 | Lázaro, C., Blanco-Quintero, I.F., Marchesi, C., Bosch, D., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., García-Casco, A. (2011) The imprint of subduction fluids on subducted MORB-derived melts (Sierra del Convento Mélange, Cuba) Lithos, 126 (3) 341-354 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2011.07.011 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on subducted MORB-derived melts (Sierra del Convento Mélange, Cuba) C. Lázaro a,⁎, I.F. Blanco-Quintero...quartz-muscovite rocks from the Sierra del Convento mélange (eastern Cuba) indicate that Proto-Caribbean...the Ms-free tonalites–trondhjemites from Sierra del Convento, that are interpreted as primary slab melts...idea that partial melting processes in the Sierra del Convento subduction channel were triggered by the...(California) and the Sierra del Convento and La Corea serpentinitic mélanges (eastern Cuba), have partial melting |  | Lázaro, Concepción, Blanco-Quintero, Idael F., Proenza, Joaquin A., Rojas-Agramonte, Yamirka, Neubauer, Franz, Núñez-Cambra, Kenya, Garcia-Casco, Antonio (2016) Petrogenesis and 40Ar/39Ar dating of proto-forearc crust in the Early Cretaceous Caribbean arc: The La Tinta mélange (eastern Cuba) and its easterly correlation in Hispaniola. International Geology Review, 58 (8) 1020-1040 doi:10.1080/00206814.2015.1118647 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cretaceous Caribbean arc: The La Tinta mélange (eastern Cuba) and its easterly correlation in Hispaniola Concepción...Cretaceous Caribbean arc: The La Tinta mélange (eastern Cuba) and its easterly correlation in Hispaniola, International...Cretaceous Caribbean arc: The La Tinta mélange (eastern Cuba) and its easterly correlation in Hispaniola Concepción...gInstituto de Geología y Paleontología, Ciudad Habana, Cuba; hInstituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC-Universidad...ultramafic mélange sheet that crops out in eastern Cuba. It is composed of dolerite-derived amphibolite |  | Lázaro, C., García-Casco, A., Blanco-Quintero, I.F., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Corsini, M., Proenza, J.A. (2015) Did the Turonian–Coniacian plume pulse trigger subduction initiation in the Northern Caribbean? Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Moa-Baracoa metamorphic sole (eastern Cuba) International Geology Review, 57 (5) 919-942 doi:10.1080/00206814.2014.924037 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dating of the Moa-Baracoa metamorphic sole (eastern Cuba) a ab ac de f C. Lázaro , A. García-Casco ...dating of the Moa-Baracoa metamorphic sole (eastern Cuba), International Geology Review, DOI: 10.1080/00206814...dating of the Moa-Baracoa metamorphic sole (eastern Cuba) C. Lázaroa*, A. García-Cascoa,b, I.F. Blanco-Quinteroa...metamorphic sole, below the Moa-Baracoa ophiolite (eastern Cuba), contains strongly deformed amphibolites formed...plume. Keywords: ophiolite; metamorphic sole; Ar/Ar; Cuba; Caribbean–Colombian Oceanic Plateau Introduction |  | Blanco-Quintero, I.F., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., García-Casco, A., Kröner, A., Mertz, D.F., Lázaro, C., Blanco-Moreno, J., Renne, P.R. (2011) Timing of subduction and exhumation in a subduction channel: Evidence from slab melts from La Corea Mélange (eastern Cuba) Lithos, 127 (1) 86-100 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2011.08.009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Evidence from slab melts from La Corea Mélange (eastern Cuba) I.F. Blanco-Quintero a,⁎, Y. Rojas-Agramonte b...Minero-Metalúrgico, Las Coloradas s/n, 83329-Moa, Cuba e Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road...the La Corea serpentinite-matrix mélange (eastern Cuba) as centimeter- to meter-sized blocks and as concordant...2008a; Lázaro et al., 2009). In eastern Cuba, the Sierra del Convento and the La Corea mélanges (Fig. 1b)...provided a comprehensive P–T–t path for the Sierra del Convento mélange. The data presented by Lázaro et |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | slab melts and their residues (Sierra del Convento mélange, eastern Cuba) Concepción Lázaro ⁎, Antonio...low-K trondhjemitic rocks from the Sierra del Convento mélange (Cuba) indicate that oceanic crust underwent...high pressure. Indeed, trondhjemites from Sierra del Convento