Sensibilidade de cultivares de algodoeiro ao cloreto de mepiquat

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a sensibilidade de cultivares de algodoeiro ao cloreto de mepiquat e verificar se ela está relacionada ao ciclo ou à arquitetura da planta. Foi realizado um experimento em casa de vegetação com seis cultivares de algodoeiro - FiberMax 966, FiberMax 977, Delta Penta, Delta Opal, FMT 501 e FMT 701 - e quatro doses do regulador vegetal à base de cloreto de mepiquat - 0, 7,5, 15 e 22,5 g ha-1 de i.a. -, em delineamento de blocos ao acaso, com arranjo fatorial 6x4 e quatro repetições. As parcelas experimentais foram constituídas por vasos de 12 L com duas plantas em cada um. As doses do regulador vegetal foram aplicadas sem adjuvante, no estádio de aparecimento dos botões florais, aos 34 dias após a emergência das plântulas. Paralelamente ao experimento com doses, a retenção do regulador pelas folhas das cultivares foi quantificada. O crescimento em altura das plantas de algodoeiro é diminuído com a aplicação do regulador vegetal, e esse efeito se intensifica com o aumento da dosagem aplicada. Existe diferença entre as cultivares estudadas quanto à sensibilidade ao cloreto de mepiquat, sendo que as mais precoces são mais sensíveis. Além da sensibilidade diferenciada, a arquitetura das plantas pode possibilitar maior ou menor deposição do regulador sobre as folhas.

Genesis of the Jurassic carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposits of Jebel Ressas (North-eastern Tunisia): Evidence from mineralogy, petrography and trace metal contents and isotope (O, C, S, Pb) geochemistry

The Jebel Ressas Pb-Zn deposits in North-Eastern Tunisia occur mainly as open-space fillings (lodes, tectonic breccia cements) in bioclastic limestones of the Upper Jurassic Ressas Formation and along the contact of this formation with Triassic rocks. The galena-sphalerite association and their alteration products (cerussite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite) are set within a calcite gangue. The Triassic rocks exhibit enrichments in trace metals, namely Pb, Co and Cd enrichment in clays and Pb, Zn, Cd, Co and Cr enrichment in carbonates, suggesting that the Triassic rocks have interacted with the ore-bearing fluids associated with the Jebel Ressas Pb-Zn deposits. The delta(18)O content of calcite associated with the Pb-Zn mineralization suggests that it is likely to have precipitated from a fluid that was in equilibrium with the Triassic dolostones. The delta(34)S values in galenas from the Pb-Zn deposits range from -1.5 to +11.4%, with an average of 5.9% and standard deviation of 3.9%. These data imply mixing of thermochemically-reduced heavy sulfur carried in geothermal- and fault-stress-driven deep-seated source fluid with bacterially-reduced light sulfur carried in topography-driven meteoric fluid. Lead isotope ratios in galenas from the Pb-Zn deposits are homogenous and indicate a single upper crustal source of base-metals for these deposits. Synthesis of the geochemical data with geological data suggests that the base-metal mineralization at Jebel Ressas was formed during the Serravallian-Tortonian (or Middle-Late Miocene) Alpine compressional tectonics.

Subduction of continental crust in the Western Alps

As a result of recent deep reflection and refraction seismology the crustal structure of the Western Alps is now quite well-defined. However, this raises the question of what is present below the Moho, such as a crustal eclogitic root. This study attempts to estimate the volume of this eclogitic root on the basis of palinspastic reconstructions. Even with a minimum estimate of the crustal material involved in the subduction processes which took place during the Alpine orogeny, a significant eclogitized crustal root must be present down to depths of around 100 km below the Po plain. A maximum estimate suggests that a large part of this root could now be recycled in the asthenosphere.

Electrical signature of modern and ancient tectonic processes in the crust of the Atlas mountains of Morocco.

The Atlas Mountains in Morocco are considered as type examples of intracontinental chains, with high topography that contrasts with moderate crustal shortening and thickening. Whereas recent geological studies and geodynamic modeling have suggested the existence of dynamic topography to explain this apparent contradiction, there is a lack of modern geophysical data at the crustal scale to corroborate this hypothesis. Newly-acquired magnetotelluric data image the electrical resistivity distribution of the crust from the Middle Atlas to the Anti-Atlas, crossing the tabular Moulouya Plain and the High Atlas. All the units show different and unique electrical signatures throughout the crust reflecting the tectonic history of development of each one. In the upper crust electrical resistivity values may be associated to sediment sequences in the Moulouya and Anti-Atlas and to crustal scale fault systems in the High Atlas developed during the Cenozoic times. In the lower crust the low resistivity anomaly found below the Mouluya plain, together with other geophysical (low velocity anomaly, lack of earthquakes and minimum Bouguer anomaly) and geochemical (Neogene-Quaternary intraplate alkaline volcanic fields) evidence, infer the existence of a small degree of partial melt at the base of the lower crust. The low resistivity anomaly found below the Anti-Atlas may be associated with a relict subduction of Precambrian oceanic sediments, or to precipitated minerals during the release of fluids from the mantle during the accretion of the Anti-Atlas to the West African Supercontinent during the Panafrican orogeny ca. 685 Ma).

Crescimento, produtividade e bienalidade do cafeeiro em função do espaçamento de cultivo

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as consequências da redução no espaçamento entre linhas e entre plantas na linha de plantio sobre o crescimento, a produtividade e a bienalidade de produção do cafeeiro (Coffea arabica). Utilizou-se o delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, com três repetições, em esquema fatorial 4x3. Foram utilizadas quatro distâncias entre as linhas (2,0, 2,5 3,0 e 3,5 m) e três distâncias entre as plantas na linha de plantio (0,50, 0,75 e 1,00 m), o que totalizou 12 tratamentos. A produtividade e a produção por planta foram avaliadas anualmente entre 1994 e 2001, e o crescimento foi avaliado em 2002. A redução no espaçamento entre as linhas e entre as plantas na linha de plantio aumenta a produtividade da lavoura cafeeira. Os espaçamentos entre as linhas e entre as plantas influenciam o crescimento e a arquitetura dos cafeeiros.

Estimativa da assimilação potencial de carbono em dosséis de espécies de braquiária

O objetivo deste trabalho foi quantificar a fotossíntese foliar, durante o período de rebrotação, e estimar a fotossíntese de dosséis de duas espécies e cinco cultivares de braquiária, com base na arquitetura foliar e no ambiente luminoso no verão e inverno. Foram avaliadas quatro cultivares de Urochloa brizantha (Marandu, Xaraés, Arapoty e Capiporã) e uma de U. decumbens (Basilisk). Utilizou-se o delineamento de blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições. As parcelas foram irrigadas e adubadas com 220 kg ha-1 por ano de N e K2O. Foi avaliada a taxa de assimilação de carbono nas folhas no dossel, o índice de área foliar (IAF) e a interceptação luminosa (IL). A fotossíntese foliar não variou entre cultivares ou estações, e houve assimilação de 0,91 mg m-2 s-1 de CO2 . Na fase inicial de rebrotação, o potencial fotossintético dos dosséis de verão e inverno foi baixo (0,80 mg m-2 s-1 de CO2); entretanto, dosséis forrageiros no inverno apresentaram maior aumento da assimilação de carbono por unidade de IAF. A fotossíntese de dossel, no final do período de rebrotação, foi 15% menor no inverno em comparação ao verão, e as correlações entre fotossíntese foliar e de dossel com a produção de forragem foram baixas. O IAF influencia fortemente os resultados do modelo de simulação da fotossíntese de dossel de espécies de braquiária.

