四川省拉拉铜矿床岩石学及地球化学研究

拉拉铜矿床位于扬子地块西缘的康滇隆起中段，赋存于经历变质的古元古代河口群海相火山-沉积岩系中，是我国重要的受变质热液叠加或改造的火山成因块状硫化物矿床（VHMS）之一，也是四川省最大的铜矿生产基地。本论文以该矿床为研究对象，在系统整理前人资料的基础上，进行了深入细致的野外地质考察和系统采样，选取代表性样品，运用电子探针分析技术、元素地球化学、同位素地球化学（Rb-Sr、Sm-Nd、S）、锆石U-Pb定年等方法手段，对矿区新元古代大规模区域变质作用的变质条件、变质原岩、广泛分布于矿区多个赋矿层位的辉长辉绿岩脉、岩石及矿石性质、硫源、成矿时代等主要岩石学及矿床学问题进行了系统研究，并结合前人研究成果，探讨了矿床的成因机制。论文主要取得以下几点认识： （1）矿区变质火山岩的成岩年龄为1695±20Ma，岩浆在上升侵位的过程中捕获了古元古代早期地壳物质，后期变质改造的时代约为700-800Ma。 （2）基于石榴石黑云母片岩中石榴石黑云母矿物对的电子探针分析数据，利用石榴石-黑云母地质温度计和多硅白云母地质压力计确定了矿区新元古代大规模区域变质作用的变质条件：变质温度为530-580℃，变质压力上限为0.66-0.76GPa，对应于高绿片岩相。 （3）矿区出露的岩石类型以云母片岩类和钠长岩类岩石为主，二者共同构成了矿区的围岩及赋矿岩石，通过对代表性样品的元素地球化学、同位素地球化学研究，采用DF函数判别法、(Al/3-K)-(Al/3-Na)图解法、La/Yb-TR图解法，并结合岩矿鉴定及结构构造特征，恢复了矿区的变质原岩。其中，矿区的云母片岩类样品的变质原岩为沉积岩，以页岩为主，主要来自大陆岛弧及上地壳物质的风化；而钠长岩类样品的变质原岩为火山岩，源自富集地幔，包括“右倾型”钠长岩和“平坦型”钠长岩，前者为分离结晶作用早期并经历一定程度地壳混染的产物，后者主要形成于分离结晶作用晚期，Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf、P、Ti等达到饱和并以副矿物晶出。 （4）综合矿区变质沉积岩及变质火山岩的构造环境判别结果，确定了二者形成于大陆岛弧的弧后盆地环境。 （5）通过对矿区变质火山岩性质、形成机制及硫同位素研究，讨论了矿床中成矿元素可能的富集机制，即地幔中大量的亲铜元素及硫元素进入母岩浆并随之上升形成区域分布的火山岩，为矿床的形成提供了必要条件。 （6）侵入河口群地层并广泛出露于矿区多个赋矿层位的辉长辉绿岩脉的化学成分与板内碱性玄武岩类似且形成于大陆裂谷环境下的类似OIB源区，是高温地幔柱部分熔融的产物，幔源岩浆在上升侵位过程中受到了地壳物质尤其是上地壳物质较小程度的混染，表明新元古代Rodinia超大陆裂解对拉拉地区的成矿作用有重要影响。 （7）拉拉铜矿床主要存在两个成矿期次，即火山喷气-沉积成矿期（1700 Ma左右）和变质热液成矿期（700-800Ma）。矿区主要存在两种类型矿石，即条纹、条带状矿石和块状、浸染状矿石，前者主要赋存于变质火山岩中，可能形成于火山喷气-沉积成矿期，后者主要赋存于变质沉积岩中，可能为变质热液成矿期的产物。

滇东南薄竹山花岗岩岩石学、地球化学特征及其与成矿关系

滇东南地区北西以弥勒－师宗断裂与扬子地块分界，南西以红河断裂为界与哀牢山断块毗邻，南连越北古陆，东部文麻断裂与南岭褶皱系连为一体，是我国重要的锡、银、铅、锌等矿产基地，自西向东分布着个旧、白牛厂和都龙三个超大型银锡多金属矿床，在这三个大型矿床附近各分布着一个大花岗岩体，个旧和老君山岩体已有相当多的研究，而对于薄竹山岩体、薄竹山岩体接触带周边矿床和与临近白牛厂矿床的研究则相对薄弱。本文主要对薄竹山岩体进行岩石学、地球化学研究，并且借助铅同位素，对薄竹山岩体接触带矿床和白牛厂矿床的成矿物质来源作了分析，阐明这些矿床的形成与薄竹山花岗岩体的关系。 薄竹山花岗岩体分两期侵入，第一期岩石类型主要为中粒黑云母二长花岗岩，属于过铝质花岗岩，主要形成于同碰撞阶段；第二期主要为细粒二长花岗岩，形成于板内的伸展环境。与第一期相比，第二期花岗岩更加富硅富碱、贫钙贫镁，稀土配分曲线显示Eu亏损更加强烈，更加富集Rb、Ta、Tb、Y，而亏损Ba、Sr、La、Ce等元素。Sr-Nd同位素显示，两期花岗岩可能分别来源于中元古界地壳和太古宙古老基底。 薄竹山岩体长石铅同位素组成均一，其接触带矿床矿石铅与岩体长石铅分布趋势一致，所以接触带矿石铅可能主要由薄竹山岩体提供。对于白牛厂矿床，除个别样品外，矿区内西北白羊矿段和东南部其他矿段矿石铅组成一致，说明整个白牛厂矿区的矿石铅来源比较单一，并且与薄竹山附近矿化点矿石具有相似的铅同位素分布范围，说明两种矿石铅来源可能相同，都来源于薄竹山花岗岩浆。白牛厂矿区内赋矿地层铅与矿石铅同位素演化趋势完全不同，所以赋矿地层不可能为矿石铅的重要来源。 综合薄竹山岩体及矿石的铅同位素组成特征，我们发现白牛厂矿区内矿石铅主要来自薄竹山岩体，主要为矿区内隐伏岩体提供。白牛厂矿床早期可能发生过喷流沉积作用，但没有带来大量银、铅、锌等成矿物质，后来燕山期花岗岩浆侵入，带来大量银、铅、锌等成矿物质，形成了现在的白牛厂矿床。

