A detailed geochronological study was conducted on zircons from a diorite sample of the Posets pluton (Axial Zone, Pyrenees). The extracted igneous zircons constrain the emplacement of the pluton to 302 ± 2 Ma and 301 ± 3 Ma, by means of U–Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analyses, respectively. Considering the syn- to late-tectonic emplacement of the Posets pluton during the main Variscan deformation event (D2), the obtained ages constrain the long-lasting D2, associated with the dextral transpression registered through the Axial Zone of the Pyrenees.
