Pluton emplacement in a releasing bend in a transpressive regime: the arrozal granite in the Paraíba do Sul shear belt, Rio de Janeiro

Autor(es)

Alexis R. Nummer ^[1] ; Rômulo Machado ^[2] ; Nolan M. Dehler ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

^[2] Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Geociências - Brasil

^[3] Universidade Petrobrás. RH - Brasil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências; v. 79, n. 2, p. 299-305, 2007-06-00.

Resumo

The Arrozal Granite, situated in the southwestern region of the State of Rio de Janeiro, has a granitic to granodioritic composition. It contains a strong mylonitic foliation along its border, passing gradually to a well-developed magmatic foliation towards its center. Structural analysis indicates that the Arrozal Granite was emplaced along the Além-Paraíba Shear Zone in a dextral transpressive tectonic regime. A regional shift of the trend along this shear zone from NE-SW to E-W, observed in the area, is interpreted to be casually related to the creation of space for the emplacement of the granite. Our data indicate that releasing bends may have played an important role for space generation during the emplacement of the Arrozal Granite and other plutons. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 98/00912-8 - Posicionamento de granitos sintectonicos em regime transpressional transtracional:um estudo de caso associado ao lineamento de alem paraiba na porcao sudoeste do estado do rj, regiao de arrozal.
• Beneficiário: Romulo Machado
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular