear zones with a mylonitic foliation parallel to the regional foliation (S2) are associated with D2. D3 has also resulted in the folding or crenulation of S2 and the development of a weak spaced cleavage (S3), which is represented by the mineral assemblage quartz + sillimanite + bio- tite + garnet. In general, later structures such as flat-lying crenulations, small chevron folds and kink bands overprint the main foliation = D3?. The most recent deformation is observed in all lithologies and has produced the development of tectonites, which could be associated to younger structures such as faulting. A final movement along this tectonic dis- continuity is post-D3. This phase of deformation may be corresponding to the last uplift of the Eastern Cor- dillera the Middle Miocene. Petrography and mineral chemistry To constrain the P-T conditions of metamorphism of the Silgará Formation at the CSM, 60 samples of metapelitic rocks were petrographycally studied. Metapelites display a well-developed schistosity de- fined by the preferred orientation of muscovite and biotite flakes. The schistosity is also due to the align- ment of phylosilicate flakes and crystals of opaque minerals or graphite, sometimes along with aggre- gates of aluminosilicates, mainly kyanite and sillimanite (fibrolite). Biotite is not only present as small flakes underlying the planar structure but also as lozenge-shaped crystals which represent early porphyroblasts and their asymmetry is sometimes different to useful to determine sense of shear. A last generation of biotite appears as undeformed crystals with their cleavage perpendicular or randomly ori- ented to the schistosity and can be interpreted as postkinematic. Quartz and plagioclase form granoblastic-rich fabrics between the mica-rich fab- rics. Garnets commonly occur as euhedral to subhedral porphy- roblasts; their cores are frequently rich in small inclusions of quartz, plagioclase, opaque minerals and graphite, and their rims are poorer in inclusions. In some cases, inclusion pat- terns define an internal foliation (Si) an external foli- ation (Se) = (S2)?, producing sigmoidal inclusions. Staurolite occurs as porphy- roblasts elongated in the 131 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES foliation, usually showing sigmoidal patterns of in- clusions that indicate a synkinematic crystallization, and as porphyroblasts oriented across the foliation that indicate post-kinematic crystallization. Both generations of staurolite are rich in quartz and opaque mineral inclusions, although graphite also occurs. Accessory mineral phases include opaque minerals, graphite, epidote, apatite and zircon. Small scale folding of the schistosity planes has produced a crenulation cleavage, accompanied by segregation of quartz into horizontal layers. These rocks frequently contain evidence of retrograde metamorphism, in- volving hydration processes, including partial re- placement of garnet, biotite and staurolite by chlorite, staurolite by white mica and plagioclase and staurolite by sericite. Figures 4 and 5 illustrate the main petrographical aspects of the investigated Silgará Formation pelites. Mineral abbreviations are after Kretz (1983). Mineral compositions were ana- lyzed using a JEOL JXA 8800M electron microprobe analyzer at the Geosciences Department of Shimane University (Japan), under the following analytical conditions: accelerating voltage 15 kV, specimen current 2.5 x 10-8 A, correction method after Bence and Albee (1968). Representative analyses of min- eral phases are given in Tables 1 to 6. Muscovite shows a subidioblastic character, and is usually colorless. In general, it shows straight and serrated boundaries and develops a directional lepidoblastic fabric. It is associated with biotite and chlorite. The first type of muscovite occurs as aggre- gates in the lepidoblastic bands defining the main schistosity of the rock. In some cases bands are de- formed following the shape of porphyroblasts of gar- net, plagioclase, staurolite or aluminosilicates. It is sometimes replaced by fibrolite. The second type of muscovite occurs as porphyroblasts or within the lepidoblastic bands, and contains inclusions of opaque minerals, quartz and enclosed relicts of staurolite suggesting retrograde metamorphism. The third type of muscovite, occurs as random distributed and oriented inclusions in plagioclase, staurolite, quartz and garnet. The mineral chemistry of musco- vite is depicted in Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 6. The Si content is 5.94-6.39 p.f.u. based on 22 anhy- drous oxygens (Deer et al., 1982). The compositions of muscovite, XNa=Na/(Na+K) varies from 0.02 to 0.36. Muscovites from the mineral assemblages St+Grt and Ky+And+Sil shown two groups, one with higher XNa than the average from the other samples. Biotite shows a subidioblastic character, occurs as aggregates in thin and thick bands, and also as in- dividual grains of different sizes, and as small inclu- sions in garnet, staurolite and plagioclase. In some cases porphyroblasts are parallel or completely per- pendicular to Se, suggesting post-tectonic growth for the second case. It shows invariably brown in color, a mottled appearance, straight and serrated boundaries and pleochroism x: dark brown, y: pale brown, z: brown. Sometimes biotite is partial to totally replaced by chlorite. The mineral chemistry of biotite is de- picted in Table 2. The Fe/(Fe+Mg) ratio of biotite ranges from 0.37 to 0.79 and AlIV varies from 2.50 to 2.83. Biotite from samples PCM-18, PCM-49 and PCM-610 shown Fe/(Fe+Mg) ratios ranging from 0.24 to 0.30 and AlIV varies from 2.27 to 2.58, corre- sponding to phlogopite component. Ti content varies from 0.93-3.31. However, no relation was found be- tween content of Ti in biotite and grade of metamor- phism. Chlorite is considered to be a retrograde phase after biotite, garnet and amphibole. Si content is 5.05-5.95 p.f.u. based on 28 anhydrous oxygens, and XMg varies between 0.30 and 0.74. Garnet occurs as porphyroblasts with idioblastic to xenoblastic character. It is also possible to distin- guish two types of garnets according to their texture: poikiloblastic and sector zoned garnets. They some- times show a trail of inclusions of quartz, graphite and opaque minerals almost perpendicular to the Se of the rock, and most are partially included in staurolite porphyroblasts. Some garnets are sub-rounded to rounded and show a rotational trail of inclusions of quartz or S-shaped spiral structure. Gar- nets rarely show concordant internal schistosity trails of inclusions of quartz and opaque minerals. In addi- tion, poikiloblastic garnets in some samples show elongated shape suggesting dendritic character possi- bly due to high rate of growth. The mineral chemistry 132 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU 133 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES T ab le 1. R ep re se nt at iv e ch em ic al s co m po si tii on s of m us co vi te fr om pe lit ic R oc ks of th e Si lg ar á F or m at io n at th e C SM . L it h o lo g y P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S S a m p le N o . P C M -1 8 P C M -2 0 P C M -2 1 P C M -4 7 P C M -4 9 P C M -6 1 0 P C M -6 1 8 P C M -6 5 1 P C M -7 0 0 P C M -7 0 1 P C M -7 0 2 P C M -8 8 5 P C M -8 9 3 P C M -8 9 4 P C M -8 9 7 P C M -9 4 0 A n a ly si s N o . 