中国东南部晚中生代以来的基性岩脉（体）的地质地球化学特征及其地球动力学意义初探-以江西省为例

基性岩脉具有特殊的地球动力学意义，一直是近十年来国际上研究的热点和重点。至今共举办过四次关于岩脉的国际专题大会，掀起了基性岩脉的研究高潮，分别从其分布、形态、古地磁、岩石学、地球化学、年代学和构造演化等方面进行了系统的研究。由于出露面积的关系，岩脉或岩脉群往往容易被人忽略，直到最近五年来中国东部中新生代基性岩脉的地球动力学意义才引起地质学者的关注，甚至有些学者指出中国东部中生代基性岩脉的研究可以填补国际上对此方面的空白。对中国东南部中生代基性岩脉的系统研究主要集中在粤北地区，琼南、福建沿海一带、湘东南、某些热液矿床的矿区的基性岩脉得到零星的研究，缺少对中国东南部更大范围的和系统的研究。另外，中国东南部晚中生代部分基性岩体与地壳拉张有关，但研究多集中于沿海一带，对于内陆基性岩体的构造应力体制是否与基性岩脉类似。本论文选择了江西省晚中生代以来的基性岩脉（体）为研究对象，运用矿物学、元素和同位素地球化学及K-Ar测年等研究方法，首次较为系统地研究了江西省晚中生代以来的基性岩脉、与地壳拉张有关的基性侵入岩体的地质地球化学特征，并利用对其形成时代、源区性质的研究来探讨中国东南部地壳拉张期次、地幔性质等地球动力学背景中的关键性问题。通过研究取得了以下几点初步认识：1系统地进行野外地质考察和采样，并收集前人的研究资料，发现江西省的基性岩脉的岩石类型主要为煌斑岩、辉-长辉绿岩、辉绿岩、辉绿（珍）岩等，相对较多，主要呈三条北北东向带状分布，分别为星子-上高-萍乡、德兴-余江-相山-吉安-上犹、草桃背-岩背-大吉山。2对江西省的基性岩脉和部分与地壳拉张有关的墓性岩体进行全岩K-Ar定年，结果表明，基性岩脉的形成时代为140-50Ma，再结合中国东南部发育的富碱侵入岩（包括A型花岗岩）和已发表的基性岩脉的年代学资料，作者认为中国东南部地壳拉张可能共有六期，分别为50-6OMa、90士Ma、100-11OMa、125士Ma、140士Ma、165～180 Ma。3对赣南车步辉长岩类的地质特征、矿物学和地球化学特征进行了研究，着重讨论它与沿海辉长岩类构造环境和源区性质的不同，研究表明它可能是中国东南部中侏罗世软流圈上涌、岩石圈伸展和地壳裂解的产物，而沿海白至纪辉长宕类的构造环境是弧后拉张盆地；车步辉味岩类的源区可能是未受到明显俯冲组分影响的富集地幔，而沿海白翌纪辉长岩类的源区可能包含较多俯冲组分。4对赣南大吉山地区和赣北地区早白圣世基性岩脉的地质地球化学特征进行了系统的研究，表明它们可能代表中国东南部早白至世初存在一次重要的岩石圈伸展和地壳拉张事件。但两者在岩石序列、微量元素、同位素方面存在明显不同，结合区域地质背景，认为造成赣南和赣北地区早白坐世的基性岩脉源区不同的可能原因是岩石圈地慢组成不同和／或形成基性岩脉的岩浆深度不同。5通过对江西省早白至世欧特里夫期（125士Ma）基性岩脉的地质、矿物学和地球化学特征进行研究，发现中国东南部的确存在早白至世欧特里夫期（125士Ma）基性岩脉，代表一次重要地壳拉张事件，其源区可能由亏损地幔、EMI和EMII地幔组成，后面两种类型地幔可能是先前受俯冲流体影响的成分不均一的富集岩石圈地幔。6通过对江西省早白至世未期（100-11oMa）和晚白至世（90士Ma）的基性岩脉（体）的地质地球化学特征进行研究，强有力的表明江西省存在100-110Ma、90士Ma两期地壳拉张，与粤北地区类似。本论文研究表明晚白至世的地壳拉张除了形成基性岩脉外，还形成同时代的基性岩体。这两期的基性岩脉（体）的源区可能由亏损地幔、EMI和EMll地幔组分组成，与（125士Ma）基性岩脉类似，但早白至世未期（100-110Ma）基性岩脉的源区可能含有相对较高的亏损地幔组分。7通过对江西省中部古新世的基性岩脉（体）的地质地球化学特征进行研究，发现了江西省中部的确存在50-60Ma地壳拉张事件。本期的基性岩脉（体）微量元素含量、MORB标准化模式和同位素与前面白至纪的基性岩脉（体）明显不同，软流圈参与其源区明显增多。8通过对中侏罗世以来基性岩脉（体）地质地球化学的系统研究，表明中国东南部晚中生代以来地幔性质发生了明显变化，总体变化趋势为亏损地幔代替富集地幔，这种过程与软流圈上涌、岩石圈伸展和地壳拉张有关：主要机制可能为岩石圈减薄，当然不排除其他机制。

Plume-lithosphere interaction at Santiago Island (Cape Verde) : implications for ocean island magma genesis models

Tese de doutoramento, Geologia (Geoquímica), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, 2014