Crescimento e atividade de raízes de soja em função do sistema de produção

O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar o efeito de culturas de inverno e de primavera no crecimento do sistema radicular e na produtividade da soja, e comparar um método direto (trado) com um indireto (com rubídio), na análise do sistema radicular. Utilizou-se o delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, em parcelas subdivididas, com quatro repetições. As parcelas foram constituídas pelas culturas de inverno, triticale (X Triticosecale) e girassol (Helianthus annuus), e as subparcelas pelos culturas de primavera, milheto (Pennisetum glaucum), sorgo forrageiro (Sorghum bicolor) e crotalária júncea (Crotalaria juncea), além da escarificação, realizada em 2003 e 2009. A soja (Glycine max) foi cultivada no verão e seu sistema radicular foi avaliado por amostragem física das raízes, com trado, e por avaliação da atividade radicular com rubídio. Modificações na arquitetura ou na atividade do sistema radicular da soja não afetaram a produtividade. A distribuição física e a atividade radicular não foram afetados significativamente pelas espécies de inverno, mas o crescimento foi favorecido após o cultivo do milheto e do sorgo forrageiro, na primavera. A medida direta do sistema radicular com trado apresenta baixa correlação com a atividade radicular.

Herdabilidade e correlação fenotípica de caracteres relacionadosà produtividade de grãos e à morfologia da canola

O objetivo deste trabalho foi estimar a herdabilidade e avaliar a correlação fenotípica entre caracteres de canola (Brassica napus) relacionados à produtividade de grãos e à arquitetura de plantas. Foram realizados três experimentos, com espaçamento entre linhas de 0,20, 0,40 e 0,60 m. Durante dois anos de cultivo (2008 e 2009), os genótipos 'Hyola 432' e 'Hyola 61' foram avaliados em quatro densidades de plantio (20, 40, 60 e 80 plantas por metro quadrado), em cada experimento. Empregou-se o delineamento de blocos ao acaso, em arranjo fatorial 2x2x4 (anos x genótipos x densidades), com quatro repetições. Foram avaliados componentes ligados à produção (produtividade de grãos por área e por planta, número de síliquas por planta, número de grãos por síliqua e por planta, e massa de síliqua) e à morfologia da canola (comprimento de síliqua, número de ramos secundários, altura de inserção do ramo secundário, comprimento de ramo e número de ramos terciários). A produtividade de grãos por área e por planta apresenta maior herdabilidade no menor espaçamento entre linhas. O número de síliquas e o de grãos por planta são os componentes de produção com maior correlação direta e positiva com a produtividade de grãos.

Tectonomagmatic evolution of Western Amazonia: Geochemical characterization and zircon U-Pb geochronologic constraints from the Peruvian Eastern Cordilleran granitoids

The results of a coupled, in situ laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U-Pb study on zircon and geochemical characterization of the Eastern Cordilleran intrusives of Peru reveal 1.15 Ga of intermittent magmatism along central Western Amazonia, the Earth's oldest active open continental margin. The eastern Peruvian batholiths are volumetrically dominated by plutonism related to the assembly and breakup of Pangea during the Paleozoic-Mesozoic transition. A Carboniferous-Permian (340-285 Ma) continental arc is identified along the regional orogenic strike from the Ecuadorian border (6 degrees S) to the inferred inboard extension of the Arequipa-Antofalla terrane in southern Peru (14 degrees S). Widespread crustal extension and thinning, which affected western Gondwana throughout the Permian and Triassic resulted in the intrusion of the late- to post-tectonic La Merced-San Ramon-type anatectites dated between 275 and 220 Ma, while the emplacement of the southern Cordillera de Carabaya peraluminous granitoids in the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic (220-190 Ma) represents, temporally and regionally, a separate tectonomagmatic event likely related to resuturing of the Arequipa-Antofalla block. Volcano-plutonic complexes and stocks associated with the onset of the present Andean cycle define a compositionally bimodal alkaline suite and cluster between 180 and 170 Ma. A volumetrically minor intrusive pulse of Oligocene age (ca. 30 Ma) is detected near the southwestern Cordilleran border with the Altiplano. Both post-Gondwanide (30-170 Ma), and Precambrian plutonism (691-1123 Ma) are restricted to isolated occurrences spatially comprising less than 15% of the Eastern Cordillera intrusives. Only one remnant of a Late Ordovician intrusive belt is recognized in the Cuzco batholith (446.5 +/- 9.7 Ma) indicating that the Famatinian arc system previously identified in Peru along the north-central Eastern Cordillera and the coastal Arequipa-Antofalla terrane also existed inboard of this parautochthonous crustal fragment. Hitherto unknown occurrences of late Mesoproterozoic and middle Neoproterozoic granitoids from the south-central cordilleran segment define magmatic events at 691 +/- 13 Ma, 751 +/- 8 Ma, 985 +/- 14 Ma, and 1071-1123 +/- 23 Ma that are broadly coeval with the Braziliano and Grenville-Sunsas orogenies, respectively. Our data suggest the existence of a continuous orogenic belt in excess of 3500 km along Western Amazonia during the formation of Rodinia, its ``early'' fragmentation prior to 690 Ma, and support a model of reaccretion of the Paracas-Arequipa-Antofalla terrane to western Gondwana in the Early Ordovician with subsequent detachment of the Paracas segment in form of the Mexican Oaxaquia microcontinent in Middle Ordovician. A tectonomagmatic model involving slab detachment, followed by underplating of cratonic margin by asthenospheric mantle is proposed for the genesis of the volumetrically dominant Late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic Peruvian Cordilleran batholiths.

