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dc.contributor.advisorCawood, P. A. (Peter Anthony)
dc.contributor.advisorMantovani, Marta S. M. (Marta Silvia Maria)
dc.contributor.authorLouro, Vinicius Hector Abud
dc.coverage.spatial[14], 137 p.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-29T09:38:20Z
dc.date.available2019-07-29T09:38:20Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-21
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/18191
dc.description.abstractThe Figueira Branca Suite is a layered mafic-ultramafic complex in the Jauru Terrane, southwest Amazon Craton. New lithological, geochemical, gamma-ray and potential field data, integrated with geological, isotope and paleomagnetic data are used to characterize this pulse of Mesoproterozoic extension-related magmatism. The Figueira Branca Suite formed through juvenile magma emplacement into the crust at 1425 Ma, coeval with the later stages of the Santa Helena Orogen. In three papers, this suite was studied from microscopic to continental scales. First, the Figueira Branca suite was analysed through thin sections to determine the influence of inaccurate constraints in magnetic and gravity field modelling. Then, the extent of magmatism within the suite was delimited to four bodies to the north of Indiavaí city, MT - Brazil, with potential fields and gamma-ray data. Modelling gravity and magnetic field data indicated that the anomalous sources are close to the surface or outcropping. These intrusions trend northwest over 8 km, with significant remanent magnetization that is consistent with published direction obtained through paleomagnetic data. The increasing enrichment of LREE in the gabbroic bodies of the suite was interpreted as evidence of progressive fractionation of the magma. The emplacement, mineralogy and geochemical signature point towards a backarc extension tectonic framework in the later stages of the Santa Helena Orogen. The third part of the work consisted on evaluating reconstructions of the Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent Nuna with magnetic field data. The global magnetic anomaly map, EMAG2, allowed to observe continuity of magnetic lineaments and regimes in domains of similar ages in different cratons (Amazon, Baltica, West Africa and North China). These magnetic features indicated the theory which the magnetic field best supported, and suggested the regional environment where the Jauru Terrane was inserted by the time of the intrusion of the Figueira Branca Suite.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrewsen
dc.subjectAmazon Cratonen_US
dc.subjectMafic suiteen_US
dc.subjectPotential fieldsen_US
dc.subjectGeochemistryen_US
dc.subjectNunaen_US
dc.subject.lccQE515.25B8L7
dc.subject.lcshGeochemistry--Brazil--Mato Grosso (State)en
dc.subject.lcshIsotope geology--Brazil--Mato Grosso (State)en
dc.titleGeophysical, geochemical and isotope analysis of the Figueira Branca Suite, Mato Grosso, Brazilen_US
dc.title.alternativeGeophysical, geochemical and isotopic analysis of the Figueira Branca Suite, Mato Grosso, Brazilen
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US
dc.publisher.departmentUniversidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricasen_US


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