Evolution study of Brazilian sedimentary basins by zircon fission track thermochronology

• Grant number: 14/13792-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: January 01, 2015
• End date: December 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geophysics
• Principal Investigator: Airton Natanael Coelho Dias
• Grantee: Airton Natanael Coelho Dias
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias para a Sustentabilidade (CCTS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Sorocaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Cleber Jose Soares ; Farid Chemale Junior ; Marco Antonio Caçador Martins Ferreira

Abstract

Zircon is a common accessory mineral in igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. It is physically and chemically resistant and can "survive" for many geological periods, and in many cases, provides a record of each geological event which was submitted in these periods. Incorporates in its structure trace elements such as U, Th and Pb, which is crucial for geochronological analyzes. Its ability to retain information about the thermal history of a source area is of invaluable value to elucidate the geological processes arising from a variety of geodynamic settings. Consequently, Zircon Fission Track Thermochronology has been extensively used in combination with other methods of radiometric dating, such as U-Pb and U-Th/He to understand the geo and thermochronology of rocks in a variety geological environments: orogenic basement rocks, thermochronology using detrital grains in sedimentary rocks for analysis of provenance and thermal history analysis. Based on this, the aim of this project apply ZTTF (integrated with other methodologies) to unravel more broadly the geologic history of two important areas of Brazil: Paraná Basin (Triângulo Mineiro area) and the southern portion of the San Francisco Craton along to Brasilia (west) and Araçuaí (east) mobile belts. The published thermochronological data are very few on both areas. The majority of works present stratigraphic and geomorphological characteristics only. The idea is to obtain as much information about each area, integrating multiple methods geochronological and thermochronological. Moreover, further advancement within the ZTTF can be achieved if the scientific community can amplify its use with the thermal history reconstruction of an area of geological interest. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DIAS, A. N. C.; GUADAGNIN, F.; RANGEL, C. V. G. T.; CHEMALE, JR., F.; OLIVEIRA, T. R. P.; MOURA, C. A.; PEREIRA, V. Q.; ALVES, J. S. E.. Provenance of Neogene deposits of Barreiras Formation in the southeastern Brazilian continental margin. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, v. 110, n. 1, p. 233-249, FEB 2021. (14/13792-5, 17/12208-6)

CACADOR MARTINS-FERREIRA, MARCO ANTONIO; CHEMALE, JR., FARID; COELHO DIAS, AIRTON NATANAEL; GUIMARAES CAMPOS, JOSE ELOI. Proterozoic intracontinental basin succession in the western margin of the Sao Francisco Craton: Constraints from detrital zircon geochronology. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 81, p. 165-176, JAN 2018. (14/13792-5)

DIAS, A. N. C.; CHEMALE JR, F.; CANDEIRO, C. R. A.; LANA, C. C.; GUADAGNIN, F.; SALES, A. S. W.. Unraveling multiple tectonic events and source areas in the intracratonic Bauru Basin through combined zircon geo and thermochronological studies. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 106, MAR 2021. (14/13792-5)

DIAS, A. N. C.; CHEMALE, JR., F.; SOARES, C. J.; GUEDES, S.. A new approach for electron microprobe zircon fission track thermochronology. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, v. 459, p. 129-136, MAY 25 2017. (14/13792-5, 12/23508-7)

CACADOR MARTINS-FERREIRA, MARCO ANTONIO; COELHO DIAS, AIRTON NATANAEL; CHEMALE, JR., FARID; GUIMARAES CAMPOS, JOSE ELOI. Intracontinental uplift of the Brazilian Central Plateau linked to continental breakup, orogenies, and basin filling, supported by apatite and zircon fission-track data. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, v. 13, n. 17, SEP 1 2020. (14/13792-5)

DIAS, A. N. C.; CHEMALE JR, F.; HACKSPACHER, P. C.; SOARES, C. J.; O-ARISTIZABAL, I, C.; TELLO, C. A. S.. Fission track and U-Pb double dating of detrital zircon applied to the intracratonic Mesozoic Bauru Basin, Brazil. GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, v. 53, n. 5, p. 1767-1780, SEP-OCT 2018. (14/13792-5)

DIAS, A. N. C.; MOURA, C. A. V.; MILHOMEM NETO, J. M.; CHEMALE, JR., F.; GIRELLI, T. J.; MASUYAMA, K. M.. Geochronology and thermochronology of the gneisses of the Brasiliano/Pan-African Araguaia Belt: Records of exhumation of West Gondwana and Pangea break up. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 80, p. 174-191, DEC 2017. (14/13792-5)