have some of the geochemical features of...and Sr/Y. However, the trondhjemites from Sierra del Convento are more comparable to acid rocks from Catalina...end, we use the example of the Sierra del Convento mélange (eastern Cuba), where partial melting of a subducting |  | Cárdenas-Párraga, J., García-Casco, A., Proenza, J. A., Harlow, G. E., Blanco-Quintero, I. F., Lázaro, C., Villanova-de-Benavent, Cristina, Núñez Cambra, K. (2017) Trace-element geochemistry of transform-fault serpentinite in high-pressure subduction mélanges (eastern Cuba): implications for subduction initiation. International Geology Review, 59 (16) 2041-2064 doi:10.1080/00206814.2017.1308843 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | serpentinite in high-pressure subduction mélanges (eastern Cuba): implications for subduction initiation J. Cárdenas-Párraga...serpentinite in high-pressure subduction mélanges (eastern Cuba): implications for subduction initiation, International...serpentinite in high-pressure subduction mélanges (eastern Cuba): implications for subduction initiation J. Cárdenas-Párraga...Paleontología, San Miguel del Padrón, Cuba ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The Sierra del Convento and La Corea mélanges...mélanges (eastern Cuba) are vestiges of a Cretaceous subduction channel in the Caribbean realm. Both mélanges |  | Lázaro, C., Blanco-Quintero, I.F., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Proenza, J.A., Núñez-Cambra, K., García-Casco, A. (2013) First description of a metamorphic sole related to ophiolite obduction in the northern Caribbean: Geochemistry and petrology of the Güira de Jauco Amphibolite complex (eastern Cuba) and tectonic implications. Lithos, 179. 193-210 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2013.08.019 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Güira de Jauco Amphibolite complex (eastern Cuba) and tectonic implications C. Lázaro a,⁎, I.F. Blanco-Quintero...y Carretera Central, San Miguel del Padrón, 11000 Ciudad Habana, Cuba f Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias...August 2013 Keywords: Metamorphic sole Amphibolite Cuba, ophiolite Obduction a b s t r a c t The Güira...underlies the Mayarí–Baracoa Ophiolitic Belt (eastern Cuba) and is composed of highly foliated amphibolite...metamorphosed (high P) volcanic-arc terrane of eastern Cuba) suggest that the development of the ophiolite and |  | Cárdenas-Párraga, Juan, García-Casco, Antonio, Harlow, George E., Blanco-Quintero, Idael Francisco, Agramonte, Yamirka Rojas, Kröner, Alfred (2012) Hydrothermal origin and age of jadeitites from Sierra del Convento Mélange (Eastern Cuba) European Journal of Mineralogy, 24 (2) 313-331 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | origin and age of jadeitites from Sierra del Convento Mélange (Eastern Cuba) JUAN CÁRDENAS-PÁRRAGA1,*,...Abstract: Jadeitite (jadeite jade) from Sierra del Convento (eastern Cuba) occurs in a subduction-related serpentinite-matrix...infilling by omphacite. Minor minerals include epidote, biotite, albite, phengite, titanite, rutile, zircon...crystallizations include omphacite, albite and epidote from fluids nearly saturated in SiO2. The compositional...high-temperature, Eastern Cuba, Caribbean. 1. Introduction localities occur in the Sierra del Convento mélange (Garcı́a-Casco |  | Blanco-Quintero, Idael Francisco, Lázaro, C., García-Casco, A., Proenza, J. A., Rojas-Agramonte, Y. (2011) Barium-rich fluids and melts in a subduction environment (La Corea and Sierra del Convento mélanges, eastern Cuba) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 162 (2) 395-413 doi:10.1007/s00410-010-0603-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | subduction environment (La Corea and Sierra del Convento mélanges, eastern Cuba) Idael Francisco Blanco-Quintero...quartzmuscovite rocks from Sierra del Convento and La Corea mélanges (eastern Cuba), as well as mineralogy...Trondhjemite Phengite Subduction channel Eastern Cuba Caribbean plate Introduction Communicated by...mélanges occurring in eastern Cuba (La Corea and Sierra del Convento) show abundant evidence for fluid...mélanges are located in the Sierra del Cristal (La Corea) and the Sierra del Convento (Fig. 1a). The La Corea |  | García-Casco, Antonio, Rodríguez Vega, A., Cárdenas Párraga, J., Iturralde-Vinent, M. A., Lázaro, C., Blanco Quintero, I., Rojas Agramonte, Y., Kröner, A., Núñez Cambra, K., Millán, G., Torres-Roldán, R. L., Carrasquilla, S. (2009) A new jadeitite jade locality (Sierra del Convento, Cuba): first report and some petrological and archeological implications. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 158 (1) 1-16 doi:10.1007/s00410-008-0367-0 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PAPER A new jadeitite jade locality (Sierra del Convento, Cuba): first report and some petrological and...serpentinite-matrix subduction mélange of the Sierra del Convento (eastern Cuba) in a context associated with tectonic...tectonic blocks of garnet-epidote amphibolite, tonalitic–trondhjemitic epidote gneiss, and blueschist. The...omphacite, albite, paragonite, analcime, clinozoisite-epidote, apatite, phlogopite, phengite, chlorite, glaucophane...MineroMetalúrgico, Las Coloradas s/n., Moa 83329, Holguı́n, Cuba J. Cárdenas Párraga C. Lázaro I. Blanco Quintero |  | LÁZARO, C., GARCÍA-CASCO, A., ROJAS AGRAMONTE, Y., KRÖNER, A., NEUBAUER, F., ITURRALDE-VINENT, M. (2009) Fifty-five-million-year history of oceanic subduction and exhumation at the northern edge of the Caribbean plate (Sierra del Convento mélange, Cuba) Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 27 (1) 19-40 doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.2008.00800.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | northern edge of the Caribbean plate (Sierra del Convento mélange, Cuba) C . L Á Z A R O , 1 A . G A R C...Obispo no. 61, Plaza de Armas, La Habana 10100, Cuba ABSTRACT Petrological and geochronological data...the serpentinitic mélange of the Sierra del Convento (eastern Cuba) indicate counterclockwise P–T paths...blocks of epidote ± garnet amphibolite and associated trondhjemite from the Sierra del Convento mélange...mélange (eastern Cuba). Petrological and geochemical studies of the samples indicate that the blocks represent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | paragonite in trondhjemites from the Sierra del Convento mélange, Cuba* ANTONIO GARCÍA-CASCO† Departamento...sn, 18002 Granada, Spain ABSTRACT In the Sierra del Convento mélange peraluminous trondhjemitic-tonalitic...discovered in the subduction-related Sierra del Convento mélange in eastern Cuba (García-Casco 2005). The mélange...during subduction. GEOLOGIC SETTING The Sierra del Convento mélange represents an oceanic subduction...greenschist, blueschists, pelitic gneisses, and epidote-garnet amphibolites. The formation of the mélange |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mélange is distributed in the Caribbean (Guatemala, Cuba, and Dominican Republic), circum-Pacific (Japan...blueschist-facies conditions. Some jadeitite formed at epidote amphibolite and others at eclogite facies conditions...South of Motagua fault, Guatemala 3. Sierra del Convento, Cuba Locality Jadeitite Table 1. Summary...[BS]—blueschist facies, [EC]—eclogite facies, [EA]—epidote amphibolite facies, [AM]—amphibolite facies N/A...site rock, albitite, phengiticmuscovite rock, epidote-paragonite-glaucophane eclogite and rare blueschist |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (SiO4 )3 (OH) Epidote group Di Diopside CaMgSi2 O6 A pyroxene component Ep Epidote Ca2 Fe3+ Al2...in eastern Cuba eventually spurred the recognition of the jadeitites of Sierra del Convento (Garcı́a-Casco...occurrences: for example, the Baja Verapaz and Sierra de Santa Cruz ultramafics (ophiolitic) north of...Moa-Barracoa ophiolite north of the Sierra del Convento mélange in eastern Cuba (Garcı́a-Casco et al. 2009)...and in print Zrn: 113 Ma PS PB PB , R Sierra del Convento, Cubac Rı́o San Juan complex, Dominican |  | Hertwig, Andreas, McClelland, William C., Kitajima, Kouki, Schertl, Hans-Peter, Maresch, Walter V., Stanek, Klaus, Valley, John W., Sergeev, Sergey A. (2016) Inherited igneous zircons in jadeitite predate high-pressure metamorphism and jadeitite formation in the Jagua Clara serpentinite mélange of the Rio San Juan Complex (Dominican Republic) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 171 (5) doi:10.1007/s00410-016-1256-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the Motagua Fault Zone, Guatemala; Sierra del Convento, Cuba; Rio San Juan Complex, Dominican Republic)...Zone (Harlow 1994; Harlow et al. 2011), Sierra del Convento (García-Casco et al. 2009; Cárdenas-Párraga...for zircon from the jadeitites of the Sierra del Convento in Cuba (hydrothermal zircon, Cárdenas-Párraga...(eclogite: Lu–Hf on garnet, omphacite, amphibole, epidote, bulk rock). The second “evolving” stage describes...vol%, mainly pyrite with inclusions of quartz), epidote-group minerals (2 vol%, Fe3+ ~ 0.5–0.9 apfu) and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 5GPa and 520 ºC (Endo et al., 2012). A block of epidote amphibolite was found near La Ceiba (Harlow et... SC are omphacite-glaucophane blueschist and epidote-amphibolite. Jadeitite from both these NU localities...Manzanal (grouping with brown symbols in Figure 1), Sierra de Las Minas (blue symbols), La Palmilla (a major...particularly from the W. Jadeitites and a few from Sierra de Las Minas with REE approaching or exceeding...in minor phases such as the Baor Sr-silicates, epidote-group minerals or mica (for the LILE). Potassium |  | Maresch, Walter V., Grevel, Christiane, Stanek, Klaus Peter, Schertl, Hans-Peter, Carpenter, Michael A. (2012) Multiple growth mechanisms of jadeite in Cuban metabasite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 24 (2) 217-235 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2179 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | subduction-zone complex of the Escambray Massif in central Cuba have been studied by optical and transmission electron...Chlorite and epidote are also present. Late development of actinolite, chlorite, epidote and albite is...idiomorphic crystals of epidote scattered throughout and in chlorite–epidote clusters. Pumpellyite is...pyroxene topotaxy, pyroxene epitaxy, Escambray Massif, Cuba. 1. Introduction Schertl et al., 2007, 2008; Garcı́a-Casco...described occurrences. Recent findings in Iran, Cuba and Hispaniola can be added to this still very short |  | Escuder-Viruete, Javier, Valverde-Vaquero, Pablo, Rojas-Agramonte, Yamirka, Gabites, Janet, Castillo-Carrión, Mercedes, Pérez-Estaún, Andrés (2013) Timing of deformational events in the Río San Juan complex: Implications for the tectonic controls on the exhumation of high-P rocks in the northern Caribbean subduction–accretionary prism. Lithos, 177. 416-435 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2013.07.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | peridotite massifs: GH, Gaspar Hernández; LC, Loma del Catey; LM, Loma El Morrito; EH, Helechal. Locations:...Jobito subunit consists of fine-grained hornblende ± epidote amphibolites, characterized by a strong S–L fabric...subunit is composed of mid- to coarse-grained garnet–epidote amphibolites with subordinated coronitic eclogites...Escuder-Viruete and Pérez-Estaún, 2013), producing garnet + epidote-bearing tonalites and trondhjemites. Mafic rocks...assemblage made of sodic amphibole, phengite, epidote, chlorite and quartz, with or without paragonite |  | | Report (chapter) | | described jadeitite from the Sierra del Convento region of eastern Cuba. Maresch et al. (2012) presented...possible occurrence in the Escambray area of central Cuba, briefly mentioned by Millán & Somin (1981). The...might have come from more distant sources such as Cuba or Guatemala (Harlow 1994; Seitz et al. 2001; Harlow...and K. Total iron was assumed to be ferric in epidote-group minerals, and ferrous in all others. Petrography...veins that are filled by euhedral clinozoisite with epidote rims, albite, greenish Mg-rich phlogopite and phengite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | jadeite (Shi et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2012); in Cuba earlier jadeite veins have been infiltrated by fluids...garnet, white mica (Pg and/or Phe), glaucophane, epidote (Zo and CZo), quartz, lawsonite or its pseudomorphs...Chiapello, Cuneo Province, northern Italy) with a typical pseudomorph of paragonite and epidote after former...origin and age of jadeitites from Sierra del Convento Mélange (Eastern Cuba). Eur. J. Mineral., 24, 313–331...of Ugo Pognante’’, B. Lombardo, ed., Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 13, |  | Schertl, Hans -Peter, Maresch, Walter V., Stanek, Klaus P., Hertwig, Andreas, Krebs, Martin, Baese, Rauno, Sergeev, Sergey S. (2012) New occurrences of jadeitite, jadeite