Tectonic implications of the gravity signatures of the Midcontinent Rift and Grenville Front

North America's Midcontinent Rift (MCR) and Grenville Front (GF) jointly record aspects of the complex history of the assembly of Rodinia. The ~1100 Ma MCR, remaining from a failed major rifting event, is exposed along Lake Superior and well defined by gravity, magnetic, and seismic data. The G...

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description North America's Midcontinent Rift (MCR) and Grenville Front (GF) jointly record aspects of the complex history of the assembly of Rodinia. The ~1100 Ma MCR, remaining from a failed major rifting event, is exposed along Lake Superior and well defined by gravity, magnetic, and seismic data. The GF, which results from collisions with Laurentia, is exposed in and identified by seismic and potential field data in Canada. In the eastern U.S., lineated gravity highs extending southward from Michigan to Alabama, along the trend of the front in Canada, have been interpreted either as a buried Grenville Front or as part of the MCR's east arm. We explore this issue by examining the gravity signatures of the MCR and GF. Both the MCR's arms have pronounced gravity highs, with the west arm's greater than the east arm's. Combining the gravity observations with seismic data suggests that the west arm contains 20–25 km thickness of volcanics, whereas the east arm contains 10–15 km of volcanics. Along the Grenville Front in Canada, thickened crust along the northern portion causes a broad gravity low, whereas the stacked thrusts along the southern portion cause essentially no gravity signature. Hence the lineated gravity highs in the eastern U.S. appear similar to those along the remainder of the MCR, and unlike those on either portion of the GF. These data favor the gravity anomalies traditionally interpreted as the Grenville Front in the eastern U.S. as instead being part of the MCR's east arm. A thrust sheet structure like that of the southern Canadian Grenville Front - which would have essentially no gravity effect - could also be present along the MCR's east arm, as implied by recent EarthScope seismic data. •Gravity highs south of Michigan have been interpreted as either the Grenville Front (GF) or Midcontinent Rift (MCR).•The gravity highs are similar to those along the remainder of the MCR, and unlike those along the GF in southeast Canada.•These data favor the gravity anomalies reflecting a southward continuation of the MCR’s east arm from Michigan to Alabama.•GF thrust sheets with essentially no gravity effect could also be present east of the MCR, as implied by recent seismic data.
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Lakes
Midcontinent Rift
Potential fields
Rifting
Seismic activity
Seismic data
Seismological data
Signatures
Tectonics
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