7 1 4 4 6 1 7 2 2 8 5 3 3 4 4 4 W e ig h t % In c . B t m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix S iO 2 4 5 .0 9 4 5 .7 7 4 7 .4 1 4 5 .4 3 4 7 .8 1 4 5 .6 9 4 7 .6 9 4 5 .2 2 4 5 .4 8 4 5 .0 7 4 5 .2 3 4 5 .3 6 4 4 .9 1 4 6 .3 4 4 4 .6 1 4 5 .4 3 T iO 3 0 .5 8 0 .2 3 0 .3 7 0 .3 2 0 .3 1 0 .6 5 0 .7 0 0 .7 9 0 .2 2 0 .3 7 0 .3 9 0 .4 3 0 .6 8 0 .9 6 0 .9 2 0 .9 2 A l 2 O 3 3 4 .6 6 3 5 .3 4 3 4 .2 9 3 5 .0 9 3 3 .0 1 3 4 .2 7 3 5 .8 2 3 4 .8 0 3 5 .8 7 3 6 .0 0 3 5 .6 9 3 2 .0 7 3 5 .9 2 3 5 .7 4 3 4 .0 5 3 6 .4 0 F e O * 2 .9 5 2 .4 3 2 .9 8 0 .7 5 2 .7 7 3 .4 2 1 .0 6 1 .1 7 0 .6 8 0 .5 5 0 .8 1 4 .0 5 1 .1 3 1 .6 5 2 .3 4 1 .2 6 M n O 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 0 .0 1 0 .0 2 0 .0 1 0 .0 1 0 .0 0 0 .0 1 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 0 .0 2 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 1 0 .0 6 0 .0 0 M g O 0 .7 1 0 .5 7 0 .9 7 0 .4 9 0 .9 2 1 .1 2 0 .5 8 0 .6 2 0 .2 3 0 .1 7 0 .3 3 0 .5 9 0 .5 8 0 .8 2 0 .7 1 0 .8 1 N a 2 O 1 .1 7 2 .3 6 0 .9 1 1 .5 4 0 .5 7 0 .1 6 0 .8 2 0 .8 6 2 .3 1 2 .3 9 2 .2 5 0 .3 1 0 .5 7 0 .4 9 0 .4 3 0 .4 2 K 2 O 1 0 .3 3 7 .4 9 9 .3 1 9 .2 8 9 .0 6 1 0 .2 3 9 .3 4 1 0 .4 2 8 .3 0 8 .0 9 8 .2 9 1 0 .5 2 1 0 .0 4 1 0 .8 2 1 0 .1 8 1 0 .5 8 T o ta l 9 5 .5 3 9 4 .2 2 9 6 .2 7 9 2 .9 9 9 4 .5 0 9 5 .6 0 9 6 .0 5 9 3 .8 9 9 3 .2 0 9 3 .0 9 9 3 .0 9 9 3 .3 5 9 3 .8 7 9 6 .8 2 9 3 .3 3 9 5 .8 7 C a ti o n s p e r 2 2 O xy g e n s S i 6 .0 6 4 6 .1 2 7 6 .2 5 4 6 .1 6 0 6 .3 9 4 6 .1 2 2 6 .2 3 4 6 .1 2 1 6 .1 2 9 6 .0 9 8 6 .1 0 9 6 .2 6 2 6 .0 5 6 6 .0 9 5 6 .1 0 4 6 .0 1 9 T i 0 .0 5 9 0 .0 2 3 0 .0 3 6 0 .0 3 3 0 .0 3 1 0 .0 6 6 0 .0 6 9 0 .0 8 0 0 .0 2 2 0 .0 3 8 0 .0 4 0 0 .0 4 5 0 .0 6 9 0 .0 9 5 0 .0 9 5 0 .0 9 1 A l 5 .4 9 3 5 .5 7 6 5 .3 3 0 5 .6 0 8 5 .2 0 2 5 .4 1 1 5 .5 1 8 5 .5 5 1 5 .6 9 6 5 .7 3 9 5 .6 8 0 5 .2 1 8 5 .7 0 8 5 .5 3 9 5 .4 8 9 5 .6 8 3 F e 2 + 0 .3 3 1 0 .2 7 2 0 .3 2 8 0 .0 8 5 0 .3 1 0 0 .3 8 4 0 .1 1 6 0 .1 3 3 0 .0 7 6 0 .0 6 3 0 .0 9 1 0 .4 6 8 0 .1 2 8 0 .1 8 2 0 .2 6 7 0 .1 3 9 M n 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 7 0 .0 0 0 M g 0 .1 4 1 0 .1 1 3 0 .1 9 1 0 .0 9 8 0 .1 8 4 0 .2 2 4 0 .1 1 3 0 .1 2 5 0 .0 4 7 0 .0 3 4 0 .0 6 6 0 .1 2 1 0 .1 1 6 0 .1 6 1 0 .1 4 5 0 .1 5 9 N a 0 .3 0 6 0 .6 1 3 0 .2 3 2 0 .4 0 4 0 .1 4 7 0 .0 4 1 0 .2 0 9 0 .2 2 6 0 .6 0 2 0 .6 2 8 0 .5 9 0 0 .0 8 3 0 .1 4 9 0 .1 2 6 0 .1 1 5 0 .1 0 8 K 1 .7 7 1 1 .2 7 9 1 .5 6 7 1 .6 0 6 1 .5 4 5 1 .7 4 8 1 .5 5 7 1 .7 9 9 1 .4 2 6 1 .3 9 6 1 .4 2 9 1 .8 5 2 1 .7 2 7 1 .8 1 4 1 .7 7 6 1 .7 8 8 T o ta l 1 4 .1 7 0 1 4 .0 0 6 1 3 .9 4 3 1 4 .0 0 4 1 3 .8 2 0 1 4 .0 0 2 1 3 .8 1 9 1 4 .0 3 6 1 4 .0 1 2 1 4 .0 0 4 1 4 .0 1 8 1 4 .0 5 2 1 3 .9 5 7 1 4 .1 0 2 1 4 .0 0 2 1 3 .9 9 5 * T ot al F e as F eO . 134 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU T ab le 2. R ep re se nt at iv e C he m ic al s co m po si tio ns of bi ot ite fr om pe le tic R oc ks of th e Si lg ar á F om at io n at th e C SM . L it h o lo g y P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S S a m p le N o . P C M -1 8 P C M -2 0 P C M -2 1 P C M -2 8 P C M -4 9 P C M -6 1 0 P C M -6 1 8 P C M -6 5 1 P C M -8 8 5 P C M -8 9 3 P C M -8 9 4 P C M -8 9 7 P C M -9 4 0 P C M -9 5 3 P C M -9 7 1 P C M -9 7 2 A n a ly si s N o . 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 W e ig h t % In c . B t m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix m a tr ix S iO 2 3 6 .9 5 3 6 .9 8 3 6 .5 7 3 5 .7 0 3 9 .6 7 3 8 .2 0 3 5 .0 0 3 4 .9 2 3 3 .1 0 3 3 .8 5 3 4 .7 7 3 4 .1 9 3 4 .8 4 3 4 .7 4 3 4 .2 9 3 3 .6 1 T iO 3 1 .0 8 1 .3 7 1 .2 4 1 .4 1 0 .9 3 0 .9 6 2 .5 1 2 .0 8 1 .9 5 2 .9 1 2 .8 8 3 .0 8 3 .0 1 3 .0 7 2 .7 1 2 .9 8 A l 2 O 3 1 8 .9 2 1 8 .1 9 1 9 .4 8 1 8 .5 6 1 8 .7 3 2 0 .4 9 1 8 .6 3 1 9 .3 5 1 7 .8 1 1 9 .6 1 1 8 .9 4 1 8 .0 5 1 9 .7 5 1 9 .4 0 1 9 .2 5 1 9 .6 2 F e O * 1 0 .7 8 1 4 .7 5 1 5 .1 6 1 8 .3 5 1 1 .8 4 1 0 .5 2 2 0 .7 3 2 0 .1 9 2 7 .5 7 2 1 .0 5 1 8 .6 5 2 2 .4 5 2 0 .0 1 1 9 .5 7 2 1 .1 7 2 1 .3 0 M n O 0 .4 0 0 .0 2 0 .1 8 0 .0 0 0 .2 7 0 .1 6 0 .0 1 0 .0 3 0 .2 3 0 .1 9 0 .3 1 0 .3 1 0 .2 2 0 .3 0 0 .1 1 0 .3 1 M g O 1 6 .7 9 1 4 .0 4 1 3 .2 1 1 1 .9 1 1 5 .2 6 1 8 .5 5 8 .0 9 9 .3 3 4 .2 1 7 .8 7 9 .2 0 7 .9 3 8 .6 2 8 .1 6 7 .2 2 7 .9 8 N a 2 O 0 .4 7 0 .5 7 0 .4 1 0 .4 7 0 .3 7 0 .1 3 0 .4 6 0 .3 8 0 .1 7 0 .4 0 0 .3 6 0 .4 9 0 .3 9 0 .3 4 0 .3 5 0 .4 2 K 2 O 8 .7 5 9 .1 5 8 .3 6 8 .8 6 8 .1 8 6 .6 7 8 .9 5 9 .3 9 9 .7 5 9 .5 3 1 0 .2 5 1 0 .0 8 9 .6 7 9 .6 1 9 .1 9 9 .7 1 T o ta l 9 4 .2 0 9 5 .0 7 9 4 .6 1 9 5 .3 0 9 5 .3 3 9 5 .7 4 9 4 .3 8 9 5 .7 1 9 4 .7 9 9 5 .4 8 9 5 .3 6 9 6 .5 7 9 6 .5 2 9 5 .2 3 9 4 .2 9 9 6 .0 4 C a ti o n s p e r 2 2 O xy g e n s S i 5 .4 3 8 5 .5 0 2 5 .4 4 7 5 .3 9 5 5 .7 2 7 5 .4 1 8 5 .4 1 2 5 .3 2 1 5 .3 3 4 5 .2 1 5 5 .3 1 9 5 .2 7 1 5 .2 7 0 5 .3 1 9 5 .3 3 4 5 .1 6 7 T i 0 .1 1 9 0 .1 5 3 0 .1 3 8 0 .1 6 0 0 .1 0 1 0 .1 0 2 0 .2 9 2 0 .2 3 8 0 .2 3 6 0 .3 3 7 0 .3 3 2 0 .3 5 7 0 .3 4 2 0 .3 5 4 0 .3 1 7 0 .3 4 5 A l 3 .2 8 2 3 .1 9 0 3 .4 2 0 3 .3 0 6 3 .1 8 7 3 .4 2 5 3 .3 9 6 3 .4 7 4 3 .3 8 3 3 .5 6 2 3 .4 1 4 3 .2 8 0 3 .5 2 0 3 .5 0 1 3 .5 2 8 3 .5 5 6 F e 2 + 1 .3 2 7 1 .8 3 5 1 .8 8 8 2 .3 1 9 1 .4 2 9 1 .2 4 8 2 .6 8 0 2 .5 7 2 3 .7 1 5 2 .7 1 2 2 .3 8 5 2 .8 9 5 2 .5 3 1 2 .5 0 5 2 .7 5 3 2 .7 3 9 M n 0 .0 4 9 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 2 3 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 3 3 0 .0 1 9 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 4 0 .0 3 1 0 .0 2 4 0 .0 4 0 0 .0 4 0 0 .0 2 8 0 .0 3 9 0 .0 1 4 0 .0 4 0 M g 3 .6 8 4 3 .1 1 5 2 .9 3 3 2 .6 8 3 3 .2 8 4 3 .9 2 2 1 .8 6 6 2 .1 1 9 1 .0 1 0 1 .8 0 7 2 .0 9 7 1 .8 2 3 1 .9 4 3 1 .8 6 2 1 .6 7 4 1 .8 3 0 N a 0 .1 3 4 0 .1 6 4 0 .1 1 9 0 .1 3 8 0 .1 0 4 0 .0 3 7 0 .1 3 9 0 .1 1 2 0 .0 5 3 0 .1 2 0 0 .1 0 7 0 .1 4 7 0 .1 1 3 0 .1 0 1 0 .1 0 6 1 .1 2 4 K 1 .6 4 2 1 .7 3 6 1 .5 8 8 1 .7 0 8 1 .5 0 6 1 .2 0 6 1 .7 6 5 1 .8 2 5 2 .0 0 3 1 .8 7 3 1 .9 9 9 1 .9 8 2 1 .8 6 6 1 .8 7 7 1 .8 2 2 1 .9 0 5 T o ta l 1 5 .6 8 7 1 5 .6 9 9 1 5 .5 5 8 1 5 .7 1 4 1 5 .3 8 2 1 5 .3 8 9 1 5 .5 5 0 1 5 .6 7 1 1 5 .7 6 6 1 5 .6 6 0 1 5 .6 9 5 1 5 .7 9 5 1 5 .6 1 6 1 5 .5 6 3 1 5 .5 4 9 1 5 .7 2 1 * T ot al F e as F eO . 135 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES T ab le 3. R ep re se nt at iv e C he m ic al s co m po si tio ns of bi ot ite fr om pe le tic R oc ks of th e Si lg ar á F om at io n at th e C SM . L it h o lo g y P S P S P S P S P S P S P S S a m p le N o . P C M -4 7 P C M -6 1 8 P C M -6 5 1 P C M -7 0 0 P C M -7 0 1 P C M -7 0 2 P C M -9 5 3 A n a ly si s N o . 3 1 2 1 P 2 P 5 S Z 6 S Z 1 4 1 3 1 7 9 1 6 1 7 1 1 8 W e ig h t % m a n tl e ri m c o re ri m ri m c o re c o re ri m c o re ri m c o re ri m c o re ri m c o re m a n tl e S iO 2 3 6 .4 4 3 7 .1 0 3 7 .0 6 3 7 .3 1 3 6 .8 4 3 6 .5 8 3 7 .7 4 3 7 .5 1 3 6 .0 7 3 6 .1 0 3 6 .6 8 3 6 .5 2 3 6 .7 0 3 7 .0 6 3 7 .3 1 3 7 .2 8 T iO 2 0 .1 4 0 .0 2 0 .0 1 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 1 0 .0 4 0 .0 2 0 .0 2 0 .0 4 0 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 2 A l 2 O 3 2 0 .2 3 2 0 .5 7 2 1 .0 2 2 1 .2 2 2 0 .6 8 2 0 .6 2 2 1 .0 1 2 1 .1 1 1 9 .9 5 2 0 .1 6 2 0 .3 6 2 0 .4 5 2 0 .4 6 2 0 .7 3 2 1 .0 3 2 1 .0 8 F e O * 3 3 .6 9 3 5 .6 6 3 6 .2 8 3 6 .2 8 3 4 .7 5 3 5 .2 3 3 4 .2 9 3 4 .7 2 4 1 .0 6 4 1 .5 5 3 8 .0 8 3 8 .8 3 3 7 .0 9 3 9 .1 3 3 1 .2 4 3 4 .6 7 M n O 4 .0 4 1 .4 9 0 .7 9 0 .3 3 0 .1 0 0 .9 9 1 .0 7 0 .1 6 0 .0 3 0 .0 2 0 .8 8 0 .3 1 1 .6 2 0 .1 9 6 .0 7 2 .4 6 M g O 1 .8 8 3 .0 6 2 .5 3 2 .8 9 2 .6 9 1 .7 6 2 .6 9 3 .0 1 1 .3 7 1 .3 9 1 .5 7 1 .8 2 1 .7 2 2 .4 9 1 .9 6 3 .0 5 C a O 3 .4 6 2 .6 6 2 .9 2 2 .8 1 3 .3 1 3 .5 9 4 .0 9 3 .3 5 0 .3 7 0 .3 1 1 .5 8 1 .0 9 1 .6 2 0 .7 7 2 .9 7 1 .9 9 N a 2 O 0 .0 1 0 .0 1 0 .0 0 0 .0 5 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 2 0 .0 7 0 .0 1 0 .0 1 0 .0 9 0 .0 0 0 .0 5 0 .1 1 0 .0 0 K 2 O 0 .0 1 0 .0 5 0 .0 5 0 .0 1 0 .0 1 0 .0 3 0 .0 3 0 .0 5 0 .0 1 0 .0 5 0 .0 5 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 5 0 .0 4 0 .0 2 C r 2 O 3 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 1 0 .0 1 0 .0 2 0 .0 3 0 .0 1 0 .0 1 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 2 0 .0 1 0 .0 0 T o ta l 9 9 .9 0 1 0 0 .6 0 1 0 0 .7 6 1 0 0 .9 1 9 8 .4 4 9 8 .8 2 1 0 0 .9 9 9 9 .9 5 9 8 .9 6 9 9 .6 3 9 9 .2 4 9 9 .1 5 9 9 .2 5 1 0 0 .4 8 1 0 0 .7 4 1 0 0 .5 8 C a ti o n s p e r 1 2 O S i 2 .9 7 5 2 .9 8 7 2 .9 7 9 2 .9 8 3 3 .0 0 9 2 .9 9 8 3 .0 0 6 3 .0 0 8 3 .0 0 0 2 .9 8 7 3 .0 1 5 3 .0 0 4 3 .0 1 1 3 .0 0 1 3 .0 0 2 2 .9 9 0 T i 0 -0 0 9 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 A l 1 .9 4 7 1 .5 1 1 .9 9 2 2 .0 0 0 1 .9 9 0 1 .9 9 2 1 .9 7 1 1 .9 9 5 1 .9 5 6 1 .9 6 5 1 .9 7 2 1 .9 8 3 1 .9 7 9 1 .9 7 9 1 .9 9 3 1 .9 9 2 F e 3 + 0 .0 8 5 0 .0 7 4 0 .0 4 9 0 .0 3 4 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 1 1 0 .0 1 2 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 4 1 0 .0 5 7 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 4 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 