quartzite and jadeite-lawsonite quartzite in the Dominican Republic, Hispaniola: petrological and geochronological overview. European Journal of Mineralogy, 24 (2) 199-216 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2201 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | both suites are omphacite, phengite, glaucophane, epidote, albite, calcite, titanite and zircon. Apatite...subduction zone exposed in neighbouring eastern Cuba, are possible. Jadeitites and jadeite-rich rocks...rare high-temperature jadeitite as documented in Cuba. Key-words: Rio San Juan Complex, jadeitite, blueschist...Hispaniola (Schertl et al., 2007a and b, 2008) and Cuba (Garcı́aCasco et al., 2009; Cárdenas Párraga et...quartz-bearing suites are phengite, glaucophane, epidote, albite, calcite, titanite and zircon (Table 1) |  | Hastie, Alan R., Mitchell, Simon F., Treloar, Peter J., Kerr, Andrew C., Neill, Iain, Barfod, Dan N. (2013) Geochemical components in a Cretaceous island arc: The Th/La–(Ce/Ce*)Nd diagram and implications for subduction initiation in the inter-American region. Lithos, 162. 57-69 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2012.12.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to the east to form the Greater Antilles islands (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Virgin...common to the upper Main Ridge rocks) along with epidote, perhaps due to hydrothermal alteration. Pumpellyite...clay minerals, calcite, some chlorite, and rare epidote (Appendix A: Table. A1). 4. Geochemical results...Albian–Coniacian Quibiján and Téneme Formations, Cuba (Groups 3T and 3Q1 — Marchesi et al., 2007); (6)...determination of 118.2 ± 0.6 Ma for an eclogite from Cuba. Pindell et al. (2011) used the numerical simulations |  | Torró, Lisard, Proenza, Joaquín A., Marchesi, Claudio, Garcia-Casco, Antonio, Lewis, John F. (2017) Petrogenesis of meta-volcanic rocks from the Maimón Formation (Dominican Republic): Geochemical record of the nascent Greater Antilles paleo-arc. Lithos, 278. 255-273 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.01.031 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | oceanic plateau rocks of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP, which comprises the plume-related Caribbean-Colombian...complexes onto continental margins in Guatemala, Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico (Escuder-Viruete et...(Fig. 1a). In the Cordillera Central geological province, transpressional WNW-ESE faults juxtaposed tectonostratigraphic...paragenesis mostly includes chlorite, phengite, epidote, amphibole (actinolite ± winchite), albite and...main metamorphic phases along with less abundant epidote and paragonite. More detailed petrographic descriptions |  | CHAPMAN, A. D., LUFFI, P. I., SALEEBY, J. B., PETERSEN, S. (2011) Metamorphic evolution, partial melting and rapid exhumation above an ancient flat slab: insights from the San Emigdio Schist, southern California. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 29 (6) 601-626 doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00932.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Sierra de Salinas schists of southern California were underplated beneath the southern Sierra Nevada...temperatures and partial melting in San Emigdio and Sierra de Salinas schists, inverted metamorphism in the...high-temperature Pelona, Orocopia, Rand, San Emigdio and Sierra de Salinas schist (collectively referred to as...schist was underplated directly beneath the southern Sierra Nevada batholith (SNB) and the once contiguous...conjugate massif to the Shatsky Rise, a large igneous province (LIP) 2000 km south-east of Japan (Saleeby, 2003; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nature of epidote–blueschist facies metamorphism based on common occurrence of glaucophane + epidote. The...Amakusa–Takahama metamorphic rocks also represent epidote–blueschist facies metamorphism during Cretaceous...serpentinite in the Sanwa Formation represents epidote–blueschist facies metamorphism according to the...lithologies such as Ca–amphiboles–epidote–chlorite–albite schist, epidote–blueschist schist, and metagabbros...occurs. Blocks of Type B consist of garnet–bearing epidote–blueschist–barroisite rock, meta–hornblendite, |
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