High-precision dating and origin of synsedimentary volcanism in the Late Carboniferous Salvan-Dorenaz basin (Aiguilles-Rouges Massif, Western Alps)

Late Variscan volcanic activity is documented in the Late Carboniferous Salvan-Dorenaz sedimentary basin and in the neighboring basement units of the Aiguilles-Rouges and Mont-Blanc crystalline massifs (Western Alps). Precise U/Pb isotopic dating, zircon morphology and geochemical analyses indicate that volcanism occurred during short-lived pulses and that coexisting crustal and mantle sources were involved in the production of melts. Volcanic and subvolcanic products were emplaced along major N-S to NNE-SSW transtensional fracture zones, similar to the ones that governed intense basement exhumation and that favored the formation and filling of the Late Carboniferous Salvan-Dorenaz continental basin. In the Aiguilles-Rouges massif, dacitic flows outcropping at the base of the Salvan-Dorenaz basin erupted at 308 +/- 3 Ma; they represent the surface equivalent of the nearby Vallorcine peraluminous granite and associated rhyolitic dykes (311 +/- 17 Ma). In the Mont Blanc massif, calc-alkaline rhyolitic dykes were emplaced simultaneously (307 +/- 2 Ma) at shallow crustal levels, but they derive from deeper magma sources denoting enhanced mantellic activity. Recently identified tuffs and volcaniclastic layers embedded at different levels of the Salvan-Dorenaz stratigraphic record testify a 295 +3/-4 Ma old episode of highly explosive volcanism from distant volcanic centers, possibly located in the Aar-Gotthard massifs (Central Alps). Their zircon typology is highly heterogeneous. documenting wall-rock contamination of the melts and/or admixture of crustal sediments, whereas consistent subpopulations point to high-temperature magmas of deep-seated origin and alkaline affinity. The dated volcanic layers from the Salvan-Dorenaz basin set the beginning of the detrital sedimentation at 308 +/- 3 Ma and constrain the deposition of 1.5-1.7 km thick of elastic sediments within a time span of 10-15 Ma. These results infer minimum, long-term subsidence rates during basin evolution in the order of >0.1 mm/a, while in the surrounding basement units estimated exhumation rates are in the range of 1 mm/a. All dated rocks contain inherited zircon populations about 350, 450 or 600 Ma old.