2 0 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 2 5 F e 2 + 2 .2 1 6 2 .3 2 6 2 .3 9 6 2 .3 9 2 2 .3 7 3 2 .4 0 3 2 .2 7 2 2 .3 2 9 2 .8 1 5 2 .8 1 8 2 .6 1 7 2 .6 6 8 2 .5 4 5 2 .6 2 9 2 .0 9 8 2 .3 0 0 M n 0 .2 7 9 0 .1 0 2 0 .0 5 4 0 .0 2 2 0 .0 0 7 0 .0 6 9 0 .0 7 2 0 .0 1 1 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 6 1 0 .0 2 2 0 .1 1 2 0 .0 1 3 0 .4 1 4 0 .1 6 7 M g 0 .2 2 9 0 .3 6 7 0 .3 0 3 0 .3 4 5 0 .3 2 7 0 .2 1 5 0 .3 1 9 0 .3 6 0 0 .1 7 0 0 .1 7 1 0 .1 9 2 0 .2 2 3 0 .2 1 0 0 .3 0 1 0 .2 3 5 0 .3 6 5 C a 0 .3 0 3 0 .2 2 9 0 .2 5 1 0 .2 4 1 0 .2 9 0 0 .3 1 5 0 .3 4 9 0 .2 8 7 0 .0 3 3 0 .0 2 7 0 .1 3 9 0 .0 9 6 0 .1 4 2 0 .0 6 6 0 .2 5 6 0 .1 7 1 N a 0 .0 0 4 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 1 6 0 .0 1 4 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 2 3 0 .0 0 4 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 2 9 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 1 5 0 .0 3 6 0 .0 0 0 K 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 1 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 0 6 0 .0 0 7 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 1 1 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 0 9 0 .0 0 9 0 .0 1 1 0 .0 0 9 0 .0 0 4 C r 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 T o ta l 8 .0 4 9 8 .0 5 0 8 .0 3 6 8 .0 3 5 8 .0 1 3 8 .0 1 1 8 .0 1 2 8 .0 0 7 8 .0 4 6 8 .0 4 4 8 .0 1 0 8 .0 3 9 8 .0 0 9 8 .0 3 6 8 .0 4 6 8 .0 1 7 * T ot al F e as F eO 2O 3 136 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU T ab le 4. R ep re se nt at iv e C he m ic al s co m po si tio ns of St au ro lit e fr om pe le tic R oc ks of th e Si lg ar á F om at io n at th e C SM . L it h o lo g y P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S S a m p le N o . P C M -2 0 P C M -2 1 P C M -4 7 P C M -4 9 P C M -6 1 8 P C M -6 5 1 P C M -7 0 0 P C M -7 0 1 P C M -7 0 2 P C M -9 0 5 P C M -9 0 7 P C M -9 4 0 P C M -9 7 1 A n a ly si s N o . 8 1 7 3 4 8 2 1 8 8 7 4 5 4 W e ig h t % S iO 2 2 6 .9 5 2 7 .9 4 2 7 .8 6 2 7 .7 4 2 6 .5 5 2 7 .5 6 2 6 .4 4 2 6 .9 7 2 8 .6 2 2 7 .3 1 2 7 .1 1 2 6 .5 4 2 6 .6 8 T iO 2 0 .4 6 0 .4 6 0 .5 2 0 .4 0 0 .5 2 0 .6 3 0 .6 4 0 .7 0 0 .5 5 0 .5 8 0 .5 2 0 .8 1 0 .6 0 A l 2 O 3 5 4 .4 4 5 2 .8 1 5 3 .1 7 5 2 .7 7 5 4 .4 8 5 2 .6 8 5 3 .6 4 5 3 .7 8 5 1 .8 5 5 2 .9 7 5 3 .3 3 5 3 .7 6 5 3 .1 7 F e O * 1 3 .4 3 1 2 .7 9 1 3 .8 0 9 .2 2 1 3 .1 9 1 4 .5 0 1 3 .9 4 1 4 .7 6 1 4 .9 7 1 3 .7 9 1 3 .8 4 1 3 .1 6 1 4 .0 5 M n O 0 .0 2 0 .5 0 0 .0 5 1 .2 4 0 .0 1 0 .0 5 0 .0 1 0 .0 3 0 .0 3 0 .2 9 0 .4 1 0 .6 4 0 .1 5 M g O 2 .4 2 2 .2 7 1 .8 1 2 .3 9 1 .2 1 1 .5 5 0 .9 2 1 .5 2 1 .4 5 1 .9 4 1 .8 9 1 .5 4 1 .2 8 C a O 0 .0 3 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 2 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 2 0 .0 2 0 .0 0 0 .0 1 0 .0 0 N a 2 O 0 .0 2 0 .0 0 0 .0 2 0 .1 4 0 .0 8 0 .0 1 0 .0 1 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 3 0 .0 0 0 .0 7 0 .0 7 K 2 O 0 .0 1 0 .0 3 0 .0 3 0 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 2 0 .0 1 0 .0 6 0 .0 3 0 .0 3 0 .0 3 0 .0 6 0 .0 4 Z n O 0 .0 8 0 .6 1 0 .1 5 3 .7 0 1 .3 4 0 .5 0 0 .6 2 0 .0 5 0 .1 2 0 .0 5 0 .3 0 1 .1 6 1 .3 6 C r 2 O 3 0 .0 1 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 8 0 .0 4 0 .0 5 0 .0 5 0 .0 6 0 .0 4 0 .0 5 0 .0 0 T o ta l 9 7 .8 7 9 7 .4 4 9 7 .4 4 9 7 .6 7 9 7 .4 7 9 7 .5 8 9 6 .2 7 9 7 .9 2 9 7 .6 7 9 7 .0 7 9 7 .4 7 9 7 .8 1 9 7 .3 9 C a ti o n s p e r 2 3 O xy g e n s S i 3 .7 3 8 3 .8 9 6 3 .8 8 4 3 .8 7 6 3 .7 2 0 3 .8 6 2 3 .7 4 8 3 .7 6 3 3 .9 9 9 3 .8 3 1 3 .7 9 5 3 .7 1 7 3 .7 6 1 T i 0 .0 4 8 0 .0 4 8 0 .0 5 4 0 .0 4 2 0 .0 5 5 0 .0 6 6 0 .0 6 9 0 .0 7 3 0 .0 5 7 0 .0 6 1 0 .0 5 5 0 .0 8 6 0 .0 6 4 A l 8 .9 0 0 8 .6 7 9 8 .7 3 7 8 .6 8 9 8 .9 9 5 8 .6 9 9 8 .9 6 3 8 .8 4 4 8 .5 3 9 8 .7 5 7 8 .7 9 7 8 .8 7 3 8 .8 3 5 F e 3 + F e 2 + 1 .5 5 8 1 .4 9 1 1 .6 0 9 1 .0 7 7 1 .5 4 5 1 .6 9 8 1 .6 5 3 1 .7 2 2 1 .7 4 9 1 .6 1 7 1 .6 2 0 1 .5 4 2 1 .6 5 7 M n 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 5 9 0 .0 0 6 0 .1 4 6 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 4 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 3 5 0 .0 4 8 0 .0 7 6 0 .0 1 7 M g 0 .5 0 0 0 .4 7 1 0 .3 7 7 0 .4 9 8 0 .2 5 3 0 .3 2 5 0 .1 9 4 0 .3 1 6 0 .3 0 1 0 .4 0 6 0 .3 9 4 0 .3 2 2 0 .2 6 8 C a 0 .0 0 4 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 N a 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 3 9 0 .0 2 1 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 8 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 1 9 0 .0 1 9 K 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 4 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 1 1 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 1 1 0 .0 0 7 Z n 0 .0 0 8 0 .0 6 2 0 .0 1 5 0 .3 8 2 0 .1 3 9 0 .0 5 1 0 .0 6 5 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 1 2 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 3 1 0 .1 2 0 1 .1 4 1 C r 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 0 4 0 .0 0 9 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 6 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 6 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 6 0 .0 0 0 T o ta l 1 4 .7 6 7 1 4 .7 1 7 1 4 .6 9 6 1 4 .7 5 9 1 4 .7 4 0 1 4 .7 2 2 1 4 .7 0 2 1 4 .7 4 4 1 4 .6 7 4 1 4 .7 3 3 1 4 .7 5 2 1 4 .7 7 2 1 4 7 7 1 * T ot al F e as F eO 137 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES T ab le 5. R ep re se nt at iv e C he m ic al s co m po si tio ns of A L 2 Si O 5 po ly m or ph s fr om pe le tic R oc ks of th e S ilg ar á F om at io n at th e C SM . L it h o lo g y P S (A n d ) P S (A n d ) P S (A n d ) P S (A n d ) P S (K y) P S (K y) P S (K y) P S (K y) P S (S il ) P S (S il ) P S (S il ) P S (S il ) S a m p le N o . P C M -1 8 P C M -2 0 P C M -2 1 P C M -4 9 P C M -1 8 P C M -2 0 P C M -2 1 P C M -4 9 P C M -2 0 P C M -9 5 3 P C M -9 7 2 P C M -9 8 1 A n a ly si s N o . 1 3 1 0 1 1 8 1 6 1 1 7 7 8 3 W e ig h t % F ib ro lit e F ib ro lit e P ri sm a ti c P ri sm a ti c S iO 2 3 6 .4 1 3 6 .5 0 3 6 .6 3 3 6 .7 8 3 6 .5 6 3 6 .5 9 3 6 .8 2 3 6 .5 9 3 6 .3 4 3 5 .8 1 3 5 .4 8 3 6 .4 9 T iO 2 0 .0 0 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 3 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 3 0 .0 6 A l 2 O 3 6 3 .8 0 6 1 .8 6 6 2 .8 3 6 1 .9 3 6 3 .2 5 6 1 .7 0 6 2 .6 3 6 1 .3 0 6 3 .2 6 6 4 .0 5 6 3 .8 4 6 2 .1 8 F e O * 0 .6 6 0 .8 8 0 .8 2 0 .8 0 0 .9 6 0 .7 3 0 .7 6 0 .8 5 0 .3 3 0 .3 3 0 .1 4 0 .5 9 M n O 0 .0 2 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 2 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 M g O 0 .0 1 0 .0 1 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 2 0 .0 1 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 3 0 .1 9 C a O 0 .0 0 0 .0 1 0 .0 0 0 .0 4 0 .0 2 0 .0 1 0 .0 2 0 .0 2 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 1 0 .0 5 N a 2 O 0 .0 1 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 1 0 .0 3 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 1 0 .0 2 K 2 O 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 1 0 .0 5 0 .0 2 0 .0 5 0 .0 1 0 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 3 0 .0 3 0 .3 0 C r 2 O 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 5 0 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 2 0 .0 6 0 .0 2 0 .0 0 0 .0 3 0 .0 3 0 .0 0 0 .0 3 T o ta l 1 1 0 .9 8 9 9 .3 8 1 0 0 .3 3 9 9 .6 4 1 0 0 .8 7 9 9 .1 6 1 0 0 .2 7 9 8 .8 1 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 0 .2 8 9 9 .5 9 9 9 .9 0 C a ti o n s p e r 5 O S i 0 .9 7 7 0 .9 9 6 0 .9 9 0 1 .0 0 0 0 .9 8 4 1 .0 0 0 0 .9 9 5 1 .0 0 3 0 .9 8 3 0 .9 6 7 0 .9 6 4 0 .9 9 1 T i 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 A l 2 .0 1 8 1 .9 8 9 2 .0 0 1 1 .9 8 5 2 .0 0 6 1 .9 8 7 1 .9 9 4 1 .9 8 0 2 .0 1 7 2 .0 3 8 2 .0 4 4 1 .9 9 1 F e 2 + 0 .0 1 5 0 .0 2 0 0 .0 1 9 0 .0 1 8 0 .0 2 2 0 .0 1 7 0 .0 1 7 0 .0 1 9 0 .0 0 8 0 .0 0 7 0 .0 0 3 0 .0 1 3 M n 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 M g 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 8 C a 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 2 N a 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 7 K 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 2 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 1 0 C r 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 T o ta l 3 .0 1 4 3 .0 0 9 3 .0 1 0 3 .0 0 8 3 .0 1 4 3 .0 0 7 3 .0 0 8 3 .0 0 5 3 .0 0 9 3 .0 1 4 3 .0 1 5 3 .0 1 7 * T ot al F e as F eO 138 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU T ab le 6. R ep re se nt at iv e C he m ic al s co m po si tio ns of pl ag io cl as e fr om pe le tic R oc ks of th e S ilg ar á F om at io n at th e C SM . L it h o lo g y P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S S a m p le N o . P C M -2 0 P C M -2 1 P C M -4 7 P C M -4 9 P C M -6 1 8 P C M -6 5 1 P C M -7 0 1 P C M -7 0 2 P C M -9 5 3 A n a ly si s N o . 