Early to late Neoproterozoic subduction-accretion episodes in the Cariris Velhos Belt of the Borborema Province, Brazil: Insights from isotope and whole-rock geochemical data of supracrustal and granitic rocks

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 102384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauro Cézar M. de Lira Santos ◽  
Elton L. Dantas ◽  
Peter A. Cawood ◽  
Geysson de A. Lages ◽  
Haroldo M. Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Granitic Rocks ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Borborema Province ◽  
Late Neoproterozoic

scholarly journals Decratonization by rifting enables orogenic reworking and transcurrent dispersal of old terranes in NE Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos E. Ganade ◽  
Roberto F. Weinberg ◽  
Fabricio A. Caxito ◽  
Leonardo B. L. Lopes ◽  
Lucas R. Tesser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Zones ◽  
Boundary Region ◽  
The North ◽  
Pan African ◽  
Juvenile Material ◽  
Oceanic Basin ◽  
Borborema Province ◽  
Isotopic Model ◽  
Late Neoproterozoic

AbstractDispersion and deformation of cratonic fragments within orogens require weakening of the craton margins in a process of decratonization. The orogenic Borborema Province, in NE Brazil, is one of several Brasiliano/Pan-African late Neoproterozoic orogens that led to the amalgamation of Gondwana. A common feature of these orogens is that a period of extension and opening of narrow oceans preceded inversion and collision. For the case of the Borborema Province, the São Francisco Craton was pulled away from its other half, the Benino-Nigerian Shield, during an intermittent extension event between 1.0–0.92 and 0.9–0.82 Ga. This was followed by inversion of an embryonic and confined oceanic basin at ca. 0.60 Ga and transpressional orogeny from ca. 0.59 Ga onwards. Here we investigate the boundary region between the north São Francisco Craton and the Borborema Province and demonstrate how cratonic blocks became physically involved in the orogeny. We combine these results with a wide compilation of U–Pb and Nd-isotopic model ages to show that the Borborema Province consists of up to 65% of strongly sheared ancient rocks affiliated with the São Francisco/Benino-Nigerian Craton, separated by major transcurrent shear zones, with only ≈ 15% addition of juvenile material during the Neoproterozoic orogeny. This evolution is repeated across a number of Brasiliano/Pan-African orogens, with significant local variations, and indicate that extension weakened cratonic regions in a process of decratonization that prepared them for involvement in the orogenies, that led to the amalgamation of Gondwana.

Origin of the Ordovician Mansehra granite in the NW Himalaya, Pakistan: constraints from Sr–Nd isotopic data, zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotopes

2018 ◽  
Vol 481 (1) ◽  
pp. 277-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masatsugu Ogasawara ◽  
Mayuko Fukuyama ◽  
Rehanul Haq Siddiqui ◽  
Ye Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Granitic Magma ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Large Contribution ◽  
Crustal Material ◽  
Sr Isotope ◽  
Nw Himalaya ◽  
Nd Isotope ◽  
Isotope Data ◽  
Late Neoproterozoic ◽  
T Values

AbstractThe Mansehra granite in the NW Himalaya is a typical Lesser Himalayan granite. We present here new whole-rock geochemistry, Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd isotope data, together with zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotope data, for the Mansehra granite. Geochemical data for the granite show typical S-type characteristics. Zircon U–Pb dating yields 206Pb/238U crystallization ages of 483–476 Ma. The zircon grains contain abundant inherited cores and some of these show a clear detrital origin. The 206Pb/238U ages of the inherited cores in the granite cluster in the ranges 889–664, 1862–1595 and 2029 Ma. An age of 664 Ma is considered to be the maximum age of the sedimentary protoliths. Thus the Late Neoproterozoic to Cambrian sedimentary rocks must be the protolith of the Mansehra granitic magma. The initial Sr isotope ratios are high, ranging from 0.7324 to 0.7444, whereas the εNd(t) values range from −9.2 to −8.6, which strongly suggests a large contribution of old crustal material to the protoliths. The two-stage Nd model ages and zircon Hf model ages are Paleoproterozoic, indicating that the protolith sediments were derived from Paleoproterozoic crustal components.

scholarly journals A preserved early Ediacaran magmatic arc at the northernmost portion of the Transversal Zone central subprovince of the Borborema Province, Northeastern South America

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamim Bley de Brito Neves ◽  
◽  
Edilton José dos Santos ◽  
Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck ◽  
Lauro César Montefalco Lira Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Granitic Rocks ◽  
Lower Plate ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
The South ◽  
Magmatic Arc ◽  
Continental Plate ◽  
Borborema Province ◽  
Northern Portion ◽  
Fold Belts

