Galindo, Antonio CarlosSouza, Viviane Oliveira de2017-01-052017-01-052016-04-29SOUZA, Viviane Oliveira de. Magmatismo granítico na porção central do domínio Rio Piranhas-Seridó, Província Borborema: geologia e petrologia do Stock Flores (RN). 2016. 75f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Geodinâmica e Geofísica) - Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2016.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/21578The final phase of Brasiliano/Pan-African orogeny in the Borborema Province, NE Brazil, is marked by widespread granitic magmatism, in which setting the Flores stock is included. The present study aims to characterize the geological, petrographic, geochemical and petrogenetic aspects of this pluton. In order to develop the investigation, field work, thin section preparation and description and sample treatment for chemical analysis were carried out. The stock is located near the city of Afonso Bezerra, central-north of Rio Grande do Norte state, geologically enclosed in the Rio Piranhas-Seridó Domain. The pluton is elongated in the NW direction and has an outcrop area about 8 km2. Its morphology is highlighted by long cliffs made up by sets of boulders, which compose the borders of the stock, clearly contrasting it from the regional topography. It intrudes the paleoproterozoic gneissic rocks related to the Caicó Complex and augen gneisses of the Poço da Cruz suite (NW border). Rocks of the Flores stock are equigranular, hololeucocratic monzogranites, being possible to distinguish two facies, according to their textural aspects: Flores Type I, made up by monzogranite of medium texture and pink in color, characterized by the boulders; Flores Type II, with fine equigranular rocks, greyish to pinkish in color, exhibiting denudated relief in the S/SE portion of the stock. Locally in Type II facies, there are dioritic enclaves displaying features of magma coexistence (mixing and mingling), in addition to ellipsoidal schlieren enclaves, the latter being interpreted as magmatic structures formed by magmatic convection triggered by thermal plumes. The monzogranites exhibit essential paragenesis composed of quartz, K-feldspar and plagioclase, which usually add over 90% modal. Biotite is the main mafic mineral. Titanite, allanite, apatite, zircon and opaque minerals also occur. Fluorite, chlorite, granular epidote, white mica and carbonate appear as late minerals, which are related to fluids in subsolidus stage. Geochemical analyzes attest the evolved nature of the stock rocks as well as their alkaline affinity. High levels of SiO2 (71.43 to 74.87%), Na2O + K2O (8.26 to 9.08%) and Al2O3 (12.99 to 13.93%) and depletion of MgO (<0 5%), CaO (≤1,4%), Fe2O3 (<2.3%) and TiO2 (<0.4%) witness the peraluminous and leucocratic character of the rocks, which is supported by low levels of mafic minerals (<6%). Distinct discriminant diagrams of magmatic series/associations confirm the alkaline affinity of rocks of the Flores stock and their analogy with A-type granites. The REE’s diagram spectrum exhibits moderate LREE enrichment relative to HREE, with LaN / YbN ratios between 4.59% and 30.85% and strong negative Eu anomaly, characteristic of crustal rocks and A-type granites. Geochemical discriminant diagrams of tectonic setting point out a post-collisional signature for the Flores stock. These data are consistent with U-Pb age of 553±4 Ma given by the Flores, inserting it within the tardi to post-orogenic context of the Brasiliana / Pan-African orogeny in the Borborema Province.Acesso AbertoDomínio Rio Piranhas-SeridóStock FloresGranitos Tipo-AmasterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::GEOCIENCIAS::GEOFISICA