1 1 3 1 3 13 1 1 29 W e ig h t % co re ri m ri m co re In c. G rt m an tle ri m ri m co re S iO 2 65 .6 5 52 .6 0 62 .0 4 58 .3 3 58 .3 1 60 .0 8 67 .2 3 67 .6 8 63 .5 8 T iO 2 0. 00 0. 00 0. 02 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 02 0. 00 0. 00 A l 2 O 3 21 .9 9 29 .9 1 23 .1 8 26 .3 9 25 .2 8 24 .9 5 19 .6 6 19 .8 0 21 .9 5 F e O * 0. 00 0. 06 0. 05 0. 00 0. 28 0. 04 0. 00 0. 03 0. 05 M n O 0. 01 0. 02 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 01 0. 00 0. 00 M g O 0. 00 0. 00 0. 01 0. 00 0. 01 0. 00 0. 01 0. 00 0. 00 C a O 2. 01 12 .2 2 4. 79 8. 53 7. 03 7. 08 0. 55 0. 74 3. 14 N a 2 O 10 .2 6 4. 38 9. 05 6. 78 7. 62 7. 53 11 .5 2 10 .3 7 9. 97 K 2 O 0. 11 0. 09 0. 14 0. 09 0. 15 0. 13 0. 12 0. 10 0. 36 T o ta l 10 0. 02 99 .2 8 99 .2 7 10 0. 12 99 .2 8 99 .8 1 99 .1 2 98 .7 1 99 .0 6 C a ti o n s p e r 8 O S i 2. 88 0 2. 39 7 2. 77 1 2. 60 6 2. 65 1 2. 68 1 2. 97 0 2. 98 7 2. 83 7 T i 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 1 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 1 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 A l 1. 13 7 1. 60 7 1. 22 0 1. 38 9 1. 34 1 1. 31 2 1. 02 3 1. 03 0 1. 15 5 F e 2 + 0. 00 0 0. 00 2 0. 00 2 0. 00 0 0. 01 1 0. 00 1 0. 00 0 0. 00 1 0. 00 2 M n 0. 00 0 0. 00 1 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 M g 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 0. 00 1 0. 00 0 0. 00 0 C a 0. 09 4 0. 59 7 0. 22 9 0. 40 8 0. 33 9 0. 33 9 0. 02 6 0. 03 5 0. 15 0 N a 0. 87 2 0. 38 7 0. 78 3 0. 58 7 0. 66 5 0. 65 1 0. 98 7 0. 88 7 0. 86 2 K 0. 00 6 0. 00 5 0. 00 8 0. 00 5 0. 00 9 0. 00 7 0. 00 7 0. 00 5 0. 02 1 T o ta l 4. 99 0 4. 99 5 5. 01 4 4. 99 6 5. 01 6 4. 99 2 5. 01 5 4. 94 5 5. 02 * T ot al F e as F eO 139 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES a b c d e f Si Grt Se Grt S2 250 mm 250 mm Grt S2 250 mm Se Grt S1 1 mm Grt S2 3 mm Grt Grt S2 500 mm Figure 4. Petrographic features of the garnet-bearing pelitic rocks of the Silgará Formation at the CSM. (a) Garnet showing a pattern of inclusions of quartz, graphite and opaque minerals perpendicular to the main foliation of a graphite-rich micaschist; PPL, sample PCM-47. (b) Garnet showing a pattern of inclusions of quartz and opaque minerals concordant to the main foliation of a micaschist with staurolite; PPL, sample PCM-651. (c) Garnet displaying a pattern of dendritic growth (very high growth velocity), with quartz inclusions concordant to the main foliation of a quartz micaschist; PPL, sample PCM-700. (d) Snow-ball garnet, showing sigmoidal inclusions of quartz in a micaschist with fibrollitic sillimanite; PPL, sample PCM-971. (e) Optically sector-zoned garnet porphyroblasts in a quartz micaschist showing compositional mica- and quartz-rich bands; XPL (left) – PPL (right), sample PCM-618. (f) Sector-zoned garnet with radial quartz inclusions in quartz micaschist with staurolite; XPL, sample PCM-702. of garnet is shown in Table 3. MgO contents in the garnets in the pelitic schists vary between 5.64 and 15.03, the content of FeO varies between 68.91 and 93.38, the content of MnO varies between 0.05 and 15.76 and the content of CaO varies between 1.00 and 10.92. Chemical zoning of garnet from the Silgará pelitic schists is illustrated in Mg-Mn-Fe and Ca-Mn-(Fe+Mg) triangular diagrams (Figure 7) and X-ray elementmaps (Figure 8), which is summarized as follows: (1) garnet is almost pure almandine end member, with very low content of Mg, Mn and Ca. In addition, only a slight increase ofMnwas observed at the core (e.g., PCM-700); (2) garnets exhibits normal zoning with increasing Mg and Fe components from core to rim and decreasing Mn and Ca components from core to rim, suggesting prograde metamorphism 140 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU a b c d St 3 mm St Ky 250 mm1 mm 1 mm St And Ky Bt Sil Bt Sil Figure 5. Petrographic features of the aluminosilicate phase-bearing pelitic rocks of the Silgará Formation at the CSM. (a) Staurolite porphyroblasts displaying penetration twinning and containing inclusions of quartz, graphite and opaque minerals discordantly with the external schistosity of the rock; XPL (left) – PPL (right), sample PCM-702. (b) Paragenesis staurolite-kyanite. Kyanite contains discordant quartz inclusions and staurolite shows rotational character; PPL, sample PCM-21. (c) Paragenesis staurolite-kyanite-andalusite; PPL, sample PCM-21. (d) Aggregates of fibrolitic sillimanite after biotite (left, PPL, sample PCM-981) and prismatic sillimanite (right, PPL, sample PCM-972). e.g., PCM-651, PCM-701, PCM-971); (3) garnet exhibits normal zoning through to the inner rim, but in the outer rim the chemical zoning is reversed, reflecting the effects of retrograde metamorphism (e.g., PCM-47, PCM-953); (4) sector-zoned garnet, with very different models of zoning even in thin section-scale (e.g., PCM-618). In some cases, distribution of ele- ments follows a radial (sector) trend PCM-618, but in other cases distribution follows a patchy or concen- tric trend PCM-618, PCM-701 and PCM-702. Staurolite shows pleochroism (x: dark yellow, y: light yellow, z: pale yellow), and occurs as porphyroblasts, from idioblastic to relictic character. It usually contains abundant inclusions of quartz and mi- nor inclusions of graphite and opaque minerals. These inclusions are usually randomly oriented, but in some cases may be concordant or discordant with the main schistosity of the rock. Rims of staurolite are straight or corroded by quartz and shapes range from rounded to elongated and locally overgrowth the main schistosity of the rock, suggesting a rotational and deformational event. Staurolite is partly replaced by white mica and chlorite at the rims and along cracks. In some samples staurolite exhibits replacement at the rims by fibrolite. Themineral chemistry of staurolite is shown in Table 4. Figure 9 illustrates color maps of staurolite, which ex- hibits a high-Fe content (XFe = 0.68-0.89), but does not show any zonation in Fe and Mg (Figure 9a and 9b). Figure 9c shows a typical staurolite-kyanite grade pelite (PCM-905). Sample PCM-49 has the highest ZnO content (3.70 weight %) and homogeneous Zn distribution. Al2SiO5 polymorphs. Kyanite occurs as discrete crystals, with porphyroblastic and poikiloblastic character. It is usually colorless and is closely associ- 141 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES 0.50 0.40 0.30 0.20 0.10 0.00 N a /( N a + K ) 5.90 6.00 6.10 6.20 6.30 6.40 6.50 Si Figure 6. Chemical compositions of muscovite from pelitic rocks of the Silgará Formation at the CSM expressed in a Na/(Na+K) vs Si diagram; black, open and grey rombs indicate the mineral assemblages Sil±St±Grt, St+And±Ky and St+Grt, respectively; the paragenesis And+Ky+Sil is indicated by open triangles ated with sillimanite (fibrolite) and andalusite. Anda- lusite occurs as discrete crystals with porphyroblastic and poikiloblastic character. It is usually very light pink or colourless and occurs as rectangular or rounded crystals. Sillimanite occurs as fibrolite, and the fibrous aggregate are folded. Usually it is interlayered, replacing biotite and white mica. It is also found at the rim of staurolite as a replacement. Very small fibers occur as inclusions in quartz, plagioclase and micas. The mineral chemistry of Al2SiO5 polymorphs is shown in Table 5. In general, kyanite, andalusite and sillimanite do not display any variation in chemical composition. However, Fe in