ABSTRACT: Magmatic arcs are an essential part of crust-forming events in planet Earth evolution. The aim of this work was to describe an early Ediacaran magmatic arc (ca. 635-580 Ma) exposed in the northernmost portion of the Transversal Zone, central subprovince of Borborema Province, northeast Brazil. Our research took advantage of several syntheses by different authors, including theses and dissertations, carried out on magmatic rocks of the study area for the last 30 years. The ca. 750 km long and up to 140 km wide arc, trending ENE-WSW, is preserved to the south of the Patos Lineament, between 35º15' and 42º30'W and 7º15' and 8ºS. About 90 different stocks and batholiths of I-type granitic rocks were mapped along this orogenic zone, preferentially intruding low-grade schists of the Cryogenian-Ediacaran Piancó-Alto Brígida (SPAB) belt. Three igneous supersuites are recognized: a) epidote-bearing granodiorites and tonalites ("Conceição" type); b) high-K calc-alkaline granites ("Itaporanga" type); c) biotite granodiorites of trondhjemite affinity ("Serrita" type). A fourth group of peralkalic and shoshonitic rocks occurs to the south of the previous ones, reflecting special tectonic conditions. NNE-SSW trending Paleoproterozoic fold belts, surrounding Archean nuclei, characterize the continental part of the northern lower plate. The oceanic fraction of this lower plate was recycled by subduction and scarce remnants of which may be seen either within the enclosing low-grade schists or as xenoliths within the arc intrusions. The upper continental plate presents WSW-ENE structural trends and is composed of Neoproterozoic fold belts and Paleoproterozoic reworked basement inliers. Available data bear clear evidence of an Ediacaran magmatic arc built at the northern portion of the Transversal Zone in the Borborema Province, northeast Brazil.

scholarly journals IDENTIFICAÇÃO GAMAESPECTROMÉTRICA DE PLACERES RUTILO-MONAZÍTICOS NEOPROTEROZÓICOS NO SUL DA FAIXA SERIDÓ, NORDESTE DO BRASIL

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastião Milton P. da Silva ◽  
Álvaro P. Crósta ◽  
Francisco J.F. Ferreira ◽  
Hartmut Beurlen ◽  
Adalene M. Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Granitic Rocks ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometry ◽  
Geological Data ◽  
Borborema Province ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Sem Analyses

Dados digitais de um aerolevantamento gamaespectrométrico cobrindo seqüência crustal Neoproterozóica da Faixa Seridó (FSe) foram processados e analisados juntamente com medidas de gamaespectrometria terrestre, fotos aéreas e dados geológicos de campo, objetivando a caracterização e o mapeamento litogeofísico de granitos pegmatíticos e campos de pegmatitos associados, bem como de litologias e unidades litoestratigráficas do Grupo Seridó. A interpretação das imagens individuais e ternária dos canais do urânio (eU), do tório (eTh) e do potássio (K), além das razões eU/eTh e eTh/K, possibilitou a identificação de anomalias de tório associadas a metaconglomerados e metarenitos intercalados nos quartzitos da Formação Equador, constituídos de fragmentos e seixos de quartzo, muscovita e concentrações de minerais pesados, dominantemente hematita, ilmenita, monazita, rutilo, titanita e zircão. A análise semiquantitativa em grãos minerais de duas amostras dessas rochas, por microscopia de varredura eletrônica (MEV-EDS), revelou teores máximos de 79,4% de ThO2 e 87,7% de ETR (Ce, La, Nd) em monazitas; 99,2% de TiO2 em ilmenita e rutilo e 1,81 % de Hf02 em zircão. Também foram identificadas anomalias de tório em sedimentos de idade cenozóica na mesma região.Keywords : gamaespectrometria; sensoriamento remoto; placeres rutilo-monazíticos; Província Borborema; Faixa Seridó.ABSTRACTAerial gamma-ray survey data covering Neoproterozoic supracrustal sequences in the Seridó Belt were processed and analyzed together with ground gamma-ray data, air photos and geological data for lithogeophysical characterization and mapping of granitic rocks, related pegmatites fields and lithological units of Seridó Group. Interpretation was based on individual and ternary images of the three radio-elements and the eU/eTh and eTh/K ratios, and allowed the discovery of thorium anomalies associated with coarse-grained metarenites and metaconglomerates facies intercalated with quartzites of the Equador Formation. High contents of iron oxides, ilmenite, monazite, rutile, titanite and zircon were identified by ore microscopy of polished sections in the metaconglomerate's matrix. Semiquantitative scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses in minerals of two samples revealed up to 79.4% of Th02 and 87.7% of REE in monazites; up to 99.2% of Ti02 in ilmenite and rutile and up to 1.81 % of HfO2 in zircon. Gamma-ray anomalies due to thorium were also identified in association with sediments of Cenozoic age in the region.Keywords : gamma-ray spectrometry; remote sensing; rutile-monazite placers; Borborema Province; Seridó Belt.

