Geology and U-Pb geochronology of the Banabuiú granite, Northeastern Ceará, Brazil

Authors

  • M. N. Lima Dep. Geociências da Universidade de Aveiro; Unidad de Investigación GeoBioTec
  • J. A. Nogueira Neto Dep. Geologia da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza
  • M. R. Azevedo Dep. Geociências da Universidade de Aveiro; Unidad de Investigación GeoBioTec
  • B. Valle Aguado Dep. Geociências da Universidade de Aveiro; Unidad de Investigación GeoBioTec

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.40196.113

Keywords:

Brasilian Orogeny, two-mica granites, U-Pb geochronology

Abstract


The Banabuiú massif crops out in the Central Ceará Domain (DCC) of the Borborema Province (NE Brasil), as an N-S elongate granite intrusion, concordant with the regional structures. It was emplaced into basement rocks of Paleoproterozoic age, extensively transformed into gneisses and migmatites during the Brasilian orogeny (~600 Ma). Using U-Pb zircon dating, the crystallization age of the Banabuiú syn-kinematic two-mica granite was estimated at 578.6 ± 6.5 Ma. The granite is strongly peraluminous (A/CNK = 1,098 – 1,134) and shows a typical S-type geochemical signature. The εNd580 values are strongly negative (εNd580 = –19 a –23) and partially overlap with those of the Paleoproterozoic gneissmigmatite complex (εNd580 = –12 to –26), suggesting that the parental magmas of the Banabuiú granite could have been produced by partial melting of similar crustal materials.

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2010-06-30

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Lima, M. N., Nogueira Neto, J. A., Azevedo, M. R., & Valle Aguado, B. (2010). Geology and U-Pb geochronology of the Banabuiú granite, Northeastern Ceará, Brazil. Estudios Geológicos, 66(1), 35–44. https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.40196.113

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