Características geoquímicas de sedimentos del perfil Callao, Octubre 2008

Se determinó la tendencia y variabilidad vertical de las características geoquímicas de los sedimentos y del agua intersticial en los primeros 10 cm superficiales de dos testigos de Callao, colectados en dos estaciones del perfil Callao, durante el Crucero Miniox BIC Olaya 0810: (1) E-2, a 8 mn de la costa y 98 m de profundidad, donde la materia orgánica presentó un amplio rango de variabilidad (4,75% a 56,34%) y una tendencia al incremento con la profundización del perfil vertical, al existir condiciones geoquímicas que favorecen una mayor preservación de la materia orgánica y una lenta remineralización; y (2) E-5, a 30 mn de la costa y 178 m de profundidad, donde la materia orgánica presentó una distribución más homogénea en el perfil vertical (30,72% a 36,17%). Las elevadas correlaciones (r > 0,7) de la materia orgánica total con el carbono orgánico total, así como con los fosfatos y los silicatos en sedimentos superficiales indican que la materia orgánica gobierna parcialmente las concentraciones de carbono y fósforo. La variabilidad en la conducta de distribución de las concentraciones de metales Redox sensitivos en los sedimentos recientes, está asociada a condiciones anóxicas y a la intensa actividad sulfato reductora característica en la zona de estudio.

Petrography and geochemistry of the McArthur Township area, Ontario /

The McArthur Township area in the Archean Abitibi Belt of northeast Ontario contains northwesterly trending volcanic rocks which are located on a limb of a large syncline. The axial trace of the syncline passes through the adjacent Douglas Township. The Archean volcanic rocks and associated sedimentary rocks are intruded and deformed by two large plutons and a few smaller hypabyssal intrusions. A petrographic and geochemical study of the Precambrian rocks exposed 1n the study area was undertaken in order to investigate the metamorphic grade and geochemical characteristics of the rocks. All the samples were studied with the microscope and analysis of 20 major and trace elements were determined on a selection of the less altered specimens by x-ray fluorescence. Three different periods of igneous activity have occurred in the study area. The first two periods were dominated by volcanic extrusive rocks accompanied by gabbroic sills. The third cycle is the diapiric intrusion of the granitic plutons and subsequent metamorphism of the older rocks to the low to medium grade. Two periods of sedimentation are also recognized in the study area which occurred after the first and second cycle of volcanism. Chemically, the lavas are subdivided into three main associations: (1) The komatiitic association is characterized by high MgO, high Ni, low Ti02 and a low FeO*/(FeO* + MgO) ratio. They occupy the base of each volcanic cycle and some of the flows exhibit spinifex textures. (2) The tholeiitic association displays distinct iron and titanium enrichment trends in the intermediate membersor -i r (3) The calc-alkaline association contains low FeO* and TI02 and high Ni contents relative to modern calc-alkaline types. They are formed at the end of each cycle of volcanism and overlie the tholeiitic flows. All three associations of the first volcanic cycle are exposed in the study area, while the second cycle is represented by a komatiltic sequence. The volcanic rocks were possibly formed by multiple partial melting of the Archean mantle to produce parental magmas under various P - T conditions.

Seoimentology And Geochemistiiy Of Some Selected Mangrove Ecosystems Of Kerala, Southwest Coast Of India

As a result of the issues of care and conservation and sustainable utilisation, the proper management of mangrove forests have become more pressing than ever. Much recent ecological and toxicological debate has been centered around the question of validity of making predictions about the future of mangrove ecosystemas a result of the newly evolved environmental policy. Though muchinformation exist on the biodiversity, floristic composition and characteristics, geographical distribution and uses of mangroves, systematic documentation of the various sedimentological and geochemical phenomena in relation to the mangrove flora are scarce. Hazardous, persistent, man-made chemicals and waste produces are entering the mangrove ecosystem at from the adjacent watersheds which strengthened alarming rates the indispensible need for further researches on the environmental behaviours, fate and the effect of such products. Studies on the effect of heavy metals, pesticides and the other toxic signals through bioassay and toxicity tests on mangrove species as well as in sediments definitely will furnish ample clues to establish the actual operative mechanisms of these environments. A thorough review of literature made in this angle reveals that some attempts have already been initiated the world over the record the physico-chemical characteristics of major abiotic components such as sediments and water of many mangrove ecosystem, however, adequate information is lacking in the Indian Environmental Science scenario. The present investigation is an attempt to record the sedimentological, mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of sediments as well as the heavy metal enrichment in the various species ofmangrove flora of three important mangrove ecosystems of Kerala, located at Veli (SouthKerala), Kochi (Central Kerala) and Kannur (North Kerala). The results of the above investigation have been analysed statistically, discussed based on the available literature and presented in this thesis under seven chapters