scholarly journals Zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of granitic rocks in central Mongolia

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 23-44
Author(s):  
Boldbaatar Dolzodmaa ◽  
Yasuhito Osanai ◽  
Nobuhiko Nakano ◽  
Tatsuro Adachi
Keyword(s):  
Tectonic Setting ◽  
Granitic Rocks ◽  
Metamorphic Rocks ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Volcanic Arc ◽  
Central Mongolia ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
High K ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Late Neoproterozoic

The Central Asian Orogenic Belt had been formed by amalgamation of voluminous subduction–accretionary complexes during the Late Neoproterozoic to the Mesozoic period. Mongolia is situated in the center of this belt. This study presents new zircon U–Pb geochronological, whole-rock major and trace element data for granitoids within central Mongolia and discusses the tectonic setting and evolution of these granitic magmas during their formation and emplacement. The zircon U–Pb ages indicate that the magmatism can be divided into three stages: the 564–532 Ma Baidrag granitoids, the 269–248 and 238–237 Ma Khangai granitoids. The 564–532 Ma Baidrag granitoids are adakitic, have an I-type affinity, and were emplaced into metamorphic rocks. In comparison, the 269–248 Ma granitoids have high-K, calc-alkaline, granodioritic compositions and are I-type granites, whereas the associated the 238–237 Ma granites have an A-type affinity. The 564–532 Ma Baidrag and 269–248 Ma Khangai granitoids also both have volcanic arc-type affinities, whereas the 238–237 Ma granites formed in a post-collisional tectonic setting. These geochronological and geochemical results suggest that arc magmatism occurred at the 564–532 Ma which might be the oldest magmatic activity in central Mongolia. Between the Baidrag and the Khangai, there might be paleo-ocean and the oceanic plate subducted beneath the Khangai and produced voluminous granite bodies during the 269–248 Ma. After the closure of the paleo-ocean, the post collisional granitoids were formed at the 238–237 Ma based on the result of later granitoids in the Khangai area.

scholarly journals New Insights into Pre-to-Post Ediacaran Zircon Fingerprinting of the Mamfe PanAfrican Basement, SW Cameroon: A Possible Link with Rocks in SE Nigeria and the Borborema Province of NE Brazil

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 943
Author(s):  
Nguo Sylvestre Kanouo ◽  
David Richard Lentz ◽  
Khin Zaw ◽  
Charles Makoundi ◽  
Emmanuel Afanga Archelaus Basua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Model ◽  
Granitic Pegmatite ◽  
Mobile Belt ◽  
Mica Schist ◽  
Borborema Province ◽  
Anatectic Granite ◽  
Formation Conditions ◽  
Late Neoproterozoic ◽  
Brasiliano Orogeny ◽  
Host Rocks

The pre- to post-Late Neoproterozoic geological histories in the south to southwestern part of Mamfe Basin (SW Cameroon) were reported following analysis of the zircon crystals from their host rocks. A genetic model was developed for the zircon host rocks’ formation conditions, and the registered post-emplacement events were presented. The obtained ages were correlated with the data available for rocks in the Cameroon Mobile Belt, SE Nigeria, and the Borborema Province of NE Brazil. Separated zircons from Araru black to whitish gneiss, Araru whitish-grey gneiss, and Mboifong migmatite were analyzed for their morphology and texture U-Th-Pb composition, and U-Pb ages. Published U-Pb zircon ages for Otu granitic pegmatite, Babi mica schist, and Nkogho I-type anatectic granite were updated. Zircon ages in Araru black to whitish gneiss; Araru whitish-grey, Mboifong migmatite, Babi mica schist, Nkogho I-type anatectic granite, and Otu granitic pegmatite date the Eburnean tectono-magmatic/metamorphic event in Cameroon and SE Nigeria. The Late Paleoproterozoic to Early Mesoproterozoic ages record extensional (continental rift) settings and anorogenic magmatism in the Borborema Province in the NE of Brazil. These ages date collisional phases between the São Francisco–Congo and West African cratons and the Saharan metacraton with metamorphism and magmatism in Cameroon. They also date the Kibarian tectono-magmatic/metamorphism and PanAfrican tectono-magmatic/metamorphism in SE Nigeria. The Late Paleoproterozoic to Early Mesoproterozoic ages date the Cariris Velhos orogeny in the Borborema Province in NE Brazil, with Early Tonian crustal rifting, magmatism, and metamorphism and the collisional phase of the Brasiliano orogeny with syn-collisional plutons and extensive shear zoning and post-collisional granite intrusions.

