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| Author(s): |
Adriana Alves
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: | 2009-05-15 |
| Examining board members: |
Valdecir de Assis Janasi;
Maria de Fatima Aparecida Saraiva Bitencourt;
Elton Luiz Dantas;
Ignez de Pinho Guimarães;
Silvio Roberto Farias Vlach
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| Advisor: | Valdecir de Assis Janasi |
| Abstract | |
The central part of the Ribeira Fold Belt in São Paulo hosts a great number of granitic intrusions of varied forms and compositions. These plutons outcrop in a cuneiform domain defined by the intersection between two main structures (Taxaquara and Cubatão Faults) here referred as Mogi das Cruzes Block (MCB) in allusion to the homonymous nearby city. In addition to these plutons, we also studied compositionally zoned batholiths outcrop to the east of MCB and despite their significant volume the group was still lacking basic field, petrographic, geochronological and geochemical information. In order to characterize the magmatism associated to the final stages of the Brazilian Orogeny in this area, samples from ten plútons (Mauá, Mogi das Cruzes, Santa Branca, Santa Catarina, Itapeti, Sabaú na and Guacuri, from MCB, added by the batholiths Serra do Quebra Cangalha, Natividade da Serra and Lagoinha) were analyzed for major, minor and trace elements, and Sr, Nd and Pb isotopes. Furthermore, U-Pb ages were determined in zircon and monazite crystals using LA-MC-ICPMS e TIMS, respectively. The obtained ages confirm that the main event of granitic magma generation in this area occurred between 600 and 580 Ma, with predominance of younger ages. However, previous event of granitogenesis which formed Santa Catarina and Serra do Quebra Cangalha plutons (crystallization ages ~650 Ma) was identified and is described for the first time within the Embu Domain. An origin by crustal reworking is suggested for most of the plútons by the high SiO2 contents (68 a 76%) and by the peraluminous character of all samples (except the Santa Catarina plúton) and the assumption is also confirmed by Sm-Nd model ages (TDM= 1,7 a 2,2 Ga) and by the presence of inherited zircon crystals with ages in the 1.4 to 2.0 Ga range. Isotopic signatures indicate that the MCB granitic magmatism sampled at least two distinct crustal reservoirs. The biotite granites show signatures indicative of participation of high Th/U sources, with negative \'épsilon\'\'Nd IND..t\' values (- 11,2 a 14,6) and \'ANTPOT.87 Sr\'/\'ANTPOT.86 Sr\'\'ANTPOT.t\' ratios between 0.709 and 0.712 (ancient lower crust), while the source involved in the generation of muscovite-biotite granites was characterized by low Th/U ratios, combined with more negative \'épsilon\'\'Nd IND.t\' (-15,2 to -18,2) and \'ANTPOT.87 Sr\'/\'ANTPOT.86 Sr\'\'ANTPOT..t\' ratios similar to those of the biotite granites (reworked upper crust). The source areas for the granitic batholiths to the east of MCB are also distinct; their \'ANTPOT.87 Sr\'/\'ANTPOT.86 Sr\'\'ANTPOT..t\' ratios higher than 0,716 and eNdt between -11,9 and -7,3 are suggestive of relatively juvenile upper crustal sources, potentially less reworked. The Pb isotope signatures indicate sources with low Th/U ratios, equally compatible with involvement of a younger upper crust compared to the old component suggested as source of MCB muscovite-biotite granites. Among the plutons dated at ca. 590 Ma, the Mauá, Itapeti and Mogi das Cruzes granites show marked petrographic and compositional similarities (trace elements ratios and isotope signatures), which associated with the presence of microgranular enclaves compositionally similar to their host granite, indicate correlated genetic and evolutionary processes for these plutons. Rb-Sr isotope and trace elements analyses conducted via LA-(MC)-ICP-MS in plagioclase megacrysts in textural disequilibrium indicate crystallization under open-system conditions. More calcic cores, chemically primitive and with higher \'ANTPOT.87 Sr\'/\'ANTPOT.86 Sr\'\'ANTPOT..t\'. are overgrown by rims recording continuous decrease in trace element contents (e.g. Ba, Sr e ETR) and \'ANTPOT.87 Sr\'/\'ANTPOT.86 Sr\'\'ANTPOT..t\' ratios, external rims reach equilibrium with matrix crystals. The combination of trace element and isotopic signatures do not indicate the participation of chemically more primitive magmas (e.g., basic to intermediate), suggesting that the enclaves are products of interaction between chemically and physically similar magmas, in selfmixing events. (AU) | |