Continental shelf sediments from the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil, have been studied to investigate meteoric diagenesis of marine sediments of previously defined ancient coastal lines. Major elements for 131 samples of carbonate sediments and C and O isotopes for 51 carapace samples of benthonic foraminifers of the Amphistegina radiata and Peneroplis planatus species were analyzed. Geochemical signatures of δ13C, δ18O, SiO2 (stoichiometrically calculated as quartz %), Sr and Mn, and XRD document the impact of meteoric diagenesis on relict sediments from current depths of 25-30 m, 45 m, and 80 m. Morphologies of the marine shelf at these depths, interpreted from previous bathymetric profiles, correspond to holocenic marine terraces. Despite a recent sedimentary cover, it was possible to confirm that these terraces possess relict detrital, biogenic, and continental material, that resulted from erosional reworking of ancient coastlines during the Flandrian transgression.
grande número de granitóides cálcio-alcalinos com epidoto são encontrados no Domínio Estrutural Central (DEC) -que compreende três segmentos: Seridó, Cachoeirinha-Salgueiro e Riacho do Pontal -e em algumas outras localidades no Nordeste do
Research Article| May 01, 2004 Close spatial relationship between plutons and shear zones R.F. Weinberg; R.F. Weinberg 1School of Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar A.N. Sial; A.N. Sial 2Department of Geology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50670-000, Brazil Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar G. Mariano G. Mariano 2Department of Geology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50670-000, Brazil Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information R.F. Weinberg 1School of Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia A.N. Sial 2Department of Geology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50670-000, Brazil G. Mariano 2Department of Geology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50670-000, Brazil Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 23 Oct 2003 Revision Received: 12 Jan 2004 Accepted: 14 Jan 2004 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (2004) 32 (5): 377–380. https://doi.org/10.1130/G20290.1 Article history Received: 23 Oct 2003 Revision Received: 12 Jan 2004 Accepted: 14 Jan 2004 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation R.F. Weinberg, A.N. Sial, G. Mariano; Close spatial relationship between plutons and shear zones. Geology 2004;; 32 (5): 377–380. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G20290.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract This paper explores the relationship between granitic plutons and transcurrent shear zones using examples from the Borborema province, northeastern Brazil. Syntectonic plutons of this province generally have en cornue shapes and were emplaced preferentially within or at the margins of wide, regional-scale transcurrent shear zones, particularly where shear zones intersect major lithological boundaries. It is argued that the plutons' shapes and their closeness to shear zones are indicative of a causal relationship between granite plutons and shear zones. With the support of numerical models, it is further argued that pluton emplacement in transcurrent terranes is controlled by low-mean-pressure magma traps at the shoulders of shear zones, resulting from strain incompatibility caused by regional variations in rheological properties. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.
The Tamboril and Olho d'Água granitic stocks are part of the abundant calc-alkalic magmatic epidote-bearing granitic rocks in the Cachoeirinha-Salgueiro Terrane (CST) in the Transversal Zone Domain, northeastern Brazil. The equigranular Olho d'Água stock is composed of medium-grained clinopyroxene-amphibole-biotite tonalite; the porphyritic Tamboril stock is medium- to coarse-grained amphibole biotite ± clinopyroxene granodiorite. Abundances of clinopyroxene and epidote vary inversely in both stocks. Amphibole-rich clots are regarded as fragments from the source region captured by granodioritic/tonalitic magma during its ascent. Epidote composition in the Olho d'Água stock (Ps18-26) and in Tamboril stock (Ps17-20) is consistent with crystallization under oxygen fugacity between QFM and HM buffers. In the Olho d'Água stock, calculated values of pressure range from 5.1 to 6.6 kbar and in the Tamboril stock from 6.2 to 7.0 kbar. Solidification temperatures estimated from plagioclase-hornblende pairs in the Olho D´Água stock range from 637 to 679 °C and for Tamboril from 587 to 641 °C. Zr-saturation temperature estimates are 788 to 819 °C (Olho d'Água) and 807 to 829 °C (Tamboril). Altogether our data suggest that the studied stocks crystallized from two distinct magmatic pulses formed from fractional melting of a single amphibolitic source. These two magma pulses underwent subsequent crystallization, in a convective magmatic chamber, at rather high pressure.