When zero doesn't mean it and other geomathematical mischief

There is almost not a case in exploration geology, where the studied data doesn’t includes below detection limits and/or zero values, and since most of the geological data responds to lognormal distributions, these “zero data” represent a mathematical challenge for the interpretation. We need to start by recognizing that there are zero values in geology. For example the amount of quartz in a foyaite (nepheline syenite) is zero, since quartz cannot co-exists with nepheline. Another common essential zero is a North azimuth, however we can always change that zero for the value of 360°. These are known as “Essential zeros”, but what can we do with “Rounded zeros” that are the result of below the detection limit of the equipment? Amalgamation, e.g. adding Na2O and K2O, as total alkalis is a solution, but sometimes we need to differentiate between a sodic and a potassic alteration. Pre-classification into groups requires a good knowledge of the distribution of the data and the geochemical characteristics of the groups which is not always available. Considering the zero values equal to the limit of detection of the used equipment will generate spurious distributions, especially in ternary diagrams. Same situation will occur if we replace the zero values by a small amount using non-parametric or parametric techniques (imputation). The method that we are proposing takes into consideration the well known relationships between some elements. For example, in copper porphyry deposits, there is always a good direct correlation between the copper values and the molybdenum ones, but while copper will always be above the limit of detection, many of the molybdenum values will be “rounded zeros”. So, we will take the lower quartile of the real molybdenum values and establish a regression equation with copper, and then we will estimate the “rounded” zero values of molybdenum by their corresponding copper values. The method could be applied to any type of data, provided we establish first their correlation dependency. One of the main advantages of this method is that we do not obtain a fixed value for the “rounded zeros”, but one that depends on the value of the other variable. Key words: compositional data analysis, treatment of zeros, essential zeros, rounded zeros, correlation dependency

GEOCHEMISTRY AND U-PB ZIRCON AGE OF THE INTERNAL OSSA-MORENA ZONE OPHIOLITE SEQUENCES: A REMNANT OF RHEIC OCEAN IN SW IBERIA

The Early Paleozoic geodynamic evolution in SW Iberia is believed to have been dominated by the opening of the Rheic Ocean. The Rheic Ocean is generally accepted to have resulted from the drift of peri-Gondwanan terranes such as Avalonia from the northern margin of Gondwana during Late Cambrian-Early Ordovician times. The closure of the Rheic Ocean was the final result of a continent-continent collision between Gondwana and Laurussia that produced the Variscan orogen. The Ossa-Morena Zone is a peri-Gondwana terrane, which preserves spread fragments of ophiolites - the Internal Ossa-Morena Zones Ophiolite Sequences (IOMZOS). The final patchwork of the IOMZOS shows a complete oceanic lithospheric sequence with geochemical characteristics similar to the ocean-floor basalts, without any orogenic fingerprint and/or crustal contamination. The IOMZOS were obducted and imbricated with high pressure lithologies. Based on structural, petrological and whole-rock geochemical data, the authors argue that the IOMZOS represent fragments of the oceanic lithosphere from the Rheic Ocean. Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb geochronological data on metagabbros point to an age of ca. 480 Ma for IOMZOS, providing evidence of a well-developed ocean in SW Iberia during this period, reinforcing the interpretation of the Rheic Ocean as a wide ocean among the peri-Gondwanan terranes during Early Ordovician times.