Cambrian to early Silurian ophiolite and accretionary processes in the Beishan collage, NW China: implications for the architecture of the Southern Altaids

2011 ◽  
Vol 149 (4) ◽  
pp. 606-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. AO ◽  
W. J. XIAO ◽  
C. M. HAN ◽  
X. H. LI ◽  
J. F. QU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tectonic Setting ◽  
Island Arc ◽  
Passive Margin ◽  
Granitic Rocks ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
Ophiolite Complex ◽  
The North ◽  
Ophiolitic Mélange ◽  
Continental Growth

AbstractThe mechanism of continental growth of the Altaids is currently under debate between models invoking continuous subduction-accretion or punctuated accretion by closure of multiple ocean basins. We use the Yueyashan–Xichangjing ophiolite belt of the Beishan collage (southern Altaids) to constrain the earliest oceanic crust in the southern Palaeo-Asian Ocean. Five lithotectonic units were identified from S to N: the Huaniushan block, a sedimentary passive margin, the structurally incoherent Yueyashan–Xichangjing ophiolite complex, a coherent sedimentary package and the Mazongshan island arc with granitic rocks. We present a structural analysis of the accretionary complex, which is composed of the incoherent ophiolitic melange and coherent sedimentary rocks, to work out the tectonic polarity. A new weighted mean206Pb–238U age of 533 ± 1.7 Ma from a plagiogranite in the Yueyashan–Xichangjing ophiolite indicates that the ocean floor formed in early Cambrian time. Furthermore, we present new geochemical data to constrain the tectonic setting of the Yueyashan–Xichangjing ophiolite. The Yueyashan–Xichangjing ophiolite was emplaced as a result of northward subduction of an oceanic plate beneath the Mazongshan island arc to the north in late Ordovician to early Silurian time. Together with data from the literature, our work demonstrates that multiple overlapping periods of accretion existed in the Palaeozoic in the northern and southern Altaids. Therefore, a model of multiple accretion by closure of several ocean basins is most viable.

scholarly journals Granitoids and dykes of the Pine Island Bay region, West Antarctica

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 473-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Kipf ◽  
Nicholas Mortimer ◽  
Reinhard Werner ◽  
Karsten Gohl ◽  
Paul Van Den Bogaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trace Element ◽  
Granitic Rocks ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
West Antarctica ◽  
Laser Method ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Gondwana Margin ◽  
Plutonic Rocks ◽  
Age Range

AbstractWe present geochronological and geochemical data for eight plutonic rocks from five locations in the Pine Island Bay area of West Antarctica, collected during RV Polarstern expedition ANT-XXIII/4. Ar-Ar laser method dating yielded closure temperatures ages of c. 147–98 Ma for dioritic and granitic plutonic rocks and an age range of c. 97–95 Ma for granitoid and trachyandesitic dykes. Major and trace element compositions indicate that all rocks have an I-type subduction-related chemistry. There are no A-type granitic rocks in our dataset, and none are yet reported from the Pine Island Bay area. Our results confirm earlier models of post 100 Ma subduction on this part of the Gondwana margin.

Lower Cretaceous alkali feldspar granites in the central part of the Great Xing’an Range, northeastern China: chronology, geochemistry and tectonic implications

2014 ◽  
Vol 152 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEXIN TIAN ◽  
WENCHUN GE ◽  
HAO YANG ◽  
GUOCHUN ZHAO ◽  
YANLONG ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Tectonic Setting ◽  
Alkali Feldspar ◽  
Pacific Plate ◽  
Northeastern China ◽  
Formation Time ◽  
Granitic Rocks ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Regional Geology ◽  
Great Xing’An Range

AbstractThe Mingshui–Jilasitai–Suolun area, located in the central part of the Great Xing’an Range, is characterized by large volumes of alkali feldspar granites. However, the formation time and tectonic setting of these rocks remains controversial owing to a lack of precise geochronological and detailed geochemical data. In this paper, we report new SIMS U–Pb zircon ages and mineralogical, petrographical and geochemical data for Lower Cretaceous alkali feldspar granites from the Mingshui–Jilasitai–Suolun area. The SIMS zircon dating results indicate that these granites formed at 133.6–135.9 Ma. The mineralogical, petrographical and geochemical data show that these granitic rocks belong to highly fractionated I-type granites. Combined with the regional geology data, we propose that the formation of the Lower Cretaceous alkali feldspar granitic rocks was related to an extension induced by delamination of the lithosphere that arose from subduction of the Palaeo-Pacific plate.

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