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HERO ID
7461974
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Amphibole crystallization conditions as record of interaction between ultrapotassic enclaves and monzonitic magmas in the Gloria Norte Stock, South of Borborema Province
Author(s)
Carvalho Lisboa, VA; Conceicao, H; Silva Rosa, ML; Marques, GT; Lamarao, CN; Rezende Lima, AL
Year
2020
Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA GEOLOGIA
Location
SAO PAULO
Volume
50
Issue
2
DOI
10.1590/2317-4889202020190101
Web of Science Id
WOS:000616699000001
URL
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-48892020000200610&tlng=en
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Abstract
The Gloria Norte Stock (GNS) is made up of predominantly porphyritic biotite-amphibole-bearing quartz monzonite, enclosing a large number of microgranular mafic enclaves (MME). The GNS MME are fine-grained rocks with rounded and ellipsoid shapes that show sharp and gradational contacts with the host rocks, suggesting they coexisted with the host monzonite as magmas. The studied amphibole crystals of the two rock types are calcic and correspond to pargasite, edenite, and magnesium-hornblende. Their compositions are influenced by substitutions involving Al3+, Na+, Fe2+, Si4+ and Mg2+ ions, reflecting the decrease in temperature and the increase in oxygen fugacity. They present low Ti and Al contents, and varied Si content (6.2-7.7 apuf). The mg# values range from 0.48-0.84. Pressures for the crystallization of the MME amphiboles vary between 2.6 and 7.8 kbar and the temperatures of solidus and liquidus were estimated between 600-659 and 887-908 degrees C, respectively. The early MME amphibole crystals with lower Si and Mg content were formed under high pressure (7.8 kbar) and temperature (908 degrees C). The presence of amphiboles with 862 degrees C and 5 kbar in MME and GNS reflects that the interaction between these magmas occurred at 18 km of depth.
Keywords
mineral chemistry; amphibole thermobarometry; Sergipano Orogenic System
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