Age and geochemistry of mantle peridotites and diorite dykes from the Baldissero body: Insights into the Paleozoic-Mesozoic evolution of the Southern Alps

Trace element and isotopic data obtained for mantle spinel Iherzolites and diorite dykes from the Baldissero massif (Ivrea-Verbano Zone, Western Italy) provide new, valuable constraints on the petrologic and geodynamic evolution of the Southern Alps in Paleozoic to Mesozoic times. Whole rock and mineral chemistry indicates that Baldissero Iherzolites can be regarded as refractory mantle residues following limited melt extraction. In particular, the Light Rare Earth Elements (LREE)-depleted and fractionated compositions of whole rock and clinopyroxene closely match modelling results for refractory residues after low degrees (similar to 4-5%) of near-fractional melting of depleted mantle, possibly under garnet-facies conditions. Following this, the peridotite sequence experienced subsolidus re-equilibration at lithospheric spinel-facies conditions and intrusion of several generations of dykes. However, Iherzolites far from dykes show very modest metasomatic changes, as evidenced by the crystallisation of accessory titanian pargasite and the occurrence of very slight enrichments in highly incompatible trace elements (e.g. Nb). The Re-Os data for Iherzolites far from the dykes yield a 376 Ma (Upper Devonian) model age that is considered to record a partial melting event related to the Variscan orogenic cycle s.l. Dioritic dykes cutting the mantle sequence have whole rock, clinopyroxene and plagioclase characterised by high radiogenic Nd and low radiogenic Sr, which point to a depleted to slightly enriched mantle source. Whole rock and mafic phases of diorites have high Mg# values that positively correlate with the incompatible trace element concentrations. The peridotite at the dyke contact is enriched in orthopyroxene, iron and incompatible trace elements with respect to the Iherzolites far from dykes. Numerical simulations indicate that the geochemical characteristics of the diorites can be explained by flow of a hydrous, silica-saturated melt accompanied by reaction with the ambient peridotite and fractional crystallisation. The composition of the more primitive melts calculated in equilibrium with the diorite minerals show tholeiitic to transitional affinity. Internal Sm-Nd, three-point isochrons obtained for two dykes suggest an Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic emplacement age (from 204 31 to 198 29 Ma). Mesozoic igneous events are unknown in the southern Ivrea-Verbano Zone (IVZ), but the intrusion of hydrous melts, mostly silica-saturated, have been well documented in the Finero region, i.e. the northernmost part of IVZ and Triassic magmatism with calc-alkaline to shoshonitic affinity is abundant throughout the Central-Eastern Alps. The geochemical and chronological features of the Baldissero diorites shed new light on the geodynamic evolution of the Southern Alps before the opening of the Jurassic Tethys. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Evidence for 2.35 to 2.30 Ga juvenile crustal growth in the northwest Borborema Province, NE Brazil

The c. 600 Ma Brasiliano Borborema Province of NE Brazil comprises a complex collage of Precambrian crustal blocks cut by a series of continental-scale shear zones. The predominant basement rocks in the province are 2.1-2.0 Ga Transamazonian gneisses of both juvenile and reworked nature. U-Pb zircon and Sm-Nd whole-rock studies of tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite basement gneisses in the NW Ceará or Médio Coreaú domain in the northwestern part of the Borborema Province indicate that this represents a continental fragment formed by 2.35-2.30 Ga juvenile crust. This block has no apparent genetic affinity with any other basement gneisses in the Borborema Province, and it does not represent the tectonized margin of the c. 2.1-2.0 Ga São Luis Craton to the NW. The petrological and geochemical characteristics, as well as the Nd-isotopic signatures of these gneisses, are consistent with their genesis in an island arc setting. This finding documents a period of crustal growth during a period of the Earth's history which is known for its tectonic quiescence and paucity of crust formation. © Geological Society of London 2009.

Geologia, petrografia e geoquímica das associações TTGs e Leucogranodioritos do extremo norte do Domínio Rio Maria, Província Carajás

