Tectonic setting of basic igneous and metaigneous rocks of Borborema Province, Brazil using multi-dimensional geochemical discrimination diagrams

Author(s)

Verma, Sanjeet K. ; Oliveira, Elson P.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Journal of South American Earth Sciences; v. 58, p. 9-pg., 2015-03-01.

Abstract

Fifteen multi-dimensional diagrams for basic and ultrabasic rocks, based on log-ratio transformations, were used to infer tectonic setting for eight case studies of Borborema Province, NE Brazil. The applications of these diagrams indicated the following results: (1) a mid-ocean ridge setting for Forquilha eclogites (Central Ceara domain) during the Mesoproterozoic; (2) an oceanic plateau setting for Algodoes amphibolites (Central Ceara domain) during the Paleoproterozoic; (3) an island arc setting for Brejo Seco amphibolites (Riacho do Pontal belt) during the Proterozoic; (4) an island arc to mid-ocean ridge setting for greenschists of the Monte Orebe Complex (Riacho do Pontal belt) during the Neoproterozoic; (5) within-plate (continental) setting for Vaza Bards domain mafic rocks (Sergipano belt) during the Neoproterozoic; (6) a less precise arc to continental rift for the Gentileza unit metadiorite/gabbro (Sergipano belt) during the Neoproterozoic; (7) an island arc setting for the Novo Gosto unit metabasalts (Sergipano belt) during Neoproterozoic; (8) continental rift setting for Rio Grande do Norte basic rocks during Miocene. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/07243-3 - Application of new multi-dimensional discrimination diagrams and geochemical modeling to Archaean igneous rocks of Brazilian cratons
• Grantee: Sanjeet Kumar Verma
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 12/15824-6 - Evolution of archaean terranes of the São Francisco Craton and the Borborema Province, Brazil: global environmental and geodynamic implications
• Grantee: Elson Paiva de Oliveira
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants