1.94-1.93 Ga charnockitic magmatism from the central part of the Guyana Shield, Roraima, Brazil: Single-zircon evaporation data and tectonic implications

Age and origin of the charnockitic rocks of the central part of the Guyana Shield have been a matter of discussion. These rocks have been interpreted either as Transamazonian granulites metamorphosed around 2.02 Ga or as 1.56 Ga old igneous charnockites.Recently, most of the Roraima charnockitic roc...

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Autores: FRAGA, Lêda Maria Barreto, MACAMBIRA, Moacir José Buenano, DALL’AGNOL, Roberto, COSTA, João Batista Sena Costa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais (CPRM)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional de Geociências - RIGEO
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:rigeo.sgb.gov.br:doc/573
Acceso en línea:https://rigeo.sgb.gov.br/handle/doc/573
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:GEOCRONOLOGIA
MAGMATISMO
ROCHAS CHARNOCKÍTICAS
PALEOPROTEROZÓICO
CRÁTON AMAZÔNICO
BRASIL
RORAIMA
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Sumario:Age and origin of the charnockitic rocks of the central part of the Guyana Shield have been a matter of discussion. These rocks have been interpreted either as Transamazonian granulites metamorphosed around 2.02 Ga or as 1.56 Ga old igneous charnockites.Recently, most of the Roraima charnockitic rocks have been recognized as igneous rocks and included into the Serra da Prata Suite (SPS). Five Pb–Pb singlezircon evaporation ages were obtained for samples representative of different facies of the SPS and these constrained the age of the charnockitic magmatism between 1943 ± 5 Ma and 1933 ± 2 Ma. This charnockitic magmatism may be related to a post-collisional setting after the evolution of the Cauarane-Coeroeni Belt ( 2.00 Ga), or may represent a post-collisional (or intracontinental?) magmatism related to orogenic activities along the plate margins around 1.95–1.94 Ga