O mapeamento geológico realizado à sudeste de Água Azul do Norte/PA, porção norte do Domínio Rio Maria, aliado aos dados petrográficos e geoquímicos permitiram a individualização de associações TTGs e leucogranodioritos. Nesta região, os trabalhos de mapeamento foram realizados apenas em escala regional o que possibilitou a extrapolação da área de ocorrência de rochas similares ao Tonalito Caracol e rondhjemito Mogno. Os TTGs estudados foram individualizados em duas unidades com base no conteúdo de minerais máficos, concentrações de epidoto magmático e no grau de saussuritização (descalcificação) do plagioclásio em: (1) Epidoto-Biotita Tonalito e; (2) Biotita Trondhjemito. Em geral, são rochas que apresentam foliação definida pelo bandamento composicional, localmente pode ser perturbada por dobras e bandas de cisalhamento. Suas características geoquímicas são compatíveis com os TTGs arqueanos do grupo de alto Al2O3, sendo ainda relativamente pobres em elementos ferromagnesianos, com padrões ETRP moderado a fortemente fracionados e anomalias de Eu discretas. As diferenças nas razões La/Yb e anomalia de Eu, possibilitou a discriminação de três grupos distintos de rochas: Os TTGs pertencentes ao grupo de alto La/Yb e Sr/Y são similares às rochas do Trondhjemito Mogno, descritos no Domínio Rio Maria. Estas rochas incluem a maioria das amostras da unidade Biotita Trondhjemito. No caso dos TTGs com médio a baixo La/Yb e Sr/Y quando comparadas com as rochas do Domínio Rio Maria possuem forte correlação com o Tonalito Caracol. Estes grupos são compostos principalmente pela unidade Epidoto-Biotita Tonalito, incluindo também amostras isoladas do Biotita Trondhjemito. Com base nos critérios utilizados acima, os leucogranodioritos da área foram divididos em dois grupos: Biotita Granodiorito e Leucogranodiorito. As rochas do Biotita Granodiorito possuem ampla ocorrência espacial na porção oeste da área, relações de campo mostram que são intrusivas nos granitoides TTGs. Os dados geoquímicos apontam que o Biotita Granodiorito possui padrões de ETR fortemente fracionados, com alta razão La/Yb (33 – 186) e anomalia de Eu positiva (1,11 < Eu/Eu* < 3,26), enquanto os leucogranodioritos mostram padrões levemente fracionados, com moderadas razões La/Yb (24,7 – 34,7) e anomalia de Eu ausente (Eu/Eu*= 1,03). Os diagramas de Harker para elementos maiores e traços não favorecem uma ligação genética por processo de cristalização fracionada entre o Biotita Granodiorito e as associações TTGs, uma vez que apresentam trends de evolução distintos, indicando portanto que as condições de sua gênese e diferenciação foram bem diferentes, tampouco por fusão parcial de uma fonte TTG, pelo fato de não apresentar significante anomalia negativa de Eu, bem como por exibir padrões similares de fracionamento de ETR em relação aos TTGs, atestando que essas rochas provavelmente não foram oriundas de magmas precursores desses TTGs.

Caracterização geológica, petrográfica e geoquímica do Trondhjemito Mogno e Tonalito Mariazinha, Terreno Granito-Greenstone mesoarqueano de Rio Maria, SE do Pará

O Trondhjemito Mogno, uma das mais expressivas associações TTG do Terreno Granito-Greenstone de Rio Maria (TGGRM), tida como representativa da segunda geração de TTGs daquele terreno, apresenta, em sua principal área de ocorrência, diferenças estruturais, petrográficas, geoquímicas e geocronológicas que levaram à sua separação em duas associações distintas. A designação de Trondhjemito Mogno foi mantida para a associação dominante, com padrão estrutural NW-SE a EW, distribuída nos domínios leste e oeste da área. A nova associação identificada na porção centro-oeste da área mapeada, com foliação dominante NE-SW a N-S foi denominada de Tonalito Mariazinha. Reduziu-se, assim, à área de ocorrência do Trondhjemito Mogno e definiu-se nova unidade estratigráfica na região. Dados geocronológicos inéditos revelam que o Trondhjemito Mogno e o Tonalito Mariazinha possuem idades distintas e não fazem parte da segunda geração de TTGs do TGGRM. As duas associações estudadas são constituídas por epidoto-biotita tonalitos e trondhjemitos, os quais pertencem ao grupo de TTG com alto Al2O3 e possuem características geoquímicas compatíveis com as dos típicos granitóides arqueanos da série trondhjemítica. Comparações com TTGs da região de Xinguara mostram que o Trondhjemito Mogno possui características geoquímicas transicionais entre o Complexo Tonalítico Caracol e o Trondhjemito Água Fria, enquanto que o Tonalito Mariazinha se assemelha com o Complexo Tonalítico Caracol. Os estudos sobre o Trondhjemito Mogno e granitóides arqueanos associados demonstram que as associações TTG do TGGRM são mais diversificadas do que era admitido e contribuíram significativamente para sua melhor compreensão, reduzindo expressivamente as ocorrências da segunda geração de TTGs naquele terreno e levando à identificação de nova associação TTG.