Trace element chemistry and U-Pb dating of zircons from oceanic gabbros and their relationship with whole rock composition (Lanzo, Italian Alps)

The U-Pb ages and the trace element content of zircon U-Pb along with major and trace element whole rock data on gabbroic dikes from the Lanzo lherzolitic massif, N-Italy, have been determined to constrain crustal accretion in ocean-continent transition zones. Three Fe-Ti gabbros were dated from the central and the southern part of the massif providing middle Jurassic ages of 161 +/- 2, 158 +/- 2 and 163 +/- 1 Ma, which argue for magmatic activity over few millions of years. Zircon crystals are characterized by high but variable Th/U ratios, rare earth element patterns enriched in heavy rare earths, pronounced positive Ce and negative Eu-anomalies consistent with crystallization after substantial plagioclase fractionation. The zircon trace element composition coupled with whole rock chemistry was used to reconstruct the crystallization history of the gabbros. A number of gabbros crystallized in situ, and zircon precipitated from trapped, intercumulus liquid, while other gabbros represent residual liquids that were extracted from a cumulus pile and crystallized along syn-magmatic shear zones. We propose a model in which the emplacement mechanism of gabbroic rocks in ocean-continent transition zones evolves from in situ crystallization to stratified crystallization with efficient extraction of residual liquid along syn-magmatic shear zones. Such an evolution of the crystallization history is probably related to the thermal evolution of the underlying mantle lithosphere.

Epidote in hydrous mafic magmas : near solidus phase relations in the lower crust

