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| Author(s): |
Frederico Meira Faleiros
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Geociências (IG/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2008-06-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Ginaldo Ademar da Cruz Campanha;
Renato de Moraes;
Renata da Silva Schmitt;
Marcos Egydio da Silva;
Luiz Sergio Amarante Simoes
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| Advisor: | Ginaldo Ademar da Cruz Campanha |
| Abstract | |
Numerous Precambrian terranes of enigmatic origin are recognized in the Ribeira Valley and Alto Turvo Plateau regions (Southeastern Brazil), based on contrasting evolutive histories and distinct lithotectonic, metamorphic and structural patterns. These suspect terranes form three major composite terranes juxtaposed during the late Brasiliano Cycle: Apiaí Terrane, Curitiba Terrane and Luís Alves Terrane. The geotectonic evolution of an area that covers these three composite units was investigated by the integration of petrological, microstructural and structural analysis supported by geological mapping and compilation and integration of available geochronological data. The studies were concentrated on representative geological units from the three composite terranes. Petrological analysis, geothermobarometric estimatives and P-T path quantifications show that the studied terranes exhibit contrasting metamorphic signatures, refleting distinct geotectonic environments. The Votuverava Group and the Serra das Andorinhas Sequence (Apiaí Terrane) underwent barrovian metamorphism with clockwise P-T paths under maximum pressures and temperatures at around of 8 kbar and 550-650ºC. A part of the Turvo-Cajati Complex (Curitiba Terrane) shows a metamorphic field gradient above the barrovian type, with metamorphic peak (650-800ºC) under relatively high pressures (9-12 kbar). A part of this unit underwent a clockwise path with isobaric heating until to reach the thermal peak, while some rocks underwent a near isothermal descompression. Chemical dating of monazite indicate that the metamorphic peak of the Turvo-Cajati Complex occurred between 590 and 575 Ma, a period significantly younger than the metamorphic climax of the Apiaí Terrane units (>= 600-620 Ma). P-T paths from rocks of the Atuba Complex (Curitiba Terrane) suggest a retrograde path following near isobaric cooling from 750ºC to a reequilibration at around of 650-700ºC and 6-7 kbar; the integration of petrological, microstructural and geochronological data suggests that the metamorphic peak would have occurred during the Paleoproterozoic and the metamorphic reequilibration during the Ediacaran. The Alto Turvo Suite (Luís Alves Terrane) comprises mafic and intermediate granulites formed in the Paleoproterozoic under minimum temperatures at about 850ºC, partially reequilibrated under greenschist facies conditions yet in the same period and marginally remetamorphosed from greenschist to amphibolite facies conditions during the Ediacaran, following a clockwise path with metamorphic peak at around of 650ºC and 6 kbar. The structural patterns of the Curitiba Terrane in the studied area are related to a thrust nappe tectonics with westward movement late in relation to the Brasiliano Cycle and concomitant with the activation of the regional dextral transcurrent system in the Ribeira Belt. The available multidisciplinary data indicates that the present spatial relationships between the studied terranes do not imply in previous genetic and geographic relations. The data suggest a geotectonic evolution where the accretion of distinct suspect terranes, and in some cases exotic terranes, would have occurred in different positions in relation to the present array, and the final terrane juxtaposition would have been controlled by lateral dispersion along the major transcurrent shear zones during late- to post-metamorphic periods. (AU) | |