Contrasted crustal sources as defined by whole-rock and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry of neoproterozoic early post-collisional granitic magmatism within the Southern Brazilian Shear Belt, Camboriu, Brazil

The early phase of post-collisional granitic magmatism in the Camboriu region, south Brazil, is represented by the porphyritic biotite +/- hornblende Rio Pequeno Granite (RPG; 630-620 Ma) and the younger (similar to 610 Ma), equigranular, biotite +/- muscovite Serra dos Macacos Granite (SMG). The two granite types share some geochemical characteristics, but the more felsic SMG constitutes a distinctive group not related to RPG by simple fractionation processes, as indicated by its lower FeOt, TiO2, K2O/Na2O and higher Zr Al2O3, Na2O, Ba and Sr when compared to RPG of similar SiO2 range. Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes require different sources. The SMG derives from old crustal sources, possibly related to the Paleoproterozoic protoliths of the Camboriu Complex, as indicated by strongly negative epsilon Nd-t (-23 to -24) and unradiogenic Pb (e.g., Pb-206/Pb-204 = 16.0-16.3; Pb-207/Pb-204 = 15.3-15.4) and confirmed by previous LA-MC-ICPMS data showing dominant zircon inheritance of Archean to Paleoproterozoic age. In contrast, the RPG shows less negative epsilon Nd-t (-12 to -15) and a distinctive zircon inheritance pattern with no traces of post-1.6 Ga sources. This is indicative of younger sources whose significance in the regional context is still unclear; some contribution of mantle-derived magmas is indicated by coeval mafic dykes and may account for some of the geochemical and isotopic characteristics of the least differentiated varieties of the RPG. The transcurrent tectonics seems to have played an essential role in the generation of mantle-derived magmas despite their emplacement within a low-strain zone. It may have facilitated their interaction with crustal melts which seem to be to a large extent the products of reworking of Paleoproterozoic orthogneisses from the Camboriu Complex. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Ordovician A-type granitoid magmatism on the Ceara Central Domain, Borborema Province, NE-Brazil

We present field relationships, major and trace element geochemistry and U-Pb SHRIMP and ID-TIMS geochronology of the A-type Ordovician Quintas pluton located in the Ceara Central Domain of the Borborema Province, in northeastern Brazil. This pluton presents a concentric geometry and is composed mainly of syenogranite, monzogranite, quartz syenite to quartz monzodiorite, monzogabbro and diorite. Its geochemical characteristics [SiO2 (52-70%), Na2O/K2O (1.55-0.65), Fe2O3/MgO (2.2-7.3), metaluminous to sligthly alkaline affinity, post-collisional type in (Y + Nb) x Rb diagram, and A-type affinity (Ga > 22 ppm, Nb > 20 ppm, Zn > 60 ppm), REE fractioned pattern with negative Eu anomaly] are coherent with post-collisional A(2)-type granitoids. However, the emplacement of this pluton is to some extent temporally associated with the deposition of the first strata of the Parnaiba intracratonic basin, attesting also to a purely anorogenic character (A(1)-type granitoid). The emplacement of this pluton is preceded by one of the largest known orogenesis of the planet (Neoproterozoic Pan-African/Brasiliano) and, if it is classified as an A(2)-type granitoid, it provides interesting constraints about how long can last A(2)-type magmatic activity after a major collisional episode, arguably triggered by disturbance of the underlying mantle, a topic extensively debated in the geoscience community. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.