Crystallisation of hydrous mafic magmas at high pressure is a subject of numerous petrologic and experimental studies since the last century and is mainly related to the process of continental crust formation and the possible link between mantle derived melts and low pressure granitoids. Albeit the sequence of crystallization is well constrained by experimental studies, the origin of exposed lower crustal rocks exposed on the earth surface is controversial. Ones line of argument is favouring high pressure crystallization of dry or wet mafic magmas, whereas others invoke partial melting of pre-existing crust. Therefore studies involving field, textural and chemical observations of exposed lower crust such as in Kohistan (Pakistan) or Talkeetna (Alaska) are crucial to understand the continental crust formation processes via arc magmatism. Epidote-bearing gabbros are very sparse and always associated with the deep part of continental crust (>30 km) as in the Kohistan Arc Complex (Pakistan) or in the Chelan Complex (western U.S.). Magmatic epidote is restricted to a small temperature interval above the water-saturated solidus of MORB and represent the last crystallizing liquids in lower crustal regions. However, epidote and melt stability at lower crustal pressures are not clearly established.¦The Chelan complex (western U.S.) at the base of the Cascadian Arc is composed mainly by peraluminous tonalité associated with gabbroic and ultramafic rocks and was traditionally interpreted as a migmatitic terrain. However field, chemical and mineralogical observations rather suggest a magmatic origin and point to a protracted crystallization at intermediate to high pressure ~ 1.0 GPa dominated by amphibole fractionation and followed by isobaric cooling down to 650°C. Crystal fractionation modelling using whole rock composition and field constraints is able to generate peraluminous tonalité. The modelled crystallisation sequence and the volume proportions are in agreement with experimental studies performed at these pressures. The Chelan complex was thus not formed during a partial melting event, but represent the sequence of crystallisation occurring at the base of the crust. Massive fractionation of hornblende is able to generate peraluminous tonalité without significant assimilation of crustal rock.¦Similarly to the Chelan complex, the base of the Kohistan arc is composed of cumulates derived by high pressure crystallization of hydrous magma. In garnet gabbros, epidote occurs as magmatic phase, crystallising from hydrous interstitial melt trapped between grain boundaries at lower crustal pressures (Ρ ~ 1.2 GPa) for temperature of (650-700 °C). Trace and REE signature in epidote indicate that epidote was formed through peritectic reaction involving garnet, clinopyroxene and plagioclase. At the beginning of the crystallisation epidote signature is dominated by REE content in the melt, whereas at the end the signature is dominated by reacting phases. Melt in equilibrium with epidote inferred from the partition coefficients available is similar to intrusive tonalité up the section indicating that hydrous melt was extracted from the garnet gabbros. In some gabbros epidote shows single homogeneous compositions, while in others coexisting epidote have different compositions indicating the presence of solvi along the Al-Fe3+ join. The overgowths are only observed in presence of paragonite in the assemblage, suggesting high water content. At high water content, the hydrous solidus is shift to lower temperature and probably intersects the solvi observed along the Al-Fe3+ join. Therefore, several compositions of epidote is stable at high water content.¦-¦La composition chimique de la croûte continentale est considérée comme similaire à celle du magmatisme calco-alcalin de marge continentale active (enrichissement en éléments mobiles dans les fluides, anomalies négatives en Nb, Ta et éléments à haut potentiel électronique, etc...). Cependant la nature andésitique de la croûte continentale (Si02 > 60 wt%), résultant des nombreuses intrusions de granitoïdes dans la croûte supérieure, est sujette à polémique et le lien entre les magmas dérivés du manteau et les roches évoluées de faible profondeur n'est pas clairement établi (fusion partielle de croûte basaltique, cristallisation fractionnée à haute pression, etc...).¦Les affleurements de croûte profonde sont rares mais précieux, car ils permettent d'observer les phénomènes se passant à grande profondeur. Le complexe de Chelan (Washington Cascades) en est un exemple. Formé à environ 30 km de profondeur, il est composé de roches gabbroïques et ultramafiques, ainsi que de tonalités, qui furent souvent interprétés comme le produit de la fusion partielle de la croûte. Cependant, les relations de terrain, la chimie des éléments majeurs et des éléments traces sont cohérentes avec l'évolution d'un complexe magmatique mafique dans la croûte profonde ou moyenne ( 1.0 GPa), dominée par le fractionnement de l'amphibole. Après son emplacement, le complexe a subi un refroidissement isobare jusqu'à des températures de l'ordre de 650 °C, déduit de la composition chimique des minéraux. Un bilan de masse contraint pax les observations de terrain permet de calculer la séquence et les volumes de fractionnement. Les faciès évolués légèrement hyperalumineux observés sur le terrain peuvent être générés par la cristallisation de 3 % de websterite à olivine, 12 % d'hornblendite à pyroxène 33 % d'hornblendite, 19 % de gabbros, 15 % de diorite et 2 % de tonalité. Nous montrons ainsi qu'une série de fractionnement contrôlée par l'amphibole permet de générer des tonalités sans assimilation de matériel crustal et l'exemple de Chelan illustre la viabilité de ce processus dans la formation de croûte continentale.¦Les réactions proches du solidus saturé en H20 dans les systèmes basaltiques à des pressions élevées restent énigmatiques. Diverses expériences tendent à montrer que l'épidote est stable dans ces conditions, mais rarement observée (décrite ?) comme phase primaire dans les systèmes naturels. Les épidotes trouvées dans les gabbros de Jijal (nord-Pakistan) montrent des textures de type .magmatique telles qu'observées dans les roches évoluées. Le contenu en terres rares de ces épidotes est très variable allant de signatures enrichies en terres rares légères impliquant la présence de liquide interstitiel à des signatures complètement déprimées en ces mêmes éléments, évoquant une cristallisation en coexistence avec du grenat. Ces diverses signatures reflètent un chemin de cristallisation en présence de liquide interstitiel et enregistrent des réactions péritectiques impliquant grenat, clinopyroxene et plagioclase à des pressions de ~ 1.2 GPa pour des températures de 650-700 °C. Cependant dans quelques échantillons deux ou trois compositions d'épidotes coexistent démontrant la présence de lacunes d'immiscibilité le long de la solution solide épidote-clinozoïsite. La forte teneur en H20 du liquide magmatique est certainement à l'origine de la coexistence de deux compositions distinctes.

From rifting to passive margin - The examples of the Red Sea, Central Atlantic and Alpine Tethys