sillimanite is lower than Fe in andalusite and kyanite. Plagioclase occurs in the granoblastic bands to- gether with quartz, and shows a range of grain sizes, irregular and variable grain shapes, curved and irreg- ular boundaries. A second type of plagioclase shows a xenoblastic to subidioblastic character, occasion- ally idioblastic character, is twinned or untwined, and occurs also as porphyroblasts in augen structure, usu- ally concordant with Se, although sometimes is possi- ble to find rotated porphyroblasts suggesting pre or syn-tectonic growth. Random and oriented inclu- sions of quartz, white mica, biotite and opaque min- erals also occur. These two types of plagioclase exhibit a moderate replacement by sericite. A third type of plagioclase shows a xenoblastic character, variable to rounded shapes and small sizes, and oc- curs as inclusions generally in garnet. The mineral chemistry of plagioclase is shown in Table 6. The an- orthite content of plagioclase in pelitic schists varies from 0.03 to 0.61. There are no clear relationships between the anorthite contents and the mineral as- semblages. The highest XAn (0.61) was found in sample PCM-21 and the lowest (0.03) in sample PCM-701. Plagioclase from sample PCM-953 exhibits compo- sitional Ca zoning from core (An15.34) to rim (An13.55), concordantly with the decrease of Ca in garnet from core to rim in the same sample. Accesory phases. Epidote occurs as discrete crystal or aggregates of small and elongated pris- matic crystals with subidioblastic to xenoblastic character. Distribution and orientation are random. It 142 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU Mg 30 20 10 30 20 10Fe Ca Fe+Mg 70 80 90 70 80 90 Mn Mg Fe rim core core rim Mn Mn Cn Fe + Mg Mn PCM-47 PCM-618(1) PCM-618(2) PCM-618(3) PCM-651 PCM-700 PCM-701 PCM-953 PCM-971 Figure 7. Chemical compositions of garnet from metapelites of the Silgará Formation at the CSM expressed in Mg-Mn-Fe and Ca-Mn-(Fe+Mg) diagrams. 143 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES a b c d e f C a 5 0 0 u m C a 5 0 0 u m C a 1 m m C a 5 0 0 u m C a 5 0 0 u m C a 1 m m Figure 8. X-ray elementmaps for Ca of garnet porphyroblasts frommetapelites of the Silgará Formation at the CSM. (a) PCM-618, sector-zoned garnet with patch zoning. (b) PCM-618, sector-zoned garnet with radial zoning. (c) PCM-702, euhedral garnet with a hexagonal concentric zoning. (d) PCM-701, subhedral garnet with radial and concentric zoning. (e) PCM-971, sigmoidal garnet showing an irregular concentric zoning. (f) PCM-971, sigmoidal garnet showing an irregular concentric zoning. shows a pleochroism (x: colorless, y: light yellow, z: light green), and some crystals exhibit optical zoning. Tourmaline occurs as discrete grains of subi- dioblastic and prismatic character, green to violet, and exhibits typical optical zoning and pleochroism. It is randomly oriented. It occurs in the matrix and as inclusions in major minerals. Apatite occurs as dis- crete and very small grains. It is subidioblastic and prismatic in shape and occurs in the matrix and as in- clusions in quartz, plagioclase and micas. Zircon oc- curs in the matrix with random orientation as very small discrete grains. It is elliptical in shape and shows typical birefringence colors. Opaque minerals occur as discrete grains that show very different shapes and orientations both as a matrix phase and as inclusions in almost all major minerals. Rutile occurs as discrete randomly-oriented xenoblastic crystals and as matrix and inclusion phases. It is dark-yellow in color and has black haloes at the rims. Ilmenite forms discrete crystals with tabular habit, black in color, homogeneous distribution, and concordant to discordant orientation. Graphite appears as aggre- gates of very-fine flaky crystals, black in color, giv- ing to the rock a clouded appearance. Metamorphism Determination of metamorphic grade of the pelitic sequence of the Silgará Formation at the CSM is based on the experimentally defined stability of in- dex minerals as well as on their chemical composi- tion. Mineral assemblages, their relationships, struc- tural features and mode of occurrence as well as common local alternation of lithological members with gradual transition suggest the existence of a volcanoclastic sedimentary sequence made of pelitic rocks with intercalations of semipelitic, psammitic, basic and carbonaceous rocks. Field and petrological studies show that the metamorphism of the Silgará Formation is characterized by the presence of typical index minerals of Barrovian type metamorphism (Miyashiro, 1994). On the basis of mineral assem- blages in pelitic rocks, the Silgará Formation can be divided into a Barrovian-type facies series of biotite, garnet, staurolite-kyanite and sillimanite zones. A separation between the kyanite and staurolite zones has not been done in this study in spite of the occur- rence of ductile shear zones with hydrothermal kyan- ite-bearing quartz veins. All pelitic schists contain the mineral assemblage quartz + plagioclase + biotite + muscovite, which is associated with sillimanite in the southwestern sector of the study area, where schists with garnet (PCM-953) and garnet + staurolite (PCM-971) assemblages also occur. Mineral assem- blages containing aluminosilicates are characteristic in the northern part of the area. The three Al2SiO5 polymorphs were observed in each one of the sam- ples PCM-18, PCM-20 and PCM-21. The mineral as- semblage quartz + plagioclase + biotite + muscovite + garnet + staurolite is distributed in the northern part 144 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU a b c Fe 500 um Mg 500 um Al 200 um St St St Ms Ky Figure 9. X-ray element maps of staurolite from metapelites of the Silgará Formation at the CSM. (a) and (b) PCM-701, staurolite porphyroblats developing penetrating twinning and a nearly homogeneous distribution of Fe and Mg. (c) Staurolite associated to kyainite and muscovite, showing a different Al concentration. of the study area. The coexistence of biotite and mus- covite, accompanied by quartz and plagioclase may be generated by a reaction at P-T conditions slightly below 400 °C and 4 kbar. The presence of garnet co- existing with biotite takes place below 500 °C. This idea is consistent with that of Spear (1993) where be- low 500 °C garnet occurs only in rocks with high Ca + Mn contents. For the mineral assemblage quartz + plagioclase + biotite + muscovite + garnet + staurolite, the reaction Grt + Chl = St + Bt reaches P-T temperatures 550 °C and pressure ranges from 4 to 6 kbar (Spear, 1993). The first appearance of kyanite can be related to its intergrowth with staurolite, which is due to the close relationship between the structures of these minerals. Therefore, the mineral assemblage quartz + plagioclase + biotite + musco- vite + staurolite + kyanite may establish the highest pressure range 6-7 kbar at about 600°C for the Silgará Formation at the CSM. Resorption and re- placement of kyanite by sillimanite suggests a proba- ble decrease in pressure (close to 600°C). Andalusite is present in the mineral assemblages Qtz + Pl + Bt + Ms + (Ky + And) or + (Ky + And + St) or + (St + And). The reaction kyanite = andalusite occurs at the retrograde stage of metamorphism during a decrease of both P-T or only P. According to Goldsmith et al. (1971) the metamorphism of the Silgará Formation may have occurred during the 410-450 Ma event. The metapelitic sequence is not always complete, be- cause in some cases the lower-grade metamorphic zones do not occur. A complex tectonic history prob- ably played a very important role in breaking the metamorphic zoning and therefore some apparent isograds may correspond to faults. On the other hand, the authors consider that is still unclear how the late emplacement of orthogneiss masses affected the metapelitic sequence, as well as the occurrence of crustal granitoid rocks that are generally form to con- tact aureoles, taking into account that in sectors such as La Laguna, textural evidence may indicate the oc- currence of hornfelsic rocks and mineral assem- blages that overimprinted to early mineral phases and fabrics. In the contact