Geoquímica e petrologia dos metagranitos do Complexo Encantadas, Santana da Boa Vista, (RS): a evolução de uma margem continental ativa no Paleoproterozóico

Abstract

The Encantadas Complex is a Paleoproterozoic unit constituted by tonalitic, trondhjemitic and dioritic gneisses with rare presence of amphibolites and hornblende-rich metaultramafic rocks. This complex is cut by tabular bodies of porphyritic and equigranular metagranites which are emplaced along a ductile shear zone with suborizontal disposition. This structure defines the contact between the Encantadas and Porongos complexes, respectively, infrastructure and suprastructure of Santana da Boa Vista Dome. The metagranites have medium to high-K calc-alkaline affinity and slightly peraluminous character. The evolution as independent terms indicates The metagranites represent distinct petrologic units with independent evolution, that are affected by fractionating of plagioclase, biotite, zircon and apatite. The metagranites show enrichment in LRRE and depletion of HREE, with high values of Ba, Rb, Sr, U and Th and negative anomalies of Nb and Ti, like granites of magmatic arc. Structural data indicate that metagranites have had a complex evolution, and their emplacement was simultaneous with D 1 event which, according to the available geochronological data, has age close to 2 Ga. This event is interpreted as a metamorphic one associated with a collisional orogeny. Porphyritic and equigranular metagranites together with gneisses of Encantadas Complex constitute an active continental margin arc association, whose magmatism is related to metasomatised-mantle sources affected by fluids derived from the subducted lithophere during the Paleoproterozoic times.