Evolution of the Red Sea/Gulf of Suez and the Central Atlantic rift systems shows that an initial, transtensive rifting phase, affecting a broad area around the future zone of crustal separation, was followed by a pre-oceanic rifting phase during which extensional strain was concentrated on the axial rift zone. This caused lateral graben systems to become inactive and they evolved into rift-rim basins. The transtensive phase of diffuse crustal extension is recognized in many intra-continental rifts. If controlling stress systems relax, these rifts abort and develop into palaeorifts. If controlling stress systems persist, transtensive rift systems can enter the pre-oceanic rifting stage, during which the rift zone narrows and becomes asymmetric as a consequence of simple-shear deformation at shallow crustal levels and pure shear deformation at lower crustal and mantle-lithospheric levels. Preceding crustal separation, extensional denudation of the lithospheric mantle is possible. Progressive lithospheric attenuation entails updoming of the asthenosphere and thermal doming of the rift shoulders. Their uplift provides a major clastic source for the rift basins and the lateral rift-rim basins. Their stratigraphic record provides a sensitive tool for dating the rift shoulder uplift. Asymmetric rifting leads to the formation of asymmetric continental margins, corresponding in a simple-shear model to an upper plate and a conjugate lower plate margin, as seen in the Central Atlantic passive margins of the United States and Morocco. This rifting model can be successfully applied to the analysis of the Alpine Tethys palaeo-margins (such as Rif and the Western Alps).

A case for hornblende dominated fractionation of arc magmas: the Chelan Complex (Washington Cascades)

Amphibole fractionation in the deep roots of subduction-related magmatic arcs is a fundamental process for the generation of the continental crust. Field relations and geochemical data of exposed lower crustal igneous rocks can be used to better constrain these processes. The Chelan Complex in the western U. S. forms the lowest level of a 40-km thick exposed crustal section of the North Cascades and is composed of olivine websterite, pyroxenite, hornblendite, and dominantly by hornblende gabbro and tonalite. Magmatic breccias, comb layers and intrusive contacts suggest that the Chelan Complex was build by igneous processes. Phase equilibria, textural observations and mineral chemistry yield emplacement pressures of similar to 1.0 GPa followed by isobaric cooling to 700 degrees C. The widespread occurrence of idiomorphic hornblende and interstitial plagioclase together with the lack of Eu anomalies in bulk rock compositions indicate that the differentiation is largely dominated by amphibole. Major and trace element modeling constrained by field observations and bulk chemistry demonstrate that peraluminous tonalite could be derived by removing successively 3% of olivine websterite, 12% of pyroxene hornblendite, 33% of pyroxene hornblendite, 19% of gabbros, 15% of diorite and 2% tonalite. Peraluminous tonalite with high Sr/Y that are worldwide associated with active margin settings can be derived from a parental basaltic melt by crystal fractionation at high pressure provided that amphibole dominates the fractionation process. Crustal assimilation during fractionation is thus not required to generate peraluminous tonalite.

MORFOLOGIA FLORAL DA GOIABEIRA SERRANA (Feijoa sellowiana) E SUAS IMPLICAÇÕES NA POLINIZAÇÃO

Esse estudo teve por objetivo caracterizar variações na arquitetura floral da Feijoa sellowiana e determinar sua influência sobre a polinização. Foram avaliados o comprimento do pistilo, a distância entre estigma e estames, o diâmetro de abertura e a distribuição dos estames na flor, com base em 7 flores de 15 acessos do Banco de Germoplasma da espécie. Distinguiram-se 3 classes de distâncias médias entre estigma e estames: 0,2 (C1), 0,7 (C2) e 1,2 cm (C3), e duas classes de distribuição de estames na flor (radial e aleatória). Sorteou-se uma planta por classe de distância entre estigma e estames, a qual teve 50 flores marcadas para cada um dos seguintes tratamentos: T1-polinização aberta; T2-tela contra pássaros e T3-tela contra pássaros e insetos. A frutificação foi de 47% em T1 para C2 e de 22% para C3, diferença que pode ser devida ao genótipo e/ou alternância de produção. No T2, a frutificação foi 31% em C2, 15,4% em C1 e 3% em C3. A superioridade de T1 sobre T2 pode ser devida à polinização por pássaros. Essa superioridade foi mais expressiva em C3 do que em C2, o que sugere que C3 é mais dependente de pássaros. A frutificação em T2 pode ainda evidenciar a polinização por insetos e foi menor para C3, o que pode estar sendo causado pelo maior afastamento do estigma. A frutificação em T3 para C1 (7%) e C2 (15%) sugere que o vento ou a autopolinização também possam efetuar a polinização.