between the Silgará Formation and the Bucaramanga Gneiss Complex, the contact is often defined by the biotite–sillimanite isograd (Ward et al., 1973; Restrepo-Pace et al., 1997), though this differentiation method seems to imply a common metamorphism for both units (Ordoñez- Carmona et al., 2006). Geothermobarometry Figures 10 and 11 summarize the estimated P–T con- ditions of evolution for the Silgará Formation metapelitic rocks at the CSM. The thermobarometric estimates were done in domains of samples showing textural and chemical evidence of equilibrium among the phases under consideration. Mineral composi- tions were used with the computer program GTB (Spear & Kohn, 2001), which incorporate most pub- lished geothermobarometers, to obtain equilibrium pressures and temperatures from garnet bearing as- semblages. Various assemblages were used to calcu- late pressures and the garnet-biotite assemblage was used to calculate temperatures. Temperatures and pressures for 3 representative samples (PCM-618, PCM-953 and PCM-971) were calculated using the gar- net-biotite geothermometer and the garnet-plagioclase- biotite-muscovite, GASP and garnet-moscovite-bio- tite-SiAl2O5 geobarometers. Sample PCM-618 consists of sector-zoned and poikiloblastic porphyroblasts of garnet in a granolepidoblastic matrix of quartz, plagioclase, biotite and muscovite. Plagioclase also occurs as inclusion in poikiloblastic garnet. Sample PCM-953 consists of porphyroblastic garnet in a granolepidoblastic matrix of quartz, plagioclase, muscovite, biotite and sillimanite. Sample PCM-971 consists of porphyroblastic garnets in a gran- olepidoblastic matrix of quartz, biotite and musco- vite. Chemical compositions were taken from the rim of different sectors of the garnets, which show mod- erate to strong chemical zoning, and from the rims of plagioclase, biotite and muscovite crystals, which do not show strong or systematic chemical zoning. All iron in biotite and garnet was assumed to be Fe2+. Metamorphic temperatures were estimated using Fe-Mg exchange among minerals according to: (1) Ganguly & Saxena (1984), (2) Perchuk & Lavrent’eva (1984), (3) Indares & Martignole (1985), (4) Ferry & Spear with Berman (1990), (5) 145 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES 146 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU Ky And Sil Ky And Sil Ky And Sil Ky And Sil T(°C) T(°C) T(°C) T(°C) P (k b a r) P , (k b a r) P (k b a r) P , (k b a r) Figure 10. P-T estimates using different calibrations of geothermobarometers from GTB program by Spear and Kohn (2001): Grt-Bt thermometer and (a) Grt-Pl-Bt-Ms barometer from sample PCM-618, sector-zoned garnet, (b) Grt-Pl-Bt-Ms barometer from sample PCM-618, poikiloblastic garnets, (c) Grt-Pl-Bt-Ms and GASP barometers from sample PCM-953, (d) Grt-Ms-Bt-Al2SiO5 barometer from sample PCM-971. Triple point for aluminosilicates after Holdaway (1971). Ky P (k b a r) And Sil T(°C) PCM-618, sector-zoned garnet Grt-Bt thermometer Grt-Pl-Bt-Ms barometer PCM-618, poikiloblastic garnet Grt-Bt thermometer Grt-Pl-Bt-Ms barometer PCM-953 Grt-Bt thermometer Grt-Pl-Bt-Ms barometer PCM-953 Grt-Bt thermometer GASP barometer PCM-971 Grt-Bt thermometer Grt-Ms-Bt-Al O barometer2 5 Figure 11. P-T diagram showing polygons of total ranges of calculated temperatures and pressures from pelites of the Silgará Formation at the CSM, using different calibrations of geothermobarometers from GTB program by Spear and Kohn (2001). Triple point for aluminosilicates after Holdaway (1971). Patino Douce et al. (1993), (6) Holdaway et al. (1997), (7) Gessmann et al., (1997), (8) Kleemann & Reinhardt (1994). Metamorphic pressures were esti- mated as follows: for samples PCM-618 and PCM-953 using the Grt-Pla-Bt-Ms barometer of (A) Ghent & Stout (1981) Fe end member, (B) Hodges & Crowley (1985), (C) Powell & Holland (1984) with Hodges & Spear (1982), (D) Hoisch (1990) Fe end member, (E) Hoisch (1990) Mg end member; for sample PCM-953 using the GASP barometer of (A) Newton & Haselton (1981), (B) Hodges & Spear (1982), (C) Ganguly & Saxena (1984), (D) Hodges & Crowley (1985); for sample PCM-971 using the Grt-Ms-Bt-Al2O5 barome- ter of (A) Hodges & Crowley (1985), (B) Holdaway et al., (1988). According to geothermobarometric calculations reported in this study, temperature and pressure conditions for this area are 400-600 °C and 4.0-6.5 kbars, respectively. *references as listed in the GTB Geothermoba- rometry software of Spear & Kohn (2001). Reaction history and P-T paths Figure 12 illustrates the P-T trajectories postulated in this study for the Silgará Formation pelites at the CSM from mineral assemblages, their textural rela- tions and mineral compositions, which can be com- pared with the P-T path proposed by García et al., (2005) for these rocks and two different model P-T paths by Spear (1993) followed by low-Al pelites for typical regions have undergone crustal thickening or contact metamorphism. The P-T conditions estimated by geothermobarometry were verified by construct- ing a petrogenetic grid that constrains themineral sta- bility fields and reactions known with various 147 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES 10 8 6 4 2 400 500 600 700 800 Grt producing reaction in rocks with MnO and CaO P re s s u re (k b a r) Emplacement of orthogneiss Ky Sil Co m pr es io na l r eg im e Ky And And Sil St+Mx+Qtz+An Grt+And+Bt+H O2 Exhumation S t+ M s+ Q tz + A n G rt + S il+ B t+ H O 2 Extensional regime B t+ M s+ Q tz+ H O2 (K f5 + C h ) G rt+ B t+ Q tz + H O2 M s + C h l G rt+ M s + C h l S t+ B t+ Q tz (2 )+ H O2 M s + C h l K y + B t+ A b + H O2 S t+ M s+ Q tz+ A n G rt+ K y+ B t+ H O2 B t- in G rt -i n Temperature (°C) Figure 12. Petrogenetic grid illustrating mineral reactions in pelites as a function of pressure and temperature. Model of metamorphic P-T evolution followed by the Silgará Formation pelites at the CSM (black- and grey-thick arrows), compared with the P-T path proponed by García et al., (2005) indicated by a black arrow, and two P-T paths (Spear, 1993) for typical regions that have undergone Barrovian facies metamorphism (thin continuous-black arrow) or contact (thin dotted-black arrow) metamorphism. The Al2SiO5 triple point after Holdaway (1971). The narrow grey areas correspond to the biotite- and garnet-in reaction after Yardley (1989), and the wide grey area shows the stability field of staurolite after Bucher & Frey (1994). degrees of certainty, which can be used to decipher the reaction history of the investigated rocks. The pathA1-A10 starts out at c. 350°C and 2 kbar. However, the P-T paths B and C at the one proposed by García et al. (2005) correspond to the P-T evolution of garnet-bearing pelites that reached the staurolite-kyan- ite or sillimanite conditions, and probably start out at the same conditions (c. 480-500 °C and 2 kbar), but fol- low slightly different trajectories. Our model can be summarized as follows: a given volume of rock experi- enced gradual crustal shortening and thickening, ac- companied by an increment of pressure and temperature conditions, as a result of burial until reach- ing the maximum pressure condition (Ppeak) is kached. The thickened crust is uplifted slowly and erosion tends to restore the original crust, which is characterized by decompression, with a continued increasing tempera- ture until to reach the maximum temperature condition (Tpeak). Then, the volume of crust experienced progres- sive crustal uplifting, accompanied by erosion, rehydration, cooling and decompression. Biotite-in reaction. AtA1, the initial assemblage in low-Al pelites was probably chlorite + K-feldspar (+ muscovite + quartz), from which biotite formed at 380 oC and 3.8 kbar (A2) by the continuous reaction K-feldspar + chlorite = biotite + muscovite + + quartz + H2O. Garnet-in reaction. The garnet isograd reaction (A3) is strongly dependent on bulk rock composition and specially MnO and CaO content (Spear, 1993). In MnO- and CaO-rich rocks, garnet may appear at temperatures below 450 °C whereas in MnO- and CaO-poor rocks, garnet may not appear to well above 500 °C (Spear, 1993). Therefore, at A4 garnet is probably present because of theMnO