U-Pb and Sm-Nd data of the Rhyacian and Statherian Orthogneisses from Rio Piranhas-Seridó and Jaguaribeano Terranes, Borborema Province, Northeast of Brazil

• Published in: Geologia USP. Série científica Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 97 - 110
• Main Authors: Sá, Jaziel Martins, Sousa, Laécio Cunha de, Legrand, Jean Michel, Galindo, Antonio Carlos, Maia, Heitor Neves, Fillippi, Rafael Rabelo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 01.09.2014
• Subjects: Borborema Province; Jaguaribeano terrane; Portalegre shear zone; Poço da Cruz Suite; Rio Piranhas-Serido terrane; Serra do Deserto Suite
• ISSN: 1519-874X; 2316-9095
• DOI: 10.5327/Z1519-874X201400030007

The Portalegre shear zone separates the Rio Piranhas-Seridó and the Jaguaribeano geological terranes in the Northern Domain of the Borborema Province. Banded gneisses of the Caicó and the Jaguaretama Complexes represent the basements of these terranes. U-Pb analyses yielded ages of 2,193 ± 16 Ma for the Jaguaretama Complex, which is similar to those obtained for the Caicó Complex. TDM Sm-Nd ages for these basement complexes showed Neoarchean values (ca. 2.5 Ga), with εNd(t) values close to the CHUR composition. Elongated bodies were found intruding into the rocks of the Jaguaretama Complex. These foliated bodies with elongated phenocrysts are described as augen gneisses of the Serra do Deserto Suite. These gneisses yielded crystallization ages of 1,777 ± 8 Ma, confirming an extensional period during the Statherian, which is well represented in the Jaguaribeano Terrane by A-type plutonic rocks. Augen gneisses with similar textures, the so called Poço da Cruz Suite, are found intruding the Caicó Complex in the Rio Piranhas-Seridó terrane; however, the ages found throughout the domain are predominantly Rhyacian (ca. 2.2 Ga) and present calc-alkaline affinities. These findings indicate that the augen gneisses, which are widely distributed in these two terranes, have different signatures and are temporally well separated. Furthermore, in agreement with previous geophysical data suggesting a division of terranes marked by the Portalegre Shear Zone, it also demonstrates that even though the Caicó and the Jaguaretama Complexes have similar ages, similar structural evolution and metamorphism under similar pressure and temperature conditions, they exhibit marked differences in composition.