content of most pelites. No discontinuous reaction has been encoun- tered up to » 530 oC (A5), when garnet was produced by the continuous reaction muscovite + chlorite = garnet + biotite + + quartz + H2O, which explains a simultaneous decrease in mus- covite and chlorite and increase in biotite contents within the garnet zone, compared with the low- est-grade pelites from the biotite zone. The garnet zone is characterized by the mineral assemblage gar- net + chlorite + botite + muscovite + quartz, which is stable over an interval of metamorphic grade above the garnet-in isograd. Staurolite-in reaction. At the staurolite isograd, the first appearance of staurolite may be related to bio- tite-producing and chlorite- and muscovite-consum- ing reactions, because the staurolite zone is marked by a strong increase in the modal abundance of biotite at the expense of chlorite and muscovite. Textural evi- dence shows that staurolite may be produced by a gar- net-consuming discontinuous reaction, such as garnet + muscovite + chlorite = staurolite + + biotite + quartz + plagioclase + H2O, A6 (at 610 oC). When this reaction has finished some more staurolite may be produced by a garnet-absent con- tinuous reaction involving the remaining phases. Kyanite-in reaction. The staurolite zone corre- sponds to buffering along this reaction to the inter- section where chlorite, biotite, garnet, staurolite and kyanite coexist (Lang and Rice, 1985). The kyanite + staurolite association suggests that kyanite and staurolite crystallized from an appropriate bulk com- position in the appropriate P/T range (Ôahin and Erkan, 1994). According to Lang and Rice (1985), the net reaction at the intersection is approximated by the transition zone reaction chlorite + muscovite = kyanite + biotite + + albite + H2O (A7), which explains the probable kyanite-forming re- action developed through a chlorite-consuming reac- tion. However, kyanite may also be formed during a garnet-consuming reaction such as garnet + muscovite = kyanite + biotite + quartz (Spear, 1993) The pelites from the structurally upper level of the kyanite zone are characterized by the mineral as- 148 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU semblage kyanite ± staurolite + biotite + muscovite + plagioclase + quartz. With increasing temperature, staurolite becomes unstable and reacts to produce garnet, kyanite and biotite. Staurolite dissapears at the kyanite isograd as a result of the discontinuous re- action staurolite + muscovite + quartz + anorthite = garnet + kyanite + biotite + H2O, A8 (» 700oC) Sillimanite-in reaction. According to Zhao & Cawood (1999) the following sillimanite-producing reactions may be considered: chlorite + muscovite = sillimanite + biotite + + quartz + H2O garnet + muscovite = sillimanite + biotite + quartz staurolite + muscovite + quartz = sillimanite + + biotite + H2O staurolite + quartz = sillimanite + garnet + H2O kyanite = sillimanite Textural evidence from the Silgará Formation pelites suggests that the production of sillimanite in- cludes the appearance of fibrolitic sillimanite-biotite intergrowths with the consumption of chlorite and muscovite or pseudomorphs after garnet porphyroblasts, fibrolite at the expense of staurolite porphyroblasts, with or without the production of garnet, relict kyanite within muscovite crystals, and the polymorphic reaction kyanite = sillimanite (A9). Chemical zoning and sillimanite inclusions in mus- covite and quartz may indicate decrease in pressure after the formation of sillimanite during stauro- lite-consuming reactions (increasing temperature). After a near isothermal decompression, the final as- semblage will be garnet + staurolite + sillimanite + biotite (+ muscovite + quartz), A10. Up to this point, the Silgará Formation pelites have undergone medium-P/high-T conditions of Barrovian facies metamorphism, corresponding to the Ky-Sil series of Miyashiro (1994), following a clockwise pressure-temperature path, which is char- acteristic for the metamorphic evolution of most orogenic belts (Brown, 1993). The final event described in this study is a retro- grade metamorphic event, characterized by a de- crease in both temperature and pressure parameters. The retrogressive reactions are related to partial re- placement of garnet by chlorite and/or biotite along cracks, heavily corroded staurolite enclosed by seri- cite and chlorite, replacement of biotite by chlorite or ilmenite exsolution in biotite. However, the retro- grade trajectory in the Silgará Formation pelites is not well constrained and can only be inferred from mineral assemblages belonging to greenschist facies. The coexistence of kyanite-sillimanite-andalusite in staurolite-bearing rocks, mineral assemblages and textural observations indicate a sequence of occur- rence: first coexistence of kyanite and staurolite, fol- lowed by breakdown of kyanite and with presence of sillimanite, and lastly a retrograde metamorphism with the occurrence of andalusite after kyanite. How- ever, the presence of the three Al2SiO5 polymorphs in some samples suggests a more complex P-T meta- morphic evolution. Therefore, we propose the occur- rence of alternative P-T paths recorded by the Silgará pelites from the garnet (B) and staurolite-kyanite (C) metamorphic zones. The alternative P-T paths take into account strong textural evidence supporting the first appearance of kyanite “kyanite-in isograd” by the polymorphic reaction And = Ky. However, the P-T trajectory B corresponds to pelites evolved from the garnet to the staurolite-kyanite stability fields, without production of sillimanite, and the P-T trajec- toryC closest to the triple point should be considered with the following reaction sequence andalusite ® kyanite ® sillimanite based on pelites that reached the sillimanite conditions. Discussion A main characteristic of orogens is a complex defor- mation history involving various tectonic processes such as burial of crustal slices followed by exhuma- tion of deep metamorphic rocks by nappe stacking, syn-orogenic to post-orogenic extension and tectonic denudation (Duguet et al., 2007). Therefore, the re- 149 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES construction of a P-T path is sometimes difficult to constrain. However, this problem can be overcome when the metamorphic series contain garnet-bearing metapelitic rocks such as those of the Silgará Forma- tion, which underwent metamorphism with a peak at the upper amphibolite facies conditions, being af- fected during the last stage of deformation by the em- placement of syn-tectonic intrusions (Orthogneiss). Campos (1999) reported that the occurrence of veins mainly composed of quartz with minor calcite in metasomatic zones of the Silgará Formation metacabonate rocks indicates a removilization of SiO2 and CaO due to the action of late magmatic flu- ids associated to the emplacement of the Orthogneiss protolith, which circulated along tectonic discontinu- ities. Additional evidence on the external fluid con- tribution derived from syn-metamorphic intrusions corresponds to the development of a H2O-rich diop- side reaction zone in the presence or absence of scapolite in the metasomatic rocks of the Silgará For- mation. Finally, a thermal event overprinted to the re- gional metamorphism of the Silgará Formation which the authors propose as due to the emplacement of calc-alkaline granitoids of Triassic-Jurassic age, that are generally form to contact aureoles, and for example in sectors such as La Laguna, textural evi- dence indicates the occurrence of poikiloblastic an- dalusite in hornfelsic rocks, with mineral assemblages overprinting early mineral phases and fabrics. During a Late Triassic-Early Jurassic intru- sive-related regional metamorphic episode, high-T and low-P conditions of the Santander Massif pre- vailed (Restrepo-Pace, 1995). The reconstruction of the P-T paths experienced by this metamorphic unit is a crucial point to decipher the tectonic setting of the deformation events and any proposed model should take into account thermobarometric data. However, the geodynamics and tectonic setting of the Santander Massif are still matter of debate. P–T paths García et al. (2005) already documented P-T condi- tions for the Silgará Formation at the CSM (6.1-8.5 kbar and 616-784 °C). Our results are consistent with a two-stage tectonothermal evolution under high-grade conditions: (1) an early compressional phase of deformation that led to upper amphibolite facies Barrovian-type metamorphism and (2) a sub- sequent extensional phase of deformation that led to near-isothermal decompression and the emplacement of orthogneiss masses. A final Evidence of stage of near-isobaric cooling to greenschist facies conditions is widespread. Both prograde and retrograde meta- morphic evolution may be constrained and character- ised by initial crustal shortening and thickening associated with thrusting, subsequent slow exhuma- tion and final cooling. However, due to the preserva- tion of prograde mineral assemblages and critical reaction textures, a more complex series of P-T paths Can be inferred. The tectono-metamorphic history of the Silgará Formation metapelites is characterised by clockwise P-T trajectories (Figure 9). The inferred P-T paths are interpreted to result from one geologi- cal event, but during different stages of deformation. However, this assumption must be tested by geo- chronological data. Tectonic implications Based in both petrological evidence and the inferred P-T paths for the Silgará Formation pelites, we postu- late two possible tectonic scenarios in which the metamorphism of this geological unit might have taken place: (1) medium-grade metamorphism re- lated to collision tectonics and subsequent decom- pression from extensional collapse of the tectonically thickened crust, probably accompanied by the em- placement of syn-metamorphic intrusions (Orthogneiss) and (2) overprinted thermal metamor- phism related to the emplacement of calc-alkaline granitoids of Triassic-Jurassic age. The shape and di- rection of the clockwise P-T paths inferred in the cur- rent study support these interpretations. Subsequent decompression and uplift of the pelites, initially un- der medium-pressure conditions, can be related to an extensional collapse of the thickened crust, where the emplacement of orthogneiss masses provided further heat input into the pelites during their last stage of de- formation. Later cooling of the pelites can be related to cooling of the orthogneiss masses. Restrepo-Pace (1995) report a U/Pb zircon age of 480 Ma for the 150 ÓSCAR M. CASTELLANOS A., CARLOS A. RÍOS R. AND AKIRA TAKASU emplacement of syn-tectonic intrusives suggesting a magmatic event in the late Ordovician or early Silu- rian. Therefore, the age of the orthogneiss emplace- ment must be similar to that of the Silgará Formation, which can be explained only if the emplacement and metamorphism processes of orthogneiss masses oc- curred at the beginning of the last stage of deforma- tion that affected the Silgará Formation pelites. Uplift and exhumation The thickened crust represented by the medium-pres- sure, high temperature metapelites of the Silgará For- mation was uplifted slowly and erosion led to restore the original crust, which is characterized by decom- pression. During this stage the emplacement of orthogneiss masses probably occurred. However, as initial uplift rates are slow compared with heat trans- port rates, these metapelites were affected by a continusly increasing temperature during uplift until they reached the thermal peak, after which these rocks experienced cooling, accompanied by retrograde metamorphism documented by generally incomplete rehydration reactions and least not-hydrated mineral phases have been preserved as relicts. The uplift of deeply buried rocks in subduction or collision zones can be explained by the buoyancy of crustal rocks at depth (von Blanckenburg&Davies, 1995; Ernst et al., 1997): (1) the buoyancy of tectonically thickened crust when material is removed from the upper crust by erosion or faulting or (2) break-off of the subducting slab, thus removing slab pull and allowing the subducting crust to return buoyantly to the surface. Exhumation of the Silgará Formation is represented by the return toward the Earth’s surface of the deeply buried pelitic rocks, a process that is generally driven either by erosion or low-angle normal faulting or both; ductile extension of the crust or lithosphere is slow and cannot account for more than a small fraction of exhu- mation (Ring et al., 1999). Conclusions The sequence of mineral assemblages, metamorphic reaction history and estimated clockwise P–T path for the Silgará Formation at the CSM let us to constrain its tectono-metamorphic evolution, which is charac- terized by initial crustal shortening and thickening associated with thrusting, subsequent slow exhuma- tion and final cooling, which is characteristic during continental collision (Brown, 1993). Petrographic observation and thermobarometric data indicate that the investigated pelites underwent regional prograde metamorphism and the metamorphic zones equili- brated at significantly different peak pressures and temperatures along the kyanite geotherm. According to the metamorphic reactions and the P-T evolution model proposed in this study, the first mineral assem- blage observed was biotite + muscovite + quartz, which probably formed near 425°C and 3.8 kbar. The coexistence of garnet in mineral assemblageswith bi- otite occurs approximately at 475°C and 4.7 kbar. Conditions for the first appearance of staurolite are close to those for the first appearance of kyanite, reaching probably the peak of pressure, 625°C and 7.5 kbar and 650°C and 8.0 kbar, respectively. Kyan- ite breakdown into sillimanite and the peak tempera- ture were estimated at around 680°C and 8.0 kbar, which however do not correspond to the peak tem- perature (740°C and 7.0 kbar). The Silgará Forma- tion pelites exhibit a retrograde metamorphism with the occurrence of andalusite and accompanied by re- verse zoning at the outer rim of garnets, and chloritization and sericitization processes. Calcula- tions for sample PCM-953 were carried out using data from the contact between the rims of garnet and biotite, yielding a temperature range of 497-583°C according to different calibrations of the garnet-bio- tite pair. This temperature could be interpreted as the peak of the retrograde metamorphic event. There is a strong evidence on the occurrence of an overprinted termal event to the regional metamorphism. The un- certainties of the P-T data are related to the variability of mineral compositions within the studied rocks and to the lack of control of thermodynamic parameters. However, a general trend toward medium pressures at low temperatures of metamorphism is clearly shown by the observed mineral associations. The P-T paths appear to favour models involving the delamination of lithospheric mantle as a factor con- 151 A NEW APPROACH ON THE TECTONOMETAMORPHIC MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH P–T PATHS OF THE BARROVIAN-TYPE SILGARÁ FORMATION AT THE CENTRAL SANTANDER MASSIF, COLOMBIAN ANDES tributing to the change from compressional to extensional tectonics at the CSM. Medium-pressure pelitic rocks of the Silgará Formation were probably formed during a collision, with a buried crust reach- ing pressures up to 6.5 kbar, equivalent to 27 km depth, estimated for the kyanite-bearing pelites. Near-isothermal decompression commonly follows the crustal thickening and initially buried rocks were rapidly exhumed as the crust was thinned by struc- tural collapse, extension and erosion. Therefore, the metamorphic evidence indicates such a buried crust as a consequence of its tectonic transport during a continental collision is the formation of middle-pres- sure kyanite-bearing pelites, followed by recrystallisation of lower pressure assemblages within a clockwise P-T. However, to confirm this hy- pothesis new field and petrological studies should be carried out and geochronological studies are neces- sary to constrain the P-T-t paths of the Caledonian Silgará pelites. This work formed part of the MSc Thesis carried out by O. Castellanos at Shimane University (Japan). 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